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Republished from Caribbean New Now! caribbeannewsnow.com Book review: The iPINIONS Journal – Commentaries on the Global Events of 2013 by Anthony L. Hall Published on March 21, 2014 As if to remind us all of the sometimes distressingly swift passage of time, Caribbean News Now op-ed columnist Anthony Hall has published his ninth retrospective compendium… Read more.
Granted, it’s hardly surprising that news organizations would rather spend hours manufacturing suspense over the mysterious disappearance of a passenger airline in Asia than spend a minute covering the latest atrocity unfolding in Africa. After all, even the antics of B-list celebrities trump African atrocities when it comes to the two R’s that guide all… Read more.
As an unabashed liberal, I am dismayed at the number of liberal pundits, academics, politicians, journalists, and businessmen who have hailed Edward Snowden as a veritable Patrick Henry of the information age. In fact, their herd-like opinion in this respect is such that liberals would probably consider me a far greater traitor to my political… Read more.
I’ve watched enough episodes of this show (for blogging purposes) to know that the only “stars” who appear are those whose star has yet to shine or those whose star has long since lost its shine. Billy Dee Williams clearly falls into the latter category. But what shall it profit a fading star, if he shall… Read more.
Yesterday’s secession referendum in Crimea held all of the suspense of presidential elections in North Korea. Reports are that 97 percent voted in favor. We await reports on the fate of the daring three percent who voted against…. Ukraine’s Crimean peninsula declared itself an independent nation Monday after its residents voted overwhelmingly to secede and… Read more.
The 15-member UN Security Council voted moments ago on a resolution condemning Russia’s invasion of Crimea and declaring tomorrow’s scheduled referendum to ratify its annexation of this region of Ukraine invalid and a flagrant violation of international law. Unsurprisingly, 13 members, led by the United States, voted in favor of the resolution; one member, Russia, voted… Read more.
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg is being hailed in the media after sharing details of a call he made to the president of the United States on Wednesday to complain about NSA data collection: I’ve called President Obama to express my frustration over the damage the government is creating for all of our future. Never mind… Read more.
Here, courtesy of a March 12 report by CNN, are the few known facts: On Saturday, March 8, Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 departed Kuala Lumpur at 12:41 a.m. bound for Beijing. There were 227 passengers and 12 crewmembers on board the plane that was scheduled to arrive at 6:30 a.m. About 45 minutes after takeoff,… Read more.
Phil Jackson is creating quite a buzz in NBA circles these days with his flirtation about returning to the sidelines next season as coach of the New York Knicks. All indications are that he will. But he created an even bigger buzz last year with his comparison between Michael Jordan and Kobe Bryant as players.… Read more.
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 so they can make money off your ‘friendship.’ Then of course there are the myriad ways those little zuckerheads get… Read more.
