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DC Comics’ Wonder Woman just broke two of the remaining glass ceilings in Hollywood: Gal Gadot is the first woman to star in a superhero blockbuster. Patty Jenkins is the first woman to direct one. These women have proven that they are every bit as capable and bankable as Christian Bale and Christopher Nolan –… Read more.
It had been five seasons since Kevin Durant had reached the NBA Finals, a basketball eternity, but the star forward certainly made the most of his first trip since then, leading the Warriors to a championship – his first – while winning Finals MVP honors. Durant, 28, received the honor Monday after the Warriors’ 129-120… Read more.
The media stopped giving the deaths of American soldiers anything more than passing coverage years ago. More to the point, cable news stations seem obsessed these days with providing 24/7 coverage of Donald Trump’s snarky tweets and lunatic antics – complete with all of the international scandals and congressional investigations they spawn. Unfortunately, their obsession… Read more.
Have a gay old time, folks! Read more.
The media used allusions to the Super Bowl to hype former FBI director James Comey’s testimony today before the Senate Intelligence Committee. As it played out, though, sports fans could be forgiven for feeling duped. Granted, the suckers who flocked to local bars to watch, as if it were a big game, could at least… Read more.
Former President Barack Obama is making news today for a speech he delivered yesterday before the Board of Trade of Metropolitan Montreal. Local media hailed it as a “rock star” performance. Never mind that he did little more than regale wistful Canadians with trademark insights and reassurances about what portends for world affairs in this… Read more.
Today, more than ever since D-Day, it behooves us to remember the global conflagration a self-absorbed, tendentious, unhinged, pusillanimous, insecure, delusional (acronym: stupid) megalomaniac – with formidable military power – ignited. Moreover, we would do well to remember the unspeakable blood and treasure sacrificed to combat it. Never again…? If Donald Trump did not come… Read more.
Britain has been sent reeling after its capital city was attacked by armed men who launched an assault that left seven people dead and the country stunned less than a week before the General Election. Three attackers were shot dead after the van and knife attack at London Bridge and Borough Market, locations less than… Read more.
Comedian Bill Maher is known for his politically incorrect schtick. He knows better than anyone that nothing guarantees viral attention in this age of social media quite like a snarky point, sick prank, or salacious photo. Moreover, it’s self-evident that the aim of most points, pranks, and photos is not to provoke enlightened thought or… Read more.
Sorting through a jury pool already exposed to the blaze of publicity over allegations against Bill Cosby, lawyers and a judge on Monday selected the first five jurors, all of them white, who will weigh whether he committed a sexual assault. The challenge of finding an impartial panel was on full display as jury selection… Read more.
