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Yesterday, Netanyahu made an extraordinary apology for failing to rescue Israeli hostages. But his apology was as cynical as Trump’s apology for his lewd remarks on the infamous Access Hollywood tape. IDF soldiers found six dead Israeli hostages in a tunnel in Gaza on Sunday. This discovery provoked protests among tens of thousands of Israelis.… Read more.
It was political malpractice for Kamala to avoid the press like the plague. This made her first TV interview almost as important as her first presidential debate. She had to know that if she so much as botched a word, Republicans would spin it as her performing even worse than Biden did in his fateful… Read more.
Evidently, Trump uses sadomasochistic humiliation to bond with Republican men. Only that explains Georgia Governor Brian Kemp’s groveling endorsement this week. After all, Trump didn’t just humiliate Kemp; he insulted Kemp’s wife, Marty, too. He claimed that even she doubted her husband could win reelection without Trump’s divine intervention. Yet Kemp isn’t just endorsing Trump;… Read more.
Disillusionment with traditional heroes is everywhere. Public figures like priests, teachers, and athletes once embodied virtue. But they’re revealing flaws every day that shatter our faith. Even genteel sports aren’t immune, with doping scandals tainting cycling, tennis, and swimming. Is it any wonder, then, that anti-heroes have captured our imagination? From Tony Soprano to Walter… Read more.
Trump has ridiculed US soldiers killed in action as “losers and suckers.” That alone should be disqualifying for any presidential campaign. Yet, this draft-dodging, narcissistic insurrectionist is now trampling the burial ground of those dead soldiers for a cheap political stunt. Everyone knows he visited Arlington Cemetery yesterday just to score political points. Why didn’t… Read more.
Seven years ago, tens of thousands of Rohingyas, a Muslim minority, fled Myanmar to escape religious cleansing by Buddhist extremists. Since then, they’ve been stuck in a “sprawling refugee camp” in neighboring Bangladesh. And yes, comparisons with the Japanese-Americans who endured three years of internment in the United States are apt. The Rohingyas rallied in… Read more.
Putin threatened “escalation” if US-supplied weapons enabled Ukraine to kill any of his invading Russians. More ominously, he warned he would use all means at his disposal if Ukraine even threatened Russia’s territorial integrity, implying a willingness to use nuclear weapons. He insisted this was a red line, claiming “it’s not a bluff”—as if Russia… Read more.
TV ratings for the RNC and DNC are in. And, if they’re any indication, the presidential election results might not be as close as polls suggest. The DNC’s four-day jamboree for Kamala Harris averaged 21.8 million viewers — 14 percent more than the RNC’s for Donald Trump. A few days ago, I asserted that TV… Read more.
Just imagine the best of LBJ, Reagan, and Obama. Because that will give you a sense of the substance, theme, and style of the speech Kamala delivered to close last night’s DNC. Frankly, it’s a national embarrassment that the RNC nominated “an unserious man” like Trump to challenge her for the presidency. Trump is toast!… Read more.
