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I have no doubt that Michael Jackson was the greatest entertainer of all time. But I also have no doubt that he was partly to blame for his own “timely” death. Of course, I appreciate that for most of his fans these two points are irreconcilable. Therefore, all I’m going to say about Michael’s blame is… Read more.
There was worldwide condemnation two years ago when South Africa denied the Dalai Lama a visa to join fellow Nobel Peace Laureates at an international peace conference in Johannesburg. The organizers ended up canceling the conference in protest. China just smiled…. But I’m on record – dating back to February 2005 in a commentary entitled… Read more.
Is it appropriate to sail into the idyllic port of Labadee, Haiti on a pleasure cruise when the dead remain unburied and the impoverished country writhes in chaos? (Cruise Law News, January 19, 2010) Labadee is an enclave that Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd carved out of the north coast of Haiti as a “private paradise”… Read more.
I’m a big fan of NFL football player Michael Vick. But four years ago, when he was in the dog house (no pun intended) and every sports writer was writing obituaries on his career, I wrote the following – more as one who understands the business of professional sports than as a fan: Let me hasten… Read more.
King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia issued a decree on Sunday granting women the right to vote and run in local elections. He also announced that, for the first time, women will be appointed to the Majlis Al-Shura, the kingdom’s de facto (rubber-stamp) parliament. But Western pundits, across the political spectrum, are scoffing. They note, quite… Read more.
Saturday’s announcement of the scheme to restore Vladimir Putin as president of Russia was about as surprising as April’s announcement of the campaign to reelect Barack Obama as president of the United States. Actually, the only thing noteworthy about Putin’s announcement is the stupefaction pundits around the world are expressing about the way Russia’s incumbent president, Dmitry Medvedev,… Read more.
The media have been replete with complaints lately (most notably by talk-show host Tavis Smiley and Princeton Professor Cornel West) about President Obama governing in the interest of every other group except poor black folks. Therefore, many political pundits expected Obama to use the occasion of his keynote address at last night’s annual awards dinner… Read more.
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You’d think the free-loading couch potatoes who use Facebook are actually paying for it. Never mind getting what you pay for, the indignant, ungrateful, spoiled trolls who populate this community of virtual friends are getting far more than they deserve. So they should shut up already with their complaints about new apps that allow Facebook to prioritize their inane… Read more.
Just last week Brad Pitt was being hailed in the media for his performance in the baseball-themed movie, Moneyball. In fact, there seemed to be an open conspiracy among critics to ensure that it earns him his first Oscar. Yet all of that seems to have been lost in the fog of gossip this week… Read more.
