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I have had cause on far too many occasions to denounce the presumptuous way Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has attempted, variously, to challenge Obama’s presidential authority or dictate how Obama should exercise it. What is most troubling, however, is that congressional Republicans have invariably enabled him. In fact, while doing all they could to… Read more.
Allegations that the New England Patriots cheated during Sunday’s AFC Championship Game against the Indianapolis Colts went viral within minutes after it ended. It pertained to charges that the Patriots underinflated game balls to make it easier to throw and catch in the cold, wet weather. Here in part is how I commented: The Patriots… Read more.
People have been sounding alarms about the rich getting richer (and the poor getting poorer) for over 150 years. In fact, A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents, Vol. 2, quotes no less a person than former president Andrew Jackson invoking this aphorism way back in 1832: When the laws undertake …… Read more.
Real Football fans will tell you that the most exciting day of the NFL season is Conference Championship Sunday, not Super Bowl Sunday — as casual fans might say. (“Historic NFL Championship Sunday,” The iPINIONS Journal, January 22, 2007) True to form, yesterday’s National Football Conference (NFC) game between the Seattle Seahawks and Green Bay… Read more.
[Most ‘student athletes’] not only graduate with degrees not worth the paper they’re written on; they actually enter college aiming to do nothing but make themselves more marketable to professional teams – as no less a person than last night’s star, Cardale Jones, asserted in a refreshingly honest tweet years ago: ‘Why should we have to go to class… Read more.
I not only urge you to shun this movie, but hope the major arbiters of artistic merit, especially those at the Golden Globes and Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, will snub it as well. (“‘Selma’ Defames LBJ to Make MLK Look, What, Even Better?” The iPINIONS Journal, January 5, 2015) I took a… Read more.
From day one, I was among far too few non-Muslims condemning Charlie Hebdo for publishing anti-Muslim cartoons. It’s one thing to defy Islamic jihadists to expose human rights and other abuses Muslims perpetrate in the name of Islam — as Hirsi Ali and van Gogh did with their film. It’s quite another to do so merely to propagate… Read more.
Never before in the history of human endeavor has there been a demonstration of such natural skill, perseverance, and daring — all in the name of sport: On the 19th day of their climb, Tommy Caldwell and Kevin Jorgeson, both now bearded, reached the summit of El Capitan’s Dawn Wall, completing a quest that included years… Read more.
I am proud to be among the few still small voices condemning instead of praising Charlie Hebdo. But nobody in his right mind could possibly think that committing mass murder against its staff was the right way to express this condemnation: It’s one thing to defy Islamic jihadists to expose human rights and other abuses… Read more.
My team, Virginia Tech, didn’t even make the coveted AP top 25, let alone the playoffs. Therefore, I did not have a dog in this fight (no allusions to former VT quarterback Michael Vick intended). Still, it was a pretty exciting game, especially watching Ohio’s third-string quarterback, Cardale Jones, outplay Oregon’s first-string and Heisman Trophy-winning… Read more.
