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Trick Comedian Steven Colbert leading a march in Washington, DC today aimed at inciting even more irrational fear in people like the angry, misguided folks who comprise the Tea Party. Or Treat Comedian Jon Stewart holding a rally on the Mall in Washington, DC today aimed at restoring the sanity that elected politicians and their… Read more.
Like me, every frequent flyer I know has complained about the useless and overly intrusive security measures that have worsened the nuisance and stress involved in traveling these days tenfold. Here, for example, is a sample of the simmering indignation I’ve expressed in this respect: 9/11 has made us permanent hostages to amorphous threats by… Read more.
I took a lot of flak for asserting that Michael Jackson’s death was in fact timely. But here, in part, is how I justified my assertion: [T]he pathological self-loathing, predatory entitlement, and attention-grabbing antics that characterized his personal life were beginning to fatally undermine the appeal of his professional life. This is why, in an… Read more.
Bisenija (“Bibi”) Kisovec is easily my most avid reader. She also happens to be moja tašta. Bibi is Serbian Orthodox. And, like every Serbian Orthodox family, hers has a patron saint. Patron saints are said to have converted Serbians from paganism to Christianity in the late 9th century. And Slava is the celebration of this… Read more.
On Friday night, the New York Yankees (with a team payroll of $206 million) showed themselves once again to be the biggest and most expensive losers in the history of professional sports. On this occasion their fabled quest for another World Series title was foiled by the lowly Texas Rangers (with a team payroll of only… Read more.
Much was made in the media when the 33 Chilean miners were first rescued about their secrecy pact to share all of the money generated from telling their story. Yet reports abound about the way these miners are now betraying their celebrated pact. Here, for example, is how the New York Times reported yesterday on… Read more.
I don’t know why anyone would want to serve in the U.S. military these days, but I celebrate the belated recognition of gays to do so … openly: The government’s “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy is a violation of due process and First Amendment rights. Instead of being necessary for military readiness, the policy has… Read more.
The Bahamas is having a precedent-setting dispute with China over a development agreement, which calls for Chinese men to compose the vast majority of workers on a $2.5 billion project (Baha Mar) that China is funding. (FYI: Baha Mar is to comprise six hotels with approximately 3,500 rooms and condominiums, a 100,000-Sq-Ft casino, 200,000-Sq-Ft of… Read more.
I hereby declare that henceforth the only deaths I shall be commenting on are those of famous people who I think made pioneering or extraordinary contributions to mankind. (Post Mortem on Deaths of (some) famous people, The iPINIONS Journal, June 4, 2010) I made this declaration after receiving a number of enquiries earlier this year about… Read more.
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has acquired a rather dubious reputation for orchestrating photo ops to burnish his political persona as a virile leader. These have included staging everything from flying in fighter jets to shooting a tiger, reportedly, just as it was about to eat a member of his TV crew, and fly fishing… Read more.
