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Perhaps he should check his 401k and Bitcoin statements, no? Oh right, the only ones who have those are rich folks who didn’t even vote for Trump. #Sucker! Read more.
A truly incomprehensible feature of this first year of the Trump presidency is the extent to which he has continually marginalized the United States in world affairs. Critics often caricature his “America First” slogan as America isolated, standing alone. But I suspect this caricature has more truth than even his most informed supporters could have… Read more.
Africans selling Africans Like many people, you might think Europeans captured Africans to enslave them in the so-called New World. This, however, is one of history’s greatest misconceptions. After all, for centuries before Europeans set foot on the continent, Africans had been capturing and enslaving fellow Africans. Moreover, they were aping the customary practices of ancient civilizations… Read more.
I thought Bernie Sanders would have been a far more appealing Democratic nominee than Hillary Clinton for the 2016 presidential election. But the way Donald Trump exploited the private e-mails of staffers at the Democratic National Committee (DNC) to undermine Hillary’s campaign reeked of cynicism and hypocrisy. This is why I condemned the media for… Read more.
Founding president Sean Parker made news recently by confessing that he and fellow programmers designed Facebook more like an addictive drug than a networking tool. I duly commented in “Zuckerberg Designed Facebook ‘Like’ an Addictive Opioid,” November 13, 2017. But Parker only confirmed what I had been contending for years in commentaries like “Facebook ‘Like’… Read more.
I have been in the vanguard of those warning about this fearful symmetry. In fact, my concerns were such that I began sounding alarms long before a conspiracy of bigotry, ignorance, and complacency misled voters to elect Donald J. Trump the 45th president of the United States. I reacted to this black-swan election with “WTF:… Read more.
President Donald Trump made much ado about recognizing Jerusalem as the capital of Israel. Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah reacted as expected. He called for a new Palestinian intifada, condemned America, and urged Lebanon to cut all ties with Israel. Call for Intifada To punctuate his clarion call, Nasrallah insisted that: If the Palestinians undertake an intifada, the Arab and Muslim… Read more.
When Beyoncé performed in North Carolina last year, I argued that it was tantamount to endorsing that state’s anti-LGBT law. Further that, in doing so, she was being every bit as mercenary as entertainers who performed in South Africa during the Apartheid regime. More to the point, though, here is what I wrote about her… Read more.
