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It probably reveals something about me that the more popular the NFL becomes, the less it interests me. This of course is especially so if my fair-weather team, the Philadelphia Eagles, fails to make it to the playoffs – as was the case this season. I couldn’t even be bothered to comment two weeks ago… Read more.
It was quite a sight watching French President Francoise Hollande today on the streets of Timbuktu reveling in the jubilant cheers of the Malians French troops liberated just days ago from the oppressive rule of a rag-tag bunch of Islamic extremists. But as I did, I could not help thinking that former U.S. President George… Read more.
With all due respect to the protesters, the issue is not whether Mubarak will go, for he will. (The man is 82 and already looks half dead for Christ’s sake!) Rather, the issue is who will replace him. And it appears they have not given any thought whatsoever to this very critical question. The devil… Read more.
Getting self-interested attention seems to be the prevailing reason for tweeting. And every twittering twit in the twitterverse seems to think that the only way to get it is to be as obnoxious, incendiary, and/or bellicose as possible. Twitter is like a virtual schoolyard where not just one but most kids act like bullies or… Read more.
