Tag: celebrities

Let’s hope West’s beautiful, dark, twisted fantasy never becomes our grim reality.

Universities are not like other institutions — corporations, government. They don’t just have ethical boundaries, ethical codes. They are the expositors of ethics.

Oprah might do a fine job. But that’s hardly the point. Her job is not politics. Good statesmen and women come not from the boardroom or the green room but from the tough grind of professional politics.

Winfrey’s speech was a blast of feeling. She would make a splendid preacher but that is not what the U.S. needs. It needs an intelligent, highly educated, understated president who understands both the general and specific nature of governing and who will redesign tax rates to lessen inequality.

Capturing the nation's imagination has always been an asset to presidential contenders. It has granted them instant name recognition, an ability to excite and mobilise the electorate, and the capability to pull in dollars for the long and expensive presidential campaigns.

To which I say: America, have you lost your mind? Oprah versus Donald Trump? This is madness.