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I was in the vanguard of those who despaired at the willingness of so many Americans to swallow the big lies (e.g., about tax returns) and outrageous pledges (e.g., about banning Muslims) that characterized Trump’s presidential campaign. Not least because I began sounding alarms in this respect years before he even declared his candidacy —… Read more.
Serena Williams had Tennis fans in suspended animation until Saturday Down Under. That’s when we could finally hail her as the winner of the most Grand Slam singles titles in the Open era and, arguably, as the “greatest athlete ever” – as Nike proclaims. That she blew so many opportunities to reach this milestone over… Read more.
On Tuesday the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced the nominees for this year’s Oscars. The nominees evoked such praise, you could almost hear Hollywood singing the song, “Kumbaya, my Lord.” This stood in stark contrast to the Academy’s announcement last year. The nominees provoked such outrage back then, you could almost hear… Read more.
Casual Football fans think Super Bowl Sunday is the most exciting day of the NFL season. But real fans know that day is conference championship Sunday. (“NFL’s Historic Conference Championship Sunday,” The iPINIONS Journal, January 22, 2007) Alas, this Conference Championship Sunday did not live up to expectations. AFC This later AFC game turned out… Read more.
Donald J. Trump is clearly the most thin-skinned, self-centered and self-aggrandizing man ever elected president of the United States. This explains why he became so unnerved and unhinged on Saturday – after watching women gather in cities around the world to greet the first day of his presidency with jeers, not cheers. More than 1 million… Read more.
Good Luck! Because, as Obama says: If you fail, we fail. Read more.
Truth be told, I felt certain the technology that enabled deep sea explorers to find the wreck of the RMS Titanic after seven decades would enable them to find the wreck of MH370 after seven hours. Not to mention the unprecedented resources they were dedicating to this search: The disappearance of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370… Read more.
If Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. were alive today, he would be as pleased and proud as anybody that Barack Obama is ending his presidency this Friday on such a high note. After all, Obama not only served with dignity and grace that were endearing and enduring in equal measure; he’s also leaving behind a legacy… Read more.
The African Union has said it will no longer recognise The Gambia’s President Yahya Jammeh as the country’s leader from next Thursday, when his term ends. The bloc warns of ‘serious consequences’ if Mr Jammeh’s refusal to give up power causes a crisis… Nigeria’s leader has flown to Banjul to try to broker a deal… Read more.
President George W. Bush’s twin daughters are offering advice to Malia and Sasha Obama, who are soon to join them in the ranks of former first kids… They said they had more advice now that the Obamas are moving into a new chapter of their lives… This is not the first time the sisters have… Read more.
