Instagram mainstreaming strippergrams
"Instagram has normalized twits sharing, for all the world to see, not just their family albums but intimate pictures that should be for a lover's eyes only. It is little more than a platform for hard-core narcissists and soft-porn exhibitionists to show off."

President Putin waiting in vain for payoff from hacking US election
"America's ingenious system of checks and balances has so circumscribed Trump's Putinesque impulses that all Putin has to show for his hacking is Russia suffering even worse economic sanctions and irreparable reputational damage."

White supremacists rampaging in Charlottesville over Confederate statue
"I can think of 99 things that bother me about racism in America today, but a Confederate statue ain't one."

Justin Gatlin spoiling Usain Bolt's swan song in 100m
"The look of anguish on Bolt's face-when it struck him that he was going to lose-rivals that look in 'The Scream,' Edvard Munch's most famous painting. #Priceless!"

Fox News reckoning with scourge of sexual harassment
"Fox News markets itself as a Christian sanctuary in a wasteland of moral degeneracy. But these scandals expose it as just a proverbial Peyton Place."

Athletes and CEOs snubbing Trump
"He is so unpopular that being invited to this White House is tantamount to being invited to a garden party by that proverbial skunk."

Vorwort
This book contains an eclectic mix of commentaries on current events that speaks to issues affecting politics, economics, society, and entertainment in 2017.

Autorentext

Anthony L. Hall is a Washington-based lawyer who is licensed to practice in a number of foreign jurisdictions. He hails from The Bahamas and Turks & Caicos Islands and was educated at some of America's best schools, including Williams College. Hall is also a syndicated columnist and author of The iPINIONS Journal, a weblog of enlightening and entertaining commentaries that provide a refreshing take on current events. He lives in Arlington, Virginia.

http://ipjn.com