Episode 25: They Are Not Only Boring but Rigged… Listen.
Podcast: Dissing the Grammys (and Other Award Shows)
Sunday, March 21, 2021 at 6:48 AM
Archives for 2021
Hardball: NY Politicians Cutting Cuomo Down To Size…
Saturday, March 20, 2021 at 6:54 AM
Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo is confronting the most tumultuous moment of his three terms in office, after multiple women, some of them current or former state employees, accused him of sexual harassment or other inappropriate behavior. … Calls for Mr. Cuomo’s resignation have spread from Republicans to his fellow Democrats, and from Albany, the State… Read more.
Chutzpah! Netanyahu Playing Arab Card to win Israel’s ‘Jewish’ Election
Friday, March 19, 2021 at 6:53 AM
In previous elections, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu cast Arab voters as a peril, warning they were ‘heading to the polling stations in droves.’ He threatened two years ago to mount cameras at the polls in Arab communities — a move critics said was meant to suppress turnout — and he has disparaged elected Arab… Read more.
The Grammys-cum-American Idol…?
Monday, March 15, 2021 at 8:23 AM
Ironically, I said most of what I want to about this show last year in “The Grammys: Not Only Irrelevant but Rigged?” January 26, 2020. Therefore, I will only add this: The Weeknd’s boycott might seem like the “temper tantrum” of a sore loser. Except that former Grammy chief Deborah Dugan let the cat out of… Read more.
Podcast: Democracy Matron Aung San Suu Kyi Went to Bed with Military Dogs…
Sunday, March 14, 2021 at 6:37 AM
Episode 24: Myanmar Protesters Daring Military to Give Them Liberty or Death… Listen.
Biden’s Covid Relief Bill Is an Even ‘BFD’ than Obama’s Health Care Bill
Saturday, March 13, 2021 at 8:53 AM
On Thursday, President Biden signed what will undoubtedly be the signature and most critical legislation of his presidency, namely the $1.9 trillion Cares Act of 2021. In fact, it is so comprehensive that economists are hailing it for doing as much to alleviate poverty as to combat Covid. Here in part is how CNN reported… Read more.
It’s Official: China Committing Genocide Against Uyghurs. Now What?
Wednesday, March 10, 2021 at 6:49 AM
The Chinese government’s alleged actions in Xinjiang have violated every single provision in the United Nations’ Genocide Convention, according to an independent report by more than 50 global experts in human rights, war crimes and international law. The report, released Tuesday by the Newlines Institute for Strategy and Policy think tank in Washington DC, claimed… Read more.
Prince Charles Gets Cold Reception from Blacks After That Oprah Interview with Harry and Meghan
Tuesday, March 9, 2021 at 7:53 AM
Prince Charles gets cold reception from Blacks Prince Charles today became the first royal to attend an official engagement following Harry and Meghan’s bombshell interview as he refused to comment on the scandal and told a nurse ‘I can imagine how exhausting it is’ as she described her work handing out vaccines. (The Daily Mail,… Read more.
Oprah Interview with Meghan & Harry: Follow-Up
Monday, March 8, 2021 at 9:03 AM
I honestly said all I wanted to in my original “Spoiler Alert” at March 6 below. But my new Admin (you know, the one who has me now doing podcasts out of my closet) prevailed upon me to write a post-interview follow-up. Overall, I found the interview far more credible, compelling and even sympathetic than… Read more.
Remember When the Whole World Was Trying to Ban Face Coverings…
Monday, March 8, 2021 at 7:42 AM
When only Muslim women were wearing them? Then came Covid-19, and suddenly face coverings are not only okay, but no longer a threat to Western culture, public safety, or women’s liberation…? Clearly never before in the history of mankind has a bigoted about-face been demonstrated on such a global scale as this. I mean, even… Read more.