…And then there were two – left barely standing – in the Coalition of the Willing to invade Iraq. President George W. Bush and British Prime Minister Tony Blair held talks on Thursday at the White House. Here are the main points of their joint news conference courtesy of Forbes. MISTAKES IN IRAQ — Bush… Read more.
Good (news) Friday: Enron’s "masters of the universe’ found GUILTY as sin!
The jury’s verdicts help to close a notorious chapter in the history of America’s publicly traded companies…Appeals aside, the end of the trial will mark the end of a dark era. [Rep. Michael Oxley (R-Ohio), co-author of the Sarbanes-Oxley legislation, which was enacted in the wake of Enron’s collapse to make company executives more accountable.]… Read more.
American Idol: exploiting mediocre talent in search of a diamond in the rough…Okay
American Idol’s presiding arbiters of mediocre talent: Randy Jackson, Simon Cowell and Paula Abdul To date, my interest in American Idol has been limited to the entertaining antics of Judge Paula Abdul, which have included her Svengali-like use and abuse of a contestant as her Boytoy and her seemingly drug-induced ramblings that have been constant… Read more.
Rep. William Jefferson: The Congressman, $100,000 and his freezer…
There are two sides to every story…. This is how the hopelessly compromised Congressman William Jefferson, Democrat of Louisiana, pleaded on Monday in a vain and vanquished attempt to keep the probing media at bay and reassure his constituents that he’s not a crook. But what makes this plea especially feeble is the fact that… Read more.
Sir Ronald Sanders on regional media and the Caribbean Single Market…
Dear Readers Many of you will have gathered from my articles that I am an ardent advocate for the integrated economic development of the Caribbean. However, notwithstanding my passionate advocacy, earnest pleadings and unsolicited advice, I’m acutely aware that I have relatively little influence on regional leaders who have been entrusted with the stewardship of… Read more.
Cheers, jeers and yawns greeted Bond’s 714th home run…and deservedly so!
Because he finally slammed his 714th home run on Saturday, Barry Bonds deserved to be greeted with cheers; Because everyone now believes that steroids gave him the power to slam most of those home runs, he deserved to be greeted with jeers; and Because his 714th home run was only good enough to tie the… Read more.
Hey Paul…will they still love you when you’re 64? No, no, no…
When Sir Paul McCartney announced the end of his “May-December” marriage to Heather Mills on Wednesday, it was greeted more with glee than sadness. Because, quite frankly, his fashion-designer daughter Stella pleaded with him to live by his own words that “[money] Can’t Buy Me love”. And, moreover, everyone felt that “[He] Should Have Known… Read more.
Bush orders National Guard to defend U.S./Mexico border…
Now, who in America thinks Jose (or his tank-buddy Leroy) will actually shoot or even try to detain Juan (Valdez)? President George W. Bush ordering the National Guard to prevent Mexicans from crossing the border is almost as misguided – but will prove equally ineffective – as sending the U.S. military to democratize Iraq. US… Read more.
Good (news) Friday: Dutch regrets and recriminations over revocation of Hirsi Ali’s citizenship…
Hirsi Ali is clearly a very provocative and controversial woman. Nonetheless, her advocacy for women’s rights and pleadings for the dignity of her religion are unassailable. And I agree with Jennifer that her contrived deportation is a loss for the Dutch and a gain for the Americans. [ALH ipinions] Two days ago, my commentary on… Read more.
Putin’s wife reveals his (old-fashioned) philosophy on domestic affairs…
For over a year, I’ve been writing about President Vladimir Putin’s apparent nostalgia for 1950s Cold-War values that has him doing everything in his power to return Russia (and the former satellite states of the vanquished Soviet Union) back to the geopolitical realities of that era. And I’ve described his neo-Stalinist policies and tactics as… Read more.