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Here’s to art imitating life…
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Archives for 2011
Rep. Anthony Weiner’s Prickly Situation
Friday, June 3, 2011 at 5:28 AM
I’ve always found the way Representative Anthony Weiner (D-NY) reveled in being a ballsy, in-your-face politician quite appealing. Therefore, I’m more than a little disappointed by the way he’s been answering clearly impertinent questions about a picture he sent of himself – in his underwear with an apparently erect weiner – to a 21-year-old female… Read more.
LeBron and Miami Heat Look ‘Invincible’; Shaq Retires…
Thursday, June 2, 2011 at 5:19 AM
LeBron James’s announcement last year that he was “taking his talents to Miami” incited a very polarized reaction among sports fans and commentators alike: some cheered as if it were the (sports) equivalent of the Annunciation to the Blessed Virgin Mary, while others jeered as if it were the equivalent of Judas betraying Jesus Christ. By… Read more.
Prof. Cornel West’s Racist Psychobabble About Pres. Obama
Wednesday, June 1, 2011 at 5:42 AM
I have never bought into the delusional conceit about there being black issues that should never be aired in “public”. This is why I took exception to fellow blacks who criticized director Spike Lee for exposing the intra-racial prejudices between light-skinned and dark-skinned blacks in his film School Daze, and writer Lawrence Otis Graham for… Read more.
Arrest of Ratko Mladic, Serbian War-Crimes Fugitive
Tuesday, May 31, 2011 at 5:39 AM
The arrest of alleged war criminal Ratko Mladic is not getting nearly the media coverage that attended the killing of Osama bin Laden. But I’m sure this does not diminish at all the vindication it portends for Mladic’s victims. Granted, this discrepancy in coverage stems from the fact that bin Laden was a global terrorist who masterminded the most devastating attacks… Read more.
Blessed Memorial Day / Weekend
Friday, May 27, 2011 at 6:11 AM
I appreciate that few people even bother to pretend that this holiday has anything to do with fallen troops. All the same, as you’re enjoying fun days at the shopping mall or at the beach, please take a moment to remember the troops – especially those who are still languishing in Iraq and Afghanistan (where another eight of… Read more.
IMF Head Dominique Strauss-Kahn Granted Bail
Thursday, May 26, 2011 at 5:29 AM
Dominique Strauss-Kahn (DSK), of course, is the IMF head who police hauled off an Air France plane on May 14, just as it was about to depart for Paris from New York. He was duly arrested for first attempting a few hours earlier to rape a maid when she came in to clean his hotel room and… Read more.
Twister: Life Imitating Art
Wednesday, May 25, 2011 at 5:26 AM
My heart really goes out to all of the people who were affected by the series of twisters that have utterly devastated everything in their path across the South and Midwest of the United States in recent weeks. The most deadly of them hit Joplin, Missouri on Sunday, killing over 120 and bringing the total… Read more.
Lance Armstrong – Falling From Grace…
Tuesday, May 24, 2011 at 7:51 AM
I have written many commentaries extolling Lance Armstrong’s remarkable accomplishments – not just as a professional cyclist (most notably his unprecedented and unequaled seven consecutive victories in the Tour de France), but also as a fundraiser for cancer research (most notably the over $400 million he has raised primarily through donations to his LIVESTRONG website).… Read more.
Bhutan’s Royal Wedding
Monday, May 23, 2011 at 5:13 AM
Chances are that you’ve never even heard of the Kingdom of Bhutan, let alone its 31-year-old monarch, King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck. More to the point, regular readers will appreciate that – given my democratic condemnation of the royal wedding of William and Kate – this is hardly an endorsement of the royal wedding of Jigme and… Read more.