Not since the perimeter shooters of North Carolina State upset the Phi Slama Jamas of Houston in 1983 has the NCAA Men’s Division 1 Basketball Tournament seen the kind of upset that played out last night. The Badgers stunned the Wildcats (and everyone else) by defeating them 71-64 in their Final Four matchup. Thus ending… Read more.
Archives for April 2015
Netanyahu Condemns Framework for Peace with Iran as … Path to War?
I cannot overstate the following truism about Israeli Prime Minister Bibi Netanyahu, which would be farcical if it were not so dangerous: Netanyahu will never miss an opportunity to undermine peace with Israel’s enemies — even if that means making enemies of Israel’s friends. (“Israeli PM Accepts Mischief-Making Invitation to Address Congress,” The iPINIONS Journal,… Read more.
NCAA Basketball: March (But No) Madness. (And No Women?!)
Organizers hype the annual NCAA Division 1 Men’s Basketball Tournament as “March Madness” to exploit the suspense inherent in people watching to see if low-seeded (aka Cinderella) teams upset top-seeded ones – ideally with buzzer-beating three pointers. Well, so much for the hype. After all, three of the four teams that made it through to… Read more.
PSA: Media, Stop Making Celebrities of Mass Murderers!
No doubt you too have become nauseated by ad-nauseam reports on the co-pilot who deliberately crashed that Germanwings plane in the Alps eight days ago. After all, the “breaking news” reporters are still trumpeting, every hour on the hour, amounts to little more than rehashing old news about the crash or propagating new tidbits about… Read more.