Pentagon rebuffs China on spy flights

Pentagon rebuffs China on spy flights

Special to WorldTribune.com Bill Gertz, Washington Free Beacon The Pentagon on Tuesday rejected demands by China that the United States end all surveillance flights along China’s borders. “We’re going to continue to fly in international airspace the way we’ve been, just like we’re going to continue to sail our ships in international waters the way […]

Facts will never get in the way of liberal cries of ‘social injustice’

Facts will never get in the way of liberal cries of ‘social injustice’

Special to WorldTribune.com By Thomas Sowell The political left has been campaigning against the use of force since at least the 18th century. So it is not surprising that they are now arguing that heavily armed or aggressive police forces only inflame protesters and thus provoke violence. Statisticians have long warned that correlation is not […]

Democrats continue to play race card, ignore party’s racist past

Democrats continue to play race card, ignore party’s racist past

Special to WorldTribune.com By Mona Charen The unsinkable Charles B. Rangel appeared on C-SPAN over the weekend. Why unsinkable? Well, the House of Representatives censured the New York Democrat in 2010 by a vote of 333 to 79 (when the body was still majority Democrat) for violating 11 ethics rules and “bringing discredit to the […]

Hollywood stars condemn Hamas and ‘ideologies of hatred’

Hollywood stars condemn Hamas and ‘ideologies of hatred’

Special to WorldTribune.com Close to 200 Hollywood stars, including Arnold Schwarzenegger and Sylvester Stallone, have signed a statement condemning the “ideologies of hatred” of militant group Hamas, and called for peace and justice in Gaza. “We, the undersigned, are saddened by the devastating loss of life endured by Israelis and Palestinians in Gaza. We are […]

U.S. intel: North Korea developing missile submarine

U.S. intel: North Korea developing missile submarine

Special to WorldTribune.com Bill Gertz, Washington Free Beacon U.S. intelligence agencies believe North Korea is building a submarine capable of launching ballistic missiles, potentially increasing the threat posed by the nuclear-armed rogue state. A missile launch tube on a North Korean submarine was observed recently by U.S. intelligence agencies and is raising new concerns about […]

China fighter jet again threatens U.S. surveillance plane after weak response

China fighter jet again threatens U.S. surveillance plane after weak response

Special to WorldTribune.com Bill Gertz, Washington Free Beacon A Chinese jet fighter flew dangerously close to a U.S. Navy P-8 anti-submarine warfare aircraft near Japan this week in an encounter that highlights China’s continued aggressiveness in the region. The P-8, a new, militarized Boeing-737 anti-submarine warfare aircraft, was conducting routine surveillance of the Chinese coast […]

Dr. Brantley, infected with Ebola virus in Liberia, discharged: ‘God saved my life’

Dr. Brantley, infected with Ebola virus in Liberia, discharged: ‘God saved my life’

Special to WorldTribune.com ATLANTA (CBS Atlanta/AP) — After nearly three weeks of treatment, the two American aid workers who were infected with the deadly Ebola virus in Africa have been discharged from an Atlanta hospital, officials said Thursday. Their release poses no public health risk, Dr. Bruce Ribner of Emory University Hospital stressed. Dr. Kent […]

The jihadi serial killer no one’s talking about

The jihadi serial killer no one’s talking about

Special to WorldTribune.com By Michelle Malkin For two bloody months, an armed jihadist serial killer ran loose across the country. At least four innocent men died this spring and summer as acts of “vengeance” on behalf of aggrieved Muslims, the self-confessed murderer has now proclaimed. Have you heard about this horror? Probably not. The usual […]