Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick is going to speak. Err.. About what?

His TV speech is due in 1.5 hours and he decided to do it from his church. Hmm... I don't know what he owes to god but he certainly owes helluva explanation to the people of Detroit. Especially, after a WEEK of silence! And, I'm afraid, Detroiters won't hear much besides "I'm sorry I lied" or "Carlita and I are going thru some tough times".

We'll stay tuned.

Photo: Amy Leang, AP

ЩО ВАЖЛИВІШЕ: ЦІЛІСНІСТЬ ДЕРЖАВИ ЧИ СВОБОДА СЛОВА?

Порушення СБУ кримінальної справи проти НФ "Сєвастополь-Крим-Россія" може бути ще одним наступом на невід'ємне право, дане людині або ж групі людей. Це право зветься СВОБОДА СЛОВА, і свобода ця або є, або її немає.

Пані та панове (або ж "таваріщі", як вони, напевне, себе кличуть) з вищезгаданої кримської недержавної організації, на мою скромну думку, є завершеними люмпенізованими ідіотами. Їхня євразійська чи то пізньорадянська ментальність - це просто окрема розмова. Але навіть вони мають ПРАВА - якщо, звичайно, не закликають до насильницьких дій, бо тоді їм один-єдиний шлях - за грати. У всіх інших випадках вони мають повне право висловлювати свої думки - приватно чи то ж публічно. Навіть якщо ці думки - про від'єднання Криму від України, оскільки свобода слова українських (поки що) громадян є незрівнянно важливішою у порівнянні з "цілісністю" поки що їхньої держави.

І саме це повинна розуміти СБУ, що, переконаний, має безліч інших не менш важливих справ.

Heith Ledger died today. He was only 28.

I've never seen "Brokeback Mountain". I don't think I ever will - I just don't care seeing a movie about gay cowboys...

I don't know anything about his personal life, particularly, why he had broken up with Naomi Watts a few years ago, who was his current girlfriend or, as a matter of fact, whether he had one...

But as I'm watching Larry King Live with people talking about Heith Ledger who died today at the age of 28, I want to scream. Because it is a Universal Injustice when a true Talent goes like this. Goes so unfairly soon, way before his time.

There are many actors and actresses in Hollywood. More than there will ever be the need for. There are many famous actors and actresses. Some of them are famous exclusively for going to places, not because they have done something significant in the cinema. But there are so few Talents with the capital "T". Heith was a Talent, a god-given one. You don't have to be freakin' Gene Shalit to understand this.

Why him? If only we knew...

"Subscribers Only" asccess to the "KyivPost" online content is a dumb idea

KyivPost has returned to the practice of restricting its online content only to subscribers. This is a very dumb idea because many more people (including those who don't speak Ukrainian or Russian) will go somewhere else rather than paying to subscribe to something that a) isn't unique; and b) outdated, like every newspaper these days.

However, I admit I may be wrong and thousands are rushing to pay to read this newspaper. But I remain skeptical because of the question popping in my head over and over: "Why?"