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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.
I have always found it a curious thing that so many of my black American friends admit anxiety whenever a high profile crime hits the 24/7 streaming media in the United States. They confess that this anxiety stems from the irrational fear that if the culprit turns out to be black it would reflect badly… Read more.
Today President Bush seems as unsuited to lead the global mission to make poverty history as Ronald Reagan seemed when he launched the Western cause to end communism. Yet, there can be no doubt that Bush is just as committed to his mission as Reagan was to his cause and, moreover, that his insistence that… Read more.
Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime. Bush & Blair – allies now in war against the press: Remember the plan George – we’re announcing ways to turn African swords into ploughshares, not trying to justify why we’re… Read more.
Comedian John Lovitz is probably best known for uttering the refrain: I can’t believe I’m losing to this guy. Lovitz immortalized this line during a Saturday Night Live mock presidential debate in which he played the scholarly Governor of Massachusetts, Michael Dukakis. And, the guy he was referring to was fellow comedian Dana Carvey who… Read more.
Bush’s judicial nominee Judge Janice Brown: Denounced as a “Neanderthal” by Democratic Sen. Edward M. Kennedy of Massachusetts… After months of political warfare, Republicans and Democrats finally brokered a truce over President Bush’s nominee, Judge Janice Brown, for the US Circuit Court of Appeals in the District of Columbia. And, if their congressional ceasefire holds,… Read more.
Irish rock star Sir Bob Geldof with 2 of his (white) headliners for the Live 8 concert: Sir Elton John (L) and Midge Ure (C) Black political activists and entertainers in England and America are hurling allegations of racism against Bob Geldof for having a predominantly white lineup of performers for the 2 July Live… Read more.
It is patently clear that major players in the Americas (i.e., the U.S. Canada, Mexico and Venezuela) have little regard for the geopolitical concerns of the (individual) member states that comprise the Caribbean Community and Common Market (CARICOM); and, the governments of these former English colonies have only themselves to blame. Indeed, there could be… Read more.
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