Special to WorldTribune.com Commentary by Allan Wall, May 12, 2026 Mexico has 53 consulates on United States territory. It’s the biggest consular network, not just in the U.S., but in the whole world. Does Mexico really need so many consulates? The job of a consulate is to represent Country A in the territory of Country […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By John J. Metzler, May 11, 2026 THE HAGUE — Among the attributes of the Dutch people are hard work, punctuality and friendly free spirits. But when the new Netherlands coalition government was formed earlier in the year, one of its first steps was a massive tax increase on an already overburdened […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Commentary by Stephen Moore, May 5, 2026 The man just won’t leave the stage. Fed Chairman Jerome Powell announced last week that he’s going to remain on the Federal Reserve Board until 2028 even as he by law surrenders his chairmanship. The announcement came even after President Donald Trump agreed to drop […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By John J. Metzler, April 30, 2026 Set amid pomp and military pageantry at the White House, and bathed in the sunlight of a bright future, the USA offered its celebratory welcome to Britain’s visiting King Charles III and Queen Camilla. President Donald Trump’s warm welcome to the Royals offered a pitch […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By John J. Metzler, April 22, 2026 A hundred days have passed since the carnage. Those dark days in early January when a rolling crescendo of massive pro-democracy demonstrations took to the streets of Teheran and Iranian cities to demand not only political freedoms, but the most basic choice of social and […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By Bill Federer, April 18, 2026 In April of 1775, the British Royal Military Governor of Massachusetts, General Thomas Gage, sent 800 British Army Regulars, under the command of Lieutenant Colonel Francis Smith, on a preemptive raid to seize guns from American patriots at Lexington and Concord. George Mason of Virginia stated: […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By John J. Metzler, April 16, 2026 Splashdown! After a successful nine-day mission around the Moon, including the planet’s rarely seen Far Side aka the Dark Side, the Artemis II astronauts returned to earth with a textbook landing in the Pacific Ocean just off San Diego, California. Manned Lunar spaceflight has returned! […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By John Gizzi, April 13, 2026 Hours after Hungary’s longtime Prime Minister Viktor Orban conceded defeat to opposition leader Peter Magyar in elections Sunday night, American observers were wondering what kind of prime minister Hungary would have — particularly after 16 years of Orban, a favorite of President Donald Trump who was […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Commentary by Stephen Moore, April 8, 2026 Democrats keep attacking President Donald Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act of 2025 as a tax cut for the rich. But the data show that the average family gained roughly $2,000 on their lower tax bill for this year. Every Democrat in Congress voted no, […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By John J. Metzler, April 6, 2026 NATO is again in the rhetorical cross hairs as the Trump Administration has called out some European members for not allowing American aircraft transit through U.S. European bases. Nor have the Europeans rallied to politically help the United States confront Iran’s blockade of the strategic […]
