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Bill Russell, the NBA legend, is dead Bill Russell died on Sunday. Athletes in all sports are racing to pay tribute. And they’re all tweeting about the great example Russell set off the court. He took part in the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom and was seated in the front row of the crowd… Read more.
Washington was all atwitter this week over the clearest signs yet that Rupert Murdoch, the Wizard of Trumpism, has decided to dump Donald Trump. Tabloid with long relationship with former president blasts him over Capitol attack, saying he is unworthy to be elected again. Rupert Murdoch, hitherto one of Donald Trump’s most loyal media messengers,… Read more.
Democratic protests in Tunisia gave birth to the Arab Spring in 2011. Therefore, it speaks volumes that Tunisians voted this week to return to a form of government that makes the dictatorship they revolted against back then look positively Jeffersonian. More than 94 percent of the votes backed the new constitution, which will see sweeping executive powers… Read more.
China issued strong private warnings to the US government about a planned trip to Taiwan by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, which included a possible military response, the Financial Times reported. China’s foreign ministry earlier this week officially vowed to take a “resolute and strong” response to any Taiwan visit by Pelosi, which was reported to… Read more.
According to the hype, Prince Harry’s forthcoming memoir will contain shocking revelations that are bound to shake the very foundation of the British monarchy. Except that redoubtable British biographer Tom Bower just stole Harry’s thunder. In Revenge: Meghan, Harry and the War Between the Windsors, Bower rehashes hackneyed gossip with contumely relish (e.g., that Meghan… Read more.
Of course nobody should be surprised that former President Donald Trump is throwing America’s PGA tour under the bus to side with Saudi Arabia’s LIV Golf tour. This as the latter uses it sovereign wealth fund to make the former seem like a tour only for poor losers. Former United States President Donald Trump urged… Read more.
From day one, Senator Joe Manchin of West Virginia has been bedeviling congressional efforts to enact President Biden’s domestic agenda. This is why suspicions that he’s a Manchurian senator are entirely reasonable. In fact, Biden’s presidency has been defined by him and congressional leaders engaging in an all-too-public, sausage-making process to get Manchin’s vote, on… Read more.
Nelson Mandela International Day is all about mobilizing people, governments, NGOs, and corporations to take steps every day to make this world a better place. The United Nations sent out a clarion call today for everyone to redouble efforts to meet the Mandela Day organization’s 2030 goals. Mandela Day goals Goal 1 – Provision of… Read more.
President Biden’s first state visit to the Middle East is being defined by the superficial way he greeted Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, and by the political way they addressed the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi. President Biden’s first state visit … is being defined by the superficial way he greeted Saudi Crown Prince… Read more.
Justice Clarence Thomas upstaged his conservative colleagues on the Supreme Court with his concurring opinion when they overruled Roe v. Wade (1973) last month. They defied common sense to argue that the rationale they were using to do so only applied to abortion. Read more.
