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The Swift Rise and  Fall of Scotland’s Humza Yousaf, Europe’s First Muslim Leader

Monday, April 29, 2024 at 1:27 PM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

Yousaf’s historic election results in abrupt resignation Humza Yousaf became the first Muslim to lead a Western European country a year ago. I hailed his historic election.  But he banked his leadership on an uncompromising pro-independence agenda. I warned it was “bound to go bankrupt.”  Sure enough: Scotland’s first minister, Humza Yousaf, resigned on Monday in the latest setback for… Read more.

South Africa: 30 Years of Freedom but Little Progress

Saturday, April 27, 2024 at 2:08 PM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

Thirty years of Black rule has seen South Africa degenerate from the beacon of Africa into just another basket case on the Dark Continent. And I have decried and chronicled each distressing milestone of its patented descent into the heart of darkness. Chronicling South’s squandered freedom I joined the anti-Apartheid movement in the early 1980s. In the grand scheme… Read more.

Supreme Court Justices Acting with ‘Absolute Immunity’ to Help Trump

Friday, April 26, 2024 at 5:53 PM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

Supreme Court justices are above the law The Republican-appointed justices (RAJ) who control this Supreme Court act as if they’re above the law. Their imperiousness, however, is the defining feature of the Roberts Supreme Court. Most notably, they refuse to abide by a code of ethics that constrains every other federal judge.  More troubling, however, is their imperious overturning of long-settled legal… Read more.

NIL Money Forces NCAA to Return Bush’s Heisman Trophy

Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 1:19 PM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

NCAA treated Bush like a servant In 2010, the NCAA made a public show of stripping Reggie Bush of his Heisman Trophy. They condemned him for accepting so-called illegal benefits, claiming that brought the amateur status of college sports into disrepute.  Mind you, Bush merely accepted petty cash from boosters to help his poor family make ends meet. Yet,… Read more.

Pro-Palestinian Student Protests against Israel Have Echoes of Vietnam and Apartheid

Tuesday, April 23, 2024 at 7:53 PM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

Pro-Palestinian student protests against Israel’s genocidal rampage in Gaza are erupting on college campuses across America. The unfolding scenes echo the most notorious student protests in US history: the anti-Vietnam protests of the late 1960s and the anti-apartheid protests of the mid-1980s. However, I submit that there’s greater resonance between these protests and the anti-apartheid protests. Even… Read more.

Taylor Swift’s ‘The Tortured Poets Department’: Pop Lyrics or Petty Revenge?

Saturday, April 20, 2024 at 6:13 PM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

Taylor Swift’s transformation from a country pop tart to a global pop star is staggering. However, with her latest release, “The Tortured Poets Department,” iPINIONS contends she’s biting the hand that feeds her. Swift mocks the tortured poet archetype. But, arguably, this album makes her the embodiment of a songstress torturing herself in a vain attempt to write… Read more.

EU’s Shameful Failure to Fully Arm Ukraine

Friday, April 19, 2024 at 2:50 PM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

Failure of US leadership The US Congress has dithered and reveled in dysfunction for months, delaying a crucial national security bill. This, even though members knew each day’s delay was costing an increasingly defenseless Ukraine dearly in both blood and treasure. US allies and enemies alike watched in utter stupefaction: Democratic allies expressed shock and dismay — as US politicians displayed… Read more.

Told Ya: The Press Is Helping Trump Intimidate Jurors

Thursday, April 18, 2024 at 11:36 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

The press doxxing the jurors Just yesterday, I denounced news outlets for airing personal details about jurors. They are doing so to generate ratings for their obsessive coverage of Trump’s hush money criminal trial.  But I warned that they were blatantly aiding and abetting Trump’s efforts to intimidate jurors. Less than 24 hours later, this breaking news confirms it: A juror sworn onto Donald Trump’s… Read more.

Hey, Media, Stop Covering Trump’s Courthouse Rants

Wednesday, April 17, 2024 at 3:05 PM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

Covering Trump vs. Biden Yesterday, President Biden delivered a speech in Pennsylvania contrasting his Scranton policies to help the poor and middle class with Trump’s Mar-a-Lago policies to enrich the rich and super-rich. But this might come as news to you. That’s because cable news networks were too busy covering Trump’s criminal trial in New York City.  New York DA Alvin… Read more.

The Masters: Tiger Woods Posts the Worst Score of His Career

Tuesday, April 16, 2024 at 1:42 PM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

The Masters: ‘It’s over, Tiger’ Stephen A. Smith, from ESPN’s flagship show First Take, is arguably America’s most influential sports commentator. Like E.F. Hutton — when he speaks, people listen. That’s why the way he opened his show’s segment on The Masters on Monday spoke volumes. He looked into the camera, apologized for what he was about to say about his boy,… Read more.