Anthony L. Hall

Milano Cortina 2026: Day 14… I’m Pooped Day 14 is a pause. Thirteen days. Over 100 events. Fifty-two commentaries. Today is for catching breath, honoring family, and remembering that even the Games stop for life.

After watching over 100 events and writing 52 commentaries straight, Day 14 brings a candid break. Streaming fatigue, straining eyes, and a family obligation compel this pause. I’ll return for my closing dispatch on Monday.

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And Trump responded, “You’ve made your ruling, now enforce it... How many divisions does the Chief Justice have?” The irony is that the Court was protecting him from tariffs that, second only to the Epstein files, were wrecking his presidency.

What I learned is that NBC spends far too much time covering Curling. Spare us, please!

Except this ruling protects Trump even as it rules against him. His bullying tariffs were second only to the Epstein files in damaging his presidency. The Court didn’t punish him; it saved him from himself.

Except this ruling protects Trump even as it rules against him. His bullying tariffs were second only to the Epstein files in damaging his presidency. The Court didn’t punish him; it saved him from himself.

Except this ruling protects Trump even as it rules against him. His bullying tariffs were second only to the Epstein files in damaging his presidency. The Court didn’t punish him; it saved him from himself.

Funny how arrest suddenly makes this royal crook and entitled pedophile look like a common perp...

Milano Cortina 2026: Day 13 Figure skating delivers a squad showdown for the ages. Alysa Liu jumps from burnout to Olympic gold. Japan flirts with history, then blinks. And the USA breaks Canada’s heart in overtime. Day 13 at Mi...

Alysa Liu jumps from burnout to Olympic gold and becomes the face of Milano Cortina 2026. Japan flirts with history, then blinks. Team USA breaks Canada’s heart in overtime. Day 13 had everything.

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The problem, of course, is that Trump has even more contempt for military vets than he does for historians. He demonstrated as much yesterday by saying he's more deserving of a Medal of Honor just for flying into Iraq than military heroes like the late John McCain and Mark Kelly...

Milano Cortina 2026: Day 12 Shiffrin exorcises Beijing and reminds the world who she is. France completes a biathlon takeover. Klæbo reaches Phelps territory. Day 12 at Milano Cortina delivers redemption, dominance, and history ...

Mikaela Shiffrin finally delivers the slalom gold, France completes a hostile takeover of biathlon, and Klæbo reaches Michael Phelps territory with his 10th gold. Day 12 at Milano Cortina is about redemption, dominance, and history...

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This is clearly not the fitness flex RFK Jr thinks it is. I suspect he's covering up something unsightly on his legs; you know, the way Trump does with makeup on his hands. Because only that explains RFK Jr wearing jeans even for a cold plunge...

Hallelujah!

Milano Cortina 2026: Day 11 Biathlon crowns the ultimate all-around Winter Olympians. Canada humiliates the U.S. on ice. And ski jumping plunges into “Penisgate.” Day 11 at Milano Cortina delivers gold, geopolitics, and grotesqu...

Biathlon crowns the ultimate all-around Winter Olympians. Canada humiliates the U.S. on ice. Ski jumping spirals into “Penisgate.” Day 11 at Milano Cortina pulls no punches.

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Milano Cortina 2026: Day 10 Milano Cortina Day 10 delivered a long-awaited Olympic breakthrough, a reminder that greatness has no expiration date, and a figure skating comeback worthy of legend.

Day 10 of Milano Cortina 2026 belonged to Elana Meyers Taylor’s long-awaited Olympic gold and a redefinition of age and motherhood in elite sport. It also featured a pairs figure skating comeback that turned disbelief into awe.

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Jesse Jackson was the Zelig of the civil-rights movement, always near history, often center stage. But the Rainbow Coalition mattered. It built the multiracial political infrastructure that helped make Barack Obama possible. A performer, yes. A pioneer too.

Because Trump has convinced the party that its only mission is to cater to his every whim, the fate of other Republicans, hell, even of the Republic, be damned.

Milano Cortina 2026: Day 9 Milano Cortina Day 9 delivered alpine greatness in real time, a GOAT still chasing Olympic redemption, Norwegian dominance bordering on impertinence, and a snow-cross finish so improbable you had to s...

Day 9 belonged to Federica Brignone’s historic alpine double, Mikaela Shiffrin’s lingering Olympic ghosts, Johannes Klæbo’s impertinent dominance, and Italians behaving more like pirates than competitors as they plundered gold across home soil.

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Sure, because in MAGA world, it makes perfect sense to help fascists in Hungary develop nukes while threatening war against Islamists in Iran for developing them...

Sure, because this have-cake-and-eat-it-too Chinese-American diva thinks the whole schedule should be based on what is most advantageous for him. Yeah, she probably thinks the Olympics are all about her...

Milano Cortina Winter Olympics 2026: Day 8 Milano Cortina Day 8 delivered a Brazilian alpine breakthrough, a marketing-made speed skating star, Olympic absurdities, and a reminder that turnabout is fair play — even in the stands.

Day 8 of Milano Cortina 2026 shattered alpine assumptions as Brazil claimed a historic gold, speed skating crowned its next commercial superstar, ski jumping descended into farce, and even the crowd delivered a moment of geopolitical payback.

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Wow. You’d think South America would’ve medaled long ago, and that the pioneer would be Argentina or Chile. So well done, Brazil!

Which is about as revealing as reporting that it's "highly likely" that Lee Harvey Oswald killed JFK...

Milano Cortina 2026: Day 7 Milano Cortina Day 7 delivered the most shocking collapse in Winter Olympic history, a GOAT’s shadow looming over snowboard cross, another halfpipe heartbreak, and a skeleton run that looked like a de...

Milano Cortina Day 7 delivered the most shocking collapse in Winter Olympic history, snowboard cross succession drama, halfpipe heartbreak, and skeleton fearlessness.

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Not since Nancy Pelosi dressed down Donald Trump has a politician done so like Friedrich Merz did to Marco Rubio at the Munich Security Conference. If this Trump administration won’t honor NATO, Europe will adapt. Merz already is. Be careful what you wish for.

Enough of torching Trump in judicial opinions. Because this administration continues systemic lawbreaking that makes judges look like paper tigers. They should at least hold someone in criminal contempt...

Milano Cortina 2026: Day 6 Milano Cortina Day 6 had everything… legacy anxiety, teenage audacity, Italian coronations, and Olympic soap-opera symmetry. Chloe Kim settles for silver, a 17-year-old steals gold, Italy rewrites its...

Day 6 of Milano Cortina 2026 delivered legacy anxiety in the halfpipe, teenage audacity, Italian coronations, and short track chaos doing what it does best.

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Because what’s wrong with lunching with a pedophile ring leader on his private island, so long as you bring along your wife and kids (with nannies in tow). That’s MAGA for you…

Except that voters' remorse doesn't mean shit! Trump's the one having the last laugh... all the way to our national treasury.

When migrants commit massacres like Britain did at Amritsar, during the Mau Mau repression in Kenya, or through the institution of chattel slavery in the Caribbean, then perhaps Ratcliffe will have cause to accuse them of “colonising” Britain. Until then, spare us this White grievance.

He seems hell-bent on turning solidarity with Ukrainians into contempt. A black armband was a sensible compromise. But he chose disqualification, which centers him, not the dead athletes or the long-suffering Ukrainian people. That’s why this feels more like performance than principle.