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I am such a big fan of the Summer Olympics that I even tune in to watch competition in such dubious sports as Curling and Archery. So between network and online coverage I will probably watch more of the London Games (July 27 – August 12) than anybody I know. There’s no denying, though, that… Read more.
Not since the famously erroneous 1948 headline “Dewey Defeats Truman” have the mainstream media gotten a major headline so wrong as when CNN, FOX News and other new organizations rushed on Thursday with “Mandate Struck Down.” Of course, the Supreme Court upheld the mandate, the indispensable (funding) feature of Obamacare. Related commentaries: Supreme Court upholds Obamacare Read more.
I get just as irritated with dog owners who expect me to pet their overly friendly dogs as I do with mothers who expect me to coo at their plainly ugly babies. This is not to say, however, that my dislike of babies is just as great as my dislike of dogs; but it’s close.… Read more.
I predict the Court will rule … to uphold the constitutionality of what is bound to go down in history as the most important achievement of any U.S. president since the Civil Rights bill President Lyndon Johnson signed into law in 1964. (“Supreme Court To Rule on Landmark Healthcare Reform,” The iPINIONS Journal, November 23,… Read more.
Why not? After all, if Kim Kardashian can entertain millions (and make millions) by manufacturing drama for her faux reality-TV show, Mike Tyson can easily regale audiences by just telling the undisputed truth about the serial drama that has been his life … for real. This is why the title of his one-man show, Mike… Read more.
All of Washington is waiting with bated breath for tomorrow’s Supreme Court ruling on the constitutionality of Obamacare. I’m on record predicting not only that the Court will rule it constitutional, but that it will do so by a rare 6-3 margin: I predict the Court will rule 6-3 to upholdthe constitutionality of what is… Read more.
Today the Supreme Court struck down 75 percent of Arizona’s anti-immigration law: a) ruling it unconstitutional for police officers to make warrantless arrests of anyone they suspect is an illegal immigrant; b) ruling it unconstitutional to require illegal immigrants to carry federal documents; and c) ruling it unconstitutional for the state to arrest illegal immigrants merely for seeking… Read more.
And so the post-Mubarak chaos I warned about continues … with more pro-democracy protesters vowing to boycott the runoff than those planning to vote. This, of course, would virtually guarantee the outcome these nincompoop protesters fear most (i.e., the election of the Brotherhood’s candidate) and force the military to intervene again…. (“Military Coup after just… Read more.
It seems like a divine coincidence that two separate juries in the state of Pennsylvania rendered guilty verdicts yesterday in cases related to the sexual abuse of children in the Catholic Church and at Penn state. The Catholic Church A few years ago, revelations about the nature and scope of sexual abuse by priests gave… Read more.
Two years ago virtually every sports writer criticized LeBron for leaving Cleveland to “take [his] talents to South Beach.” But their criticism had far more to do with the fanfare he made of his announcement than with his leaving. And it did not matter to them that LeBron orchestrated that fanfare so that the millions generated could… Read more.
