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The United States’ legacy there will be distinguished either by a terminally wounded national pride as American forces beat a hasty retreat in defeat (following the Russian precedent in Afghanistan), or by thousands of American soldiers being lost in Afghanistan’s ‘graveyard of empires’ as they continue fighting this unwinnable war (following America’s own precedent in… Read more.
I resented it years ago when Madonna and Angelina Jolie appeared to be adopting Black babies as little more than a celebrity perk. Therefore, it does not surprise me that there’s growing resentment among Blacks over the recent adoptions of Black babies by Sandra Bullock (of The Blind Side), Kristin Davis (of Sex and the… Read more.
Whether it’s Paris Hilton or Kim Kardashian or whoever, stupidity is certainly celebrated. Being a fucking idiot is a valuable commodity in this culture because you’re rewarded significantly… It’s celebrated. It doesn’t make sense to me. This was Mad Men star Jon Hamm playing social critic in an interview in the current edition of Elle (UK) magazine. Interestingly… Read more.
From linsanity to bracketology…. I am disappointed that, after filling out the men’s brackets, the sports-fanatic and politically savvy Obama did not take a few minutes to have ESPN broadcast him filling out the women’s brackets as well. Of course this assumes that women’s college basketball would have even figured in his consciousness or in that of… Read more.
No doubt it’s a tragedy that a U.S. soldier marched into an Afghan village on Sunday and slaughtered 16 people in their sleep; especially so because among the casualties were nine children, including a two year old. But there’s something perversely American about this shooting rampage. After all, people (even soldiers) “going postal” like this in the United States has… Read more.
To be honest, I am not a big fan of college basketball. Frankly, I know few people who are. After all, most people’s interest seems limited to picking teams on a whim from brackets in their office pools. But following how teams are faring in the tournament brackets has become as obligatory for political/social/cultural commentators as… Read more.
Is there any wonder there’s no team loyalty left in professional sports? Hell, the Indianapolis Colts got rid of Peyton Manning. This, despite all he did not just for the team but for the city as well. Therefore, one can hardly blame baseball’s Albert Pujols for ignoring loyalty to the St. Louis Cardinals to sign… Read more.
[T]he reason I use quotes from previous commentaries is to distinguish myself from all of the other pundits and commentators who will say anything to ‘look good’. What is particularly galling is that they have no qualms about saying something today that completely contradicts what they said just days ago. And they get away with… Read more.
It speaks volumes about the confluence of virtual reality and reality that erstwhile sensible people seem convinced that a one-day chain of celebrity tweets can do more to defeat Africa’s most brutal guerrilla fighter, Joseph Kony, than foot soldiers who have been on non-stop search-and-kill missions to get him for more than a decade. Specifically, much is being made in the media this week… Read more.
Given all the coverage of yesterday’s “Super Tuesday” primaries, you can be forgiven for thinking that the results are truly meaningful. Headlines today are hailing Romney’s win of the lion’s share of delegates, and proclaiming him the putative Republican nominee. But even before Trump, Pawlenty, Bachmann, Perry, Cain, Gingrich, Paul, and Romney turned the Republican nomination process into… Read more.
