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Netanyahu Campaigning for Reelection by Defaming Mamdani and Defying Trump

Wednesday, August 19, 2026 at 8:32 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

Benjamin Netanyahu is using New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani as a bogeyman in Israel’s reelection campaign, while openly defying the American president who boasts that Bibi does whatever he says. But iPINIONS contends that, from Gaza and Lebanon to Saudi Arabia’s new security alignment with nuclear-armed Pakistan, Netanyahu’s manipulation of Trump is producing consequences that… Read more.

“Hormuz Strait” US Territory? Because American Fatalism Has Normalized Trump’s Pathological Lying

Monday, August 17, 2026 at 8:21 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

Trump says he’ll declare the “Hormuz Strait” US territory. iPINIONS contends the absurdity is almost beside the point. The real danger is how MAGA loyalty and American fatalism have trained millions to accept his lies, cruelty, and autocratic whims as normal. Read my full take on Substack: https://ipinionsdaily.substack.com/p/hormuz-strait-us-territory-because Read more.

NFL Turns Training Camp Into Love Field to Woo Female Fans

Saturday, August 15, 2026 at 8:33 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

To woo female fans, the NFL is turning training camps into showcases for players and their WAGs. But iPINIONS warns that, as hockey learned with the glowing puck, repackaging a sport for new audiences can risk turning off the fans already watching. Read my full take on Substack: https://ipinionsdaily.substack.com/p/nfl-turns-training-camp-into-love Read more.

Birbalsingh’s Michaela Community School Defies the Soft Bigotry of Low Expectations

Friday, August 14, 2026 at 8:37 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

Fifteen years ago, I told my dear friend Katharine Birbalsingh that Michaela would one day compete with England’s best schools. iPINIONS reports that its latest A-level results suggest I wasn’t just encouraging her. I was forecasting a mission built on discipline, high expectations, and a refusal to indulge the soft bigotry of low expectations. Read… Read more.

Cunningham vs Carrington: Race and Sex Are Turning the WNBA Into a Stage for MAGA Politics

Wednesday, August 12, 2026 at 8:29 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

The WNBA finally has the attention it spent decades demanding. But iPINIONS argues that the Cunningham-Carrington controversy shows how race, sex, gender, and MAGA politics are turning that attention into an endless culture-war spectacle, with basketball itself increasingly becoming the undercard. Read my full take on Substack: https://ipinionsdaily.substack.com/p/cunningham-vs-carrington-race-and Read more.

Forget Lucy and the Football. Iran Keeps Moving the Goalposts on Trump

Monday, August 10, 2026 at 8:28 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

Trump thought overwhelming American military power meant he held all the cards. Instead, Iran keeps moving the goalposts, tightening its grip on Hormuz and raising the price every time Trump thinks he has found a way out. Now he is reportedly even considering walking away without the nuclear deal he claimed this war was supposed… Read more.

The Snows of Lesotho Where Africans Ski Like Austrians

Saturday, August 8, 2026 at 8:41 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

Think Africa and skiing probably isn’t the first image that comes to mind. But on the snowy slopes of Lesotho, casual African skiers carve, jump and freestyle with enough ease to make those Jamaican Olympic bobsledders look like jokers. This week’s iPINIONS Saturday cartoon celebrates another side of Africa that stereotypes rarely show. Read my… Read more.

Black Prof. Jason Arday Quits Cambridge. But His Plagiarism Still Has Nothing to Do With DEI

Thursday, August 6, 2026 at 8:23 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

Jason Arday quit Cambridge as allegations of plagiarism, résumé embellishment, and fabricated achievements overwhelmed his professorship. He deserves condemnation. But iPINIONS contends that his downfall proves nothing about DEI or the legitimacy of Black academics. After all, elite universities were admitting and protecting compromised White professors long before Cambridge appointed its first Black professor. Read… Read more.

The Ceuta Migration Crisis Is a Test of Border Control and Statehood

Wednesday, August 5, 2026 at 8:30 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

Spain’s Ceuta crisis is not an argument against immigration. It is an indictment of a government that lost control of its border and forced Europe to react. iPINIONS argues that immigration can invigorate a country, but compassion without control is national abdication. Read my full take on Substack: https://ipinionsdaily.substack.com/p/the-ceuta-migration-crisis-is-a-test Read more.

Trump’s Pathological Lying Is a Clear and Present Danger to the Republic

Monday, August 3, 2026 at 8:25 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

Trump no longer lies merely to escape embarrassment. He rejects intelligence, excuses foreign adversaries, scapegoats Americans, and places his ego above national security. iPINIONS argues that his pathological mendacity is now a clear and present danger to the republic. Read the full take on Substack: https://ipinionsdaily.substack.com/p/trumps-pathological-lying-is-a-clear Read more.