Christie will be there in 2016Christie will be there in 2016
CHRIS Christie’s appearance on the Late Show on Monday night (February 4) is a clear indication that he is going to be among the Republican contenders for the presidential nomination[...]
Zero Dark Thirty is a work of fictionZero Dark Thirty is a work of fiction
FOR Americans, September 11, 2001, is a date that tends to awake their sense of patriotism. There are few in that country who can regard this day with even a[...]
You can’t please everyoneYou can’t please everyone
THE story is told of a young man and his father who set out one morning for the fair, in a bid to sell their donkey. Funds were low, the[...]
The fraud of frauds gets a chance to ventThe fraud of frauds gets a chance to vent
ON JANUARY 17, US time, world sport’s worst serial cheat, Lance Armstrong, will make a confession of sorts to the world’s best known chat show host, Oprah Winfrey. Not surprisingly,[...]
Stupid is as stupid doesStupid is as stupid does
Sent from my iPad. Sent from my iPhone. These are two of the most stupid lines you encounter at the end of an email or a text message these days.[...]
The fox can never guard the coopThe fox can never guard the coop
THE solution to eradicating mass shootings is to introduce more guns into the population, only this time in the hands of guards at schools. That’s if you choose to believe[...]
Where guns matter more than kids’ livesWhere guns matter more than kids’ lives
In the US of A, they value their guns more than their children. That’s why you get situations like that in Connecticut where 20 children were shot dead by a[...]
When the offenders become the storyWhen the offenders become the story
No thought was given to the possibility that a woman from a conservative part of India could possibly have held the royal family in such esteem that to be[...]
Who wants peace in the Middle East?Who wants peace in the Middle East?
BOTH Israelis and Palestinians have too much to lose if the Middle East problems that separate them are solved. Neither is interested in a solution for that would lessen the[...]
Cheating is universal (not that this excuses Armstrong)Cheating is universal (not that this excuses Armstrong)
WHEN the Australia dollar shoots past the greenback, it enables people to buy goods that they previously avoided due to the cost. On the internet, for the most part, the[...]