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Colin L. Powell was remembered for his leadership skills, his love of ABBA and Bob Marley and “his sense of humor, his insatiable curiosity and his comfort in his own skin” at a funeral Friday that drew presidents past and present, military leaders and hundreds of Washington dignitaries. Among those in attendance were Powell’s wife,… Read more.
What cruel game of fate is this, dear Lord, that Covid should kill a man like Colin Powell but spare one like Donald Trump…? Colin L. Powell, who in four decades of public life served as the nation’s top soldier, diplomat and national security adviser, and whose speech at the United Nations in 2003 helped… Read more.
He is laying the predicate for resigning the presidency when the writing for his reelection doom becomes clear enough on the wall even for him to read. At that point (around early October), he will feign Covid-19 sickness and resign. That way he’ll be able to claim he was never defeated; moreover, that he would… Read more.
CNN anchor Don Lemon went viral recently for calling out celebrities. He name-checked the likes of Oprah, Ellen, and Tyler Perry for not voicing enough support for the protests for racial and social justice, which are spreading across the country faster than Covid-19. He was channeling the trending meme silence = violence. But I couldn’t… Read more.
Here are some of the unassailable and distinctly non-racial reasons former Secretary of State Colin Powell gave for endorsing President Obama for re-election on the October 25 edition of the CBS Morning News: When he took over, we were in one of the worst recessions we had seen in recent times, close to a depression. The… Read more.
On Saturday evening, I attended a dinner party at the home of a friend who is a proud Republican. And, as you can well imagine, it did not take long before our conservation turned into a spirited debate on presidential politics. However, as I invariably opt for asking questions instead of making assertions during such… Read more.
