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I’ve been dismayed over the years by the number of purportedly intelligent and fair-minded white people who have questioned why Coretta Scott King is so revered just because she was married to Dr Martin Luther King, Jr. But whenever I condescended to disabuse them of their ignorance in this respect, I merely sufficed to query… Read more.
You may not be familiar with her name, but her creativity has contributed so much to public consciousness (in America and around the world) that you’re probably familiar with her work…without even knowing it. Like many people, I was introduced to Wasserstein’s creative genius in 1989 through her critically acclaimed play The Heidi Chronicles. But… Read more.
Reprinted from Caribbean Net News caribbeannetnews.com Published on 31 January 2006 A cruise ship carrying “up to 3,200…active homosexuals” is scheduled to drop anchor today in Grand Cayman. However, pastors representing the Cayman Ministers’ Association (CMA) are raising holy hell about the prospect of these passengers setting foot on Caymanian soil. I understand… Read more.
The World Economic Forum – which wrapped-up its 4 days in Davos, Switzerland yesterday – is an annual event at which corporate titans, international bankers, world leaders and a smattering of celebrity do-gooders gather to bloviate about the impact of world developments on their respective businesses, personal wealth, and collective conscience. Politicians and celebrities change… Read more.
Scroll down to Friday’s post for more details. Hamas, Palestinian elections Read more.
Sunset and evening star, And one clear call for me! And may there be no moaning of the bar When I put out to sea. But such a tide as moving seems asleep, Too full for sound and foam. When that which drew from the boundless deep Turns again home. Twilight and evening bell, And… Read more.
Western democracies should be celebrating Gaza’s democratic elections on Wednesday. Instead, they’re acting as if Gaza morphed into a theocratic autocracy overnight. Hamas wins in Gaza Of course, Western democracies have branded Hamas a terrorist organization. And they accuse Iran and its “wipe Israel off the map“ president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, of funding the organization’s terrorist activities. That’s why Western democracies had… Read more.
“I really feel duped…I regret that phone call [to CNN’s Larry King Live on 11 January to defend as true the million little lies of author James Frey]….I made a mistake and I left the impression that the truth does not matter and I am deeply sorry about that. That is not what I believe.”… Read more.
Just days ago, I joined others in praising Google for defying the Bush Administration’s demand for information about the Internet searches and surfing habits of its customers. Google insisted that Americans had a reasonable expectation that their online activities would remain private. Yesterday, however, Google made a mockery of that principled stand by following the… Read more.
Last night, I was riveted to a BBC interview with Somali-born Dutch MP Ayaan Hirsi Ali. Here’s why: In 1989, Iranian leader and self-anointed Islamic lawgiver, Ayatollah Khomeini, issued a Fatwa (death warrant) against author Salman Rushdie for writing a book, Satanic Verses. The Ayotallah deemed it “a blasphemy against Islam”. Yet, since then, Rushdie… Read more.
