Analysis by David W. Goetze Special to WorldTribune, March 27, 2019 It’s not just what the data says, but when it says it. I imagine no candidate who ran for election in November of 2018 had any clue on Election Night when races were being called and conceded that over 33,000 Provisional Ballots had been […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By John J. Metzler UNITED NATIONS — Following the failed Hanoi Summit with the USA, North Korea is now sending mixed messages concerning its denuclearization and missile testing intentions. Pyongyang’s deliberately cryptic policy is likely meant to sow confusion and gain a negotiating advantage with the U.S. over Washington’s efforts to denuclearize […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By Donald Kirk HANOI ― The slogan, “Hanoi, City for Peace,” would have seemed unimaginable when I was a correspondent in Saigon at the height of the Vietnam War nearly half a century ago. This capital of what we then called “North” Vietnam was the heart of a desperate surge southward that […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By Grace Vuoto Another American institution is in peril: The Oscars. That’s like reporting that apple pie no longer sells well in our supermarkets. How can such a signature American event, watched by millions of viewers at home and abroad, now be so lackluster? This year’s Academy Awards broadcast was a sad, […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Jeffrey T. Kuhner Sen. Elizabeth Warren has been scalped. The Washington Post, of all places, broke the bombshell story that on her 1986 Texas State bar registration card she wrote “American Indian” to describe her race. In other words, the Massachusetts Democrat has been exposed as a total fraud. In the Post […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By Norman Bailey The downfall of all the great civilizations has often been credited to external forces, such as the barbarian tribes that overran the western half of the Roman Empire in the fifth century CE. In fact, such external forces are always facilitated and preceded by internal social, political and economic […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By John J. Metzler BUENOS AIRES — Nobody strolling the streets or riding along the massive tree-lined avenues of this amazing city can fail to be impressed by the size, vitality, and the pulse of the Argentine capital. Moreover so much of Argentina conjures the word — potential: its size, resources, and […]
by WorldTribune Staff, January 28, 2019 On Jan. 12, Julian Castro, former Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) secretary and San Antonio mayor, announced his candidacy for president in 2020. In a bit of foreshadowing last year, Castro had tweeted: “The Hispanic vote in Texas will continue to increase. By 2024 Democrats can win […]
Special to WorldTribune, January 19, 2019 The following is a letter to the editor sent to the Asheville (NC) Tribune. Dear Editor, This government shutdown is not about a border wall. It’s not about whether illegals can climb over or tunnel under a wall. It’s not about whether a wall should be concrete or steel. […]
Special to WorldTribune, January 4, 2019 By Ed Martin While there are many nuances and sub-text to the drive-by shooting of President Donald Trump by incoming junior Senator Mitt Romney, three primary messages come through that are likely to define politics in America for the foreseeable future. First and foremost, Romney was expressing the outrage […]
