It’s the Hall of Fame, not the Hall of Saints: The case for Pete Rose

It’s the Hall of Fame, not the Hall of Saints: The case for Pete Rose

Special to WorldTribune.com By Bill Juneau, April 30, 2023 It was just about 35 years ago that the baseball world got ripped with the news that Pete Rose who was then a player-manager for the Cincinnati Reds, had been betting on major league baseball games in violation of an unbendable written rule. Commissioner A. Bartlett […]

Synergy, strength, dynamism; U.S.-South Korea alliance at 70

Synergy, strength, dynamism; U.S.-South Korea alliance at 70

Special to WorldTribune.com By John J. Metzler, April 28, 2023 Seventy years is a long time, especially for a military alliance even between friends.  There are few in the world, notably including the Atlantic Alliance, forming NATO in 1949. But in the case of East Asia, the strategic and economic links which emerged from the […]

Miracle: Generation gap bridged by Tucker Carlson’s ouster

Miracle: Generation gap bridged by Tucker Carlson’s ouster

S A T I R E In the days following Tucker Carlson’s unexpected ouster from Fox News, millions of calls were placed by frustrated and confused boomers to younger relatives for directions on how to change the channel. “Yes, Sam, it’s your Nana, Dear! Can you tell me what button on the clicker will change […]

Reality: Windmills kill whales and eagles, spoil views and are a nightmare to recycle

Reality: Windmills kill whales and eagles, spoil views and are a nightmare to recycle

Special to WorldTribune, April 27, 2023 . . . Reality Check Commentary by Laurence F Sanford Where is Don Quixote when we need him? His fantasy was to slay giants (in reality, windmills) in his quest to fight injustice through chivalry. Green energy proponents have a carbon dioxide “net zero emissions” fantasy of powering civilization […]

Fox closes the deal with its former viewers: ‘Go to hell’

Fox closes the deal with its former viewers: ‘Go to hell’

S A T I R E After months of controversy, Fox News has decided to part ways with the only reason anyone watches Fox News. “Yes, we realize he delivered the most successful cable news program of all time, but we felt embarrassed by him at our Manhattan cocktail parties,” said Fox News CEO Suzanne […]

Get real: Fox-Dominion legal settlement is biggest bait-and-switch scam ever

Get real: Fox-Dominion legal settlement is biggest bait-and-switch scam ever

Special to WorldTribune.com Commentary by Wayne Allyn Root, April 22, 2023 I feel like Paul Revere for patriots. Except I’m shouting, “The elections are being stolen! The elections are being stolen!” I grew up on the mean streets of New York. I am very familiar with bait and switch. Walking the streets of New York […]

In China, Brazil’s leftist Lula gleefully throws BRIC at the U.S. Dollar

In China, Brazil’s leftist Lula gleefully throws BRIC at the U.S. Dollar

Special to WorldTribune.com By John J. Metzler, April 21, 2023 The writing was on the wall. But when Brazil’s leftwing president Luiz Inacio “Lula” da Silva visited China recently, he flamboyantly underscored economic and security ties between Latin America’s largest democracy and the world’s largest dictatorship. Significantly, he took steps to decouple much of Brazil’s vibrant […]

By the way, where is that Nashville manifesto?

By the way, where is that Nashville manifesto?

Special to WorldTribune.com By Bill Juneau, April 20, 2023 Like past school shootings, the assault on the Covenant elementary school in Nashville, Tenn., was tragic, sad and ugly, and it is now a part of this nation’s history. Three small children and three adult faculty members were gunned down by a troubled 28-year-old woman in […]

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