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I must confess that I appreciated hackers exposing the racist banter Sony Chairman Amy Pascal and über producer Scott Rudin engaged in – as “Sony: Leaked E-mails Expose Big-Shot Hollywood Liberals as Closet Racists,” December 12, 2014, will attest. But I never thought those hackers were willing or able to do anything more than cause… Read more.
I have written many commentaries on America’s 50-year embargo against Cuba. Here, for example, are excerpts from two of them in which I proffered the moral imperative for the United States to lift it. From “Dancing on Castro’s Grave Is Not Only Unseemly; It’s Premature,” August 2, 2007: Most of us in the Americas are… Read more.
The entire world watched in horror on Monday as police stormed a café in Australia to take out one Islamic terrorist – who was holding 17 people hostage. Miraculously, despite all of the terror that incident inflicted, only two innocent people were killed. Now, just a day later, comes this humbling reminder that, when it… Read more.
A gunman who claims to have four bombs is holding up to 20 people hostage in complete darkness at a café in Sydney’s financial district… The siege began at 10am (local time) when [the lone wolf] – who was previously known to both Sydney police and media – entered the Lindt cafe in Martin Place carrying… Read more.
I have repeatedly denounced world leaders for refusing to meet with the Dalai Lama out of fear of incurring the wrath of China: Western leaders have made a mockery of their condemnation of the brutal crackdown on Tibetan monks by heeding China’s warning against meeting with the Dalai Lama in any official capacity. UK Prime… Read more.
You may not be in the clear this flu season, even if you’ve already been vaccinated… Health officials say this year’s flu vaccine isn’t working as well as expected. According to the Centers for Disease Control, 52% of recent flu samples were not a good match for the current vaccine… According to the CDC, the… Read more.
After weathering one of the most embarrassing days in her career, during which her racially insensitive remarks were disseminated on the Internet, Sony Pictures co-chairman Amy Pascal is ready to begin the ‘healing process,’ and reached out to the Rev. Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton. ‘I’m being proactive,’ the executive tells The Hollywood Reporter. ‘And I want to accept responsibility for… Read more.
Chattering classes – from Los Angeles to Cannes and all points in between – are all atwitter today about putative Hollywood liberals coming across like Tea Party racists in e-mails, which “anonymous” hackers leaked as part of their ongoing vendetta against Sony Pictures. What has so many White liberals expressing “shock, shock” (i.e., instead of… Read more.
An exhaustive, five-year Senate investigation of the CIA’s secret interrogations of terrorism suspects renders a strikingly bleak verdict of a program launched in the aftermath of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, describing levels of brutality, dishonesty and seemingly arbitrary violence that at times brought even agency employees to moments of anguish. The report by the… Read more.
Many people are expressing shock, dismay, and disillusionment that racism in the United States has worsened since Obama’s purportedly post-racial election in 2008. President Barack Obama had hoped his historic election would ease race relations, yet a majority of Americans, 53 percent, say the interactions between the White and Black communities have deteriorated since he… Read more.
