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Miguel is following Raúl as Raúl followed Fidel. With apologies to my Spanish-speaking readers, nothing describes Cuba’s national development quite like the French epigram plus ça change, plus c’est la même chose. It means the more it changes, the more it remains the same. And that, in a nutshell, is Cuba. Cuba’s National Assembly cleared… Read more.
Terror group Boko Haram incited international outrage four years ago when it kidnapped hundreds of schoolgirls from Chibok in Borno State, Nigeria. In fact, no less a person than First Lady Michelle Obama led the viral protest #BringBackOurGirls. Yet, just two years later, you would have been forgiven for having no clue this infamous kidnapping… Read more.
Of course, only an asshole like him would do so. President Trump’s dismissal of Haiti, El Salvador and all of Africa as ‘shithole countries’ whose inhabitants are not desirable for U.S. immigration shocked people around the world and provoked swift condemnation. The president made the remarks Thursday during a White House meeting with lawmakers and suggested… Read more.
I’ve been ridiculing this Annual Meeting of the United Nations General Assembly for years. As I noted in my 2007 commentary on world leaders blowing hot air at UN confabs, most world leaders treat this annual event as little more than an invitation to wine and dine their wives — who spend their days shopping… Read more.
And, trust me, giving way to gallows humor is the only way to cope with the apocalyptic rantings and antics of both leaders. President Trump used his harshest language yet to warn North Korea on Tuesday that it will be ‘met with fire and fury and frankly power, the likes of which this world has… Read more.
I know, complaining about President Trump’s hypocrisy is rather like complaining about a prostitute’s promiscuity. Except that the former portends consequences that could destroy a country (even the whole world), which makes those the latter portends seem like nothing more than a genital itch. That said, Trump’s America-First policy towards Cuba amounts to little more… Read more.
The deadliest chemical weapons attack in years in Syria killed dozens of people in northern Idlib province on Tuesday morning, including children, and sickened scores more, according to medics, rescuers and witnesses in the rebel-held province, who said the gas had been delivered by a government airstrike. A few hours later, according to several witnesses,… Read more.
I predicted almost a month ago that the only thing explaining Trump’s anti-infatuation with Putin was Russians holding compromising, if not incriminating, information on him and his family.: Now, here is what CNN is reporting right as Breaking News: Classified documents presented last week to President Obama and President-elect Trump included allegations that Russian operatives… Read more.
Thursday marked the second anniversary of the kidnapping of nearly 300 schoolgirls in Chibok, Nigeria, by the Islamic terrorist group, Boko Haram. This kidnapping incited universal outrage. Never mind that this outrage manifested in little more than people – most notably celebrities like Rihanna, Madonna, and Michelle Obama – posting #BringBackOurGirls on their social media pages.… Read more.
I took a lot of flak for my commentary during the Sydney café siege, where iPINIONS questioned the police response and suggested it would not surprise me if police did most of the killing and injuring. After all, they fired a thousand rounds to kill one lone wolf, when a sniper could have ended it… Read more.
