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Given media reports on his arrest three years ago, you’d think Army Pfc. Bradley Manning (25) posed a far greater threat to U.S. national security than Osama bin Laden. Recall that the government charged Manning with all manner of crimes, including the treasonous “aiding the enemy” for handing over hundreds of thousands of classified documents… Read more.
There’s no denying that Helen Thomas was a pioneer in journalism: Most notably, she was the first woman to become a chief White House correspondent, and the first female member of the Gridiron Club – the oldest and most prestigious journalistic organization in the world. Perhaps even more impressive, though, was her professional longevity, during… Read more.
On May 8, 2012, I watched an Intelligence Squared (IQ2) debate on the motion, “Ban College Football,” Malcolm Gladwell, The New Yorker staff writer and author of such bestselling books as Blink and The Tipping Point, and Buzz Bissinger, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and author of the bestselling book Friday Night Lights, argued for the motion; Tim… Read more.
It was poignant enough when President Obama declared last year that the racially profiled and murdered Trayvon Martin could have been his son. But this poignancy increased exponentially when he declared the following yesterday – during a remarkably personal and heartfelt reflection on the Zimmerman verdict and the legacy of racism that gave rise to… Read more.
I ruffled many more tutus than I anticipated last year when I dismissed Rhythmic Gymnastics as follows: I upset fans of Equestrian Eventing by declaring in my Day 3 commentary that it should not be an Olympic sport. Well, fans of Rhythmic Gymnastics should prepare to get their tutus ruffled; because I hereby declare that… Read more.
President Obama should consider boycotting the 2014 Winter Olympics in Russia if the Cold War-era foe gives asylum to Edward Snowden, Sen. Lindsey Graham told The Hill on Tuesday. ‘I would. I would just send the Russians the most unequivocal signal I could send them,’ he said. (The Hill, July 16, 2013) The problem with… Read more.
The flak Israel is getting for repatriating Africans who entered the country illegally is as unfair as it is uninformed. Israel has launched a forced repatriation of Eritrean migrants that amounts to a grave violation of their human rights because of the risk of persecution in their reclusive homeland…. (Reuters, July 16, 2013) Human rights… Read more.
USA Today reported on Sunday that America’s fastest man, Tyson Gay, and virtually everyone on Jamaica’s Track team (except the world’s fastest man, Usain Bolt) have tested positive for banned substances. But, after Marion Jones, if you’re still shocked to learn that any Track star is a cheat, you’d probably also be shocked to learn… Read more.
The jury … will either find him guilty as sin, or its six ‘angry’ women will be hung. There’s simply no reasonable justification, even for this ‘all-White’ jury, to let this trigger-happy wannabe cop walk scot-free. (“Zimmerman Trial a Sensation Only Because Media Made It So,” The iPINIONS Journal, July 13, 2013) I clearly thought… Read more.
For the record, the jury – that began deliberating his fate yesterday – will either find him guilty as sin, or its six “angry” women will be hung. There’s simply no reasonable justification, even for this “all-White” jury, to let this trigger-happy wannabe cop walk scot-free. Related commentaries: Vigilante killing of Trayvon Martin… Read more.
