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Things are looking grim for Bernie Sanders. The Democratic presidential candidate told The New York Times on Wednesday that his campaign plans to lay off ‘hundreds of staff members’ as the campaign shifts resources to California, which holds its primary contest in June. The news arrives less than 24 hours after Sanders suffered a series… Read more.
Elvis Presley pioneered the funereal phenomenon of music stars becoming far more marketable in death than they ever were in life. Michael Jackson took this to new heights (or depths depending on your sense and sensibility): Since the singer died of drug intoxication in 2009 – when he was said to be $500 million in… Read more.
Last July, the NFL handed New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady a four-game suspension for his role in the infamous Deflategate caper. The facts were so universally debated back then, I see no point in rehashing them now. Instead, here is how I commented on his suspension in “NFL on Brady’s Appeal: He Cheated, then… Read more.
The Treasury Department announced Wednesday that women will feature prominently in new designs for the $20, $10, and $5 bills. Here, according to the April 20 edition of the New York Times, are the proposed changes: Front of the $20 bill: Harriet Tubman Back of the $10 bill: Sojourner Truth, Lucretia Mott, Susan B. Anthony,… Read more.
Prince Rogers Nelson Thank you! 1958-2016 RIP _________________ UPDATE (from Thursday, April 21 at 5:47 p.m.) Reports are that Prince died from complications related to an addiction to Percocet. Rather like Michael with his Propofol, no? Remember that … him? In any event, I appreciate so many of you asking if I intend to comment… Read more.
U.S. Secretary of Defense Ash Carter announced Monday the United States will send 217 additional troops to Iraq to serve as advisers and trainers… The new forces, which will raise the U.S. troop presence in Iraq to more than 4,000, will be allowed to advise at the battalion and brigade level, rather than be restricted… Read more.
Thursday marked the second anniversary of the kidnapping of nearly 300 schoolgirls in Chibok, Nigeria, by the Islamic terrorist group, Boko Haram. This kidnapping incited universal outrage. Never mind that this outrage manifested in little more than people – most notably celebrities like Rihanna, Madonna, and Michelle Obama – posting #BringBackOurGirls on their social media pages.… Read more.
It might seem a contradiction, if not an apostasy, that this pope considers the Jewish candidate a better messenger of Christian values than any of the Christian candidates running for president. But this should come as no surprise to anyone who knows anything about the basic tenets of Christianity; to say nothing of the historical symmetry Bernie represents: Jesus… Read more.
Book review: The iPINIONS Journal – Commentaries on the Global Events of 2015 by Anthony L. Hall Reprinted from Caribbean News Now! Published on April 15, 2016 Anthony Hall embarks on his eleventh annual retrospective compendium of insights and observations on the major events of our times with the publication of his latest edition… Read more.
There were nine holes left in the Masters on Sunday afternoon and it was over. Spieth had a five-stroke lead in a tournament he had owned for two years… This wasn’t a competition, it was a coronation. (Los Angeles Times, April 12, 2016) In fact, Spieth entered the homestretch (aka the back nine) on a… Read more.
