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I remember well watching the gimmicky Gaga perform jazz standards with Tony Bennett and thinking that she seemed more interested in showing off her quirky personality/fashion than her beautiful voice. Hence, whenever I had cause to comment on the cultural phenomenon she became, it invariably went something like this: I’m not sure why people are so… Read more.
Fidel Castro, the fiery apostle of revolution who brought the Cold War to the Western Hemisphere in 1959 and then defied the United States for nearly half a century as Cuba’s maximum leader, bedeviling 11 American presidents and briefly pushing the world to the brink of nuclear war, died Friday… He dominated his country with… Read more.
Few teams have been as glorious on the soccer field as the United States Women’s National Team. They’ve won three World Cups, four Olympic gold medals, and set the standard in the most popular sport on the planet. But despite their achievements, the players say they have been discriminated against, paid less and treated worse,… Read more.
Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree Wednesday to withdraw Russia from the International Criminal Court, which rules on such grave charges as genocide and crimes against humanity… Putin’s decree, published on the Kremlin’s website, comes a day after the U.N. General Assembly’s human rights committee approved a resolution condemning Russia’s ‘temporary occupation of Crimea’… Read more.
France’s top administrative court suspended the ban in Villeneuve-Loubet on Friday on civil liberties grounds. However, a number of mayors have said they will continue applying the bathing suit ban… Responding to the ruling, Villeneuve-Loubet’s Mayor, Lionnel Luca, said: ‘We need to decide if we want a smiley, friendly version of sharia law on our… Read more.
It’s plain for all to see that a ‘President Trump’ would lead America down an Orwellian rabbit hole, into a post-fact world where leaders in every facet of life propagate lies as truth and engage in dystopian doublespeak. (“‘October Surprise’: New York Times Publishes (one year of) Trump’s Tax Returns,’” The iPINIONS Journal, October 3, 2016)… Read more.
Last month, Bob Dylan left the Nobel Committee “Blowin’ in the Wind” for days before acknowledging its purportedly coveted prize. The consensus among music critics and fans alike was that he was just being his rogue self. Leonard Cohen, the author of the famous “Hallelujah” song who died ten days ago, insinuated that the Nobel… Read more.
I am truly stupefied that so many people still have so much interest in the presidential election that ended so decisively eight days ago. Nothing is more annoying in this respect than people taking to the streets to protest the free and fair election of Donald Trump – complete with their delusional rallying cry, “He’s… Read more.
A week ago today, thousands of lawyers donned black suits and marched silently through Hong Kong. They did so to protest Mainland China’s decision to bar two elected legislators from serving in their local legislature: [The legislators’] specific offense (at least in the eyes of Beijing) was to unfurl a banner proclaiming ‘Hong Kong Is… Read more.
