Welcome! This is an unapologetic, agenda-free zone. Just commentaries on current events that’ll move you to think, laugh, rage, and even cry.
I’ve already said all I care to say about the data breach that had Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg in the congressional hot seat this week. I refer you to such commentaries as “Facebook Complaining about NSA Spying? Ha!” March 15, 2014, and “Hey Stupid…Cambridge Analytica Used Facebook Users as Facebook Intended,” March 20, 2018, both… Read more.
Scoring macabre political points is the only goal Western powers can accomplish by bombing Syria. This is why I’ve been decrying it for years. In fact, when Western commentators hailed Russian President Vladimir Putin for joining this priapic orgy of bombing in 2015, I wailed in “Bombing ISIS Smacks of Masturbatory Violence,” November 18, 2015.… Read more.
Sadly, there’s no denying the groundhog-day spectre of this tragedy. Dozens of Syrians choked to death after a suspected chemical attack struck the rebel-held suburb of Douma, east of Damascus, with aid groups on Sunday blaming President Bashar al-Assad’s government for the assault. … Mr. Assad’s allies in Moscow and Tehran dismissed allegations of a… Read more.
I have been championing the rise of women as heads of state for years. Here’s to ‘the fairer sex’ – not only as indispensable guardians of home and hearth, but also as invaluable (and capable) stewards of the ship of state! (“Cracking the Glass Ceiling: First Woman to Become President in South America,” The iPINIONS… Read more.
This excerpt — from “Trump Decertifying Iran Nuclear Deal more MALO than MAGA,” October 13, 2017 — explains a lot, not just about his nuclear politics but his imploding presidency. ____________________ Hardly a day goes by without Donald Trump doing or saying something to make his presidency a laughingstock. … Frankly, only a diagnosis that… Read more.
From day one of his presidency, Donald Trump has been using his bully pulpit to attack Amazon. He claims this standard-bearer of online retailers struck a sweetheart deal with the US Postal Service (USPS) that is ripping off taxpayers. His latest salvo came in a tweetstorm last weekend, which included this cheap shot: Only fools,… Read more.
Below are MLK’s last words – his death prefiguring. He intoned them at the end of the sermon he delivered the night before his assassination. __________________ Well, I don’t know what will happen now. We’ve got some difficult days ahead. But it doesn’t matter with me now. Because I’ve been to the mountaintop. And I… Read more.
