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I am no music critic; and I have no regard for the publicity stunts so many singers pull these days, which give the impression that they are more interested in attracting Facebook friends and Twitter followers than in making good records. Perhaps this is why so many music fans (aka “little monsters”) took exception when… Read more.
Imagine that. Actually, I’ve been lamenting every vindicating episode arising out of the following warning I gave in the germinating days of the Arab Spring: With all due respect to the protesters, the issue is not whether Mubarak will go, for he will. (The man is 82 and already looks half dead for Christ’s sake!)… Read more.
Watching U.S. fans collapse into paroxysms of despair at the sound of the whistle ending yesterday’s game against Portugal, you’d think their team had just been eliminated from World Cup contention. Whereas, in fact, the game ended in a tie, which means that U.S. hopes are still alive. Of course, an outright win would’ve vested… Read more.
Harley Davidson’s roll out of a new electric bike last week confirms its intent to appeal more to members of the establishment than to rebels without a cause. Not least because the way this bike looks, rides, and, perhaps most important, sounds conjures up images more of a sleek cheetah than a grizzly bear. I… Read more.
Republican Senator John McCain has been front and center in the peanut gallery of those screaming that Iraq is falling apart today because Obama withdrew all U.S. troops in 2011. You’ve probably heard their chicken-and-egg complaint about Obama torpedoing negotiations for a stabilization force to remain in Iraq, indefinitely, by offering a low-ball number of… Read more.
Truth be told, when producers raised the curtain on Michael Jackson’s much-hyped performance, in hologram form, at last month’s Billboard Music Awards, far from being thrilled, I was just creeped out. But it occurred to me that, if they could make Michael appear to have risen from the dead to perform live on stage, they could… Read more.
Many are convinced that Iraq is on the brink of a destructive sectarian civil war that would herald its disintegration as the country we know, and that agreement on partition would be the least-bad option… Instead of being seen as a partner, Mr. Maliki has been accused increasingly of going it alone with autocratic powers… Read more.
The aftermath of school shootings is now all too familiar. The shock of the breaking news, the scenes of school evacuations, the ensuing political debate and the inevitable inaction. (Huffington Post, June 16, 2014) It has become customary to say that America has a gun-violence problem. But what America really has is a gun problem… Read more.
This championship series got off to a thrilling and promising start when the Miami Heat effectively stole game two from the San Antonio Spurs, in San Antonio, to even their best of seven series at 1-1 heading back to Miami. But after the Spurs froze the Heat out to win games three and four in… Read more.
