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Donald Trump’s record of racism dates back decades. He sowed it in the 1970s in joint ventures with his daddy to discriminate against blacks seeking to rent in their apartment buildings. And, with all due respect to his birther conspiracy, he reaped it most notoriously in the late 1980s in full-page newspaper ads, in which… Read more.
Every so often a celebrity leads the decades-long Western crusade to stop people in the Far East from eating dog meat. Actress Kim Basinger is the latest to get on this high horse. South Korean dog farmers ate boiled dog meat as they staged a counter-rally during an animal rights protest. The fiery demonstration, on… Read more.
Serena Williams is the undisputed GOAT in female tennis. And, even in relative dotage at 37, she still seems capable of padding her record of 23 Grand Slam titles. But I fear stroking her way through all rounds only to come up dry in finals is becoming her destiny. Here in part is how I… Read more.
Because, if you think African migration is bad now, you ain’t seen nothing yet. The Nasarawa State Governor, Engineer Abdullahi Sule has said that only corruption is stagnating Nigeria from competing with other developed countries like the United Kingdom and the United States. … ‘Nigeria by all intent and purposes is not a poor country,… Read more.
Diplomatic cables sent from the United Kingdom’s ambassador to the United States [Kim Darroch] back to London describe President Donald Trump as ‘inept,’ ‘insecure’ and ‘incompetent.’ … Darroch used secret cables and briefing notes to warn the UK government that Trump’s ‘career could end in disgrace,’ and described conflicts within the White House as ‘knife… Read more.
As sure things go, soccer superstars Alex Morgan and Megan Rapinoe seemed destined to lead Team USA to gold at this Women’s World Cup. In fact, the last time a championship in international competition seemed so guaranteed, basketball superstars Michael Jordan and Magic Johnson (of the first “Dream Team”) were leading Team USA to gold… Read more.
Donald Trump has not missed a single opportunity during his presidency to make any event a vainglorious homage to himself. This is why nobody should be surprised that he’s turning America’s birthday celebration into a self-aggrandizing tribute – with all hailing how he has already made America great again. Mind you, he has done little… Read more.
But it’s becoming his Independence Day – part 2. For 23 years, Independence Day stood as the biggest box office hit of Will Smith’s career. A magic lamp just brought an end to that. This past week, Disney’s remake of Aladdin, which stars Smith as the iconic Genie, passed the $817 million worldwide box office… Read more.
Cartoonist Michael de Adder’s contract with four Canadian newspapers was terminated last week after one of his political cartoons lambasting U.S. President Donald Trump went viral on social media. De Adder, who’d worked for the newspapers’ publisher for 17 years before his dismissal, suggested Sunday that he was let go for being too critical of… Read more.
The Dalai Lama is the most famous migrant in history. Of course, he’s a self-professed holy man. So you’d think he would be using his moral authority to support migrants everywhere. But nothing could be further from the truth. The Dalai Lama is an anti-migrant hypocrite [H]e said that refugees to the European Union should ultimately return home,… Read more.
