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I have written a number of articles delineating my moral, political and social disdain for royalty and all of its fairy-tale appurtenances. I have never been shy about expressing unqualified schadenfreude every time scandal exposed its inherent fallacies and forced monarchists to reconcile the institutionalized affront royal families pose to the universal truth that all… Read more.
Just over a month ago, I posted this article detailing some graphic and damningly probative testimony by the HIV-positive woman who claimed that Jacob Zuma (her dead father’s best friend and the man she regarded as her adopted father) had raped her. In his defense, however, Zuma took the stand and testified that although he… Read more.
Smart men routinely do stupid things for a little poontang – despite potentially grave consequences. And, of course, no man manifests this oxymoronic predilection more than the impeached former president of the United States, William Jefferson Clinton. Nonetheless, I suspect few of these men would do something that is clearly illegal just to “get off.” And… Read more.
“I thought: ‘Oh, no! It can’t be, he is on top of me, he is naked, I’m in his house.’ I was just confused. I actually thought it can’t be happening. At that point I faced reality. He was just about to rape me.” I said: “Eh eh (no) umalume [uncle]”. This was some of… Read more.
Attacking people on the basis of their race, their appearance, their ethnicity, is totally unacceptable and should be repudiated by all Australians irrespective of their own background and their politics. This was Prime Minister John Howard’s sensible reaction last weekend, after Australians were shocked, shocked, by the KKK-style beating white locals gave a few non-white… Read more.
Finally, a woman has done in South America what women across Europe and Africa have already achieved — cracked the political glass ceiling. On Sunday, Michelle Bachelet made history by becoming the first woman ever elected president of South America. Her victory in Chile is far more than a national milestone; it’s a symbolic breakthrough… Read more.
For years now, Arab militiamen have slowly starved and repeatedly raped the African women of Darfur as part of their cruel and inhumane campaign of ethnic cleansing More than a year ago, then U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell declared that the systematic raping, pillaging, and killing of black Africans in Sudan’s Darfur region constituted… Read more.
Royalty Royalty is an absurd anachronism. It’s an ostentatious affront to the universal declaration that all people are created equal. Yet millions of people remain loyal to this imperial vestige of national governance. Mind you, many royals seem incapable of conforming their behavior to the standards of common decency, to say nothing of royal etiquette. But their behavior… Read more.
Just months ago, Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko was heralded in Washington as the hero of Ukraine’s “Orange Revolution.” And, despite unsightly scars (from dioxin poisoning) that make him look more like a beastly ogre than the matinee idol he used to be, Yushchenko stood proud. A rare joint session of the US Congress showered him… Read more.
Celebrated in Washington… African leaders receive commendations and pledges of lots of cash for implementing democratic reforms in their respective countries during their visit to the White House in Washington, DC. From L-R: President Hifikepunye Pohamba of Namibia, President Armando Guebuza of Mozambique, President Festus Mogae of Botswana, President Bush, President Mamadou Tandja of Niger,… Read more.
