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Even though delayed, it now seems that justice in this second case will not be denied. Because, after perhaps the longest preliminary hearing in the history of English jurisprudence – having convened last September, a judge ruled this week that there is in fact sufficient evidence for Cholmondeley to be tried for murder… If convicted,… Read more.
Forgive me, but I feel compelled to begin with a little gripe: Americans take so much pride in their progressive culture of middle-class working women that stay-at-home women are considered little more than latter-day stepford wives. Therefore, I find it more than a little schizophrenic that they are celebrating Michelle Obama’s metamorphosis from a middle-class working… Read more.
Like everyone else in America, I was grief-stricken for Elizabeth Edwards when the National Enquirer outed her husband’s extra-marital affair right after he kicked off his presidential campaign in the fall of 2007: The reason this was so shocking is that Edwards had endeared himself to millions of voters by presenting himself as a faithful… Read more.
In this new-media world, it’s probably difficult to imagine that there are people who still have “water-cooler” chats about the latest exposé on 60 Minutes the way others do about the latest performances on American Idol, Dancing with Stars or Britain’s Got Talent. But I happen to be among the TV-watching luddites in this case. Indeed,… Read more.
It is probably politically incorrect to say that Jack Kemp’s life was distinguished more by its failures than by its accomplishments. But this is undeniably the case. Granted, he was a superstar quarterback who led the Buffalo Bills to AFL Championships in 1964 and 1965. And he was a nine-term congressman from New York who… Read more.
Reprinted from Caribbean Net News caribbeannetnews.com Published on Friday, May 1, 2009 By Anthony L. Hall On Tuesday, I published a commentary entitled Swine flu is causing more panic than pandemic – in which I asserted that we have far more to fear from the hysteria being spread by government officials and news reporters than… Read more.
There’s no denying that President Barack Obama is off to a flying start. And, nothing demonstrates this quite like the way he has engendered goodwill and transformed the image of America abroad. At home, where his presidency seems beset by the perils of Pauline, Obama has inspired such confidence and hope that even those who… Read more.
There’s no denying that the only reason the media are doing all they can to turn a few cases of the flu into a pandemic is that scaring people generates super ratings. Unfortunately, the 24/7 coverage being dedicated to this open conspiracy means that truly important stories are being virtually ignored. Such was the case yesterday… Read more.
