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In the opening sentence of the article I published just yesterday, I dismissed the media’s obsession with Rev. Jeremiah Wright as a distraction from the gravest issue in this year’s presidential election: the (now virtually ignored) war in Iraq. Yet, within hours of publishing it, my candidate, Barack Obama, played into this obsession by holding… Read more.
Notwithstanding the media’s obsession with Reverend Jeremiah Wright or warranted concerns about rising gasoline prices, the gravest issue in this year’s presidential election is the (now virtually ignored) war in Iraq. And since comparisons to America’s humiliating “cut and run” from Vietnam have become inescapable, I feel obliged to acknowledge this seminal day in the… Read more.
But first, a little context seems in order. Last week, the premier of the Turks and Caicos Islands (TCI), Michael Misick, launched an extraordinary attack against me in Parliament. He was reacting to what I wrote in my weekly column, which Caribbean Net News (CNN) publishes. He deemed I had committed the cardinal sin of criticizing him for bankrupting our country. Mind you, this… Read more.
Meanwhile, here, in part, is what I wrote several months ago (on January 29) about how the Clintons’ race-baiting campaign tactics so outraged the Kennedys that they felt morally compelled to endorse Obama: It could only have reinforced Sen. Kennedy’s disgust when Bill Clinton insinuated that Jesse Jackson could have done just as well after… Read more.
Republished from Caribbean Net News caribbeannetnews.comPublished on Friday, April 25, 2008 By Anthony Livingston Hall On Wednesday, in the midst of the most critical budget debate in the history of the Turks and Caicos Islands (TCI), Premier Hon. Dr Michael Misick took to the floor of Parliament and accused me of plotting to ruin the… Read more.
For a variety of reason not worth mentioning, I thought Barack Obama would win yesterday’s Pennsylvania primary. In fact, here’s how I called it: It seems no one thinks Barack Obama has a prayer of winning today’s Pennsylvania primary. But I think he’s going to shock the world by upsetting Hillary Clinton (i.e., by ending… Read more.
I know many of you consider car racing a sport only simple-minded, beer-drinking, tobacco-chewing rednecks could enjoy. But this reflects your ignorance far more than it does any lack of sophistication among the fans of this sport. After all, IndyCar racing is a sport that requires the steady nerves of a surgeon, daring skills of… Read more.
Negro I am, Negro I Will Remain No doubt it seems a curious thing to say that Aimé Césaire’s death was untimely. After all, the man was 94. Yet it was. Because he died on the tiny French Caribbean island of Martinique last Thursday when virtually all media attention throughout the Americas was focused on… Read more.
If you prosecute me, I can make life miserable for many VIPs…. I can state with unequivocal certainty this situation will be a long and unpleasant one. [DC Madam to federal prosecutors upon her arrest] When DC Madam Deborah Palfrey (52) made this titillating threat last year, she had high-profile government officials in Washington, DC… Read more.
