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Trump’s travel bans and visa denials have turned the World Cup into a showcase of American racism, with Black and Brown teams, fans, journalists, and even referees treated like security threats. But iPINIONS contends that, if America cannot host the world without humiliating it, the world should not legitimize LA 2028. Read my full take… Read more.
Russia has warned its citizens they might be “hunted” if they travel to the US or other Western countries. But this warning reeks of projection and gaslighting — now the hallmarks of Russia’s dealings with the West. After all, Russia has turned arresting Americans and other Westerners on trumped-up charges into a cottage industry, using… Read more.
Jordan has cancelled a summit it was to host in Amman on Wednesday with U.S. President Joe Biden. … Biden was expected to make a whirlwind trip to Israel, where he would later head to Jordan and according to Jordanian officials meet Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al Sisi and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas. Jordan’s King… Read more.
Of course Donald Trump is a racist. But let’s call this spade a spade. President Biden will restrict travel from South Africa and seven other African countries to try to contain a troubling new variant of the coronavirus, senior administration officials said on Friday, though they said it would be impossible to prevent it from… Read more.
Fatefully, here is how I was boasting about our independence just weeks ago: We are a relatively young nation of only 396,000 people. Yet not even the hegemony of the United States can chasten our national pride. (“Happy Independence Day, Bahamas!” The iPINIONS Journal, July 10, 2020) But even I never thought not just national… Read more.
