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It might seem impossible for a president to be triumphant, modest, contradictory, solemn and opportunistic all at once. Yet President Obama was just that when he made the following announcement on Friday: After nearly 9 years, America’s war in Iraq will be over… Over the next two months, our troops in Iraq—tens of thousands of them—will… Read more.
White conservatives clearly hoped that this black conservative would provide the pretext to absolve them of their racist sins the way Obama ostensibly did for white liberals. Except that Herman Cain is suddenly turning out to be more of a demonic black Archie Bunker than the messianic black Ronald Reagan he was supposed to be (or become). Not to mention… Read more.
Won’t these brutal dictators ever learn…? Think what you will of the cowardly path Tunisia’s Ben Ali took by fleeing into exile, at least he was smart enough to avoid the humiliation Egypt’s Mubarak is now suffering by being wheeled into court on his death bed to face trial, which will surely end in his… Read more.
Former Mexican President Vicente Fox has been making news all year – not only by blaming insatiable demand in the United States for the drug-related violence that has turned Mexico into a veritable war zone, but also for declaring that the legalization of production, transit, and sale of all prohibited drugs is the only way… Read more.
To the sporting snobs who dismiss car racing as a simple-minded, redneck sport (especially those who’d rather sit around for hours watching pot-bellied men club and chase a little ball over manicured lawns until – with all of the suspense of watching paint dry – they manage to plunk it into a little hole in… Read more.
In typical herd-like fashion, political pundits of every stripe are now asserting that Occupy Wall Street (OWS) protesters will do for the Democratic Party what Tea Partiers have done for the Republican Party. Except that there’s one glaring distinction which completely negates this analogy. First, though, it might be helpful to recall that many of these… Read more.
Out of a mountain of despair, a stone of hope. (MLK) After a two-month postponement because of Hurricane Irene, the MLK Memorial was finally dedicated this morning — highlighted by a stirring tribute delivered by President Obama. Needless to say the occasion was replete with symbolism … and irony: The symbolism stems from the fact that,… Read more.
Regular readers know that I have a soft spot for the Ukrainians. Unfortunately, ever since their triumphal Orange Revolution in 2005, they have done nothing but trample all over my hopes for the political development of their country. The latest in this respect came on Tuesday when a judge sentenced former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko… Read more.
A federal judge in New York City just sentenced Raj Rajaratnam to 11 years in prison, a $10 million fine, and forfeiture of $53 million in assets. Much is being made of the fact that this sentence is the harshest ever imposed for the insider trading that was/is customary practice on Wall Street. Word on… Read more.
