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Trump making Puerto Rico great again
Saturday, September 30, 2017 at 8:21 AM
Archives for September 2017
Iraqi Kurdistan Declares Independence
Friday, September 29, 2017 at 8:21 AM
Iraqi Kurds demonstrated on Monday that they are as determined to be independent as black slaves were to be free. But, ominously, Iraqi leaders are demonstrating that they are as determined to keep Iraqi Kurds in Iraq as Confederate leaders were to keep black slaves on the plantation. The Iraqi government escalated its confrontation with… Read more.
Hugh Hefner, Self-Professed Playboy and Cultural Revolutionary, Is Dead
Thursday, September 28, 2017 at 10:52 AM
With Playboy, Hugh Hefner pioneered publishing pornographic pictures of pretty women. But I gather I might have been the only boy, during the early 1970s, who found this magazine far more intellectually than physically stimulating. Indeed, this famous trope had true meaning for me: I read Playboy for the articles. For example, I can thank… Read more.
Saudi Women Granted Right to Drive. Hooray…?
Wednesday, September 27, 2017 at 7:08 AM
Yes, this is cause for celebration. Saudi Arabia was the only country still denying women this basic human right. Granted, women there are still living in a time warp. But they are getting their panoply of civil rights with more “deliberate speed” than women, to say nothing of blacks, in America got theirs. Saudi Arabia has… Read more.
NFL: Kneeling, the Flag, and the National Anthem
Monday, September 25, 2017 at 8:09 AM
To kneel, or not to kneel: that is not the question. The question is whether kneeling during the national anthem does anything to combat police brutality or advance the cause of racial justice. It. Does. Not. What’s more, I challenge anyone to cite a case that demonstrates otherwise. And please, this issue is fraught enough… Read more.
Hail, Merkel! The Grandmaster of German Politics
Saturday, September 23, 2017 at 8:17 AM
If pollsters are correct, Angela Merkel will secure her place at the helm of German politics for what will be a total of 16 years following Sunday’s election results. The 63-year-old Chancellor has certainly provided the country with a sense of stability for more than a decade, but political apathy has gripped the nation and… Read more.
Court Hands Duchess of Cambridge Token Victory Over Topless Pics
Friday, September 22, 2017 at 7:18 AM
A celebrity demanding privacy is rather like a prostitute demanding intimacy. This is why I generally have no sympathy for celebrities who cry foul when paparazzi shoot or fans bother them in public places. But even I draw the line when they do so in places where celebrities enjoy a reasonable expectation of privacy. This… Read more.
‘Aftershock’ of Mexico Earthquake Is Another Earthquake
Wednesday, September 20, 2017 at 7:24 AM
On September 8, Mexico suffered the most powerful earthquake in a century. It registered 8.1, killed nearly 100 people, and destroyed over 45,000 homes. But the media were still so fixated on the trail of destruction Hurricane Harvey left in his wake that this quake got scant coverage. Then yesterday, just 11 days later, Mexico… Read more.
Trump at UN General Assembly like Obama at KKK Rally
Monday, September 18, 2017 at 8:21 AM
I’ve been ridiculing this Annual Meeting of the United Nations General Assembly for years. As I noted in my 2007 commentary on world leaders blowing hot air at UN confabs, most world leaders treat this annual event as little more than an invitation to wine and dine their wives — who spend their days shopping… Read more.
DACA: Ain’t No Wall High Enough to Keep ‘Them’ from Getting to US
Saturday, September 16, 2017 at 7:29 AM
The DACA program was formed through executive order by former President Barack Obama in 2012 and allows certain people, called Dreamers, who come to the US illegally as minors to be protected from immediate deportation. Recipients are able to request ‘consideration of deferred action’ for a period of two years which is subject to renewal.… Read more.