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The Justice Department plans to arrest Donald Trump tomorrow. And media reporting on his pending arrest is redolent with hypocrisy. Even worse, they are warning about Trump and Republican leaders inciting violence. Yet their coverage is inciting that violence. Of course, Trump has given the media cause to broadcast fears about him inciting violence. That’s… Read more.
By Election Day 2024, Trump will be dead, indicted, or in prison. I predicted that in “The Fate of Democracy” on June 12, 2021. He’s not in prison yet. And he’s not dead. But prosecutors have indicted him twice. Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg indicted him in April. And Special Prosecutor Jack Smith indicted him yesterday. Jack Smith indicts Donald… Read more.
Yesterday, Saudi Arabia’s LIV Golf and America’s PGA Tour shocked the world. They announced plans to merge into one worldwide golfing operation. Many are condemning this as the Saudis’ most brazen case of sportswashing. I condemn it as the Americans’ most shameful case of selling out. The sportswashing phenomenon Interest in sports reflects the ties… Read more.
Dr. Cornel West is a celebrated philosopher, activist, and public intellectual. He is to academia what Kanye West is to music. That might be seen as damning him with faint praise. But the shoe fits. And it’s the best way to understand West, that is, Cornel. Cornel West announces Kanyesque campaign Dr. West is running… Read more.
President Biden was already the most successful one-term president in US history. He implemented more transformative legislation than any other. And he did so, despite partisan obstruction not seen since the Civil War. This accomplishment explains why he’s a master negotiator. It’s why nobody should have doubted him. Sure enough, he has now managed the… Read more.
Chinese fighter jet intercepts US spy plane On Friday, a Chinese fighter jet intercepted a US spy plane over the South China Sea. The US is complaining that it did so in an “unnecessarily aggressive” manner. And it published a video of this intercept to prove its point. That video has gone viral. No doubt,… Read more.
