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Gone Fishing…

Saturday, October 17, 2026 at 9:20 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall
Cartoon of a lone fisherman sitting on a wooden dock, fishing rod in hand, with a picnic basket and bottle beside him, enjoying a peaceful escape.

Back on Monday, November 2 Read more.

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Filed Under: Culture Tagged With: gone fishing, iPINIONS, November 2026, Personal Update, Substack, Taking a Break

The White House Correspondents’ Dinner Died Friday Night. Bury It.

Monday, July 27, 2026 at 8:40 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall
Trump speaks at the WHCA dinner beside images of Kaitlan Collins and his doctored Bud Light post.

The White House Correspondents’ Association invited Donald Trump into its ballroom after years of threats, lawsuits and intimidation against the press. He rewarded its appeasement by mocking Kaitlan Collins, praising the gutting of newsrooms and reveling in journalists’ silence. The dinner no longer defends journalism. It turns attacks on journalism into black-tie entertainment. iPINIONS argues… Read more.

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Filed Under: Politics Tagged With: CNN, Donald Trump, Dylan Mulvaney, iPINIONS, journalism, Kaitlan Collins, media intimidation, press freedom, WHCA, White House Correspondents’ Dinner, White House Press Corps, Wolf Blitzer

Charlie Woods Keeps Missing the Cut but Golf Won’t Let Him Hide

Friday, July 24, 2026 at 8:49 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall
Editorial collage of Tiger and Charlie Woods, including Charlie covering his face after missing the cut.

Charlie Woods inherited Tiger’s name, natural form, and every impossible expectation that comes with them. But iPINIONS contends that, unlike the sons of basketball legends, he has no team to absorb failure and nowhere to hide from every missed shot. Read my full take on Substack: https://ipinionsdaily.substack.com/p/he-keeps-missing-the-cut-but-golf Read more.

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Filed Under: Sports Tagged With: celebrity offspring, Charlie Woods, famous children, Gary Nicklaus, golf, golf prodigies, iPINIONS, John Daly II, parental pressure, sports psychology, Tiger Woods, U.S. Junior Amateur

The Bahamas Marks 53 Years of Independence Under a British King

Friday, July 10, 2026 at 8:27 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall
Bahamian revelers and Prime Minister Philip Davis on a beach beneath a looming British monarch.

The Bahamas celebrates 53 years of independence today with Junkanoo, flags, prayers, speeches, and patriotic pageantry. Yet the constitution still bows to a British king and the Privy Council. iPINIONS bemoans that’s not independence fulfilled. That’s independence deferred. Read my full take on Substack:https://ipinionsdaily.substack.com/p/the-bahamas-marks-53-years-of-independence Read more.

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Filed Under: International Affairs Tagged With: Bahamas Independence, Bahamas Republic, Brave Davis, British monarchy, Caribbean politics, colonialism, Commonwealth, iPINIONS, King Charles, Philip Davis, Privy Council, The Bahamas

Amazon Prime Day: Making Bezos Richer, Then Calling It Charity

Saturday, June 27, 2026 at 8:50 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall
Prime Day cartoon

iPINIONS thinks Amazon Prime Day is just a genius business model to make Bezos richer by getting us to buy stuff we don’t need. Then we turn to Goodwill to clean up our shame. Read more.

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Filed Under: Culture Tagged With: Amazon, Amazon Prime Day, buyer’s remorse, charity donations, consumerism, Goodwill, impulse buying, iPINIONS, Jeff Bezos, online shopping, Prime Day, retail therapy, satire, self-control

Nostalgia Is Having a Moment

Monday, June 22, 2026 at 8:30 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall
nostalgia trend from flip phones to vinyl

Nostalgia isn’t about pining for the past. It’s about detoxing from a present that feels too synthetic, intrusive, performative, and fake. From flip phones and vinyl to social media fatigue and dating-app burnout, iPINIONS argues that the past is calling because the future got too creepy. Read my full take on Substack: https://ipinionsdaily.substack.com/p/nostalgia-is-having-a-moment Read more.

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Filed Under: Culture Tagged With: AI Culture, Analog Culture, Dating Apps, Digital Detox, Flip Phones, iPINIONS, Mingling, modern life, Nostalgia, Performative Culture, Social Media Fatigue, Synthetic Beauty

America Criminalized Online Gambling in the Caribbean. Now Trump Hosts It at the White House

Wednesday, June 17, 2026 at 8:34 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall
online gambling from banned in Antigua to celebrated at the White House

America once crushed Antigua for legalizing online gambling, preaching morality while destroying a Caribbean industry. iPINIONS marvels at Trump now hosting the same vice at the White House, dressed up as spectacle, sport, and profit. Read my full take on Substack: https://ipinionsdaily.substack.com/p/america-criminalized-online-gambling Read more.

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Filed Under: Culture Tagged With: Antigua, Caribbean, Christian hypocrisy, gambling addiction, iPINIONS, marijuana legalization, online gambling, political hypocrisy, sports betting, Trump, UFC, White House

Trump Made the 2026 World Cup All About Him. So It’s a Mess.

Saturday, June 6, 2026 at 8:39 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall
FIFA World Cup image Infantino as ringmaster

FIFA has turned the 2026 World Cup into a three-country circus. Trump’s travel bans, ICE fears, sky-high tickets, and Infantino’s fawning only make the spectacle more farcical. But iPINIONS fears for Haiti’s fans. Because the dream of watching their improbable team may end at the US border. Read my full take on Substack: https://ipinionsdaily.substack.com/p/trump-made-the-2026-world-cup-all Read more.

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Filed Under: Sports Tagged With: Donald Trump, Fan Experience, Fifa, Gianni Infantino, Haiti Soccer, ICE, iPINIONS, Mar-a-Lago, Soccer Politics, US Travel Ban, World Cup 2026, World Cup Opening Ceremony

Pope Leo Warns AI Is the New Tower of Babel … with Drones

Wednesday, May 27, 2026 at 8:37 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall
Pope Leo and Anthropic co-founder Olah at the papal encylical on technology

Pope Leo XIV’s first encyclical, Magnifica Humanitas, warns that AI is becoming a new Tower of Babel. As the son of a preacher man, I know that parable well: human hubris, God-like ambition, and the danger of power without humility. From OpenAI’s safety wars to Anthropic’s rare moral caution, from social media brain rot to… Read more.

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Filed Under: Technology Tagged With: AI Ethics, AI warfare, Anthropic, Artificial Intelligence, autonomous weapons, Christopher Olah, iPINIONS, Magnifica Humanitas, Pope Leo XIV, tech hubris, Tower of Babel, Ukraine War

From Vietnam to Ebola: When US Foreign Policy Kills

Saturday, May 23, 2026 at 8:15 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall
image of famous saigon execution and Ebola health worker taking temperature of patient

In both images, a local hand is doing the pointing. But iPINIONS contends that US policy loaded the moment. In Vietnam, Washington intervened where it had no business intervening, and helped spread the very communism it claimed to contain. In Congo and Uganda, Washington gutted USAID, leaving local health workers to police Ebola with broken… Read more.

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Filed Under: International Affairs Tagged With: Congo, Ebola, foreign aid, Global Health, imperialism, iPINIONS, Uganda, US foreign policy, US intervention, USAID, Vietnam War

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