Special to WorldTribune.com By John J. Metzler Nearly six months into the Covid-19 pandemic, the United States remains mired in the nebulous haze of the “invisible enemy,” suffering greatly both physically and emotionally. We have been battered and bruised economically and most of all psychologically. And all this in the midst of a contentious presidential […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By Grace Vuoto The Republican and Democratic Party conventions convey opposite views of America. One is a land of opportunity, abundance, interracial partnerships and historical achievements; the other is of a country on its knees, broken by racism and misogyny—and with an economy brought to the brink of collapse by a menacing […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By John J. Metzler A visit by an American Secretary of Health to an East Asian ally would seemingly not register much media attention, especially during the Summer. But in the age of global Corona and the deadly spread of the Covid-19 virus, health certainly matters. So, when U.S. Secretary of Health […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By Bill Juneau The Democrat team is now official and a big part of America is trembling — and with good reason. “Slow Joe” Biden and “Nasty” Kamala Harris are announcing grandiose and bizarre “changes” in America for when they take charge. The four-day Democratic convention to officially anoint Biden and Harris […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By John J. Metzler The massive double blast which rocked Beirut harbor brought near cataclysmic damage to the Lebanese capital. Yet as the dust settled on this tragedy, with 200 dead and 5,000 injured, the political and economic reverberations of the explosion have shaken Lebanon to the core and threatened to turn […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By Bill Juneau He is a towering six-feet, eight inches tall, and he walks with the swagger of an untouchable. He has written a book about his virtuous self and has acquired a net worth of about $14 million. He used to be the Director of the FBI, the most respected police […]
Special to WorldTribune.com [Editor’s Note: Far East Correspondent Donald Kirk is back in the United States on leave.] By Donald Kirk WASHINGTON — The outbreak of protests in cities and even small communities across the U.S. reveals not only the extremes but also the confusion in American life. While the liberal media focuses on the […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By John J. Metzler The story comes right out of a Dan Brown mystery thriller in which Vatican secrets are targeted by State sponsored computer hackers. Yet according to cyber security sources, the intrusion into sensitive Vatican diplomatic traffic is not fiction, but a cold hard fact of modern espionage. The Recorded […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By Bill Juneau There is a clamor in the air about debates between President Donald Trump and Joe Biden. Republicans backing the President welcome them with open arms, and Democrats, along with a media that no longer even pretends to be unbiased, have suddenly decided that maybe debates aren’t all that important after […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By John J. Metzler Its very name Hagia Sophia evokes the ancient mysteries of Byzantium. Its setting along the Golden Horn on the majestic Bosphorus joining Europe and Asia in itself serves as a beacon for uniting world religions. Yet this magnificent church which has weathered the march of time and the shift of […]
