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I “crucified” Novak Djokovic – not just for attempting to flout Australia’s Covid protocols to play in its grand slam last month, but because I thought he was reveling in his celebrity as an anti-vaxxer (like RFK Jr). The facts are still murky; but it’s clear he knew he was gaming the system when he… Read more.
Only a cold-hearted, genocidal maniac (like Chinese President Xi Jinping) could fail to sympathize with the predicament of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, let alone with the looming fate of the Ukrainian people. On the other hand, I suspect I sympathize with both as much as anyone not born in Ukraine possibly could. And I can… 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.
Forgive my French. But are you surprised by this: According to law firm Westphal Spilker Wastl (WSW), which conducted the investigation, Benedict failed to prevent abuse of minors during his tenure as archbishop of Munich and Freising from 1977 to 1982. ‘In a total of four cases, we reached a consensus there was a failure to act,’… Read more.
Prince Andrew’s ‘MeToo’ Accuser A judge has given the green light to a lawsuit by an American woman who says Prince Andrew sexually abused her when she was 17. … U.S. District Judge Lewis A. Kaplan rejected an argument by Andrew’s lawyers that Virginia Giuffre’s lawsuit should be thrown out at an early stage because… Read more.
Only children believe in fairy tales. Yet it took the tragic life of Princess Diana for many to realize that royalty is no fairy tale. Her son, Prince Harry, is reinforcing this realization. He’s claiming that British royals are trapped in gilded cages. And that makes their fairy-tale lives seem very grim indeed. British royals trapped… Read more.
So it turns out Meghan Markle assimilated into the British Royal Family like a black wasp in white milk. But boy, who would’ve thought it would be thus? Oh right, anyone with eyes to read the tabloids, and ears to hear a previous “bombshell interview” she herself gave. This is why I don’t get all… Read more.
You probably thought the 2020 US presidential election would never end. But it has. Joe Biden is (effectively) the President-elect of the United States. Unfortunately, I fear his victory will be pyrrhic. And the legal challenges now underway will be the least of it. After all, the Republican members of Trump’s cult performed so well … Read more.
Harry and Meghan’s Megxit deal got the queen’s seal today. Her Majesty announced terms to enable them to withdraw from royal duties. The terms are stern. But they are as punitive as I recommended. Megxit deal gets queen’s seal Of course, scandal forced Andrew to withdraw from royal duties too. It stems from his unforgivable involvement in the Jeffrey Epstein child… Read more.
Of course Harry and Meghan have had enough of royal duties in England. Because they’d rather be making celebrity appearances in America. Harry & Meghan Withdrawing from royal duties King Edward VIII shocked the world when he announced his abdication in 1936. Now Harry and Meghan are announcing theirs. The Duke and Duchess of Sussex… Read more.
