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I don’t get the emotional attachment so many people have to this horse. Then again, it probably takes understanding the psychology at play in Peter Shaffer’s Equus to get it. But I think horse racing has all the redeeming social value of cockfighting (or dogfighting, given the Michael Vick scandal).… Barbaro, of course, was the latest winner… Read more.
Their unwitting championing of Putin as a more admirable leader than Obama betrays the fact that far too many Republicans hate their president more than they love their country. Which is why they will say or do anything to undermine his presidency — the welfare of the country be damned. (“Checkmated on Crimea, Obama Plays… Read more.
Every year Western leaders mark D-Day by hailing The Greatest Generation of Americans, Britons, Frenchmen, and Canadians who “saved the world.” Except that they invariably overlook the role Russians played. This constitutes a historic oversight (or slight). Moreover, it is at the root of much of the resentment that has beset Russia’s relationship with the… Read more.
Everyone is eulogizing Maya Angelou. And they’re doing so as if she were more a living saint than a poet laureate. Michelle and I join millions around the world in remembering one of the brightest lights of our time — a brilliant writer, a fierce friend, and a truly phenomenal woman. (President Obama, whitehouse.gov, May 28, 2014)… Read more.
[Tokenism in Hollywood] remains such that members of the Academy seem racially averse to nominating more than one Black movie in any given year, let alone awarding Oscars to more than one. Only this explains why they completely shut out Lee Daniels’ The Butler and Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom… This slight against Mandela (or… Read more.
Let me state from the outset that U.S. presidents insisting they do not negotiate with terrorists is belied by the fact that every one from Jimmy Carter to Barack Obama has done so. It’s hardly surprising, of course, that Republicans – for whom Obama can do no right – are damning him for negotiating with… Read more.
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I should stipulate that he routinely demonstrates that there’s nothing he would not do or say for attention. This is why cameras spend almost as much time on him as they do on players whenever his Mavericks are playing. Frankly, only Donald Trump is a bigger attention-seeking buffoon. (“Mavericks Owner Mark Cuban Offers Self-Incriminating Defense… Read more.
National Journal said Friday that it would ‘join the growing number of sites that are choosing to forgo public comments on most stories.’ Editor-in-chief Tim Grieve wrote that negative user comments on its website have “cheapened” and “debased” the reader experience. ‘For every smart argument, there’s a round of ad hominem attacks — not just… Read more.
