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For over 50 years, American presidents have been enforcing an embargo against Cuba to force regime change, embarrassingly, to no avail. This is why I’ve been in the vanguard of those urging President Obama to end it; especially given that it has done nothing more than relegate generations of innocent Cubans to lives of systematic penury.… 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. (“2013 NCAA Basketball Tournament,” The iPINIONS Journal, April 10, 2013) True to form, not a single one of my picks made it to the sweet sixteen, let alone to last night’s… Read more.
A selfie is not just about adoring one’s own reflection like Narcissus; it’s more about taking a picture of that reflection to publish for all the world to see. But am I the only one who rues the cognitive dissonance that has turned self-obsessed showoffs from laughingstocks into standard-bearers of what is now not only… Read more.
The sign welcoming visitors to Fort Hood hails it as “The Great Place.” With its soldiers reeling and recovering from another on-base shooting rampage, however, that sign is taking on the specter of gallows humor. A major in the U.S. Army opened fire this afternoon at a processing facility at Fort Hood, Texas, killing 12… Read more.
I hereby pledge my humble support for all individuals on the autism spectrum and hail the many contributions they make to our society. I am especially sympathetic to the heroic kids who overcome challenges not just from lessons in the classroom but also from bullies in the schoolyard. In this vein, I take this opportunity… Read more.
Given the way commentators of every stripe criticize and even mock Obama these days, you could be forgiven for not recalling that these are the same commentators who hailed him as a proverbial Messiah on his way to becoming the first Black president of the United States. But here’s how I pooh-poohed the unbridled celebration… Read more.
For decades, despite international political condemnation and belligerent environmental protests, Japan insisted that it engaged in whaling for cultural as well as scientific purposes. In fact, it was so committed to continuing its whaling practices that Japan began inducing more venal members of the United Nations to recognize its right to hunt whales – much… Read more.
