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Frankly, Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wy) is showing the kind of profile in courage not seen among Republican leaders since John McCain’s 2008 presidential campaign. No doubt you recall how he famously alienated “the base” by refusing to propagate base lies about Barack Obama being a Muslim socialist hell-bent on destroying the country. But it appears… Read more.
In the interest of full disclosure, and to at least limit friendly fire, please beware that I voted for Joe Biden. In fact, when he picked Kamala Harris as his running mate, I duly gloated in “I Picked Biden-Harris 2020 in January 2019. Now It’s Official!” August 12, 2020. In other words, I not only… Read more.
The reason for the ‘Ha!’ is that everyone knows doping is as commonplace in horse racing as it is in professional cycling. In fact, I commented on this open and notorious secret just last year in “Big Doping Syndicate Behind Horse Racing Finally Exposed … and Indicted!” March 12, 2020. In fact, to put this… Read more.
Episode 32: You Need to Build Your Own Super (Home) Team to Be Like Mike… Related commentaries: LeBron and KD… Listen.
I suspect even Donald Trump thought he would lose his cult-like spell over Republicans after not just losing the 2020 presidential election in a landslide (by his own definition), but inciting an insurrection to prevent the peaceful transfer of power, and then costing them control of the US Senate to boot. Yet, paradoxically, his spell… Read more.
All of Washington is marveling at how Senator Joe Manchin of West Virginia has the Democratic Party twisting itself into pretzels trying to appease his “moderate” sense and sensibilities. To put it charitably, this is playing out like the idiomatic tail wagging the dog. After all, despite this appeasement, Manchin is pooh-poohing the likelihood he’ll… Read more.
Episode 31: Focus More on Reducing Poverty than Carbon Emissions to Fight Climate Change Related commentaries: Caribbean countries climate change… Climate-gate… Paris Climate Talks… Listen.
Here in part is how The New York Times reported yesterday on this unfolding tragedy: _________ A deadly second wave of coronavirus infections is devastating India, leaving millions of people infected and putting stress on the country’s already overtaxed health care system. Officially, by the end of April, more than 17.9 million infections had been… Read more.
I knew LeBron James’s decision to “take my talents to Miami” would haunt his legacy. And I’m not just saying that today. Because here is how I expressed disappointment and cast judgement, in real time, in “LeBron Abandons Cleveland for Miami,” July 13, 2010. ________ It’s important to bear in mind that LeBron’s all-consuming ambition… Read more.
