If North Korea goes ballistic, blame China!
Saturday, March 30, 2013 at 8:11 AM
Archives for March 2013
Aung San Suu Kyi Becoming Democratic Mascot of Burma’s Military Dictatorship
Thursday, March 28, 2013 at 7:06 AM
The only meaningful step President Thein Sein has taken towards democracy was to release Suu Kyi in 2010 from nearly 15 years of house arrest. But he has since co-opted this former ‘democracy icon’ into his political establishment – as leader of the loyal (i.e., powerless) opposition in parliament. And nothing demonstrates the extent to… Read more.
Tiger No. 1 Again! But…
Wednesday, March 27, 2013 at 7:57 AM
With his eighth win at the Arnold Palmer Invitational on Monday, Tiger Woods finally reclaimed the world No. 1 ranking he lost four years ago. No doubt you recall that his downfall began in the wake of a sensational bimbo eruption that destroyed his marriage and sapped him of the aura of invincibility that was… Read more.
Supreme Court Hears Legal Fight for/against Same-Sex Marriage
Tuesday, March 26, 2013 at 7:42 AM
Today the Supreme Court will hear arguments on the constitutionality of Proposition 8, California’s ban on same-sex marriage. And tomorrow it will hear arguments on the Defense of Marriage Act (aka DOMA), a federal law that defines marriage as between one man and one woman. DOMA also holds that states that ban same-sex marriages are… Read more.
No (Equitable) Justice in ICC Prosecuting Kenya’s Kenyatta
Monday, March 25, 2013 at 7:39 AM
Here, in part, is the reasonable doubt I expressed last year after the International Criminal Court (ICC) indicted Uhuru Kenyatta, son of Kenya’s founding father Jomo Kenyatta, on charges of crimes against humanity. I wonder what evidence the ICC possesses that ties Uhuru and the three other prominent Kenyans it indicted to the rapes and… Read more.
Well, here’s to repeating history…
Saturday, March 23, 2013 at 8:09 AM
Related commentaries: Iraq 10 years later… Read more.
Israel Bestows Highest Honor Upon Obama
Friday, March 22, 2013 at 6:57 AM
Israel has become [as sacred a cow in American politics as Mom, apple pie … and guns] because, on the one hand, evangelical Christians consider its security key to their salvation; and on the other hand, politicians of every stripe consider pandering about its security key to their election. (“Americans More Jewish than Jews in… Read more.
March Madness: My Picks for the NCAA Final Four
Thursday, March 21, 2013 at 5:44 AM
To be honest, I am not a big fan of college Basketball. Frankly, I know few people who are. After all, most people’s interest seems limited to selecting teams on a whim from brackets in their office pools. But participating in this selection process (aka bracketology) has become as obligatory for political/social/cultural commentators as it… Read more.
Iraq 10 Years Later…
Wednesday, March 20, 2013 at 5:51 AM
The invasion of Iraq is now generally recognized as such an unmitigated failure that it is more fitting to commemorate than celebrate its 10th anniversary today. Of course, listening to former VP Dick Cheney this week, one could be forgiven the impression that he is still looking for Iraqis to greet Americans as liberators. Except… Read more.
‘The Bible’- Proselytizing and Perpetuating Racial Stereotypes
Tuesday, March 19, 2013 at 5:43 AM
My evangelical parents made me not just read The Holy Bible but memorize much of it the way other kids memorized nursery rhymes. This is why I have been so utterly stupefied over the years by the number of self-professed Christians who have never even opened this “good book,” let alone read it. But now… Read more.