Happy New Year!
Wednesday, December 30, 2015 at 7:57 AM
Archives for December 2015
Steroids: Peyton Manning Caught on the ‘Dark Side’?
Tuesday, December 29, 2015 at 8:52 AM
Peyton Manning caught using steroids The Al Jazeera undercover probe, which was posted online early Sunday morning and aired on television later in the day, reported that Manning was given human growth hormone in 2011 while he was recovering from neck surgery. … [The report] contends that steroids and other drugs were shipped to the home address… Read more.
Merry Xmas!
Wednesday, December 23, 2015 at 6:44 AM
Dissing Jesus Suffer the little children … to come unto [Santa]. Read more.
Failure to Communicate the Ironic Regret of Obama Presidency
Tuesday, December 22, 2015 at 8:22 AM
For a little perspective, here is how acclaimed communication strategist Richard Greene rated President Obama as a communicator a few years ago: Barack Obama, at his best, in some ways is an even better orator than FDR or JFK and more accomplished than ‘The Great Communicator’ Ronald Reagan, a trained actor and Bill Clinton, by… Read more.
Harvey’s Miss Universe Gaffe Godsend for Miss Philippines and Miss Colombia
Monday, December 21, 2015 at 12:36 PM
The Miss Universe contestant from the Philippines is this year’s winner, but for one brief moment Sunday evening, it appeared as if it might be a repeat win for Colombia. Colombia contestant Ariadna Gutierrez Arevalo was already wearing the crown as this year’s Miss Universe when host Steve Harvey returned to apologize. Harvey said it… Read more.
Merkel Betraying Migration Policy that Won Her ‘Person of the Year’
Monday, December 21, 2015 at 5:43 AM
Just months ago, German Chancellor Angela Merkel pledged to assimilate as many Syrian refugees as can make it to Germany. She won near-universal praise for doing so. I, however, sounded this sobering, foreboding note: Unsurprisingly, liberal Germans are greeting this first wave of migrants with banners, cheers, and food. But don’t be surprised if these… Read more.
The Putin-Trump Bromance
Saturday, December 19, 2015 at 8:07 AM
Listening to Republicans swoon over his leadership, you could be forgiven for thinking they wish Putin were president of the United States. Granted, this swooning probably reflects their partisan/racial hatred of Obama more than their love of Putin. But there’s no denying a totalitarian ideation that makes far too many Republicans swoon over cocksure leaders who… Read more.
‘Zuma Must Fall!’ Cry, South Africa
Thursday, December 17, 2015 at 2:24 AM
People in Pretoria, Cape Town, Port Elizabeth and Johannesburg took to the streets, insisting that corruption has worsened in South Africa since Zuma came to power in 2009… President Zuma caused nationwide anger last week when he dismissed Finance Minister Nhlanhla Nene and replaced him with Desmond van Rooyen. The move resulted in an immediate… Read more.
Insults, Lies, and Slurs No Substitute for ‘Political Correctness’
Tuesday, December 15, 2015 at 5:57 AM
Think of Donald Trump what you will. There’s no denying the unprecedented way he’s dumbing down and polarizing public discourse in America. Alas, never before has a public figure been respected so much for offending so many. Truth be told, I couldn’t care any less about this Trump phenomenon. Not least because I remain convinced… Read more.
Pioneer Climatologist Calls Paris Climate Deal ‘Bullsh*t’
Monday, December 14, 2015 at 6:11 AM
In my December 2 commentary, “Paris Talks on Climate Change to Avert an Apocalypse? Hardly,” I likened pledges to cut greenhouse gas emissions to pledges to fund disaster relief efforts. I cited unfulfilled pledges made in Kyoto in 1997 and Copenhagen in 2009 to support the former; unfulfilled pledges made after the Haitian earthquake in… Read more.