Columnist: Enough with the ‘nation of immigrants’ mantra

Columnist: Enough with the ‘nation of immigrants’ mantra

by WorldTribune Staff, July 20, 2017 Democrats should stop using the mantra that the U.S. is a “nation of immigrants” to justify the importing of people from places such as Syria, Somalia, Afghanistan and Libya, author Richard F. Miniter wrote in a July 19 column for American Thinker. “An American immigrant is not someone supported […]

Syria-North Korea missile cooperation: Assad said to visit top-secret base

Syria-North Korea missile cooperation: Assad said to visit top-secret base

Special to WorldTribune.com By Geostrategy-Direct Syria, with the cooperation of North Korea and Russia, is constructing a secret facility to manufacture long-range missiles in a rural area outside the port city of Tartus, a Syrian opposition website reported. The Zamanalwsl.net website said that Syrian President Bashar Assad recently visited the facility under the guise of […]

U.S. weighs sanctions against Venezuela amid Maduro’s pursuit of ‘full dictatorship’

U.S. weighs sanctions against Venezuela amid Maduro’s pursuit of ‘full dictatorship’

by WorldTribune Staff, July 19, 2017 The Trump administration is considering sanctions against Venezuela amid Nicolas Maduro’s push for the so-called Constituent Assembly, which Washington says would grant the socialist president a “full dictatorship.” Polls show Venezuela’s ruling Socialists would be thrashed in any conventional election. A majority of people oppose the Constituent Assembly, which […]

No consequences for the ‘ruling class’ as the Republic hits uncharted waters

No consequences for the ‘ruling class’ as the Republic hits uncharted waters

Special to WorldTribune.com By Michael Giere, Fairfax Free Citizen You have to be astonished in the last decade by the complete collapse of any accountability in the political ruling class — the politicians, judges, and academics, the corporate news-entertainment complex, and the faceless bureaucratic apparatchiks — who would rule us commoners. We are witnessing the […]

Watchdog group calls for criminal inquiry of IRS for Obama-era abuses

Watchdog group calls for criminal inquiry of IRS for Obama-era abuses

by WorldTribune Staff, July 19, 2017 Government watchdog group Judicial Watch, citing a new report from the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration, said the Obama-era IRS’s practice of “losing” or “destroying” documents demands a criminal investigation. House Republicans in April called on the Justice Department to reopen the investigation into Lois Lerner and the […]

Buchanan’s warning: Unchecked power of the Mainstream Media endangering America

Buchanan’s warning: Unchecked power of the Mainstream Media endangering America

by WorldTribune Staff, July 18, 2017 Nearly daily leaks are pouring out of the investigative and security arms of the government, a reality that “underscores a truth of our time,” according to columnist Patrick Buchanan. “The mutual agendas of the deep-state leakers and the mainstream media mesh perfectly. “In the 19th century, power meant control […]

In blow to Iran, Russians ‘pressuring’ Assad to sever ties with Hizbullah

In blow to Iran, Russians ‘pressuring’ Assad to sever ties with Hizbullah

by WorldTribune Staff, July 18, 2017 Pro-Russian factions inside the Syrian regime’s inner circle are pressing President Bashar Assad to cut Syria’s alliance with Iran-backed Hizbullah, a report said. “There is a pro-Moscow faction that wants Syria to be secular and includes officers who trained in Russia,” said Ayman Abdel Nour, publisher of the largest anti-Assad Syrian […]

Hamas asks Algeria to accept its leaders ousted by Qatar

Hamas asks Algeria to accept its leaders ousted by Qatar

by WorldTribune Staff, July 18, 2017 Hamas has approached Algeria about the possibility of replacing Qatar as the headquarters for the terror organization’s officials abroad, a report said. After Qatari authorities, saying they were driven by “external pressures,” decided to expel several Hamas members, the terror organization asked Algeria to take in some of its […]

Skewed world: Geographers say too many straight white men in their ranks

Skewed world: Geographers say too many straight white men in their ranks

by WorldTribune Staff, July 18, 2017 Apparently, there is too much “white heteromasculinism” in geography these days. Those who thought geography mainly dealt with maps should know that there is a great deal of scholarship on the subject that is done by people. A pair of geographers have published a study arguing that papers should […]

99 years after Bolsheviks killed Russian tsar and his family, procession honors their memory

99 years after Bolsheviks killed Russian tsar and his family, procession honors their memory

Special to WorldTribune.com Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty Large numbers of people marched near the Russian city of Yekaterinburg before dawn on July 17 to mark the 99th anniversary of the killing by Bolsheviks of Tsar Nicholas II and his family. Marchers carried Russian Orthodox icons and crosses in the procession from the site […]