FPI / May 21, 2020 Commentary by Jason Orestes The destruction China has exported to the U.S. and the world continues to grow. Republican lawmakers and President Donald Trump are exploring ramifications that include an intentional default on Chinese debt. Frankly, this is a somewhat tepid punishment. China owns some $1.1 trillion of American treasuries, […]
FPI / May 18, 2020 Commentary by Lee Cohen Brexit is happening. The UK is currently in an official transition period leading up to its complete divorce from the European Union. During this phase, which lasts until the end of 2020, Britain is “no longer a member of the EU but continues to be subject […]
FPI / May 15, 2020 Commentary by Jason Orestes The U.S. continues to hemorrhage jobs and GDP as the coronavirus places the economy into a forced coma. Unemployment may temporarily approach Great Depression levels, and U.S. GDP may plummet by as much as 34 percent. While mega corporations are permitted to remain open, deemed “essential” […]
Special to WorldTribune, May 14, 2020 By Frank Luber Even in the worst of times, and certainly today’s pandemic-induced lockdown of America qualifies as one of the worst in our lifetime, there is a “silver lining”, if you are an optimist. In September of 2019, President Donald Trump went before the UN General Assembly and […]
FPI / May 10, 2020 Commentary by Jason Orestes Anytime China is brought up in mainstream dialogue, the general messaging tends to be as follows: China is an adversary and a problem, we know they lie, break laws, and outright steal from the U.S. and its companies. But we have to play nice because they […]
FPI / May 8, 2020 Commentary by Lee Cohen Many world leaders including those in the U.S., the UK, and Australia are calling for inquiries and punitive actions against what British author Charles Moore calls “a Chinese system of governmental, scientific and intellectual control whose secretiveness and mendacity have created the most sudden and widespread […]
FPI / May 4, 2020 Commentary by Jason Orestes There has been great upheaval at Facebook over the last year. Since 2019, five of the nine members of the board of directors have departed, with former American Express CEO Kenneth Chenault being the most recent to announce he’s leaving. He and Jeffrey Zients (a former […]
Special to WorldTribune, May 5, 2020 By Frank Luber What do Red China and the socialists in the United States have in common? The determination to “fundamentally change” this country into something the Founding Fathers would not recognize. It was former President Barack Obama who first mentioned it during his first presidential campaign. Audiences, not […]
FPI / April 30, 2020 The following ‘Letter from a friend’ was published by the Tribune Papers of western North Carolina. The country has been asked to shelter in place, to self-quarantine, for over a month. Everyone was told there was a two week “incubation” period, that if you were infected, it would manifest during […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By John McNabb, April 20, 2020 I flew my last sortie just over 50 years ago on April 3, 1970. Or at least I thought it was my last combat sortie in Southeast Asia! Uncle Sam had already gotten his money out of me as I flew virtually every day from March […]
