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The menace of police officers killing (unarmed) black men has become a tragic feature of American life. Unfortunately, the way black activists react to these killings not only compounds but actually reinforces this feature. Notably, they rush to make martyrs of these dead black men. This perverse ritual invariably has them holding street protests —… Read more.
Men have been making a mess of politics since time immemorial. Therefore, this turnabout would be not only fair play but also consistent with the Einsteinian imperative to stop the insanity that defines politics worldwide. I have been advocating for this role reversal most of my adult life. I have also written many commentaries like… Read more.
Michael Steele is the former chairman of the Republican National Committee. This is why the role he’s playing these days is so striking. He is wandering across the American media landscape as President Trump’s most earnest and prophetic critic. This latter description is particularly noteworthy because it compels allusions to John the Baptist. You see,… Read more.
Maduro Holds onto Power in Venezuela Venezuela is reeling under President Maduro’s leadership. He’s ruling more like an autocratic tyrant than a socialist revolutionary. Venezuela’s interim president, Juan Guaido, has announced his intention of returning to his homeland [today] from Ecuador, a move that would likely result in his arrest by Venezuelan authorities. … Last… Read more.
Ha! We should be so lucky. According to the February 23 edition of Vox, here’s the big deal about this Green New Deal: It refers, in the loosest sense, to a massive program of investments in clean-energy jobs and infrastructure, meant to transform not just the energy sector, but the entire economy. It is meant… Read more.
[S]ince their historic first meeting in Singapore last June, the two leaders have adopted a strategy of playing to each other’s ego with gushing and gratuitous adoration in pursuit of their aims. (The Washington Post, February 25, 2019) They actually take pains to show how much they’re in love. But, after Bradley Cooper and Lady… Read more.
And the pope is a pacifist, a holy man, and a catholic. This analogy sums up the obvious and anti-climactic nature of Michael Cohen’s overhyped congressional hearing. I watched enough to suggest that the following three sentences from his opening statement were the most interesting things anyone said all day: I am ashamed that I… Read more.
Zion Williamson is Duke University’s freshman phenom. More to the point, he was on track to enter this year’s NBA Draft with professional potential and media attention not seen since LeBron James entered in 2003. Indeed, news headlines abound hailing Zion as the second coming of LeBron. This explains why not just everyone at Duke… Read more.
But first, in the interest of full disclosure, I’m obliged to share this from my commentary on the 2014 show: ____________________ I’m never going to waste my time watching the Oscars ever again. Because it amounts to Chinese water torture for the producers to make us sit through nearly four hours of boring TV just… Read more.
