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The Snows of Lesotho Where Africans Ski Like Austrians

Saturday, August 8, 2026 at 8:41 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall
Black and White skiers carving down a snowy Lesotho slope as a White skier watches in amazement.

Think Africa and skiing probably isn’t the first image that comes to mind. But on the snowy slopes of Lesotho, casual African skiers carve, jump and freestyle with enough ease to make those Jamaican Olympic bobsledders look like jokers. This week’s iPINIONS Saturday cartoon celebrates another side of Africa that stereotypes rarely show. Read my… Read more.

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Filed Under: Culture Tagged With: African Culture, African Skiing, Afriski, Black Skiers, editorial cartoon, Lesotho, Saturday Cartoon, Ski Resort, Skiing in Africa, The iPINIONS Journal, Winter Sports

Happy Fourth of July, America. The Torch Flickers but Still Burns

Saturday, July 4, 2026 at 8:46 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall
Lady Liberty reclines on a therapist’s couch, holding her torch and tablet, while a therapist takes notes. The caption reads, “So you’re saying the torch still works.”

Lady Liberty takes America 250 to therapy and comes away with the only diagnosis that matters. iPINIONS contends that America is tired, tested, and frayed, but not finished. Read my full take on Substack: https://ipinionsdaily.substack.com/p/happy-fourth-of-july-america-the Read more.

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Filed Under: Politics Tagged With: America 250, American Democracy, editorial cartoon, Fourth of July, hope, Independence Day, Lady Liberty, national renewal, patriotism, political cartoon, Statue of Liberty, The iPINIONS Journal

Trump Marks Juneteenth by Removing Bust of MLK and Eliminating Civil Rights

Wednesday, June 18, 2025 at 9:28 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall
Trump standing next to bust of Churchill and Obama sitting next to bust of MLK

He once flaunted the MLK bust like a prop. Now he’s removed it, while gutting DEI and pretending Juneteenth is woke fiction. iPINIONS exposes how Trump is now erasing the civil rights of Black Americans as brazenly as he once exploited Black voters for political gain. Read my full post on Substack:https://ipinionsdaily.substack.com/p/trump-marks-juneteenth-by-removing Read more.

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Filed Under: Politics Tagged With: Black History, Civil Rights, DEI, Juneteenth, MAGA, MLK, The iPINIONS Journal, Trump, White House

I’m ‘Movin’ On Up’ to Substack

Tuesday, May 6, 2025 at 7:51 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall
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Dear Readers, After nearly 20 years of blogging independently, I’ve launched a fresh new space for my writing on Substack. It’s called:  The iPINIONS Journal – where truth trumps trends. https://ipinionsdaily.substack.com If you’ve followed my commentary over the years, I hope you’ll subscribe to this new platform and keep reading. Here are my first two… Read more.

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My New Book

Wednesday, April 8, 2020 at 8:09 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

Dear Readers, This book was actually published on February 13 – just as the COVID-19 pandemic was hitting pandemonium. But I thought it would be unconscionable to mention it back then. Of course, anyone who knows me knows how loath I am to do any self-promotion even in the best of times, hence my steadfast… Read more.

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My New Book

Friday, April 15, 2016 at 5:24 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

Book review: The iPINIONS Journal – Commentaries on the Global Events of 2015 by Anthony L. Hall Reprinted from Caribbean News Now! Published on April 15, 2016   Anthony Hall embarks on his eleventh annual retrospective compendium of insights and observations on the major events of our times with the publication of his latest edition… Read more.

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Happy 8th Anniversary … to Me!

Thursday, April 4, 2013 at 7:12 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

I truly appreciate having a few people who, from day one, always seemed more interested in reading my commentaries than I have ever been in writing them. Most notable in this respect is a dear friend whose penchant for laying on passive/aggressive guilt trips is so earnest it’s comical. This was brought into comic relief… Read more.

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Ku Klux Klansman Convicted of Murders 41 years after Committing his Crimes!

Wednesday, June 22, 2005 at 12:24 PM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

What took them so long… the jury that is? Michael Schwerner, 24, of New York, James Chaney, 21, from Mississippi, and Andrew Goodman, 20, of New York are profiles in courage. They remain the haunting images of murderous racism in recent American history that claimed the lives of so many innocent and courageous people involved… Read more.

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Filed Under: General Tagged With: Civil Rights, Edgar Ray Killen, Justice Delayed, KKK, Mississippi, Robert Reich, Schwerner Goodman Chaney, The iPINIONS Journal

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