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I couldn’t care any less whether Britain leaves or remains in the EU. But I think the Remainers will carry the day. … The irony seems lost on both sides in this Brexit debate that Britain poses a far greater threat to the EU if it remains. … The EU has 99 problems but Brexit… Read more.
Just years ago, Grexit had the European Union reeling with existential angst. Notably, the fear was not that Greece would leave, but that its chronic indebtedness posed too great a communal burden to allow it to remain. Further that bailing out Greece would create a domino effect – with other poor, debt-ridden member states (aka… Read more.
Whether LeBron James would finally deliver on his promise to lead the Cleveland Cavaliers to a championship was the overriding story of these NBA finals — with all due respect to their opponents, the defending champion Golden State Warriors and their reigning league MVP, Stephen Curry. The composition of this Cleveland team, as well as… Read more.
Last November, the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) published a report, which found that Russia perpetrated state-sponsored doping to enhance the performance of Track and Field athletes. It made two major recommendations: The International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF), the sport’s governing body, should suspend all Russian athletes from international competition. The Russian Athletic Federation (RusAF)… Read more.
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The Tony Awards on Sunday night were a bonanza for Hamilton, as Broadway’s wildly popular hit musical collected an impressive 11 prizes, including the coveted one for best musical. While the results reflected the widespread audience and critical acclaim for Lin-Manuel Miranda’s hip-hop biography of Alexander Hamilton, they did not quite match the record 12… Read more.
The United Nations is little more than a corrupt talking shop composed of (far too many) diplomats who are more interested in pursuing personal interests than resolving international disputes. I have repeatedly denounced it as such – in commentaries as early as “United Nations: Corrupt from Head to Toe?” June 17, 2005, and as recently… Read more.
In what police are calling the worst shooting in American history, a lone gunman killed [49] people and injured at least 53 when he opened fire at a gay nightclub in Orlando, Florida. ‘Our SWAT officers exchanged gunfire with the suspect. The suspect is dead,’ Orlando Police Chief John Mina said at a press conference.… Read more.
France remains under a state of emergency after last November’s attacks on Paris, when 130 people were killed. More than 90,000 police, soldiers and private guards will be deployed at the tournament, with seven million fans expected to visit the 10 host venues. The US and British governments have both warned fans they could be at… Read more.
In “Referendum on Equal Rights in The Bahamas Is ‘Unnecessary’, Despite Dame Sawyer,” May 18, 2016, I expressed misgivings about the country of my birth subjecting the constitutional rights of fellow citizens to a referendum. I reasoned, in part, that the rights of citizenship at issue are necessarily implied in existing constitutional provisions. Further that we only… Read more.
