Special to WorldTribune.com By John J. Metzler It’s summertime and the living is easy, as the old song goes. And vacations both domestic and international should be surging despite dark pandemic clouds still shrouding parts of the world. But last year’s collapse in international tourism, seeing a decline by 74 percent in 2020, has still […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By John J. Metzler Amid pomp, pageantry and proletarian parades, China’s President Xi Jinping kicked off festivities celebrating the 100th Anniversary of the Communist Party of China (CCP). The mass performances and political choreography, one of the things dictatorships seem to do so well, was held in Beijing’s Tiananmen Square. Dressed in […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By Bill Juneau Over the past months and years, stories are posted regularly which reveal the Intelligence Quotient (IQ) of Presidents, celebrities, and the rich and famous whose names make headlines. Reports differ as to highs and lows, but it is generally fun to hear of the eggheads and the celebrity empty […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By John J. Metzler Dark clouds are shadowing Afghanistan as the final pullout of American forces from the beleaguered war-torn country continues, and the future darkens with the likely approach of a militant Taliban regime. Time is running out to “prevent a worst case scenario” as Deborah Lyons, the UN’s Special Representative […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Jeffrey T. Kuhner Joe Biden must be impeached. According to the standards set by Democrats in their first impeachment against then-President Donald Trump, Biden has clearly committed high crimes and misdemeanors. He must go. Biden’s White House suspended a $100 million lethal aid package to Ukraine just days prior to the summit […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By John J. Metzler Were there great expectations for the summit meeting in Geneva between President Joe Biden and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin? Certainly not, but in the immediate aftermath of the U.S. president’s week of transatlantic diplomacy at the G-7 in Britain, and the NATO meeting in Belgium, a clear […]
Analysis by WorldTribune, June 20, 2021 To Our Readers, Since early 2020, an unprecedented and surreal war of ideas has upended lives and livelihoods worldwide. Misleading narratives and outright disinformation have bred confusion, panic and despair. Most do not remember World War II. We now find ourselves in what may later be called an Information […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Jeffrey T. Kuhner Attorney General Merrick Garland wants to suppress and shut down Arizona’s post-election audit. The question is: What are he and the Democrats so afraid of? For weeks, Arizona officials have been conducting a thorough, comprehensive and independent forensic audit of the presidential election ballots cast in Maricopa County, the […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By John J. Metzler European majorities seem troubled and deeply disillusioned over the ongoing COVID pandemic, which has turned into a crisis of confidence in the European Union, and equally stirred lingering doubts about the United States as a partner and ally. This gloomy assessment is reflected in a current poll which […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By John J. Metzler Economic growth is making a long-awaited rebound after the height of the global pandemic; yet the recovery is still shadowed by serious and ongoing concerns overactive Corona virus outbreaks and the danger of flareups on the international scene. Thus while “the global growth outlook has improved, led by […]
