Special to WorldTribune.com By Thomas Sowell Back in the days of the Cold War between the Communist bloc of nations and the Western democracies, the Communists maintained pervasive restrictions around Eastern Europe that were aptly called an “iron curtain,” isolating the people in its bloc from the ideas of the West and physically obstructing their […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By Andy Weddington, FairfaxFreeCitizen.com This morning [Sept. 29] I was startled awake at 0300. Since, I’ve watched news — in disgust; worked the puzzle page in USA Today; flipped through some two dozen channels looking for something interesting; finally settled on the Golf Channel half tuned in to a program called ‘Morning […]
Special to WorldTribune.com SAN FRANCISCO — Facebook wants you to get out to vote. On Friday, Facebook users in the U.S. who are 18 and up will receive a reminder to register to vote at the top of their News Feed. The voter registration drive, Facebook’s first to roll out nationwide, is tapping the power […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Following is the letter from Rev. Franklin Graham to Commissioner John D. Swofford of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) on Sept. 15. Dear Commissioner Swofford, As a lifelong resident of North Carolina and current CEO and president of two organizations employing nearly 1,500 North Carolinians, I am saddened — even outraged — […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Dennis Prager There are many recent developments in the godless West. To name a few: — The Supreme Court of Italy last week ruled that public masturbation is legal (except in front of minors). — The New York City Council voted in May that public urination is not a criminal act. — […]
Special to WorldTribune.com 2016 is the Flight 93 election: charge the cockpit or you die. You may die anyway. You—or the leader of your party—may make it into the cockpit and not know how to fly or land the plane. There are no guarantees. Except one: if you don’t try, death is certain. To compound […]
Special to WorldTribune.com RUSH: Phyllis Schlafly passed away, the mother of conservatism, if you will. … I remember Phyllis Schlafly was tough. Phyllis Schlafly was demanding. When it came to the principles of conservatism, she harbored no infiltrators. She harbored nobody insincere about it, and she was able to identify those who were trying to […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By Michelle Malkin If a pair of extreme green ballot measures fall in the Rocky Mountains and no one in the liberal media is paying attention, does the collapse make a sound? This week, two anti-fracking initiatives backed by deep-pocketed environmental lobbying heavyweights, such as the Sierra Club and Greenpeace, failed to […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By Thomas Sowell Who would have thought that Donald Trump, of all people, would be addressing the fact that the black community suffers the most from a breakdown of law and order? But sanity on racial issues is sufficiently rare that it must be welcomed, from whatever source it comes. When establishment […]