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In this 5 August article, I expressed vindication for predicting that Rafael Palmeiro’s testimony before the U.S. Congress about his use of steriods was so fatuous that it would provoke a perjury investigation. Well, yesterday, Rep. Tom Davis (R-Va.), Chairman of the House Government Reform Committee, announced that – after an exhaustive investigation – his… Read more.
I’ve always been more interested in the phenomenon that makes multi-millionaire celebrities of barely literate athletes than in the games these athletes play. And, no sport perpetuates this phenomenon more than the National Football League (NFL) in the United States. I know many intellectual and social snobs who resent the millions these educationally challenged, mostly… Read more.
Even for high profile and hotly contested presidential elections – like Bush vs. Gore in 2000 and Bush vs. Kerry in 2004 – almost half of the Americans who are eligible to vote, fail to do so. Therefore, it is not surprising that an election day on which neither the presidency nor control of the… Read more.
Disillusioned and disaffected youths continued their riots for a twelth night undeterred by the French goverment’s show of force Progressive political observers have commended President George Bush for expressing sympathy for President Jacques Chirac as he grapples with nightly riots that are fueling the flames of anarchy all over France. Of course, this commendation is… Read more.
Over the past few months, I’ve written a series of articles on Zimbabwe’s descent into political and economic hell. In them, I lamented on how the fiendish president of this God-forsaken country, Mr Robert Mugabe: Guaranteed his reelection earlier this year by dispatching military thugs to harass voters and seize productive farms from white farmers… Read more.
Some Americans reacted with indignation and incredulity when it was revealed last week that the CIA has been operating secret prisons overseas at which terror suspects are tortured routinely and held without charge indefinitely. Which, of course, is rather like Americans being shocked and repulsed when they find out how sausage is made but still… Read more.
Yesterday, 34 Heads of State convened their Fourth Summit of the Americas in Argentina amidst street riots that made a mockery of their diplomatic agenda. Because news of what little progress they make towards creating a Free Trade Area of the Americas will be rendered mute, if not moot, by the raucous and violent anti-American,… Read more.
Paris is burning! For the past 7 days and 7 nights, Muslims have been rioting in French cities to vent political, economic (and religious) grievances that are eerily similar to those that provoked blacks to riot and burn American cities in the late 1960s. In this era of Islamic terrorism, however, the situation in France… Read more.
Yesterday, between meetings and conference calls, my partners and I tuned in to the Rosa Parks funeral being broadcast live from Detroit, Michigan. In addition to paying my last respects, I was eager to watch it because I’ve known since childhood that black preaching and singing are never more inspiring and heavenly than they are… Read more.
Despite a rate of growth that is the envy of the world, China’s economy is, in fact, a ticking time bomb. Because the 1.3 billion people providing cheap labour to fuel its boom represent mushrooming fuel demands that portend its bust. Of course, Chinese leaders are acutely aware of this pending doom. And, notwithstanding the… Read more.
