Welcome! This is an unapologetic, agenda-free zone. Just commentaries on current events that’ll move you to think, laugh, rage, and even cry.
I hereby pledge anew that this will be my last commentary on this presidential horse race (i.e., on how candidates fared in latest caucus or primary), until Republicans and Democrats choose their respective nominees this summer. (“New Hampshire Primary Proved One-Third of Republicans Are Gullible Fools,” February 12, 2016) I honored my pledge. And I did so with… Read more.
Sir Peter Schaffer died yesterday. If his name means nothing to you, then shame on you. More to the point, Sir Peter’s modesty was such that I doubt he would begrudge all of the coverage mainstream and social media are dedicating to Ali’s death (and Trump’s mouth), while relegating his death to just a footnote.… Read more.
Muhammad Ali was “The Greatest of All Time” – even if he said so himself. But what made him undeniably so had to do with what he did (and said) outside, as much as inside, the boxing ring. Of course, his opponents – from Sonny Liston to Joe Frazier and George Foreman – would readily… Read more.
In “Steroids: Peyton Manning Caught on the “Dark Side,” December 29, 2015, I relegated this Football superstar to the rogues’ gallery of athletes who used steroids to fuel their way to fame, glory, and fortune. Here is an excerpt. __________________ I watched Al Jazeera’s “The Dark Side: Secrets of the Sports Dopers.” And, I must say, 60 Minutes… Read more.
Migrants aren’t a danger, but are in danger. This, according to the May 29 edition of BBC News Online, is the pontifical way Pope Francis dismissed the hysteria this migrant crisis is inciting all over Europe. Never mind that he said it to little children instead of European leaders at the Vatican on Saturday. But,… Read more.
I would like nothing more than to see Bernie do to Hillary in 2016 what Barack did to her in 2008. (“Bernie Sanders: The Democrats’ Ron Paul…?” The iPINIONS Journal, July 2, 2015) In fact, I was feeling the Bern long before Millennials — who are now fueling Bernie Sanders’s campaign — even knew his name. But, like… Read more.
I have been venting exasperation with President Obama’s Bush-Lite war on terrorism almost from day one of his presidency – as such commentaries as “Obama Saluting War Dead Will Be Defining Image of His Presidency,” October 30, 2009, and “Demystifying ISIS: Case against Obama’s Bush-Lite War on Terrorism,” September 10, 2014, attest. I have been particularly… Read more.
Frankly, I am stupefied that this country of my birth is holding a referendum on June 7 to decide whether men and women should enjoy the same constitutional rights – primarily with respect to citizenship. Prime Minister Perry Christie presented the four amendments at issue during the launch of his “YES Bahamas Campaign – Equal Rights… Read more.
Eager to convince and assured of its purpose, the advocacy documentary Under the Gun tackles America’s persistent gun violence crisis with – word choice intended – an arsenal of information about why even modest fixes have been slow in coming… There’s a villain, of course: the National Rifle Association post-1977, when it shifted from being… Read more.
