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Anyone who insists that it’s bad form to say, “I told you so,” has probably never had a real cause to say so. Accordingly, I hope you’ll forgive me for juxtaposing news reports on the bloody turmoil now spiraling out of control in Egypt with my commentaries dating back to the germinating days of the… Read more.
The latest faux heroes reveling in their 15 minutes of fame are the four horsemen of the Idaho wilderness who ran into Hannah Anderson and her “Uncle Jim” DiMaggio in the backcountry. The four are retired sheriff-turned-rancher Mark John and his wife Christa, and Mike Young and his wife Mary. Perhaps you’ve seen them on… Read more.
I am mindful of God’s admonition that he will visit the ‘iniquity of the fathers upon the sons.’ But I pray that HE will decree that Jesse Jackson Jr. has done enough good deeds as a public servant to be exempted from this cursed fate. (“Despite His Father…,” The iPINIONS Journal, November 13, 2008) Alas, God did… Read more.
Like most people, I was riveted last week to the unfolding tragedy that befell the family of Hannah Anderson. Hannah is the 16-year-old California girl who was allegedly kidnapped by a family friend, James “Uncle Jim” DiMaggio, after he killed her mother and younger brother and left their bodies behind in his home, which he burned… Read more.
Reza Aslan I am not. But I believe I can assert without fear of contradiction that, more than any other religion, Buddhism has a reputation for inspiring peace, harmony, and non-violence. This is why reports last year about Buddhist monks behaving like Islamic terrorists struck me as utterly surreal. So much so in fact that… Read more.
Mandatory Minimums Nothing betrays the latter-day puritanism that governs so much of life in America quite like the hundreds of thousands of people who are incarcerated in state and federal prisons for using drugs… For decades I have been among those calling for decriminalizing non-violent, victimless crimes [like using drugs or selling sex]. Unfortunately this progressive… Read more.
Who would’ve thought this tiny island nation would outperform the mighty United States in the premier Track and Field events of these Olympic Games? (“2008 Beijing Olympics: Jamaicans Bolt…” The iPINIONS Journal, August 21, 2008) I made no effort to disguise my Bahamian schadenfreude as Jamaican sprinters (with the notable exception of Usain Bolt) followed up their… Read more.
He’s got that kind of slouch, looking like the bored kid in the back of the classroom. (Obama on Putin during White House press conference, CNN, July 9, 2013) I’m on record suggesting that, instead of boycotting the Sochi Winter Olympics next year, American athletes should convey their outrage over Russia’s anti-gay laws by displaying… Read more.
This week, in an open letter to British Prime Minister David Cameron, acclaimed renaissance man Stephen Fry added his voice to those calling for a boycott of the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia to protest that country’s new anti-gay laws. In his inimitably dramatic fashion, Fry suggested that attending the Games in homophobic Russia today… Read more.
