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But Baby Eyadema sits uneasily on his throne. Because ECOWAS and the African Union (with a paternal assist from Europe and the United States) prevailed upon the Togo’s National Assembly to reverse its rubber-stamp approval of the army’s installation of Faure Gnassingbe Eyadema to replace his father as President. This is an unprecedented stand for… Read more.
The new Cold War: China’s economic invasion In 1962, the Soviet Union threatened America’s sphere of influence by basing missiles in Cuba. President John F. Kennedy threatened nuclear confrontation if it did not retreat. The Soviet Union blinked, and the Cold War stayed cold. Fast-forward to today, and China is posing a similar threat. Except that instead of missiles, China is deploying… Read more.
Last Friday, Philadelphia prosecutors announced that Bill Cosby will not face charges stemming from a woman’s allegation that he fondled her at his suburban mansion after giving her medication that made her woozy. Cosby confessed to committing adultery with his accuser (think Kobe Bryant) but denied any criminal wrongdoing. The prosecutors said they found “insufficient… Read more.
**Update** – Despite vowing to ride-out the rest of his contract, Reuters reports that Rudd Lubbers has just quit the United Nations under pressure from sexual harassment allegations. Can his boss, Kofi Annan, survive his mounting scandals? See original commentary here. News and Politics Read more.
Today the New York Times published excerpts of private conversations between (then) Governor George W. Bush and Doug Wead, an Assembly of God Evangelist who secretly taped their discussions. Call me cynical but I’ve read (and heard) the excerpts; And, I smell a rat! The Times and almost every political pundit seem to have bought… Read more.
UN Secretary General Kofi Annan: What, me worry? It takes a remarkable record of professional incompetence to provoke the (liberal) New York Times to join the (conservative) Wall Street Journal in calling for one’s resignation. Yet Kofi Annan has just achieved this dubious distinction – and deservedly so. Annan was elected Secretary General on 1… Read more.
Jose Canseco’s book Juiced: Wild Times, Rampant ‘Roids, Smash Hits and How Baseball Got Big has been greeted by almost everyone associated with this “all American” sport with a whole lot of sanctimonious blather: Fellow players profess incredulity at Canseco’s claims that he and many of baseball’s best players were (and are) juiced-up on steroids.… Read more.
HRH Prince Charles’ proposal to marry Mrs. Parker Bowles (his mistress-in waiting for 30 plus years) must have King Henry VIII chortling in his grave. Because, no other royal since that raffish king has shown such utter contempt for his religion, the institution of marriage, and the welfare (and lives) of women. But on 8… Read more.
Black comedian Chris Rock won the coveted gig to host this year’s Oscars. Therefore, you might wonder why he’s dismissing the telecast as “idiotic” and nothing more than “a fashion show [that] no black straight man” watches. This no doubt is politically incorrect and rather smacks of biting the hand… But, Rock has a point.… Read more.
The Kyoto Protocol on global warming takes effect today. It requires all 141 signatories, most notably 39 industrialised nations, to reduce carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases “that pollute the atmosphere” 5.2% by 2012. Each country has specific emissions targets to meet by this date and the worst polluters can compensate for their transgressions by… Read more.
