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Serena Williams won her 23rd grand slam title in January 2017. Back then, anyone who knows anything about women’s tennis would have bet their life savings she would’ve won at least another two grand slams by now. This, to surpass Margaret Court’s record of 24 and seal her legacy as the unconditional GOAT. That she… Read more.
Nadya Suleman became a global phenomenon when she gave birth to octuplets in January 2009. This came complete with the tabloid moniker, Octomom. It was as if she were suddenly the 8th natural wonder of the world. But I did not join the maddening crowd in marveling at her fecundity. Instead, I stood back and… Read more.
In his forthcoming book, Frankly, We Did Win the Election: The Inside Story of How Trump Lost, Michael C. Bender claims that Donald Trump routinely told Rudy Giuliani he “sucked” and was a “pathetic sight” to behold. Further, that the more Trump demeaned Giuliani, the more Giuliani worshiped Trump. But I suspect Bender might be… Read more.
Canada’s aboriginal sin America has been reckoning with the legacy of its “original sin” for centuries. This reckoning has been notorious – and often deadly. But it might surprise many to learn that Canada has been reckoning with the legacy of its “aboriginal sin” for just as long. This reckoning, however, has been tame and relatively suppressed. Indeed, it’s easy to… Read more.
The whole world is atwitter – with fear and loathing – over Iran electing hardline cleric Ebrahim Raisi to succeed purported reformer Hassan Rouhani as president. I submit, however, that this reaction is much ado about nothing. Kudos to The New York Times for at least putting Raisi’s election into proper geopolitical context – as… Read more.
Juneteenth commemorates the news Union soldiers delivered to enslaved Blacks in Galveston, Texas, of the Emancipation Proclamation that freed them two and a half years later. But if you think that was belated, what do you make of it taking another 156 years for the US Supreme Court to tell colleges they can’t treat student-athletes… Read more.
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The conviction of Derek Chauvin for murdering George Floyd allowed (Black) America to exhale – but only for a minute. Because viral videos of tragic encounters between white cops and Black men since then have had Blacks hyperventilating non-stop for criminal justice, hoping against hope that such videos become obsolete. But the first thing to… Read more.
The New York Times has spent the past week marking the 50th anniversary of its publication of the Pentagon Papers. Those documents exposed the lies the US government repeatedly told the American people about the Vietnam War. Here is an excerpt from a commemorative report on June 9: __________ Daniel Ellsberg, an analyst on the… Read more.
Dozens of Apple employees have written a letter signaling their frustration with a policy asking them to return to the office for three days a week from September. … The letter began by addressing the growing concern that Apple’s location-flexible work policy, and the messaging around it, have already forced some of the staff to… Read more.
