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Three weeks ago, I wrote the following in this article titled “Historic vote in DR Congo springs hope for Africa”: …after 40 years of lurching between dictatorships and Rwanda-style warfare, this African country of 57 million people held its first national elections with such regard for democratic principles that it would make George Washington –… Read more.
Islamic fanatics have Westerners so spooked that the people tasked with ensuring our national security are now imputing real-life significance to Islamic prophecies. Because it seems some of our intelligence experts actually bought the Cassandra warning that today, August 22, marks a holy day of reckoning for Shiite Muslims, which “could correspond to the end… Read more.
The plaintive theme of the 16th International AIDS Conference concerned the increasing incidence of HIV infections amongst women. Indeed, speaker after speaker exhorted women – through commiseration, lamentations and admonitions – to assert greater control over their (sex) lives by zealously protecting themselves against contracting the virus. And they instructed women to prevent this, in… Read more.
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PSA: Please do not believe anything you read or hear (especially on Cable TV) about this case, until (DNA) evidence is presented in a court of law which implicates the defendant on trial. Almost a decade ago, when the bizarre circumstances of JonBenet Ramsey’s death dominated all the news that was fit to print (and… Read more.
Notwithstanding the body-image pathology most women suffer, I know a few who are not only immune but also share my aversion to the skinny bitches society would have us believe are the paragons of female beauty. Therefore, when one of them sent this picture of Nicole Ritchie (right – reportedly taken just days ago), I… Read more.
On 15 August 1945, Japan surrendered to allied forces to end WWII. And since then, 15 August has been celebrated throughout Asia as a day of liberation from Japanese colonial rule. Alternatively, as one can well-imagine, this anniversary has been observed with contrite reflection by most Japanese. Meanwhile, like every other country that has ever… Read more.
After a Danish newspaper published caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad almost a year ago, I wrote this article defending its right to do so. But I also made a point of expressing solidarity with Muslims who reacted to the caricatures with non-violent moral indignation, initially. Unfortunately, when they proceeded to orchestrate violent protests all over… Read more.
The Lebanon cease-fire resolution came into effect this morning at 1:00 EST. However, I don’t know any sane person who thinks it will hold. Of course, I understand the political factors that compelled Israel and Hezbollah to accept this patently-flawed UN resolution. But I’m indignant at the world leaders who brokered it (especially George W.… Read more.
