Jenson Button says a year spent on the sidelines was exactly what he needed to revive his flame for racing. The 2009 world champion decided to call it a day on his time in Formula 1 at the end of 2016, after another unsuccessful season with McLaren-Honda. Button subbed for Indy-bound Fernando Alonso at Monaco…
Read moreHamilton voted 2017 top driver by F1 team bosses
Team principals have acclaimed Lewis Hamilton as the sport’s greatest driver for the fourth year in succession. A traditional year-end poll of all ten team bosses conducted by Motorsport.com put the Mercedes driver well ahead of Red Bull’s Max Verstappen. The Dutch driver, who turned 20 this year, was runner-up for the second season in…
Read moreNetanyahu Threatens War In Speech to Congress
This was a speech threatening war. Realizing he has insufficient clout to stop the negotiations, Netanyahu demanded a back-up position: If not “no” deal, then we can have a better deal. His vision of a “better” deal, however, is grounded in Iranian surrender. And since that is not going to happen, demanding it means abandoning…
Read moreBody Count Report Reveals At Least 1.3 Million Lives Lost to US-Led War on Terror
How do you calculate the human costs of the U.S.-led War on Terror? On the 12th anniversary of the invasion of Iraq, groups of physicians attempted to arrive at a partial answer to this question by counting the dead. In their joint report— Body Count: Casualty Figures after 10 Years of the ‘War on Terror—Physicians…
Read morePlaying With Fire on the Lebanese Border
Since the end of the last war between Israel and Lebanon in 2006, the prospect of renewed hostilities between the two countries has been viewed as almost inevitable by most observers. As heinous and destructive as that conflict was, it ultimately resolved none of the underlying issues between the respective parties and seemed only to…
Read moreGaza, One Year On: The Body Is Tired, But Our Spirit is Strong
Often, I wake up thinking, this can’t be true – did we really survive it? How did we make it through the 51 days of bombs and missiles dropped by Israel on Gaza last year? Then I think if only these thoughts were nightmares and not the reality of long hot summer days spent in…
Read moreCiting Ridicule of Islam, Writers Protest Charlie Hebdo 'Courage' Award
A number of prominent literary figures are publicly protesting the decision by the PEN American Center to honor the French satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo with its annual Freedom of Expression Courage award, arguing that it is not courageous to ridicule an oppressed minority. Writers Michael Ondaatje, Peter Carey, Francine Prose, Teju Cole, Rachel Kushner, and…
Read moreMercedes to put all its weight behind Hamilton in 2018 – Massa
Felipe Massa believes Mercedes will focus entirely on Lewis Hamilton this season, and leave the four-time world champion free of any team mate hassles. The Silver Arrows squad puts its drivers on equal footing, but Massa, who retired from the sport at the end of 2017, says the British driver’s edge over Valtteri Bottas makes…
Read moreFormula E: Jani and Dragon Racing split after one race!
Neel Jani and Dragon Racing have parted ways after just a single race in Formula E, the Swiss driver has announced. The 2016 Le Mans winner and works Porsche driver joined the all-electric series when the German manufacturer pulled the plug on its LMP1 World Endurance Championship program. Jani’s presence at Dragon was seen as…
Read moreStroll admits to ‘dramatic change’ since racing in F1
Williams Lance Stroll believes he has dramatically evolved as a driver since he lined up on the F1 grid for the very first time in Melbourne last year. The 19-year-old gained access to the pinnacle of motorsport thanks to the lavish support and funding of his passionate father, fashion mogul Lawrence Stroll. Labeled as a…
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