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Politicians and pundits – in Pakistan and the United States – have been waxing indignant to the point of belligerence over the past week about the potential fallout from the spectacular way U.S. Special Forces willfully violated Pakistan’s sovereignty to get Osama bin Laden. For example, on the one hand, we had Pakistani Prime Minister… Read more.
Sports history is replete with superstar athletes who vow to retire at the top of their game. Yet just this year Brett Favre and Lance Armstrong joined the long list of those, including Michael Jordan and Mohammed Ali, who failed to do so. By contrast, I cannot recall a single superstar coach ever making a… Read more.
The killing of Osama bin Laden has policy makers in the United States finally debating in earnest about what is the best way to fight the war on terrorism. And, in a similar vein, they are wondering whether this pivotal development provides an expedient pretext for President Obama to accelerate the timetable he has laid… Read more.
Nothing can compete with last Friday’s royal wedding between Prince William and Kate Middleton for pomp and ceremony signifying nothing. But last Sunday’s beatification service for Pope John Paul II came pretty damn close. The service was conducted by his successor, Pope Benedict XVI. For the uninformed heathens among you: The beatification is the first… Read more.
Citing regard for “who we are” as a people, as well as concern about providing a ghoulish icon to inspire or incite other terrorists, President Obama announced this afternoon that he will not be releasing photos of the dead bin Laden. He noted that nobody of any consequence has expressed any doubt about his death, and that… Read more.
Reprinted from Caribbean News Now! caribbeannewsnow.com Book review: The iPINIONS Journal – Commentaries on the Major Events of Our Times: Volume VI by Anthony L. Hall Published on May 2, 2011 As if to remind us of the swift passage of yet another year of world history, Caribbean News Now op-ed columnist Anthony Hall has… Read more.
[Author’s Note: Due to unprecedented reader interest I’ve decided to run this commentary, which was published originally yesterday (Monday at 12:27 pm), for another day.] Tonight, I can report to the American people and to the world that the United States has conducted an operation that killed Osama bin Laden, the leader of al Qaeda, and a… Read more.
TV stations cover natural disasters purportedly as a public service. But there’s no denying that such coverage is a ratings boon for their bottom line – catering as it does to the perverse thrill of suspense that keeps us fixated on the hype of impending [or unfolding] doom…. (Katrina’s coming, Katrina’s coming, The iPINIONS Journal,… Read more.
