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Japan now has a woman leader. America still doesn’t. That contrast isn’t symbolic; it’s diagnostic. iPINIONS examines what Japan’s milestone exposes about US regression, backlash politics, and the hollowing out of American moral leadership. Read the full commentary on Substack:https://ipinionsdaily.substack.com/p/japan-has-a-female-leader-america Read more.
Conference Championship Sunday lived up to its reputation, and then let Mother Nature and old rivalries raise the stakes. A blizzard crowned New England in Denver. A classic showdown sent Seattle back to the Super Bowl with unfinished business. iPINIONS hails defense dominance, legacy pressure, and redemption now collide as the Patriots and Seahawks meet… Read more.
Davos helped launder Trump as a misunderstood “business realist.” This year, the bill came due. As Trump rambled about Greenland and NATO, Mark Carney warned of a rupture in the world order, and called on middle powers to hold together what America built but Trump is unraveling. iPINIONS dissects the humiliation, the irony, and the… Read more.
As Reform UK closes in on the Conservatives, defections from the Tory ranks are revealing more than panic. They expose a party that elevated Kemi Badenoch for optics, not authority, and is now recoiling from the prospect of her actually leading. iPINIONS unpacks why Conservatives would rather follow Nigel Farage than stand behind their own… Read more.
On MLK Day, Donald Trump isn’t honoring MLK’s legacy; he’s dismantling it. From scrubbing MLK Day and Juneteenth from the National Park Service calendar, to whitewashing American history under an Orwellian “sanity” order, to weaponizing DEI bans as grievance-driven affirmative action for Whites, Project 2025 amounts to a full-scale rollback of civil rights. iPINIONS damns… Read more.
At the Golden Globes, Nikki Glaser roasted Hollywood royalty but spared the one figure who mattered most. iPINIONS examines how fear, self-censorship, and “finding the right tone” have become survival strategies in Trump’s America, and why elite silence now mirrors Hollywood’s McCarthy-era collapse. Read the full take on Substack:https://ipinionsdaily.substack.com/p/golden-globes-nikki-glaser-attacks Read more.
From January 6 to Tehran, Trump incites others to bleed while he stays safe. As Iranians face bullets in the streets, Trump blusters in Washington, threatening force, urging revolt, and refusing responsibility. iPINIONS examines performative tyranny, political slaughter, and the dangerous hypocrisy of calling others to fight battles you won’t, or launching bombs without fully… Read more.
Trump has finally defied Vladimir Putin; not to save Ukrainian lives, but to commandeer Venezuelan oil and indulge his obsession with power, spectacle, and humiliation. The seizure of a Russian-flagged tanker marks a shift from theatrical cruelty to real economic disruption, but it exposes something darker than strategy. iPINIONS contends that, in chasing oil, prestige,… Read more.
A personal tribute to my baby sister, Dr. Maureen Hall. She was a woman of uncommon intellect, quiet courage, and deep faith. She persevered through hardship with grace, and her legacy lives on through those she loved and taught. May her memory be a blessing. See my full tribute on Substack:https://ipinionsdaily.substack.com/p/dr-maureen-hall-my-baby-sister-is Read more.
Trump finally delivers the Noriega sequel he’s been itching to stage. His capture of Maduro was decisive, dramatic, and deeply revealing. iPINIONS cuts through the triumphalism to ask the harder question: what does capturing one strongman actually change when the regime, repression, and hypocrisy remain firmly intact? Read my full take on Substack:https://ipinionsdaily.substack.com/p/trump-captures-maduro-emulating-bush Read more.
