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The Opening Ceremony for the Beijing 2022 Olympics gets underway today. But count me among those who will be jeering, not cheering. In fact, I was in the vanguard of those who called for a conventional boycott. Notably, The New York Times published an Op-Ed on March 15, 2021 by Sen. Mitt Romney titled “The… Read more.
Most Canadians would like to think they are more civil than their American neighbors. Except nothing betrays their thinking quite like the “aboriginal sin” that has been haunting them lately. I am referring to belated reckoning for the inferior and often dehumanizing way they treated indigenous people throughout their history. This finally forced Canadians to… Read more.
Trust me, Donald Trump, Howard Stern, and Vince McMahon have nothing on Joe Rogan when it comes to rich, savvy guys peddling raw and (often) reckless entertainment to ordinary people. And, notwithstanding giving performer Neil Young top billing, I used to like propagandist Joe Rogan. Granted, my affinity stems from his relatively wholesome days hosting… Read more.
Episode 63: Despite All Their Talk About Alleviating Poverty, The Rich Kept Getting Richer, the Poor Poorer. So… Related commentaries: Davos… Listen.
I am loath to comment on the antics and rantings of a mentally disturbed man. But when that man commands as much media attention as Kanye West does, it would be malpractice for any social critic to fail to comment. Well, that was my justification for previous commentaries like “President Obama Is Right, Kanye Is… Read more.
Last summer, when fellow progressives began heckling Justice Stephen Breyer to retire immediately, I defended him in part as follows in “Re Justice Breyer: To Retire, or Not to Retire, That Is (Not) the Question,” July 3, 2021: ________ Full disclosure, I am probably more progressive/liberal than Bernie Sanders and AOC. More to the point,… Read more.
On Monday, President Biden was caught on a hot mic calling the White House correspondent for Fox News a “stupid son of a bitch.” Within hours, in a very un-Trumpian manner, he called that correspondent and offered a personal apology. But it seems he was still apologizing on Tuesday. Because only that explains the way… Read more.
No doubt you’ve heard all kinds of sports commentators waxing euphoric about last weekend producing the best four playoff games in NFL history. Here is how the dean of football writers, Peter King, reported his take for NBC Sports yesterday morning: _________ In 25 hours on the greatest playoff weekend in the 102-year history of… Read more.
Episode 62: Forget Voting Rights. Prepare to Fight the Civil War 2.0 Whites Denying Them Have Been Asking For… Related commentaries: voting rights… MLK Day… Listen.
Any frequent flier will tell you that nothing characterizes the “new normal” quite like flight cancellations and delays. Because even if you take off, there’s a good bet some anti-masker is going to disrupt your flight en route … or worse: A female first-class passenger whose refusal to wear a mask saw an American Airlines… Read more.
