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Truth be told, I felt certain the technology that enabled deep sea explorers to find the wreck of the RMS Titanic after seven decades would enable them to find the wreck of MH370 after seven hours. Not to mention the unprecedented resources they were dedicating to this search: The disappearance of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370… Read more.
If Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. were alive today, he would be as pleased and proud as anybody that Barack Obama is ending his presidency this Friday on such a high note. After all, Obama not only served with dignity and grace that were endearing and enduring in equal measure; he’s also leaving behind a legacy… Read more.
The African Union has said it will no longer recognise The Gambia’s President Yahya Jammeh as the country’s leader from next Thursday, when his term ends. The bloc warns of ‘serious consequences’ if Mr Jammeh’s refusal to give up power causes a crisis… Nigeria’s leader has flown to Banjul to try to broker a deal… Read more.
President George W. Bush’s twin daughters are offering advice to Malia and Sasha Obama, who are soon to join them in the ranks of former first kids… They said they had more advice now that the Obamas are moving into a new chapter of their lives… This is not the first time the sisters have… Read more.
I’ve been decrying this policy for twenty years; not least because: [It] stipulates that seafaring Cuban refugees who make it to U.S. shores must be assimilated, unconditionally; whereas seafaring Haitian refugees (fleeing even greater persecution and privations) who make it must be repatriated, summarily. (“Compassion Fatigue for Haitian Migrants,” The iPINIONS Journal, July 31, 2009)… Read more.
How did the Tigers do it? With an indefatigable quarterback and the most thrilling of game-winning touchdown passes; with a host of slinky, stretchy wide receivers and an unbending will; with a goal-line leap from a bull of a running back; and with Swinney in the middle of it all, screaming and shouting and cajoling… Read more.
Much is being said about the emotion President Obama showed and evoked when he paid tribute to First Lady Michelle and their daughters during his farewell address in Chicago last night. But the following captures the sense of accomplishment and customary admonition he conveyed: The work of democracy has always been hard. It has been… Read more.
Here is what I wrote almost a month ago on this topic: Frankly, besides Putin manipulating his infantile ego, the only thing that explains Trump’s antic infatuation [with Putin] is the same Russians who hacked the DNC making it clear to him that they have compromising, if not incriminating, information on him and/or his family. (“The Issue Is Not… Read more.
Arguably, the defining feature of black America in recent years has been the eruption of street protests every time a cop killed a black man. In each case, protesters vented existential angst with chants of: Black Lives Matter! In fact, the spectre of white cops killing black men now dominates national consciousness, so much so… Read more.
