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Now, after defeating France (3-1) in seemingly invincible fashion on Wednesday, the media are heaping praise upon them and stoking grand expectations for a national victory on Sunday when the U.S. plays Japan for the World Cup championship. Japan advanced after defeating Sweden (3-1) in equally invincible fashion also on Wednesday… Even so, my underdog… Read more.
It would be easy to blame media focus on stories like the Casey Anthony murder trial, the UK phone-hacking scandal, or even the political bickering over America’s debt ceiling for the relative lack of coverage of this year’s FIFA Women’s World Cup in Germany. This quadrennial soccer tournament has actually been playing out over the… Read more.
Even as I celebrated the democratic aspirations of the Egyptian protesters earlier this year, I felt compelled to make this ironic and cautionary observation: I fear these wannabe revolutionaries have become so intoxicated with their own ‘people power’ that they seem every bit as dictatorial now as they’ve accused Mubarak of being. (Mubarak concedes…, The iPINIONS Journal,… Read more.
When the latest news about phone hacking by UK tabloids first broke last week, most commentators focused on the tolling of the death knell for the country’s most popular tabloid, the News of the World (NOTW). But I was convinced from the outset that there had to be much more to this scandal and that the NOTW… Read more.
I don’t agree with the coup, but now that they’ve done it, I support it because Thaksin has refused to resign from his position… Allowing Thaksin to carry on will ruin the country more than this. The reputation of the country may be somewhat damaged, but it’s better than letting Thaksin stay in power. (University… Read more.
It speaks volumes about the impact Betty Ford had on politics in America that her death on Friday evoked almost as much outpouring of sympathy and eulogies as her husband’s did five years ago (December 27, 2006) As our nation’s first lady, she was a powerful advocate for women’s health and women’s rights. After leaving the White House, Mrs.… Read more.
‘The upcoming referendum is a choice between being a second-class in your own country, or a free person in your independent state.’ (BBC, January 5, 2011) This was rather loaded way Salva Kiir, the presumptive president of Africa’s newest state, framed the choice the predominantly Christian-animists of South Sudan faced in last month’s referendum on… Read more.
Apropos of fate, karma finally caught up with O.J. – who is now spending the rest of his life in prison on unrelated charges. So I fully expect that same karma to befall the criminally self-obsessed and clinically psychopathic Casey – who is clearly also a pathological liar (Casey Anthony gets away with murder, The… Read more.
Few people seemed concerned about the legal and ethical implications earlier this year when the News of the World (NOTW), Britain’s most popular weekly tabloid, issued a public apology and paid over $150,000.00 to actress Sienna Miller for illegally hacking her cell phone and eavesdropping on her voice messages. This did not change even when… Read more.
