Exactly how big was New Edition 40 years ago? Put it this way — at one point, the Boston-born boy band’s opening act, after rocketing to stardom with their debut single “Candy Girl,” was none other than the Material Girl. “Madonna actually opened up for New Edition at Roseland Ballroom in New York City,” Ronnie […]
Bobby Brown and New Edition still crooning 40 years later: ‘Madonna actually opened for us’
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Half of German Women Feel Unsafe in Their Own Neighbourhoods
January 10, 2017 by
Nearly half of Germany’s women now feel unsafe walking about their local neighbourhood, a survey has revealed, with many taking precautions such as pepper spray with them when out at night. The survey, by Emnid for Bild am Sonntag further found that 58 per cent of women believe that public places have become less safe […]
I Want a President Who Loves America: Pre-Inaugural Edition
January 4, 2017 by
Two years ago in this space I wrote that “I Want a President Who Loves America.” I started out by telling how I fell in love with America 51 years ago on my first trip to the U.S. over Christmas 1965. I went on to assert the obvious: nation-state good, multiculturalism bad, therefore we should […]
NYT’s Stupid Questions Edition: What Religion Would Jesus Be?
September 9, 2016 by
In what should be a question with the most obvious answer in the history of questions, the New York Times recently queried, “What religion would Jesus be?” According to columnist Nicholas Kristof, “One puzzle of the world is that religions often don’t resemble their founders.” Comparing Christianity’s long-held beliefs about sexuality to apartheid and hacking off the genitals of […]