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Tiger Woods withdrew from the Omega Dubai Desert Classic on Friday morning before beginning second-round play because of a back spasm he began suffering after dinner Thursday night. … He shot an opening-round 77 that included five bogeys and no birdies on Thursday. It was his worst score in 29 rounds at Emirates Golf Club,… Read more.
It’s a matter of public record that doping among Jamaican Track and Field athletes is nearly as pervasive as it is among their Russian counterparts. For example, 30 Jamaicans have tested positive for banned substances in recent years, including every notable Olympic champion … except Usain Bolt: this, according to a report on the Jamaican… Read more.
Constitutionally, the US government is composed of three co-equal branches. Yet one of those branches, the Judicial, has become little more than a mantelpiece. After all, Republicans and Democrats now routinely adorn it in their partisan image, respectively. And both parties seem to think that winning control of either or both of the other two branches,… Read more.
Six weeks ago, The Gambia’s president, Yahya Jammeh, seemed determined to emulate Zimbabwe’s, Robert Mugabe. Specifically, he refused to cede power after voters ousted him in a free and fair election on December 1, 2016. Alas, Jammeh is just the latest African despot attempting to hold on to power. … It eventually took military force to remove… Read more.
I was in the vanguard of those who despaired at the willingness of so many Americans to swallow the big lies (e.g., about tax returns) and outrageous pledges (e.g., about banning Muslims) that characterized Trump’s presidential campaign. Not least because I began sounding alarms in this respect years before he even declared his candidacy —… Read more.
Serena Williams had Tennis fans in suspended animation until Saturday Down Under. That’s when we could finally hail her as the winner of the most Grand Slam singles titles in the Open era and, arguably, as the “greatest athlete ever” – as Nike proclaims. That she blew so many opportunities to reach this milestone over… Read more.
On Tuesday the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced the nominees for this year’s Oscars. The nominees evoked such praise, you could almost hear Hollywood singing the song, “Kumbaya, my Lord.” This stood in stark contrast to the Academy’s announcement last year. The nominees provoked such outrage back then, you could almost hear… Read more.
Casual Football fans think Super Bowl Sunday is the most exciting day of the NFL season. But real fans know that day is conference championship Sunday. (“NFL’s Historic Conference Championship Sunday,” The iPINIONS Journal, January 22, 2007) Alas, this Conference Championship Sunday did not live up to expectations. AFC This later AFC game turned out… Read more.
Donald J. Trump is clearly the most thin-skinned, self-centered and self-aggrandizing man ever elected president of the United States. This explains why he became so unnerved and unhinged on Saturday – after watching women gather in cities around the world to greet the first day of his presidency with jeers, not cheers. More than 1 million… Read more.
Good Luck! Because, as Obama says: If you fail, we fail. Read more.
