Oprah built an empire on diversity, equality, inclusion, and the gospel of living your best life. But the political afterlife of her two most famous protégés is making a mockery of all she preached. iPINIONS notes how Dr. Phil and Dr. Oz go from Oprah-made TV stars to MAGA cheerleaders for a movement hostile to… Read more.
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Ex-Mossad Chief Condemns Netanyahu for Expanding Gaza Genocide to West Bank
Ex-Mossad chief Tamir Pardo toured the West Bank and warned that settler violence is sowing the seeds of another October 7. Colette Avital sounded a parallel alarm about Netanyahu’s Israel, where fascism exported to Palestinians is now coming home to roost. iPINIONS argues that Gaza was the proving ground, the West Bank is the sequel,… Read more.
Dr. Maureen Hall, My Baby Sister, Is Gone
A personal tribute to my baby sister, Dr. Maureen Hall. She was a woman of uncommon intellect, quiet courage, and deep faith. She persevered through hardship with grace, and her legacy lives on through those she loved and taught. May her memory be a blessing. See my full tribute on Substack:https://ipinionsdaily.substack.com/p/dr-maureen-hall-my-baby-sister-is Read more.
Gone Fishing…
I’ll be back with regular posts on Monday, October 6. But fear not, I’ll be commenting on major news stories as usual on Threads and Substack Notes. Read more.
I’m ‘Movin’ On Up’ to Substack
Dear Readers, After nearly 20 years of blogging independently, I’ve launched a fresh new space for my writing on Substack. It’s called: The iPINIONS Journal – where truth trumps trends. https://ipinionsdaily.substack.com If you’ve followed my commentary over the years, I hope you’ll subscribe to this new platform and keep reading. Here are my first two… Read more.
20 for 20: The iPINIONS Archive of Vanguard Commentary
For over 20 years, I’ve been writing vanguard commentary — tackling global issues long before they reached the mainstream. From social media and politics to sports and entertainment, my posts didn’t follow the headlines. They forecasted them. You’d be hard-pressed to find anyone who has published more informed commentary on a more eclectic array of… Read more.
France Bars Le Pen — Avoids Mistake US Made by Not Barring Trump
Marine Le Pen is the far-right firebrand who would be to France what Donald Trump has become to America. And in keeping with that fateful symmetry, she too is now a convicted felon. Of course, the charges Le Pen faced — misusing about €4.4 million in EU funds — pale in comparison with the four… Read more.
MAGA’s Education Policy Is MEAN: Make Education Awful Nationwide
That leaked Signal chat from Trump’s national security team proves why this administration’s cuts to education are the bureaucratic equivalent of cutting off its nose to spite its face. So the dumbest administration in US history is dismantling the Department of Education. The irony would be laughable – if it weren’t so, well, Orwellian. Still,… Read more.
ICE Arrests Making America a Police State: First They Came for the Gangbangers, Then the Student Activists…
In recent months, ICE has carried out a series of alarming arrests. Most people didn’t care when agents rounded up alleged Latino gangbangers and shipped them to de facto concentration camps in El Salvador. But now they’re unnerved. Because ICE is targeting foreign students for activities protected under the First Amendment. The Case of Rumeysa… Read more.
Trump’s Mocks Dismantling the Department of Education with Executive Order
Trump never lets facts get in the way of his political stunts. That explains the Pied Piper-style histrionics he staged at yesterday’s signing of an executive order to “dismantle” the Department of Education. Most notably, he used children as unwitting extras in his latest act of performative cruelty. These keyboard-native kids looked utterly bemused as… Read more.









