‘May it be to the world’: Jefferson’s last written words about the Declaration of Independence

‘May it be to the world’: Jefferson’s last written words about the Declaration of Independence

WorldTribune, June 30, 2026 250 Years of Freedom — 8 Commentary by Christopher Flannery [The men who signed the Declaration of Independence launched the nation with a riveting mission statement: We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among […]

Threat to Freedom, 250 years after the founding fathers risked all

Threat to Freedom, 250 years after the founding fathers risked all

Special to WorldTribune, June 28, 2026  250 Years of Freedom “This is the most serious threat to our Country since its existence 250 years ago. Isn’t it ironic, we’re celebrating a very important Birthday, and instead of speaking about Christ, Freedom, and Victories of all different kinds, we’re speaking about yet another threat to the […]

250 years of Freedom – 6: ‘Supremely grateful for Freedom of the Press’

250 years of Freedom – 6: ‘Supremely grateful for Freedom of the Press’

WorldTribune, June 28, 2026 250 Years of Freedom Commentary by Donald Kirk An Octogenarian like the president of the United States, Donald Kirk is the rare American journalist who has spent most of his career as a foreign correspondent, primarily in East Asia. A member of the Advisory Board of Free Press Foundation, he currently […]

‘If’: A memorandum of clarification about that U.S.-Iran MOU

‘If’: A memorandum of clarification about that U.S.-Iran MOU

Special to WorldTribune.com By John J. Metzler, June 26, 2026 If is a big and a most consequential word in the English language. The word connotes wishes and conditionality and often aspirations. If also is one of the shortest words holding a very long explanatory meaning which embodies hope but just as easily signals fatalism. […]

250 years of Freedom – 5: ‘. . . with a firm reliance on the protection of divine Providence . . .’

250 years of Freedom – 5: ‘. . . with a firm reliance on the protection of divine Providence . . .’

Commentary by WorldTribune Staff, June 25, 2026 250 Years of Freedom Having established the justification for establishing the new nation, the signers of the Declaration of Independence concluded as follows: We, therefore, the Representatives of the united States of America, in General Congress, Assembled, appealing to the Supreme Judge of the world for the rectitude […]

250 years of Freedom – 4: ‘A Tyrant, is unfit to be the ruler of a free people’

250 years of Freedom – 4: ‘A Tyrant, is unfit to be the ruler of a free people’

Commentary by WorldTribune Staff, June 22, 2026 250 Years of Freedom The men who signed the Declaration of Independence launched the nation with a bill of grievances followed by an innovation affirming an opposite philosophy of government, that inspired the world and has survived until now. Many have forgotten what the founding fathers experienced. Such […]

Chairman Xi goes to Pyongyang, accompanied by his defense minister

Chairman Xi goes to Pyongyang, accompanied by his defense minister

Special to WorldTribune.com By John J. Metzler, June 17, 2026 The lavish welcome China’s Leader Xi Jinping received on his recent visit to North Korea stylistically underscored a deep and comradely relationship between the two communist regimes. Xi’s trip to Pyongyang, his first in seven years to the secluded socialist state, was nonetheless more about […]

250 years of Freedom – I: From the ‘shot heard round the world’ to a nation divided

250 years of Freedom – I: From the ‘shot heard round the world’ to a nation divided

by WorldTribune Staff, June 13, 2026  250 Years of Freedom As the celebrating begins amid profound divisions within the USA, we recall the closing words of the Declaration of Independence and the men who signed in on July 4, 1776. We also honor those who sacrificed their lives on April 19, 1775 for an exceptional […]

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