“Heroic tragedy” fairly describes the life of O.J. Simpson. He damned his soul by murdering his wife, Nicole Brown, and her friend Ron Goldman. And he forfeited any chance of redemption by failing to show even a trace of contrition after getting away with it. Thus, despite all his fame and infamy, nothing in his life became him, like leaving… Read more.
Celebrity deaths
Jeffrey Epstein Killed Himself! There Was No Foul Play
Jeffrey Epstein was arguably the most notorious sex trafficker in US history. He was also a serial rapist with too many victims to count, invariably too young. Epstein pimped many of his victims out to his rich and powerful friends. That might explain how he amassed a fortune of over $500 million. Because I suspect many of those friends fell prey… Read more.
UPDATE: Justice delayed, but not denied, for O.J. Simpson
This morning, thirteen years and thirteen hours to the day after an all-black jury in Los Angeles acquitted O.J. Simpson of murdering his wife and her friend, an all-white jury in Las Vegas convicted him on all 12 counts of conspiracy, kidnapping, burglary, robbery and assault, which he committed at gunpoint on September 13, 2007. How’s that for… Read more.
Paul Newman, actor, philanthropist, political activist, is dead
I appreciate that many of you probably knew Paul Newman more as the philanthropist whose face is the logo for a variety of food products (from “Newman’s Own” salad dressing to popcorn) than as an actor or political activist. But, to get a sense of who Newman was, just imagine Leonardo DiCaprio someday being… Read more.