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Here’s the warning I issued almost a year ago when Facebook became the latest tech sensation to go public: Let’s face it, haven’t you had enough of the mundane and often-recycled crap your ‘friends’ share … every day, several times a day? Even worse are the hucksters who keep begging you to ‘Like’ them or their page… Read more.
The American media went into full-9/11 mode about an hour ago with reports of explosions at the Boston Marathon. According to CNN, there were two coordinated bombs (near the finish line on famed Boylston Street at Copley Square) that, remarkably, killed only two but injured 46 – many with severed limbs. (Those numbers, especially for… Read more.
Tiger knows better than anyone that he will not be able to fully redeem his professional reputation until he wins another five Majors (i.e., from among the Masters in April, U.S. Open in June, British Open in July, and PGA Championship in August). (“Tiger Won…Finally,” The iPINIONS Journal, December 5, 2011) It’s an indication of… Read more.
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Reprinted from Caribbean News Now! caribbeannewsnow.com Book review: The iPINIONS Journal – Commentaries on the Global Events of 2012 by Anthony L. Hall Published on April 12, 2013 Once again, another year of world events has elapsed and Caribbean News Now op-ed columnist Anthony Hall has published his eighth retrospective compendium of insight and observations… Read more.
Hell, given their cozy relationship with President Obama, it would not surprise me to learn that he personally sanctioned their visit as goodwill ambassadors pursuant to the ‘people-to-people’ program he initiated to promote greater cultural exchange between Americans and Cubans. (“Beyoncé and Jay-Z Representing Pop and Hip Hop in Cuba,” The iPINIONS Journal, April 8,… Read more.
Something’s terribly, and obviously, wrong with this picture: I am invisible, understand, simply because people refuse to see me. Like the bodiless heads you see sometimes in circus sideshows, it is as though I have been surrounded by mirrors of hard, distorting glass. When they approach me they see only my surroundings, themselves or figments… Read more.
Thank God I never bet anything more than my pride on sporting events. And it’s a damn good thing I have so much of it. Because neither my pick for the men’s championship (Ohio State) nor the women’s (Baylor) even made the Final Four. Truth be told, I became even less interested than usual in… Read more.
In politics, if you want anything said, ask a man; if you want anything done, ask a woman. This was how the UK Evening News quoted Margaret Thatcher, then the Conservative MP for Finchley, turning male chauvinism on its head – to the delight, no doubt, of her audience at the National Council of the… Read more.
