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I found myself continually exclaiming – “How did they do that?!” Specifically, I marveled at the serene manner in which the Chinese fused 21st Century technology with ancient graphics, costumes, and choreography to remind us that they were the world’s only superpower for centuries before the Americans even thought about fighting the British to give birth to the United States of America.… Read more.
I find it foolhardy to comment on presidential politics even before midterm congressional elections. Yet nothing will stimulate more such premature speculation quite like the oracle of political journalists, Bob Woodward of the Washington Post, declaring on CNN yesterday that an Obama-Clinton ticket is “on the table” for 2012. But instead of joining all of the nattering fools now mouthing… Read more.
Announcing vague terror alerts and altering plans in reaction to them is not only unwarranted but also self-defeating. After all, these responses only embolden terrorists to make more threats – hoping to incite more terror and disrupt our lives in perpetuity. The silver lining in this instance though is that, perhaps, this hoax will cause… Read more.
Everyone from Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to President Obama expressed shock and outrage last week when it was “revealed” that American scientists deliberately infected 696 prisoners and patients in a mental hospital in Guatemala with syphilis 60 years ago. The scientists were attempting to determine whether penicillin could prevent the transmission of this sexually transmitted disease.… Read more.
Republicans were venting professional indignation when Democrats invited Steven Colbert on September 24 to testify before the House Judiciary Committee’s Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and International Law – while in character as the acerbic news anchor he plays on his comedy show. Yet these are the same Republicans who invited Elmo in April 2002 to testify before the House Appropriations Subcommittee on… Read more.
[Author’s Note: The following was published on Monday. Interest in the interview was such that I was nearly persuaded to feature it for the entire week. But I thought that would’ve been too self-indulgent. Meanwhile, only a few people seem to have noticed that my webmaster had uploaded the interview as a permanent feature… Read more.
The free movement of people from poor to rich countries has always been the most contentious feature of regional integration schemes. I know this is the primary reason why, despite it being a categorical imperative in this age of globalization, all attempts to integrate the economies in my native region of the Caribbean have failed.… Read more.
If these politicians were not lead vocals in a chorus of moral crusaders, I would not give their sexual escapades a moment’s thought. For the unadulterated pleasure of afflicting these hypocrites, however, I don’t even mind being bedfellows with a publicity-seeking hustler like Larry Flynt. (DC Madam outs Sen. David Vitter as a faithful “John”…,… Read more.
But with the Commonwealth Games due to get underway next week amidst reports that the athletes’ village still resembles one of its 20th-Century slums, India has clearly fallen far short of its promise. Read more.
Dear Leaders: I pray that all of you will accept this letter in the spirit of brotherhood and patriotism that is intended. With all due respect, I feel compelled to urge you to recalibrate your reaction to the announcement on Monday by Henry Bellingham MP, the UK Minister for the Overseas Territories, that elections scheduled… Read more.
