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Our Bodies, Our Terrorists…?
Saturday, May 30, 2020 at 8:27 AM
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Trump’s Hit-and-Run Press Conference re Anti-Police Riots and Covid-19
Friday, May 29, 2020 at 3:57 PM
Cable news networks spent much of this morning teasing an afternoon White House press conference. Reporters telegraphed their intent to grill President Trump for, among other things, adding fuel to anti-police riots that flared up all over Minneapolis last night. But Trump strutted into the Rose Garden with six white men in tow. And, with… Read more.
Evidently Anti-Police Riots and Trump’s Incendiary Tweets Are All You Need to Forget About Covid-19
Friday, May 29, 2020 at 1:22 PM
I pleaded in my original commentary on Tuesday for those mourning the killing of George Floyd to spare the “feckless, traffic-jamming protests,” which white cops killing unarmed black men invariably trigger. But I harbored no illusions. This is why I was not surprised when I felt obliged to write a follow up just hours later… Read more.
Naomi Seals Seed as Serena’s Heir. (But Is She ‘Black’ Like Tiger, Or…?)
Thursday, May 28, 2020 at 9:22 AM
For nearly two decades, Serena Williams reigned atop the world of women’s tennis. Even when injuries (and then a pregnancy) forced her to cede her top ranking, nobody doubted that a recovered Williams would still be the best player in the world. We saw many pretenders to her throne come and go. Most notable among… Read more.
Killing George Floyd: Evidently a White Cop Can’t Hear When the Black Man He’s Choking Pleads…
Tuesday, May 26, 2020 at 3:39 PM
“I can’t breathe. I can’t breathe.” Those, of course, were the famous last words of Eric Garner. And, despite all the “conversations” and investigations his death provoked, deadly encounters of this sort – between white cops and black men – continue to happen. But I’ve infuriated fans and bedeviled haters in equal measure over the… Read more.
Memorial Day Should Be No Day at the Beach…
Monday, May 25, 2020 at 7:05 AM
Especially in the midst of a Covid-19 pandemic that has already killed nearly 100,000 people. But this just shows how much America has lost its way. Of course, nothing signified this quite like the election of Donald J. Trump. I duly bemoaned his portent in “WTF! President-elect Donald J. Trump?! America. What. Have. You. Done?”… Read more.
Beware of False Prophets…and Pandering Presidents
Sunday, May 24, 2020 at 6:57 AM
In my March 20 commentary, I warned about lockdowns triggering French-style revolutions. Sure enough, everything from solitary acts of rebellion to organized protests have been breaking out all over the country lately. But even I did not expect clergymen and politicians, proverbial pillars of the establishment, to be the latter-day Dantons and Robespierres championing revolts… Read more.
Why This Class Is Paying Less Attention Than Ever to Commencement Speeches…
Saturday, May 23, 2020 at 6:56 AM
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Nobody Had Any Reason to Expect Trump to Serve as a Role Model
Friday, May 22, 2020 at 8:41 AM
But he is now modeling behavior so hazardous to people’s health, his forehead should carry the same warning as a pack of cigarettes. This covidiot stunned the world on Monday when he said he’s taking hydroxychloroquine to fight Covid-19. This, despite his own FDA warning that taking this drug for that purpose could kill you.… Read more.
As Abortions Go, Say It Ain’t So, Jane Roe
Wednesday, May 20, 2020 at 8:23 PM
Frankly, America needs a new front in the abortion debate right now like a hole in the head. But that’s exactly what the documentary AKA Jane Roe seems intended to inflict. It premieres on Friday night. Norma McCorvey is the “Roe” named in the landmark US Supreme Court case – Roe v. Wade – that… Read more.