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Don’t cry for Colombia! Even Colombians wanted Argentina to win as a consolation for global superstar Messi, sidelined by a swollen ankle. And sorry, England, again… But here’s to Euro winner Spain facing Copa winner Argentina in a Super 2024 final. And with Carlos Alcaraz already winning Wimbledon — ¡Viva España! Read more.
The debate of the century Tonight’s debate between former President Donald Trump and President Joe Biden was pure entertainment. It was the kind of performative spectacle Americans now expect from political leaders. That’s why the news media hyped this debate as if it were a boxing match between two geriatric heavyweights. News anchors made famed… Read more.
Plea deal for bail-jumping Assange Finally, after over a decade of high drama, WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange faced justice. In a courtroom far, far away — in Saipan, of all places — he pleaded guilty to one felony charge of violating the Espionage Act. According to a plea deal with the US government, the court… 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.
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.
“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.
Caitlin Clark’s record-setting season Yesterday, South Carolina faced off against Caitlin Clark’s Iowa for the NCAA Basketball Championship. And not since Magic Johnson’s Michigan State faced off against Larry Bird’s Indiana in 1979 has a final commanded so much national attention. Of course, the most notable difference is that, unlike Michigan State and Indiana, South Carolina and… Read more.
According to NASA, the first solar eclipse was in 3340 BCE. But wearing “eclipse glasses” is a recent safety precaution, dating back only to the 1970s. Therefore, that first eclipse, and others throughout the “dark ages,” must have caused a high incidence of “eclipse blindness.” Given that experience, you have to wonder why our eyes… Read more.
Iran’s democratic charade In the grand circus of global politics, few acts are more darkly comical than so-called ‘democratic’ elections held in autocracies. Take Iran, for instance. Yesterday, Iran held parliamentary elections, exuding the enthusiasm of a tranquilized sloth. The economy’s languishing in the gutter, the populace suffers a collective Stockholm Syndrome, and the government is engrossed in… Read more.
