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Black agent’s blunders provided anti-DEI fodder The New Orleans terrorist attack left a trail of questions — not just about the incident itself, but about the FBI’s personnel and operations. A striking moment came early on when a Black female agent led the first press conference on the attack. Her initial presence was refreshing, breaking… Read more.
Senator Kennedy: Theatrics trumps service Louisiana Senator John Kennedy cares more about entertaining MAGA Republicans with one-liners than serving his constituents. His disgraceful performance at yesterday’s press conference following the New Orleans terrorist attack proves it. While most public officials focused on the tragic loss of 15 lives, Kennedy seized the mic and ranted like… Read more.
Islamic terrorists perpetrated a series of coordinated attacks in Paris tonight, in a manner eerily similar to the Charlie Hebdo attacks they perpetrated in January. The sites targeted include a soccer stadium, where President Hollande was among tens of thousands watching a match between France and Germany, two popular cafes, and a concert hall. Reports… Read more.
Listening to all the carnival barking by Republicans and their Amen chorus in the media, you’d think the Obama administration actually conspired with al-Qaeda terrorists to attack the US Consulate in Benghazi on 9/11. They are calling for Watergate-style hearings. But their only credible charge is that, for national security reasons, the Obama administration used… Read more.
[Author’s Note: Due to unprecedented reader interest, I’ve decided to run this commentary, which was published originally yesterday (Monday at 12:27 pm), for another day. iPINIONS cuts through the flag-waving and asks hard questions about justice, vengeance, and what we were really celebrating.] Tonight, I can report to the American people and to the world… Read more.
[Author’s note: This article was published originally on Sunday, November 30. But a surprising number of friends have told me that they missed it because they did not expect my first post-Thanksgiving article to be published until Monday, December 1. Therefore, assuming that many of you probably missed it too, I have decided to republish it today.… Read more.
The Guantanamo Bay trial of Salim Hamdan, Osama bin Laden’s driver, was billed as the most important in the annals of international military justice since the Nuremberg trials of Nazi war criminals over 60 years ago. Yet, with all of the media focus on the US presidential campaign (complete with this week’s surreal cameo by Paris Hilton), you can be… Read more.
Kola Boof: lost girl speaks out Kola Boof is promoting her autobiography, Diary of a Lost Girl, all over TV. This Egyptian-Sudanese-American is an award-winning novelist, poet, and activist. But, unsurprisingly, her relationship with Osama Bin Laden is all anyone wants to talk about. Kola writes about it in dramatic and thrilling detail. Reading it, you might think her… Read more.
