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‘Michael Jackson Is Worth More Dead than Alive.’ Duh.

Wednesday, August 29, 2018 at 8:42 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

Michael Jackson is reportedly earning more in death than he did when he was alive. … On Wednesday – what would have been the King of Pop’s 60th birthday – it was revealed that gross earnings since his death are thought to exceed $900 million. … But just months before his death, Jackson had said… Read more.

UN Report: Aung San Suu Kyi, Nobel Peace Laureate, Is Complicit in Genocide

Tuesday, August 28, 2018 at 9:53 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

History is littered with public figures who betrayed the public trust. But no betrayal has been more shocking and disillusioning than Aung San Suu Kyi’s complicity in genocide against the Rohingya. I have vented my own shock and disillusionment in such commentaries as “Aung San Suu Kyi Becoming Democratic Mascot of Myanmar’s Military Dictatorship,” March… Read more.

John McCain, War Hero, Political Maverick … Never Trumper, Is Dead

Sunday, August 26, 2018 at 2:37 PM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

Remarkably, as I write this, I am watching the breaking news that Neil Simon, the award-winning playwright of such hits as The Odd Couple, just died. He was 91. But his death makes the following clarification all the more relevant: A surprising number of readers have inquired why I did not publish commentaries on one… Read more.

Are You Among the Losers Still Watching the VMA’s…?

Friday, August 24, 2018 at 8:18 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

No Drake, no Bey and Jay, no Tay, no Adele, no Rihanna. No Kendrick or Childish Gambino or Lorde or Cher… We were just left with existential pop culture questions. … Taylor Swift made her annual refusal to even set foot in the same area code as MTV’s quagmire, a tactically brilliant move that’s turned… Read more.

UPDATE: Trump and the Poisoned Chalice of the Pardon Power

Wednesday, August 22, 2018 at 8:37 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

Washington is abuzz this morning with speculation about Trump pardoning Cohen and Manafort. He has the absolute power to do so, of course. And he willfully laid the predicate for pardoning undeserving criminals like these when he pardoned defiantly racist Sheriff Joe Arpaio of Arizona. Except that, far from protecting Trump from impeachment, doing so… Read more.

Bad Day for Cohen, Manafort, … and Trump!

Tuesday, August 21, 2018 at 5:22 PM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

Michael Cohen, President Trump’s hapless lawyer and fixer, pleaded guilty this afternoon to eight criminal charges. Significantly, while allocuting to his crimes under oath, Cohen implicated Trump, sealing this president’s fate as an unindicted co-conspirator. Cohen … pleaded guilty on Tuesday to campaign finance and other charges. He made the extraordinary admission that he paid… Read more.

#MeToo Leaders Carlson and Argento Outed as AbusersToo? WTF!

Tuesday, August 21, 2018 at 7:43 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

Carlson No doubt you recall how the media hailed Gretchen Carlson as the proverbial Joan of Arc of the #MeToo movement. This, after she forced serial abuser Roger Ailes to resign as CEO of Fox News. I joined the chorus of those hailing her in “Women Complain Fox News Head, Roger Ailes, Has Dick for… Read more.

China ‘Colonizing’ the Developing World Using Loans

Monday, August 20, 2018 at 7:24 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

China colonizing the developing world China is colonizing the developing world. It’s doing so by getting countries hooked on debts like cartels get people hooked on drugs. My mother country, The Bahamas, is among those countries. So I know firsthand the effects of this unwitting addiction. But I’ve been sounding the alarm far and wide. Here are… Read more.