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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.
If we are indeed facing a pandemic, we need to demonstrate global solidarity. In our interconnected world, no nation can deal with threats of such dimension on its own. This was the appropriately cautious admonition UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon issued yesterday after the World Health Organisation (WHO) raised its alert level for a global flu pandemic… Read more.
Congratulations to all South Africans on what was by all accounts “a well-run and highly successful election.” Especially since this stands in stark contrast to national elections on the continent – in places like Kenya, Congo and Zimbabwe – where post-election violence nullified results and forced untenable and unsustainable power-sharing governments on the electorate. Of course, there was… Read more.
I chastized the president of Columbia University for inviting Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on campus to speak only to hurl political insults at him. I did so because, even though I agreed with everything the president said, I thought his ambush of Ahmadinejad was impolitic and impolite. Having invited him, the president should have been a gracious host and left it… Read more.
Like most TCIslanders, I am profoundly disappointed by the latest extension in the deadline (from 30 April to 31 May 2009) for the submission of Sir Robin’s final report on the Commission of Inquiry into corruption in the TCI. I believe I can assert without fear of contradiction, however, that our disappointment stems entirely from… Read more.
