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It has been decades since abortion and related issues have been fodder for political fisticuffs. This is why it was so surreal to watch the Susan G. Komen foundation and Planned Parenthood engaging in a cat fight over funding for abortions last week, and even more so to watch President Obama and the Catholic Church… Read more.
I failed to contain my indignant laughter yesterday when an otherwise intelligent colleague cited the unusually warm winter we’re having as evidence that “global warming is real.” After composing myself, I explained that the gaping hole in his logic is about the size of the one Al Gore keeps telling us is in the ozone… Read more.
In a deft and enlightened move, Martelly declared from the outset of his presidency that he wanted to make peace – not just with Aristide but with every other former Haitian leader as well. To this end he made quite a public show today of meeting with both Aristide and Baby Doc. Implicit in this… Read more.
[H]e will be indicted; he will be convicted; and he will go to prison. And, just like Marion, it won’t be for taking performance-enhancing drugs (PEDs), but for lying so openly and notoriously about it. I am equally certain that it’s only a matter of time before the French move to strip him of his seven… Read more.
Bipartisanship finally erupted in Washington, DC last week when Democrats and Republicans alike began venting imperious indignation over the arrest of 19 American aid workers by Egyptian authorities for allegedly engaging in non-governmental organizing without government approval. In fact they are being scapegoated for the political unrest that is now a fact of daily life in… Read more.
I was actually pulling for the Giants and Patriots [to make it to tomorrow’s big game], respectively. Because my fallback allegiance [after my team Philadelphia didn’t even make the playoffs] is now with the Patriots to win the Super Bowl. And I would like nothing more than to see the Patriots get some measure of… Read more.
Unlike Jimmy the Greek, I’m offering this bold prediction only for you arm-chair quarterbacks who are wagering nothing more than your pride…. I was actually pulling for the Giants and Patriots [to make it to tomorrow’s big game], respectively. Because my fallback allegiance [after my team Philadelphia didn’t even make the playoffs] is now with the Patriots to… Read more.
Nancy G. Brinker, the founder and CEO of the Susan G. Komen for the Cure (SGK), was in full damage control yesterday. She was all over the airways trying in vain to explain that SGK’s decision to withdraw funding from Planned Parenthood (PP) had nothing to do with the polarizing issue of abortion. And you’ve probably… Read more.
What is it with Republican presidential candidates queuing up to seek Donald Trump’s blessings as if he were the friggin’ Pope?! Last week Rick Perry ascended the stairs of his gilded, eponymously named tower in NYC for this purpose; Mitt Romney is scheduled to do the same next week; and Sarah Palin and Michele Bachmann… Read more.
And you can bet your money, it’s all gonna be a stone gas, honey! The above are the signature sign-off words Don Cornelius intoned in silky baritone to entice viewers to tune in to the next episode of Soul Train, the iconic music and dance show that aired from October 1971 to March 2006, making… Read more.
