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Noem misfires by boasting about killing her puppy South Dakota governor and Republican vice presidential contender Kristi Noem is all over the media promoting her forthcoming memoir, No Going Back. In it, she blithely describes shooting her “less than worthless” 14-month-old dog, Cricket, along with a “nasty and mean” family goat. Unsurprisingly, these snippets are dominating her interviews. She… Read more.
Cinco de Mayo Cinco de Mayo marks the unlikely victory of 4,000 scrappy Mexican fighters over 8,000 French soldiers on May 5, 1862. Their victory at the Battle of Puebla did not stop the French invasion of Mexico. But it boosted the morale of the Mexican fighters and became a symbol of resistance and national pride, celebrated… Read more.
Wikipedia describes Civil War as follows: A 2024 dystopian film written and directed by Alex Garland. It follows a team of journalists traveling across the United States during a civil war fought between an authoritarian federal government and several regional factions. Naturally, it’s all too easy to envision a new Trump administration as that “authoritarian federal government,” with… Read more.
Biden condemns protests Over the past weeks, President Biden remained conspicuously silent as protests erupted on college campuses across America. From Columbia on the East Coast to UCLA on the West, pro-Palestinian protesters have been chanting rallying cries for a ceasefire in Gaza and urging their colleges to divest from Israel. The media have been manufacturing interest by covering these… Read more.
Britney emulating Michael’s last moves Britney Spears is dancing her life away, just like Michael Jackson did. Many rejoiced when they saw clips of Michael Jackson rehearsing for his “This Is It” tour. But I despaired because I could see, indeed, I wrote, that it was his dance of death. It occurred to me that he knew full well he couldn’t… Read more.
Yousaf’s historic election results in abrupt resignation Humza Yousaf became the first Muslim to lead a Western European country a year ago. I hailed his historic election. But he banked his leadership on an uncompromising pro-independence agenda. I warned it was “bound to go bankrupt.” Sure enough: Scotland’s first minister, Humza Yousaf, resigned on Monday in the latest setback for… Read more.
Thirty years of Black rule has seen South Africa degenerate from the beacon of Africa into just another basket case on the Dark Continent. And I have decried and chronicled each distressing milestone of its patented descent into the heart of darkness. Chronicling South’s squandered freedom I joined the anti-Apartheid movement in the early 1980s. In the grand scheme… Read more.
Supreme Court justices are above the law The Republican-appointed justices (RAJ) who control this Supreme Court act as if they’re above the law. Their imperiousness, however, is the defining feature of the Roberts Supreme Court. Most notably, they refuse to abide by a code of ethics that constrains every other federal judge. More troubling, however, is their imperious overturning of long-settled legal… Read more.
NCAA treated Bush like a servant In 2010, the NCAA made a public show of stripping Reggie Bush of his Heisman Trophy. They condemned him for accepting so-called illegal benefits, claiming that brought the amateur status of college sports into disrepute. Mind you, Bush merely accepted petty cash from boosters to help his poor family make ends meet. Yet,… Read more.
Pro-Palestinian student protests against Israel’s genocidal rampage in Gaza are erupting on college campuses across America. The unfolding scenes echo the most notorious student protests in US history: the anti-Vietnam protests of the late 1960s and the anti-apartheid protests of the mid-1980s. However, I submit that there’s greater resonance between these protests and the anti-apartheid protest. Even… Read more.
