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Courtiers: Intrigue, Ambition, and the Power Players Featuring Harry and Meghan

Friday, September 30, 2022 at 6:17 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

Publishers will release Courtiers: The Hidden Power Behind the Crown by Valentine Low on October 6. Low is the royal correspondent for The Times of London. His book unveils the intrigue, ambition, and power players at Buckingham Palace. And Harry and Meghan are at the center of all of them. Courtiers: Intrigue, Ambition, and the Power Players Buckingham Palace launched an… Read more.

British MP Huq Criticizing Chancellor Kwarteng Is Like the Pot Calling the Kettle Not Black Enough

Wednesday, September 28, 2022 at 6:21 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

Rich whites have been using the concept of race to divide and conquer the poor since time immemorial. This has manifested over time in episodes that reflect what are arguably the insidious effects of Stockholm Syndrome. Case in point is British Labour MP Rupa Huq, of Pakistani descent, accusing British Tory Chancellor of the Exchequer… Read more.

One Crash Test for DART, One Step from Extinction for Humankind

Tuesday, September 27, 2022 at 6:11 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

If anyone still needed any reason, events playing out in Ukraine since February 24 have given us many reasons to thank God America won the Cold War. But the event that played out in space yesterday threw even those reasons into clarifying relief. America planning to save Earth, Russia threatening to destroy it America demonstrated… Read more.

Referendums in Luhansk and Donetsk Regions of Ukraine

Tuesday, September 20, 2022 at 11:59 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

With these referendums, the Russians are saying: We can’t beat them, so let’s claim their territory, and hope for the best. That, in effect, is what Putin is having his puppets in the Russian-back Ukrainian regions of Luhansk and Donetsk do. Russian-installed leaders in occupied areas of four Ukrainian regions set out plans for referendums… Read more.

Harry Hailed the ‘Guiding Compass [the Queen] Was to So Many in Her Commitment to Service and Duty’

Thursday, September 15, 2022 at 6:16 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

Except to him…? After all, that compass clearly guided Harry to abandon royal life in the UK for celebrity life in the US. Service and duty or trapped? What’s more, he then got on US television and hailed the godsend Meghan was for rescuing him from the gilded cage he sees his brother William and… Read more.

Russians Are Retreating in Ukraine Because Their Weapons Don’t Work. And No, Russia Is Not Buying Weapons from North Korea!

Tuesday, September 13, 2022 at 6:27 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

Ukraine finally launched its highly touted counteroffensive on August 29. But the whole world is already hailing it as a stunning success. Not least because, over the past 5 days alone, Ukrainian soldiers recaptured territory in eastern Ukraine that took Russian soldiers 5 months to capture. Ukraine’s forces have continued to press their counterattack in… Read more.

The Queen Is Dead. God Spare Us the King!

Thursday, September 8, 2022 at 1:23 PM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

This blog is replete with my anti-monarchist views. But those views date back to my childhood. That’s when I developed an innate sense of resentment at seeing my compatriots take greater pride in the “Queen’s Honours” (like knighthoods and OBEs) than in our national independence. But I am heartened that Barbados is leading “Commonwealth countries”… Read more.

Meghan and Harry Playing Royals in America Is Ballsy Enough. But Back in England, After ‘The Cut’ from Royal Duties They Orchestrated, That Takes the Cake, No?

Sunday, September 4, 2022 at 8:52 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

Frankly, the way the British media are hailing Meghan and Harry’s return this week, not just William but even Charles can be forgiven for feeling rather like the good son in “The Parable of the Prodigal Son”. But, even though it’s Sunday, I suspect some of you may not appreciate (or even get) that Biblical… Read more.

Former President Poroshenko Is Acting Like He’s Still Ukraine’s Commander in Chief. I Get Now Why President Zelensky Wanted to Arrest Him…

Thursday, September 1, 2022 at 6:24 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

Their rivalry Russian President Vladimir Putin is waging a genocidal war in Ukraine that is making strange bedfellows of President Volodymyr Zelensky and his predecessor Petro Poroshenko. After all, just weeks before Putin launched it, Zelensky was accusing Poroshenko not just of treason but of attempting to flee justice to boot. Poroshenko is one of… Read more.

Sanna Marin, Finland’s Party-Girl Prime Minister, Takes Drug Test

Saturday, August 20, 2022 at 8:47 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

I love Finland. And I’m an even bigger fan of female leaders. That’s why I was so proud to proclaim that “Finland is great because women rule. But Sanna Marin, Finland’s party-girl prime minister, is making a mockery of my proclamation. Sanna Marin, Finland’s party-girl prime minister Sky News reported yesterday on her still-unfolding, party-gate… Read more.