Given the mess men have made of fighting wars, women can hardly do worse
Saturday, January 26, 2013 at 7:45 AM
Archives for 2013
North Korea Playing Nuclear Brinkmanship … Again
Friday, January 25, 2013 at 5:47 AM
A blunt and explicit threat from North Korea on Thursday that its missile and nuclear programs would “target” the United States poses a stark challenge to the Obama Administration even as it hoped it could focus its major diplomatic effort on restraining Iran’s less-advanced nuclear program. (“North Korea Issues Blunt Threat to United States,” New… Read more.
Mali, the New Afghanistan…?
Thursday, January 24, 2013 at 5:27 AM
No doubt you’ve heard about the Algerian hostage crisis that ended in a bloody massacre last Thursday when government troops stormed the gas plant where the hostages were being held. The plant is run jointly by Britain’s BP, Norway’s Statoil, and Algeria’s state oil company. Reports are that thirty-seven hostages (of multiple nationalities, including three… Read more.
Obama Inauguration: Take 2 (revised)
Wednesday, January 23, 2013 at 6:40 AM
I was unable to see any of the inauguration festivities live; therefore, what follows are observations based solely on news reports, video clips, and transcripts. The National Anthem Beyoncé looked a lot better than she sounded. And she sounded terrific – even if not quite as soaring and awe-inspiring as Whitney Houston at the 1991… Read more.
Remembering MLK; Inaugurating Obama
Monday, January 21, 2013 at 7:18 AM
Notre Dame’s Manti Te’o ‘Catfished’…? (revised)
Saturday, January 19, 2013 at 8:40 AM
Remarkably, Manti Te’o’s improbable tale about his imaginary girlfriend dying of cancer on the same day his grandmother died last September is competing for media coverage with Lance Armstrong’s belated confession about taking performance-enhancing drugs (PEDS). Te’o is the All-American linebacker from Notre Dame whose tale of personal tragedy became even more of an inspiration… Read more.
Manti Te’o’s imaginary girlfriend a symptom of premature concussion…?
Saturday, January 19, 2013 at 8:02 AM
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Lance Confesses: Oprah’s Big Get?
Wednesday, January 16, 2013 at 9:37 PM
Folks, let me make this perfectly clear: Lance Armstrong confessing that he’s a doper is about as newsworthy as Jodie Foster admitting that she’s gay. But I know enough about the television news business to know that getting the first confessional interview with this disgraced cyclist was probably even more coveted than getting the first… Read more.
I Apologize to Prince Albert (and his wife) … Reservedly
Tuesday, January 15, 2013 at 9:00 PM
The Times of London is to the United Kingdom what the New York Times is to the United States: the de facto national newspaper of record. Therefore, when the Sunday edition of the Times of London published a lengthy article – salaciously headlined “The Full Filthy Monte” – on the antics of Prince Albert’s reluctant… Read more.
Lincoln, the Great Emancipator, Was a Racist? Duh.
Monday, January 14, 2013 at 10:36 PM
In a culture where the latest goings-on in entertainment, sports, or reality-TV are more often than not the topic of engaging conversations, any discussion about the 16th president of the United States, Abraham Lincoln, is decidedly refreshing. You too will get an appreciation of this by eschewing the public debate now raging over whether Ben… Read more.