by WorldTribune Staff, December 1, 2016 Fidel Castro, who died on Nov. 25, was a brutal dictator who “drove the entire Cuban nation into complete poverty and oppression,” Franklin Graham said. “And to think that Bernie Sanders, Hillary Clinton, Sen. Elizabeth Warren, Rep. Keith Ellison and others wanted socialism as a model for our country […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By Donald Kirk Enough, enough, we want no preachment – It’s time to vote on his impeachment! That rhyme from a Broadway classic, “Of Thee I sing,” words by Ira Gershwin, music by his brother George, comes to mind as talk of impeachment ricochets around Seoul – and Washington too. Credit the […]
by WorldTribune Staff, December 1, 2016 President-elect Donald Trump just saved 1,000 American jobs – and he hasn’t even been sworn in yet. And they aren’t very happy about it over at The New York Times, Rush Limbaugh noted Nov. 30. “So what was your reaction when you heard that Carrier was going to keep a […]
by WorldTribune Staff, December 1, 2016 If you give a British vegan a new fiver it will likely be considered an insult. Many vegan Brits are outraged over the new plastic 5 pound notes being circulated throughout the UK. Not because the note features a carnivore (Winston Churchill), but because it contains tallow, which is […]
by WorldTribune Staff, December 1, 2016 House Democrats doubled down on Nov. 30 and chose the old guard over the new wave. California Rep. Nancy Pelosi was re-elected minority leader over Ohio Rep. Tim Ryan by a vote of 134 to 63. Pelosi is 76-years-old, Ryan 43. The top three Democrats in leadership in the House are […]
by WorldTribune Staff, November 30, 2016 Israel expects to have total air dominance in the Middle East for the next four decades with the arrival on Dec. 12 of the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter. “The future is here,” Israeli Air Force (IAF) Chief of Staff Brig.-Gen. Tal Kalman said, adding that “the F-35 will allow […]
by WorldTribune Staff, November 30, 2016 Terrorism does not appear to be high on the priority list for the Department of Homeland Security after a series of attacks in the U.S. by militant Islamists, most recently in Ohio. In fiscal year 2015, only two of the 176,397 removal orders requested by the Department of Homeland […]
by WorldTribune Staff, November 30, 2016 While the Islamic Republic’s regime reaps a windfall of cash from the lifting of sanctions, it has only increased repression of its people, dissidents say. “Nothing changed in Iran’s people’s life” since the nuclear deal was signed, says Shabnam Madadzadeh, 29, a student organizer at Teheran’s Tarbiat Moalem University […]
by WorldTribune Staff, November 30, 2016 The largest milk-producing state in the union has a beef with its bovines. The problem? California’s cows are farting too much – and it is killing the earth. Gov. Jerry Brown, despite strong opposition from the state’s dairy farmers, signed legislation in September that for the first time regulates […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By Golnaz Esfandiari Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty Until recently, Mahmud Sadeghi was an obscure legal expert whose most conspicuous professional accomplishment was a two-year advisory stint with Iran’s Education Ministry. That changed with the 54-year-old’s election to parliament in Iran’s tightly controlled elections in February, as one of 133 relative […]
