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You might think all Republicans value loyalty to Donald Trump over loyalty to the country. However, a few Republicans like Bill Barr and John Bolton want you to know that they value loyalty to party above all. Except that this is the very definition of the triumph of tribalism over patriotism. Frankly, it’s stupefying that… Read more.
Long before Ukraine, fratricidal conflict raged in Ethiopia.. It’s almost heresy these days to ask people to avert their gaze from Ukraine even for a moment. But if our shared humanity means anything, you owe it to yourself to notice the carnage in Ethiopia. The reality is revolting, and if you’re not moved by this… Read more.
Trust me, folks, she’s the best of Oprah Winfrey and Denise Austin. So it’s no wonder that, to mark this year’s International Women’s Day, aliv chose to honor her as one of the most influential women in The Bahamas. But, if you’re ever in Freeport, be sure to visit her club and tell her I… Read more.
President Biden and other NATO leaders have been talking about Article 5 a lot lately. That, of course, is The Three Musketeers-like article which says that an attack on one NATO member is an attack on all. Moreover, that such an attack would trigger a one-for-all-and-all-for-one retaliation. That’s why the public squabbling among NATO members… Read more.
Here is how I had just cause to begin my tribute three years ago in “International Women’s Day: Men Should Be Barred from Politics,” March 8, 2019: _________ Men have been making a mess of politics since time immemorial. Therefore, this turnabout would be not only fair play but also consistent with the Einsteinian imperative… Read more.
Ukraine is begging NATO to enforce a no-fly zone to help it fend off Russian bombs. Short of that, it’s begging for fighter jets. But NATO leaders fear both would escalate the War in Ukraine into World War III . Therefore, NATO is refusing. For obvious reasons, refusing to enforce a no-fly zone makes sense.… Read more.
In a remarkable turn of events, President Zelensky called America and NATO weak for not honoring his request to enforce a no-fly zone over Ukraine. Even worse, he accused them of complicity in the death of Ukrainian women and children. Mr Zelensky said he disagreed that direct action could ‘provoke Russia’s direct aggression against Nato’.… Read more.
Russian grandmothers, mothers, wives, girlfriends, and daughters, you can stop this war. You need only tell your father, husband, boyfriend, or son – who is a member of Putin’s jackbooted police force – that you intend to be on the frontlines of those protesting his war. He is not going to arrest you and, if… Read more.
Baseball might be as American as apple pie. But greed is as deep as a bottomless pit. That is the only explanation for subjecting fans to another baseball lockout. Baseball is already the least popular among America’s major professional sports. Not least because it is so intrinsically boring that Tiger Woods made even golf more… Read more.
Evidently Melinda French Gates thinks philanthropy is about sharing not just her personal wealth but intimate details about her personal life too. Because only that explains her telling all about her divorce from Bill in a CBS interview with Oprah’s “best friend” Gayle King. When Melinda French Gates and Bill Gates were married in 1994,… Read more.
