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LeBron, from Hero to Zero in One Tweet
Saturday, October 19, 2019 at 7:51 AM
Archives for October 2019
MLB Nats Celebrate by Shading Bryce. But They’ll Be Eating Humble Pie If They Don’t Match WNBA Mystics…
Thursday, October 17, 2019 at 6:55 AM
It might seem petty, but the schadenfreude that punctuates this celebration is something any sports fan will appreciate: The Washington Nationals and Bryce Harper both celebrating on Wednesday: it’s his 27th birthday and for the Nats, they relished in the moment of clinching their first-ever trip to the World Series [by winning the National League… Read more.
Trump and NBA Find Doing Business in China Like Walking on Eggshells
Tuesday, October 15, 2019 at 6:17 AM
Trump and the Sleight of the Deal President Trump made quite a show last week of announcing a “partial” accord to end his trade war with China. Unfortunately, this was rather like British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain making quite a show in 1938 of announcing a “peace-for-our-time” accord to end German aggression. The U.S. and… Read more.
Mother Nature Batters Japan with Typhoon and Earthquake
Saturday, October 12, 2019 at 12:34 PM
Imagine the devastation in The Bahamas if Hurricane Dorian had triggered an earthquake to boot. Tragically, that’s the double whammy Japan is coping with today. Seven million people have been told to evacuate in Japan as a typhoon [Hagibis] forecast to be the nation’s most powerful in six decades made landfall on Honshu island. …… Read more.
This Explains Why I’ve Never Had Much Interest in Class Reunions
Saturday, October 12, 2019 at 10:38 AM
Every Dictator Believes He Can Play Trump Like a Puppet on a String…
Friday, October 11, 2019 at 8:44 AM
For example, only this belief explains the way, defying his patent intent to deceive, Kim of North Korea got him to play along like a lovesick puppy in talks about denuclearization; upending US intelligence findings, Putin of Russia got him to defy the findings of US intelligence agencies to parrot Russian propaganda about election interference;… Read more.
Diahann Carroll, Pioneering Black Diva Entertainer, Is Dead
Thursday, October 10, 2019 at 8:21 AM
Singer and Tony-winning, Oscar-nominated actress Diahann Carroll, the first African-American woman to star in her own TV series, has died at her home in Los Angeles after a long bout with cancer. … In 1986, Carroll released her frank autobiography Diahann, which detailed the triumphs of her professional life and some of the torments of… Read more.
Yom Kippur…
Wednesday, October 9, 2019 at 6:57 AM
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Trump Makes Way in Syria for Erdogan to Displace (or Massacre) the Kurds. Maybe…
Tuesday, October 8, 2019 at 7:49 AM
The Middle East is a perennially fractious region. And the combatants are as familiar with each other’s motivations and capabilities as, well, Cain was with Abel’s. This is why the maneuvers afoot in Syria are only playing out according to script. This includes Russia proving itself a far more reliable ally than the United States.… Read more.
P.T. Barnum Biographer Validates My Analogies to Trump
Monday, October 7, 2019 at 6:46 AM
I have been making P.T. Barnum analogies to explain Donald J. Trump for years. Here, for example, is what I wrote nearly 10 years ago in “Trump for President? Don’t Be a Sucker!” April 8, 2011: ____________________ Donald Trump is nothing more than the P.T. Barnum of business: a huckster who thrives on the notion… Read more.