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Reprinted from Caribbean Net Newscaribbeannetnews.com Book review: The iPINIONS Journal: Commentaries on World Events – Volume 3Published on Friday, May 30, 2008 Our regular readers will be familiar with Anthony Hall’s enlightening and entertaining weekly column in Caribbean Net News, and he has now provided us with his third annual retrospective compendium of insight and… Read more.
Evidently, President Bush still has a few dead-enders who are prepared to do anything to save what little remains of the credibility of his administration. Because they were popping up all over TV yesterday putting political band aids on the bleeding wounds former White House Press Secretary Scott McClellan inflicted with his just published tell-all… Read more.
Dear Readers, I am still experiencing many technical difficulties with this site. Therefore, in consultation with my webmaster, I have decided to change my server and web host. In addition, I shall take this opportunity to make stylistic changes that I hope you will find more appealing. However, this process will take 3 to 4… Read more.
As an actor, Sydney Pollack had a face everybody recognized. Indeed, seeing his picture here, many of you will immediately remember the supporting roles he played in films like Tootsie, Husbands and Wives, and (my favorite film from last year), Michael Clayton. Yet nobody (outside Hollywood) seemed to know his name. As a director and… Read more.
Let us pray that – as Obama begins to look more and more like the truly inevitable Democratic nominee (and the next president of the United States) – his Secret Service bodyguards will redouble their efforts to protect him. Because the last thing America needs right now is another assassination that triggers all of the… Read more.
I am proud of the fact that I participated in the US-led international protests during the 1980s that precipitated the end of white rule (Apartheid) in South Africa. And I remember thinking back then that a South Africa ruled by liberated blacks could be the beacon of hope and the land of opportunity for Africans… Read more.
[NOTE: We’re experiencing many technical difficulties with this site, which have resulted in articles being posted later than usual and my not being able to properly format images. And my webmaster tells me things will probably get worse…. I apologize for this and beg for your understanding and patience. ALH] On Tuesday, in an interview… Read more.
Given the way his political friends (and enemies) were eulogizing him in Washington yesterday, one can be forgiven the impression that Sen. Edward M. Kennedy (D-Mass) had just passed away. To be sure, after suffering two seizures over the weekend, Kennedy (76) is now fighting for his life. After all, doctors have diagnosed him with… Read more.
Last January, after the first votes were cast for nominees in this year’s presidential election, I noted how amazed, if not flabbergasted, I was at the level of interest people all over the world were expressing in this American spectacle. In fact, try as I did to get friends and business associates in Europe, Africa… Read more.
