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Biden Condemns Pro-Palestinian Protests but Won’t Reconsider Support for Israel

Thursday, May 2, 2024 at 6:43 PM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

Biden condemns protests Over the past weeks, President Biden remained conspicuously silent as protests erupted on college campuses across America. From Columbia on the East Coast to UCLA on the West, pro-Palestinian protesters have been chanting rallying cries for a ceasefire in Gaza and urging their colleges to divest from Israel. The media have been manufacturing interest by covering these… Read more.

Psychiatrist: ‘Free Britney’ Needs New Conservatorship

Wednesday, May 1, 2024 at 6:21 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

Britney emulating Michael’s last moves Britney Spears is dancing her life away, just like Michael Jackson did.  Many rejoiced when they saw clips of Michael Jackson rehearsing for his “This Is It” tour. But I despaired because I could see, indeed, I wrote, that it was his dance of death.  It occurred to me that he knew full well he couldn’t… Read more.

The Swift Rise and  Fall of Scotland’s Humza Yousaf, Europe’s First Muslim Leader

Monday, April 29, 2024 at 1:27 PM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

Yousaf’s historic election results in abrupt resignation Humza Yousaf became the first Muslim to lead a Western European country a year ago. I hailed his historic election.  But he banked his leadership on an uncompromising pro-independence agenda. I warned it was “bound to go bankrupt.”  Sure enough: Scotland’s first minister, Humza Yousaf, resigned on Monday in the latest setback for… Read more.

South Africa: 30 Years of Freedom but Little Progress

Saturday, April 27, 2024 at 2:08 PM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

Thirty years of Black rule has seen South Africa degenerate from the beacon of Africa into just another basket case on the Dark Continent. And I have decried and chronicled each distressing milestone of its patented descent into the heart of darkness. Chronicling South’s squandered freedom I joined the anti-Apartheid movement in the early 1980s. In the grand scheme… Read more.

Supreme Court Justices Acting with ‘Absolute Immunity’ to Help Trump

Friday, April 26, 2024 at 5:53 PM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

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.

NIL Money Forces NCAA to Return Bush’s Heisman Trophy

Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 1:19 PM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

NCAA treated Bush like a servant In 2010, the NCAA made a public show of stripping Reggie Bush of his Heisman Trophy. They condemned him for accepting so-called illegal benefits, claiming that brought the amateur status of college sports into disrepute.  Mind you, Bush merely accepted petty cash from boosters to help his poor family make ends meet. Yet,… Read more.

Pro-Palestinian Student Protests against Israel Have Echoes of Vietnam and Apartheid

Tuesday, April 23, 2024 at 7:53 PM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

Pro-Palestinian student protests against Israel’s genocidal rampage in Gaza are erupting on college campuses across America. The unfolding scenes echo the most notorious student protests in US history: the anti-Vietnam protests of the late 1960s and the anti-apartheid protests of the mid-1980s. However, I submit that there’s greater resonance between these protests and the anti-apartheid protest. Even… Read more.

Earth Day Irony: Climate Activists Behaving Like Arsonists and Firefighters

Monday, April 22, 2024 at 6:23 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

First Earth Day Former Senator Gaylord Nelson (D-WI) conceived Earth Day as a day of awareness in the late 1960s. He responded to the alarming pollution spreading carelessly across America, marking a pivotal moment in our environmental history. The country celebrated its first Earth Day on April 22, 1970. The environmental practices it inaugurated have since become… Read more.

Taylor Swift’s ‘The Tortured Poets Department’: Pop Lyrics or Petty Revenge?

Saturday, April 20, 2024 at 6:13 PM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

Taylor Swift’s transformation from a country pop tart to a global pop star is staggering. However, with her latest release, “The Tortured Poets Department,” she’s biting the hand that feeds her. Swift mocks the tortured poet archetype. But, arguably, this album makes her the embodiment of a songstress torturing herself in a vain attempt to write good poetry.… Read more.

EU’s Shameful Failure to Fully Arm Ukraine

Friday, April 19, 2024 at 2:50 PM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

Failure of US leadership The US Congress has dithered and reveled in dysfunction for months, delaying a crucial national security bill. This, even though members knew each day’s delay was costing an increasingly defenseless Ukraine dearly in both blood and treasure. US allies and enemies alike watched in utter stupefaction: Democratic allies expressed shock and dismay — as US politicians displayed… Read more.