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[Author’s note: This commentary was originally published on Saturday, March 12 at 12:07 am. However, given the saturation media coverage of this disaster, I have decided to reprise it with an UPDATE appended.] Earthquakes and other natural disasters should always remind us that there but for the grace of God… But there’s no denying that… Read more.
It is axiomatic in Washington that congressional hearings are more often than not the modern-day equivalent of a pillory. For they invariably amount to little more than a venue to hold private citizens up to public ridicule. But not since Senator Joe McCarthy’s hearing on un-American activities by American Communists in 1954 has a hearing… Read more.
I do not intend to waste any time commenting on the dog-and-pony show that has already begun among Republicans to win the nomination for president of the United States in 2012. But I could not resist commenting on how former Speaker Newt Gingrich is attempting to neutralize the criticisms about his notorious moral turpitude that… Read more.
According to the National Center for Education Statistics (2008), 90 percent of American students attend public schools. Unfortunately, overcrowded classrooms, violence, and truancy are just some of the problems that have plagued public school education in America for decades. As a result, we are confronted almost daily with data showing that American students routinely perform… Read more.
[Author’s note: I usually reserve updates for the annual book version of my commentaries. But the national spectacle surrounding Charlie Sheen warrants this exception.] Warner Bros. sent a letter to lawyers representing Charlie Sheen yesterday informing them that it was firing the actor from Two and a Half Men, effective immediately. Not surprisingly, that letter… Read more.
The moniker “Dream Team” is usually reserved for the group of NBA players who join forces every four years to guarantee Olympic gold in basketball for the United States. Therefore, it’s an indication of their arrogance and disrespect for what this moniker represents that Dwayne Wade, Chris Bosh, and LeBron James co-opted it when they… Read more.
It is generally understood that Brigham Young University (BYU) was founded: To provide an education in an atmosphere consistent with the ideals and principles of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints [i.e., the Mormons]… We believe in being honest, true, CHASTE, benevolent, virtuous, and in doing good to all men. . . .… Read more.
Leave it to the hypocrisy and double standards that govern international relations to make even Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi seem sympathetic. For, given the way Western leaders are lining up to condemn and sanction him for his crackdown on pro-democracy protesters, you’d think he had committed the worst human rights abuses since the Holocaust. Hell,… Read more.
Fashion designer Yves Saint Laurent always looked too dazed and confused to walk down a runway, let alone design haute-couture clothing for models to do so. The only other who struck me as weird in this way was Christian Dior’s creative director, John Galliano, who always seemed more interested in impersonating surrealist painter Salvador Dalí than… Read more.
