Cold. Blooded. Murder. What else can you call what occurred on New Year's Day in Oakland? A BART officer caught on tape shooting transit passenger Oscar Grant in the back, while Grant lay flat on his...
Originally published in The National. Reprinted with permission. Dear Palestine, I am sorry I cannot help you this time either. I apologise for the non-existence of my support; my excuse is not the...
This might surprise you, but I’m not exactly the star of the club scene. I know a lot of you have imagined me as the center of attention, lowering my sunglasses to playfully scold supermodels for...
Forget traditional Christmas movies like "Miracle On 34th Street." Put all memories of "The Great Escape" aside. Even the umpteenth rerun of Bond cannot defeat the new holiday season favourite: the...
I was watching CNN the other day when I learned that John Travolta had suffered a personal loss. It seems his sixteen year old had a seizure and died in the bathroom. The loss of a child is something...
I have let this go for far too long. I'm not conceited enough to think that what I have to say will make much difference either way, but as a United States citizen, a Jew, and a person who considers...
Earlier this week, many Ukrainians were outraged that President Yuschenko did not appear to be doing enough to solve the present gas spat between Russia and Ukraine. Although reports vary, some place...
For the first time in American history, a black man will be the major resident at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. He will not have to enter from a side door, or bend his back to those that do not believe...
Well, he did it. I joked about it, but even I didn't really think he'd do it. Rod Blagojevich, the ballsiest man in America, actually made an appointment to fill Barack Obama's vacant Senate seat....
To anybody that was in the 6th grade with me: if the cherished memory of your very first school dance was tainted when you inexplicably got hit in the face with a chicken finger, that was me. I can...
