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His family finally let him go…. Condolences to my friends and comrades in South Africa; although, it speaks volumes about what a beloved and influential man Nelson Mandela was that people all around the world are grieving his loss just as much. In fact, so inspiring was Mandela that, in his tribute just moments ago,… Read more.
I count myself among the dying breed of unabashed liberals who are convinced that the growing gap between rich and poor is tantamount to a metastasizing cancer in the American body politic. Moreover, our diagnosis is that almost all of the economic, political and social maladies ailing this country – from crime and unemployment to… Read more.
When Lindsey Vonn crashed during a Colorado training run two weeks ago, most commentators said that she had dashed all hopes of defending her Olympic downhill title at the Sochi Winter Olympics in two months. To be sure, re-injuring the same right knee she blew out at the World Championships last February does not bode… Read more.
I’m on record hailing Ukrainians as my favorite ex-communists. Alas, I’m also on record lamenting that, 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. Just two years after that revolution, which was supposed to set them on an… Read more.
About 30,000 protesters launched a ‘people’s coup’ on Thailand’s government on Sunday, swarming state agencies in violent clashes, taking control of a state broadcaster, and forcing the prime minister to flee a police compound… It is the latest dramatic turn in a conflict pitting Bangkok’s urban middle class and royalist elite against the mostly poor,… Read more.
