I know, complaining about President Trump’s hypocrisy is rather like complaining about a prostitute’s promiscuity. Except that the former portends consequences that could destroy a country (even the whole world), which makes those the latter portends seem like nothing more than a genital itch. That said, Trump’s America-First policy towards Cuba amounts to little more… Read more.
Archives for 2017
Gun-Crazy USA: Mass Shooting Targets Congressmen (and Postmen Too)
A man angry with President Trump unleashed a barrage of gunfire Wednesday morning at Republican members of Congress as they held a baseball practice at a park in Alexandria, wounding House Majority Whip Steve Scalise and four others in a frenzied scene that included a long gun battle with police. The gunman, James T. Hodgkinson,… Read more.
No Heels for “Wonder Woman,” Thank You Very Much!
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.
Hired-Gun Durant and Warriors Outshoot King James and Cavaliers
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.
Three More Americans Die for “Mistake” in Afghanistan
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.
Capital Pride Weekend
Have a gay old time, folks! Read more.
Comey’s Testimony Had All the Suspense of Yesterday’s News
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.
Obama: To Solve World Problems Put Women in Charge!
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.
D-Day
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.
Terrorists Take Another Stab at London…
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.