Last week Europeans were alarmed by a report in a leading UK newspaper, The Independent, on Switzerland’s draconian immigration laws. In fact, the letter and spirit of these laws are so patently racist and unjust that reporter Paul Vallely was compelled to pose this rhetorical question: Has Switzerland become Europe’s heart of darkness. Vallely reports… Read more.
Skinny Model Fired. Hallelujah!
I mark the annual Spring and Fall fashion shows in New York City by ranting biannually against skinny models. I refer you in this regard to “Skinny Models (Still) Reign at New York’s Fashion Week” on February 6, 2007. I published my first rant (in a different forum) over a decade ago. Regrettably, there has been far too little… Read more.
9/11 commemoration: An afterthought…
After just having a conference call interrupted so that my business colleagues could “watch President Bush lead the nation in a moment of silence”, I think it’s time to get some perspective on the elaborate national day of mourning that 9/11 has become. After all, this wallowing in grief-stricken jingoism – complete with the affected… Read more.
9|11 remembered
The best way to honor those who died is for the government to not only do everything possible to prevent it from happening again, but also be as prepared as possible to react when it does. Unfortunately, the government is not doing nearly enough to prevent another 9/11. Moreover, it seems no more prepared to… Read more.
‘No Public Interest’ in Prosecuting TCI Premier Michael Misick for Assault, Theft, and Perverting Justice?
No man is above the law. People in democratic countries generally take comfort in that axiom. But Premier Michael Misick of the Turks and Caicos Islands (TCI) is disabusing us of this comfort. No public interest in prosecuting TCI Premier Michael Misick Kurt de Freitas is the attorney general of the TCI. He has decided… Read more.
Iraqi incompetence and corruption are just draining US resources
Therefore, after orchestrating his third (stealth) visit to Iraq this week, the above is how the malapropistic Bush might express his now-porous support for Iraqi PM al Maliki… Read more.
The fat lady has sung for Luciano Pavarotti!
The great tenor Luciano Pavarotti died today at 5 a.m. [11 p.m. Wednesday EDT] at his home in Modena….The Maestro fought a long, tough battle against the pancreatic cancer which eventually took his life. [Manager Terri Robson] It would be presumptuous, if not disingenuous, for me to wax too sentimental about Pavarotti. Besides, there are… Read more.
Sen. Craig may rethink his resignation, but he’ll remain guilty of a gay-sex crime!
Lawyers all over Washington seemed dumbfounded today by reports that Craig’s announcement of his “resignation” from the US Senate on Saturday was merely a statement of his intent to resign. But I was not dumbfounded so much by this “Breaking News” as I was by the reaction of fellow lawyers to it. After all, here’s… Read more.
North Korea denuked?! Dream on…
On Sunday, news agencies from Asia to America heralded the purported breakthrough in Six-Party Talks (involving the United States, North Korea, China, Japan, Russia and South Korea), which are aimed at dismantling North Korea’s nuclear program: [T]he DPRK will provide a full declaration of all their nuclear programs and will disable their nuclear programs by… Read more.
Jamaica’s first female prime minister teased out of office after only 18 months in power!
After members of Jamaica’s ruling People’s National Party (PNP) elected Portia Simpson Miller as their leader in February 2006, here’s the cautionary note I struck as I paid tribute to the historic precedent she set: It was not the result of a national election, but it still counts. Because, by being elected the new leader… Read more.