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The World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland is an annual gabfest that attracts A-list heads of state, international financiers, academics, philanthropists, politicians, and celebrities. Therefore, it speaks volumes that the only redeeming news from this year’s gathering (January 22-25) is that someone finally had the balls to tell them what hypocrites they are. That daring… Read more.
The National Anthem I usually comment on this ritual just to pooh-pooh it. Because I invariably measure each performance against the rousing rendition Whitney Houston gave at Super Bowl XXV in 1991. No performer has ever measured up. And I doubt any ever will. Which brings me to Gladys Knight. No doubt she posed the most… Read more.
Tony Romo displayed an uncanny knack this season for calling plays from the broadcast booth that teams then played out on the field. This has made him far more popular as a commentator than he ever was as a player. Traditionally, in sports broadcasting, a color commentator’s job is to explain to viewers what they… Read more.
Die-hard Michael Jackson fans have been trolling me for years. This, because I have continually damned him as a serial pedophile. I did so in many commentaries, including “Revealed: Michael Jackson’s Pedophile File,” June 27, 2016, “Xscape! More Pedophile Charges Prove Michael Was Not ‘Gone Too Soon,’” May 13, 2014, and “Michael Jackson Cops a… Read more.
I have been railing for years against the unfairness and incompetence of the International Criminal Court (ICC). I can cite such commentaries as “Alas, the ICC Charging Bashir of Sudan with Genocide Means Nothing!” July 15, 2008, “ICC Double Standards…,” June 29, 2011, “No Equitable Justice in ICC Prosecuting Kenya’s Kenyatta,” March 25, 2013, and… Read more.
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The then President-elect Donald J. Trump tapped former New Jersey Governor Chris Christie to head his transition team. Echoing Trump’s campaign promise, Christie pledged to hire the “best of the best” to staff Trump’s cabinet and senior members of his administration. Then all of a sudden Jared Kushner prevailed upon Trump to fire him. And… Read more.
Casual Football fans think Super Bowl Sunday is the most exciting day of the NFL season. But real fans know that day is conference championship Sunday. (“NFL’s Historic Conference Championship Sunday,” The iPINIONS Journal, January 22, 2007) Sure enough, this conference championship Sunday lived up to the hype. In fact, it might suffice to know that… Read more.
If Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. were alive today, he would bemoan that America remains so far from the Promised Land of his famous dream. It speaks volumes in this respect that President-elect Trump marked observations of this holiday two years ago with a racist rant against MLK protégé John Lewis. I commented in “Observing… Read more.
UPDATE I stand with Gillette January 20 Evidently, I disappointed many of you by not making clear which side I support in this viral debate. The recent commercial from Gillette, titled ‘Toxic Masculinity,’ has sparked a great deal of discussion and controversy. On its face, the ad, which is ostensibly targeted at the typical male… Read more.
