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Closing Ceremony Given the excitement generated by the USA vs. Canada in hockey this afternoon, it’s hardly surprising that tonight’s Closing Ceremony in Vancouver, Canada, was rather anticlimactic. The Britneyesque lip-synching performance did not get things off to a good start…. And I suspect most Olympians were wondering who the hell geriatric Neil Young was as they sat on their… Read more.
Because somehow all of the judges ended up being Republicans. What’s up with that?! Read more.
The Falklands are little more than a bleak and desolate cluster of rocks dotting the South Atlantic Ocean some 8,000 miles from Britain. Therefore, when British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher dispatched the Royal Navy there in 1982 to oust Argentine forces, I thought she was acting pursuant to some quixotic, neocolonial notion of extraterritorial sovereignty.… Read more.
First, for a little context and perspective, please be advised that product recalls affect hundreds of millions of people in the United States every year. And many have been prompted by defects in cars that “caused the deaths of innocent Americans.” Remember the rollover and tire problems that plagued Ford Explorers in 2000? Industry experts… Read more.
Brown’s victory will change the Democratic majority in the US Senate from 60-40 to 59-41. But listening to political pundits you’d think that he alone now holds the power not only to defeat Obama’s policy agenda (most notably healthcare reform), but also to render him a failed one-term president. In fact, nothing could be further… Read more.
Men’s 1000 and 1500 (long track) Shani Davis defended his 2006 title by winning the 1000 in very impressive fashion. Unfortunately, despite being the world record holder in the 1500, he was unable to win Olympic gold in this event. Shani won silver. It’s a shame Shani Davis is not more of a household name in America. … Read more.
So, where were you when Tiger spoke? I suspect the entire world stopped at 11 this morning to listen. Now comes all of the psycho-babble about what he said or did not say. But I think he said, again, all he needed to say: that he’s really, really sorry … for everything; that he accepts full… Read more.
Notwithstanding all other BREAKING NEWS – about the latest from the Olympics, President Obama’s controversial meeting with the Dalai Lama, or the white American terrorist who flew his plane into a federal building in Texas – the press “statement” Tiger Woods will deliver today at 11 A.M. will dominate all media coverage. And fair enough; for he (even… Read more.
Alas, ubiquitous CCTV cameras are making a mockery of the cloak and dagger work of government spies that was once left to the creative medium of John le Carré novels and James Bond movies. Perhaps you recall how CCTV caught Russian spies in tea shops all over London in November 2006 executing the ham-handed assassination… Read more.
