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The length to which some celebrity couples go to make a spectacle of their private lives never ceases to amaze me. But it’s only on very rare occasions that I find the tabloid fodder they provide worthy of comment. And the divorce between Peter Brandt (63) and Stephanie Seymour (42) as well as persistent rumors… Read more.
[Author’s Note: I published the following on Monday as a special note to my commentary entitled, The Obamas Go to Church?. For a variety of reasons, I’ve been persuaded to republish it today (slightly revised).] A surprising number of people have asked why I’m so utterly dismissive of the Tea Party, especially given how well… Read more.
I am sure I was among millions who tuned in to last night’s season premier of Dancing With The Stars only to see how Sarah Palin’s daughter, Bristol, would reconcile her traditional family values with the sexual exhibition required of all dancers. Never mind that it smacked of hypocrisy for her to even sign up for this show,… Read more.
Given the way the media have been covering the lunatic rantings of latter-day Tea Partiers about President Obama being a Muslim, one can be forgiven for wondering what he was doing attending church yesterday. Never mind that these are the same people who were ranting during the 2008 presidential campaign about Obama being the wrong… Read more.
Well, he incited still-simmering outrage by allegedly “sexing up” data about WMDs to justify sending British troops on Bush’s march of folly into Iraq. Then he amassed a king’s ransom by trading on his tenure as prime minister in a manner that made Bill Clinton seem urbane and discreet. But passing off fake conversations from the movie The Queen in his memoirs as real conversations with… Read more.
The Heisman Trophy is easily the most coveted award in college sports. Indeed, it is so respected and revered among football players that I suspect many of them would rather have a Heisman Trophy in their home than a Super Bowl ring on their finger. The Heisman is awarded annually to: … the outstanding college… Read more.
In August 2009 Belizean Prime Minister Dean Barrow orchestrated the nationalization of Belize Telemedia Limited, the county’s virtually monopolistic telecommunications company, in a manner that would make even Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez blush. In a national address before a Special Sitting of the House of Representatives, PM Barrow justified this act by declaring that: …the… Read more.
I was surprised at the number of putatively informed political pundits who not only argued that the analysis I proffered in my Friday commentary (entitled Fidel Castro Admits His ‘Cuban Model’ Has Failed) was flawed, but also expressed incredulity that Castro would ever have uttered the words attributed to him. Coincidentally, they were aided in… Read more.
Putin to rule for life Last week, Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin and Italian Prime Minister Berlusconi chose an ominous way to bond. During a joint press conference in Moscow, Berlusconi announced funding for research that will extend life expectancy to 120. Putin quipped: So we will be prime ministers [or president in Putin’s case] until at least the age of… Read more.
“They should please not choose someone of whom most of us would be ashamed. Our country deserves better. We’re very worried that this leader had relations with a woman who regarded him as a parent and, although he is very likeable, we have to ask ourselves: ‘What is happening in the ANC?’” Thus prayed Nobel… Read more.
