Special to WorldTribune.com By John J. Metzler, March 2, 2026 Darkness at Noon has shrouded Iran for nearly half a century. The Islamic Republic of Iran has tried, and somewhat successfully, to turn back the clock in the once secular and prosperous nation. It has since ruined the economy, disenfranchised women, supported terrorist proxies, and […]
Special to WorldTribune, March 1, 2026 by Miles Maochun Yu, Hoover Institution The following analysis was originally published on July 2, 2025 and was re-posted this weekend by the author. When the Biden administration signaled a withdrawal of U.S. assertiveness in the Middle East, it effectively created a vacuum that China was eager to fill. […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Commentary by Stephen Moore, February 27, 2026 Here’s a depressing but all too predictable headline from The Wall Street Journal last week: “Detroit’s EV Pullback Is Costing $50 Billion.” Yikes. That’s a lot of money for the American auto industry to lose. Once again, we have confirmation of an iron law of […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By John J. Metzler, February 25, 2026 Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s speech “hit the ball out of the park” during the recent Munich Security Conference in Germany. The address provided a policy tour de force which recalled the Cold War, post-communist history and then seamlessly blended the topic into a cohesive […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By Alexander Maistrovoy, February 21, 2026 And the Piper advanced and the children followed, And when all were in to the very last, The door in the mountain-side shut fast. — The Pied Piper of Hamelin: A Child’s Story What makes an average individual a law-abiding, sensible, responsible citizen — loyal to […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By John J. Metzler, February 16, 2026 A massive political tsunami swept across the Japanese islands as recent national elections scored a resounding electoral win for the incumbent political party and its maverick leader Sanae Takaichi. Though the outcome was assumed, her stunning triumph was not expected. The snap parliamentary elections reflected […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Commentary by Stephen Moore, February 16, 2026 When I first arrived in Washington in 1982, the Dow Jones hit a low of 800. You may not believe that, so feel free to look it up. If anyone had predicted that in a little more four decades the Dow would surpass 50,000, they […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By John J. Metzler, February 9, 2026 Set amid the spectacular Alpine scenery and historic towns of northern Italy, the XXV Winter Olympics have opened in Milan/Cortina. The two week event hosting 90 teams and some 2,900 athletes are competing in sporting events from the traditional downhill skiing, snowboard, speed skating to […]
Special to WorldTribune, May 5, 2026 Commentary by R. Clinton Ohlers [The writer met WorldTribune.com editors shortly after leaving his teaching position at Hong Kong University in early 2020 as the Covid pandemic was spreading and returning to the United States with his young family. The following is excerpted from his substack column for SafeBlood […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By John J. Metzler, February 2, 2026 Strange and mysterious events are transpiring inside the walls of Beijing’s Forbidden City. In the massive nearby government compound Zhongnanhai there’s a clear unease as Communist Party Chief and military supremo Xi Jinping has shuffled the political cards in the powerful Central Military Commission, by […]
