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Dear Readers: Because I was holed-up in meetings all morning yesterday, I was unaware that the article I thought was published at 6:45am was not published, in fact, until 2:30 pm. And for this I apologise unreservedly. I’m afraid the googleaire-nerds who host my weblog have been too busy spending their money to bother fixing… Read more.
Less than 2 months ago, celebrities from the world of politics, finance and entertainment gathered in New York City to pledge financial commitments to the charitable foundation of former US President Bill Clinton – that unrepentant political rogue who has assumed the role of Mother Teresa’s male counterpart (Father Bill?) rather persuasively. The attendees were… Read more.
Iraq exit strategy Read more.
I don’t know anyone who wanted St. Louis to win. Moreover, given their lousy season (with a win-loss record of 83 – 78 vs. Detroit’s 95 – 67), I don’t know anyone who thought they would win the National League Pennant, let alone the World Series. Meanwhile, Detroit seemed fated to win. In fact, even… Read more.
African leaders are so congenitally corrupt that the only way “to remove corruption and improve governance” across the continent is to bribe them. This seems to be the perverse reasoning that inspired Sudanese billionaire Mo Ibrahim to award a prize to the African leader deemed least corrupt. And to prove his intent to give this… Read more.
The Tennessee Senate race between Democratic candidate Harold Ford Jr and Republican Bob Corker is one of the most contentious in this year’s truly competitive Congressional elections. After all, for the first time in over a decade, Democrats are within striking distance of wresting control of Congress from Republicans. And Republicans know what payback mischief… Read more.
…the United States is in bed with the government in Khartoum on counterterrorism issues and therefore we are looking the other way on a genocide[?] [Scott Pelley reporting for 60 Minutes from Darfur, Sudan] I understand implicitly the geopolitical realities that have allowed President George W. Bush’s (axis-of-evil) enemies in Iraq, Iran and North Korea… Read more.
Ever since he wowed American voters with his keynote speech at the 2004 Democratic National Convention in Boston, Barack Obama has been teasing them with his political ambitions. Therefore, when he finally inserted himself into the wide open 2008 presidential race on Sunday, it seems the entire nation shuddered with political excitement. I, on the… Read more.
I was never told that adoption means that David will no longer be my son….If I was told this, I would not have allowed the adoption….I want more clarification on the adoption. I would prefer that David goes back to the orphanage where I can see him any time I want, rather than send him… Read more.
Kim Jong IL, North Korea Read more.
