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When Donald Trump first began commanding media attention with talk about running for president, I wrote the prescient commentary “Trump for President? Don’t Be a Sucker!” April 8, 2011, hence today’s title. One name explains why Trump ran, and why Kanye might run: Barack Obama. With respect to Trump, the die was cast when Obama… Read more.
We are a doomed civilization. Only that can explain why news about pop star Taylor Swift breaking up with her latest trophy boyfriend competes with breaking news about NFL football. Taylor’s swift break-up Her latest hookup was with Harry Styles, the Mick Jagger wannabe from the British boy band One Direction (aka 1D). It lasted only 65 days, which… Read more.
NBC Friends and family will attest that I spent most of the Olympics hurling profanities at NBC for the Taliban-like control it exercised over TV coverage of the Games. But my profane outrage intensified into righteous indignation every time it previewed (as it did ad nauseam) the coming attraction of its new “reality” TV show,… Read more.
No doubt you’ve seen a replay of the way rapper Kanye West bum rushed the stage during Sunday’s MTV Music Video Awards (MVAs), yanked the microphone from 19-year-old country singer Taylor Swift – who was delivering her thank-you speech after receiving the award for best female video, and shouted the following: Yo Taylor, I’m really… Read more.
