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I join all citizens of the Turks and Caicos Islands (TCI) in expressing profound sadness over the loss of life that occurred after a boat carrying some 200 Haitian migrants ploughed into a coral reef in our waters on Sunday and capsized. Latest reports are that 67 remain missing, and are presumed dead. The boat… Read more.
I hesitate to comment on people’s physical appearance, even when celebrities invite it. But teachable moments are in vogue these days. And I’m an ACE-certified fitness trainer. So, I have standing to comment on Madonna’s new physique. Madonna’s veiny body Madonna (50) is so vain, she thinks her veiny body is hot. But it’s not. Indeed, she should… Read more.
I am not without some racial empathy of my own, having had similar run-ins with the police in Arlington, Virginia over the past 15 years. Therefore, since I always managed to reason with the good ole boys who “racially profiled” me, I find it incomprehensible that Gates was unable to do the same in this… Read more.
I relish the prospect of Cristina becoming the first wife in the Western Hemisphere to succeed her husband as the elected president of her country when national elections are held in Argentina on October 28… I don’t mind disclosing that, like Bachelet [the female president of Chile], Cristina espouses political reconciliation, poverty alleviation and a… Read more.
I am a 47-year-old who still feels capable of performing in every respect as I did when I was 34. Therefore, I never bought into the notion that, at 37, Lance Armstrong was incapable of cycling as well as he did when he was 34, the last time he won the Tour de France. Never… Read more.
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Like virtually every other black person in America who has commented on this controversy, President Obama oozed racial indignation as he condemned the Cambridge police during a press conference last night, saying that they “acted stupidly” in arresting Gates. The clear implication being that he too believes they racially profiled the Harvard professor. But, based on a breaking report… Read more.
I’ve been trying for months to explain to a few friends why I have no interest in becoming a twitterer. Frankly, the whole craze smacks of pandemic egocentrism. More to the point, I can’t think of a single person on planet earth whose thoughts and activities I’d want to know about 24/7. Nor can I think of anyone with whom I’d even consider sharing my… Read more.
Before I get to the surgeon general, I feel compelled to comment briefly on the political spectacle surrounding health care reform: President Obama has been acting like an old-fashioned, itinerant preacher lately in his effort to convince a growing number of doubting Thomases that America’s fiscal salvation depends on passing health care reform – “before… Read more.
Professor Henry Louis Gates, one of the most distinguished scholars in America, was arrested last Thursday after he was spotted trying to break into his own home, which is located near Harvard University. Yes, like a dummy, he locked himself out. After reading about his arrest, I immediately thought about the imperious manner in which celebrities often… Read more.
