Robert Mugabe, Zimbabwe's 84-year-old president, clinging to power after 28 years in office, barred another famous 84-year-old - former President Jimmy Carter - from entering the country Saturday. ...more

November 23, 2008

Heckuva job, Buddy. And hello, you must be going. ...more

November 8, 2008

Zimbabwe will not bow to pressure but will seek advice from other African leaders on how it should form a power-sharing government, the chief negotiator for President Robert Mugabe's party was quoted Sunday as saying. ...more

October 20, 2008

President Thabo Mbeki went on national television Sunday to formally announce his resignation and deny charges that he pressured prosecutors to go after his rival, Jacob Zuma, whose supporters forced the South African leader from office. ...more

September 22, 2008

On paper - and it's a paper he has yet to sign or even publicly admit exists - President Robert Mugabe appears to be acknowledging at last that he cannot rule Zimbabwe alone. ...more

September 15, 2008

President Robert Mugabe agreed to share power with the opposition Thursday after more than two decades as Zimbabwe's unchallenged leader, South Africa's president announced. ...more

September 12, 2008

Even at 50, the queen of pop just can't help but court controversy. As Madonna kicked off her "Sticky and Sweet" tour Saturday night in Wales, she took a none-too-subtle swipe at the presumptive Republican nominee for U.S. president. ...more

August 24, 2008

Let's cut to the chase right away. Javon Dawson could have been more armed to the teeth than "Rambo" meets "The Wild Bunch" with a trail of bodies rivaling the Russian invasion of Georgia when he was gunned down by the cops and professional phony Omali Yeshitela, St. Petersburg's answer to Jesse Jackson-lite-lite-lite, would still be whining about police brutality. ...more

August 16, 2008

I've demanded it before, to no avail. ...more

August 3, 2008

Much ink has been spilled lately decrying the decline in American popularity around the world under President Bush. Polls tell us how China is now more popular in Asia than America and how few Europeans say they identify with the United States. I am sure there is truth to these polls. We should have done better in Iraq. An America that presides over Abu Ghraib, torture and Guantanamo Bay deserves a thumbs-down. ...more

July 18, 2008