I do not believe the claims regarding the Boston Marathon bombings. I do not believe the Civil Support Team was an innocuous presence. I do not believe the astronomically unlikely happenstance that the supposed bombers were in a convenience store precisely when others were robbing it, resulting in ...
Now in its sixteenth week, the Jodi Arias trial is being broadcast across the nation. But only a few years ago there was considerable debate over whether cameras should even be permitted in the courtroom. Protagonists argued that cameras opened the process to the masses and provided greater ...
The world is filled with tough guys who say they are going to smash your face in but never throw a punch. Whether it's a barroom blowhard or Asia's Big Bluffer, few things irritate me more than a jackass who is long on words and short on action. Such is the case with Kim Jong-un, who is forever ...
These past months have been awash in the most crass sex crimes of recent memory. In each instance, debauched personalities have either been convicted or are currently facing trial, with good reason. Yet the incidents viewed in totality give rise to a sense that each of the victims shares some ...
Cyprus is a small island in the Mediterranean Sea off the coast of Turkey and Syria. On a map it seems to belong more in the Middle East than Europe, but for a host of historical reasons it is included. The 1.1 million people who live there are citizens of the European Union. I don"t live ...
It's been ten years since the Iraq War was launched. Back then, a few prominent individuals endeavored to thwart what is perhaps the greatest strategic mistake in United States history. Each stood against a country that was in widespread agreement over attacking Iraq. Scott Ritter had opinions ...
This evening is the annual Academy Awards telethon for Harvey Weinstein, and the Academy has again decided to nominate every dull, derivative, and overly melodramatic film appearing in theaters the past twelve months. There have been over three hundred films about Lincoln. Dozens for the French ...
Months ago a portly news anchor in Wisconsin, where people literally dress in cheese hats, was the cause of near hysteria. Evidently some fellow sent an email daring to mention that he found her less than appealing. She responded to his private missive by going on air to publicly chastise him as a ...
This year was the first time a homosexual poet performed at the Presidential Inauguration. (Not well, one might add.) That may be a shock since all poetry is supposedly written by stereotypically sensitive gays. Reinforcing the point, Richard Blanco was immediately interviewed by none other than ...
With revelation of the highly questionable narrative by football player Manti Te"o that he was "duped" into believing he had an online girlfriend, the nation has once again become aware of the questionable characters that inhabit Notre Dame's storied halls. For those unfamiliar, and I ...
