The Fourth Summit of the Americas convenes in Argentina in early November. However, unlike previous summits at which America set and dominated the agenda, this one holds the prospect of Venezuela emerging as a formidable player in determining what matters will command the attention of participating delegates: A seismic change in hemispheric geopolitics that stems… Read more.
Archives for May 2005
Woman Convicted of Raping a Man! No, Really…
NOW, this is what a rapist looks like also… Anyone who laments the growing backlash against feminism in America can take comfort in the forward march towards gender equality in Norway. But liberated women of the world beware: Last week a trial in this progressive Scandinavian country established a legal precedent that looms as a… Read more.
British General Elections: Tony Blair Dissembling Labour to Victory…Again!
Scientific polls have become to political elections what sonograms are to pregnancies: a method of predicting results that make the actual event somewhat anticlimactic. Moreover, when political candidates incite nothing but visceral disgust or soporific moans then voting becomes little more than a pro forma chore. And this, in fact, is the pregnant state of… Read more.
Chelsea: English Soccer Champions…at last!
Chelsea players enjoying a primal scream after their first national Championship. Yesterday, Chelsea confirmed that they really are the best soccer team money could buy: It took 50 years, the cold cash of a Russian Oligarch and the win or die temperament of a Portuguese manager to finally make champions of England’s most storied soccer… Read more.
Good Morning America…Iraq is burning!
More American soldiers were blown up today…but we interrupt this story for some Breaking News: The Georgia runaway bride returns home… News and Politics Read more.