Happy Wedding Day Chelsea! And don’t let that horndog Daddy of yours ruin it for you
Saturday, July 31, 2010 at 5:48 AM
Archives for 2010
Barcelona Bans Bullfighting
Friday, July 30, 2010 at 5:31 AM
Ironically, no one did more to romanticize the barbaric sport of bullfighting than American writer Ernest Hemmingway did with the publication of his non-fiction book, Death in the Afternoon. After all, even though it has a longstanding tradition in Latin America, Portugal, France, and Spain, bullfighting has always been every bit as morally repugnant as… Read more.
Judge Blocks Arizona Immigration Law
Thursday, July 29, 2010 at 5:10 AM
In a preliminary ruling yesterday, U.S. District Judge Susan Bolton declared that the core provisions of Arizona’s controversial immigration law are unconstitutional and therefore cannot take effect today as scheduled. This means, among other things, that illegal immigrants in this state do not have to carry their papers at all times; that they cannot be… Read more.
France Declares Its Own War on Terrorism
Wednesday, July 28, 2010 at 5:37 AM
It is no exaggeration to assert that throughout much of the Cold War, France seemed almost as determined as the Soviet Union was to keep America’s military power in check. This is why it came as such a surprise when France enlisted in President George W. Bush’s coalition of the willing to invade Afghanistan to… Read more.
WikiLeaks on U.S. War in Afghanistan
Tuesday, July 27, 2010 at 5:39 AM
Much ado is being made in Washington about the 91,000-plus U.S. military documents that the whistleblower website, WikiLeaks, leaked (via the New York Times, London Guardian, and Germany’s Der Spiegel) on Sunday. These documents purportedly give an unvarnished and unprecedented, bomb-by-bomb account of how U.S. soldiers fought the Afghan War from 2004 to 2009. But despite… Read more.
Russia Elects First Black Politician
Monday, July 26, 2010 at 5:49 AM
Jean Gregoire Sagbo gives new meaning to the term, Black Russian. Because henceforth when that term is uttered, the reference might be as much to him, the first black to be elected to political office in Russia, as to the eponymous drink. Granted, his election is more akin to the first black being admitted to… Read more.
The Palins make the Clampetts (aka – the Beverly Hillbillies) look Urbane
Saturday, July 24, 2010 at 6:36 AM
The Racist Mrs. Sherrod: the Tea Party’s Latest “Big Lie”
Friday, July 23, 2010 at 5:46 AM
It is hardly ever a good idea to allude to Nazism to make a political point. But there are rare occasions when such allusions are entirely appropriate. Apropos of this, it is only by alluding to the Nazi propaganda strategy of the “Big Lie” that one can fully appreciate the perfidy inherent in Tea Party… Read more.
Forget Lindsay, Wesley is doing hard time
Wednesday, July 21, 2010 at 5:04 AM
You can be forgiven for having no clue that actor Wesley Snipes is facing hard time in prison for tax evasion. But I suspect he is more distressed that so few people know about his plight than he is about his pending rendezvous behind bars. Such are the egos of celebrities that Snipes probably resents… Read more.
Burqa banned in France
Tuesday, July 20, 2010 at 5:02 AM
In our country, we cannot accept that women be prisoners behind a screen, cut off from all social life, deprived of all identity… The burqa is not a religious sign; it’s a sign of subservience, a sign of debasement – I want to say it solemnly … it will not be welcome on the territory… Read more.