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Nothing says you’ve arrived quite like India’s richest man blowing $600 million on his son’s four-month wedding extravaganza. And, with that kind of money, he had no problem paying superstars like Beyoncé, Taylor Swift, and Rihanna to perform as mere wedding singers. India’s billionaire Brahmins seem blissfully and willfully unaware that their ostentatious display of… Read more.
So, Harry decided to use his mother’s tragic death to deflect criticism from Pat’s mother. That shows there’s no low to which this high-brow grifter won’t go to get his grift… Read more.
Raducanu’s fall from grace I’ve written this commentary in the spirit of “I told you so.” That’s because it offers a cautionary tale young people would do well to heed. Emma Raducanu won her first and only Grand Slam at the 2021 US Open. But I felt compelled to rain on her parade by publishing… Read more.
The Bahamas: 51 years of independence The Bahamas celebrates 51 years of independence today. I heartily join in hailing our motto: “Forward, Upward, Onward Together”… my Bahamaland! We are a young nation of only 415,000 people. Yet, not even the hegemony of the United States can chasten our national pride. Time to cut our colonial… Read more.
Macron fending off National Rally offers a lifeline for Biden Sunday’s French election results had the world all atwitter. Polls had predicted Marine Le Pen’s far-right National Rally would win an “absolute majority.” That would’ve humiliated President Macron’s centrist alliance and a mishmash of leftist parties. Instead, the New Popular Front, a rebranded leftist coalition,… Read more.
The Kardashians are becoming an endangered species A new breed of influencers is taking over social media, and they’re not even real. Virtual influencers, or VTubers, are digital avatars created using CGI and AI. And they’re giving new meaning to thirst traps, captivating millions of already zombified humans with fantastical personas, hypnotizing voices, and flawless… Read more.
Presidents causing national anxiety The world spent much of Trump’s presidency in suspended anxiety over his unhinged tweets. That’s why Biden’s presidency provided such a collective sigh of relief. But Biden now seems hell-bent on inflicting more anxiety over his cognitive decline. That was all I felt watching this interview. I kept waiting for him… Read more.
Threads one-year anniversary When Meta launched its new app ‘Threads,’ the hype was that it would be a “Twitter killer.” That’s because Twitter’s new owner, Elon Musk, wasted no time rebranding it as X and turning it into a social media hellscape, which most users seemed desperate to escape. In other words, Twitter was in… Read more.
The Founding Fathers must be rolling in their graves, while King George III enjoys the last laugh… Read more.
