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Here in part is what I wrote after the Nobel Committee announced Barack Obama as the recipient of its 2009 Nobel Peace Prize: You’d be hard-pressed to find a more ardent and hopeful supporter of President Barack Obama than me. But this award is … well … a bit much. For no matter the rationalization, there’s… Read more.
He threatened to jail his political opponents and sue his sexual accusers. Of course, Abraham Lincoln began his Gettysburg Address by invoking the democratic principles upon which the Founding Fathers conceived this nation “four score and seven years ago.” Donald Trump began his by invoking the personal grievances upon which he intends to base lawsuits to settle… Read more.
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Says it all, no? Related commentaries: Second presidential debate… Read more.
Egypt’s new capital city moved a step closer to reality with the announcement that Chinese developers will largely fund the mega project. The China Fortune Land Development Company (CFLD) agreed to provide $20 billion for the currently unnamed city, after a meeting between heads of the firm and Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El Sisi. This… Read more.
October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Women’s health organizations invariably mark it with PSAs urging women to check for any sign of this disease. They also launch fundraising drives to fund research and increase breast cancer awareness. Breast cancer and the Angelina effect But there’s a discordant note in the chorus of advocacy this year. And it’s coming from no less an advocate… Read more.
Trump bragged during that now-infamous hot-mic moment on Access Hollywood about being entitled to kiss women on the mouth and grab them by the pussy … because he’s a star. That was just the latest in a series of outrages that should have disqualified his presidential campaign. But I wrote in “Evangelicals Supporting Donald Trump like… Read more.
Imagine a mother behaving like such an unruly child that she forces her children to chastise her. That effectively is what the president of Liberty University forced his students to do this week: A group of students at Liberty University, the largest Christian college in the country, is denouncing Donald Trump and speaking out against the school’s… Read more.
Here in part is what I wrote on this topic in “Delusional Kaepernick Standing Up by Sitting Down During National Anthem,” on August 30: [T]his protest smacks of grandstanding. And it’s only slightly less lazy and misguided than people who think (re)tweeting slogans about injustice is tantamount to fighting for justice. Of course, Rosa Parks and the… Read more.
I am holding fast to my pledge not to dignify the presidential debates between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump with any comment. But there’s compelling public interest in making sure the following is part of Sunday’s post-debate commentary: No doubt you’ve seen the viral video, which leaked on Friday, of Trump bragging, during a hot-mic… Read more.
