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“What does God want? Does God want goodness or the choice of goodness? Is a [woman] who chooses the bad perhaps in some way better than a [woman] who has the good imposed upon [her]?” — Anthony Burgess, A Clockwork Orange Related commentaries: Rihanna & Chris Brown… Read more.
Severe flooding in Venice that has left much of the Italian city under water is a direct result of climate change, the mayor says. The highest water levels in the region in more than 50 years would leave ‘a permanent mark’, Venice Mayor Luigi Brugnaro tweeted. ‘Now the government must listen,’ he added. ‘These are… Read more.
Say what you will about Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, he knows how to withstand street protests. He, of course, is the Peter of Chávez disciples. More to the point, he has been ruling for years in the face of the kind of street protests that, after mere weeks, forced fellow disciple Bolivian President Evo Morales… Read more.
I’ve had cause in many commentaries on the Trump presidency to cite the aphorism If we don’t laugh, we’ll cry. But equally relevant in this context is the aphorism A picture is worth a thousand words. And there’s no gainsaying that nothing makes us laugh while speaking volumes more than cartoons. That’s why I’ve been… Read more.
A defining feature of the Trump presidency is the way the United States is alienating allies and embracing enemies. This was the case just weeks ago when the United States summarily betrayed the Syrian Kurds, leaving them to the crusading devices of Turkish frenemies and the mercenary devices of Russian and Syrian enemies. Therefore, one… Read more.
Twitter: the case for banning political ads Last week, Jack Dorsey announced that Twitter would ban all political ads. The media lionized him. Jack Dorsey, Twitter’s chief executive, said political ads, including manipulated videos and the viral spread of misleading information, presented challenges to civic discourse, ‘all at increasing velocity, sophistication, and overwhelming scale.’ He… Read more.
And nobody should doubt he will be thusly crowned, especially given how credibly he asserts that he hasn’t even hit peak yet: Lewis Hamilton clinched a sixth Formula One world championship title at the US Grand Prix on Sunday. He moves to within one of racing great Michael Schumacher’s record seven world titles and officially… Read more.
Mitt Romney is a former Republican presidential nominee. As such he commands considerable respect in political and media circles. This is why many “Never Trumpers” are looking to him to take up the mantle of the late Republican Senator John McCain, namely as President Trump’s most credible and indignant critic in Congress. Arguably, Romney has… Read more.
Since taking four months off after his daughter with Serena Williams was born in 2017, Reddit CEO Alexis Ohanian has become a leader in the fight for paid paternal parental leave, and his social media profiles are the front lines. Now, Ohanian is taking the fight to Congress. In October, he spent an entire week on… Read more.
