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Last weekend’s media focus on the death of Pope John Paul II covered up the report of yet another scandal to add to the legacy of President Bill Clinton: After almost a year of denying any wrongdoing, Clinton’s national security adviser, Samuel R. Berger, pleaded guilty on Friday to the charge of stealing classified files… Read more.
# 1 movie in an America seeking a similar fate to that of Sodom and Gamorrah! Last weekend, as the world mourned the death of the most holy Pope John Paul II, Americans flaunted their defiantly secular faith by flocking to a most sinful movie featuring a Catholic Cardinal as a cannibal who teams up… Read more.
We must drive on my dear! Despite the perils of Pauline that have characterized the intended nuptials of Charles and Camilla, they seem determined to marry come hell or high water. Well, now comes confirmation that this marriage is damned, if not doomed. Bulletin: Charles and Camilla to celebrate their wedding on the very day… Read more.
1920 – 2005 Click here for the BBC News Obituary on Pope John Paul II. And, click here and here for Recent Articles on the Pope’s end of life struggles. News and Politics Read more.
Mugabe: We won…again. But my conscience is eating me alive…. (No $#!+ Sir!) As everyone expected, Robert Mugabe and his ZANU-PF Party schemed, intimidated and bullied their way to another victory in Zimbabwe’s parliamentary elections 2 days ago. And Mugabe, 81, has already declared that he will now change Zimbabwe’s Constitution to grant him the… Read more.
The passing of Terri Schiavo this week was a momentous occasion for reasons that only disillusion, disappoint and disgust me. (Click here and here to read what informs my cynicism.) Nevertheless, there was a silver lining in that dark cloud hovering over the public spectacle that was made of Mrs Schiavo’s (natural) wish to die… Read more.
Prince Charles: God, I can’t bear this Royal life anymore! I say Wills, why don’t we both renounce the Throne? [Author’s license] The truth wills out: Prince Charles hates the British press almost as much as they hate him. Yesterday, in an extraordinarily puerile display of seething indignation, Prince Charles called the Royal press corps… Read more.
Princess Michael of Kent: Don’t you know who I am! Recently, in an unguarded moment, Princess Michael of Kent unleashed a little of that English white mischief that not too long ago incited natives into rebellion and led to the fall of the British Empire. The occasion was a fancy New York City restaurant where… Read more.
Caribbean nations are becoming extremely exasperated with the seemingly endless influx of Haitian migrants into their countries. Because it is now painfully clear that these desperate souls not only drain limited social services but also contribute to increasing incidences of crime and disorder in local communities throughout the region. Despite increasing political stability, chronic poverty, hunger and… Read more.
1937 – 2005 Johnnie L Cochran, the most clever, debonair and charismatic lawyer of our time, died yesterday from an inoperable brain tumor. Too many people only regarded Cochran as the lawyer who helped OJ Simpson get away with murder. But for those of us who knew a little about the man, Johnnie was not… Read more.
