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Ever since President Bush launched his Millennium Challenge Account for African development (March 2002) and his $15 billion Emergency Plan for AIDS relief (January 2003), I’ve been arguing – to the consternation and apparent dismay of almost all who bothered to listen – that Bush has done more (and offers the best solutions) to help… Read more.

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Master Card disclosed yesterday that it fell prey to computer hackers who pilfered data that makes over 40 million people vulnerable to financial fraud and, worse still, identity theft. And, this follows disclosures by other credit card companies in recent weeks that make it seem as though all credit card holders are just as vulnerable.… Read more.

The leadership of U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan was severely compromised earlier this year, when reports revealed that he did little to prevent U.N. foot soldiers from inflicting widespread abuses upon those they were deployed to protect. That many of these abuses occurred in refugee camps in Africa, where rape and molestation rivaled the horrors… Read more.

Dr Jon Thogmartin (R) and Dr Stephen Nelson reporting their findings on Terri Schiavo’s autopsy during a press conference on Wednesday. Doctors who performed an autopsy on the body of Terri Schiavo (erstwhile political mascot for the religious right) vindicated what her husband Michael Schiavo and medical experts have been saying for over a decade,… Read more.

Celebrated in Washington… African leaders receive commendations and pledges of lots of cash for implementing democratic reforms in their respective countries during their visit to the White House in Washington, DC. From L-R: President Hifikepunye Pohamba of Namibia, President Armando Guebuza of Mozambique, President Festus Mogae of Botswana, President Bush, President Mamadou Tandja of Niger… Read more.

Last week’s announcement by the US State Department of the release of $10 million in conditional aid to Serbia-Montenegro was contrived even by Washington standards. After all, it was touted as a reward for Belgrade’s fulfillment of the principled conditions Washington placed on that aid even though those conditions have clearly not been met. In… Read more.

Given his apparent nature, it’s only a matter of time before Jackson begins sleeping with little boys again and no doubt, telling them that: If you wanna be free, just beat it! Paul Rodriguez, the Foreman of the Jury that found Michael Jackson NOT GUILTY yesterday on all counts, claims that the first thing they… Read more.

Mike Tyson is a modern day tragic hero of Aristotelian dimensions. After all, at the formative age of 19, he was crowned king – not only of boxing but of the entire sports world. Moreover, no athlete possessed greater potential for greatness than Tyson; yet, he seemed doomed to fail from the day of his… Read more.

Meanwhile, also this week, the Justice Department ruled that the punitive damages assessed against tobacco companies (for deliberately spiking their cigarettes to turn as many Americans into addicts as possible) should be reduced from $130 billion to only $10 billion. But consider that every year 435,000 people in the US die from tobacco use. (Cigarettes… Read more.