Special to WorldTribune.com Jeffrey T. Kuhner Trump is right. It’s time fans take a stand against the NFL’s multimillionaire thugs, who are protesting by kneeling during the national anthem. Their actions are not just disrespectful, but obscene and grotesque. The National Felon’s League has made a fatal mistake: It believes it has become bigger than […]
by WorldTribune Staff, September 25, 2017 Unlike the NBA, the NFL’s 2017 rulebook makes no mention of what players must do during the playing of the national anthem. A rumor that is circulating the web that a rule mandating players stand for the anthem does exist seems to be just that – a rumor. Snopes […]
by WorldTribune Staff, September 26, 2017 Football players kneeling during the national anthem “doesn’t wash” with millions of U.S. military veterans, the commander of Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) said on Sept. 25. “I stand for our flag and anthem,” Keith Harman, a Vietnam combat veteran, said. “And I kneel for our fallen. That’s what […]
by WorldTribune Staff, September 21, 2017 U.S. President Donald Trump is said to be leaning toward decertification of the Iran nuclear deal, reports said. “I have decided,” Trump told journalists when asked about an Oct. 15 deadline to re-certify the agreement. “I’ll let you know what the decision is.” NBC News, citing four sources, reported […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Jeffrey T. Kuhner Is Sen. Elizabeth Warren a hypocrite? That’s the question I recently posed to the liberal Democrat outside of the WRKO studio. Her response was telling: Full of sound and fury, signifying nothing. In other words, I touched a very raw nerve. First, let me explain about the confrontation that […]
by WorldTribune Staff, September 19, 2017 In his first address to the UN General Assembly, President Donald Trump on Sept. 19 said the U.S. will “forever be a great friend to the world” but that he will “defend America’s interests above all else.” During his 40-minute address, Trump had tough words for North Korea and […]
by WorldTribune Staff, September 17, 2017 Egypt’s Court of Cassation, in a final ruling issued on Sept. 16, sentenced Mohammed Morsi to 25 years in prison in a case accusing the former president of spying for Qatar. The court reduced Morsi’s sentence from an original 40 years in the case, which centered on the leaking […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By John J. Metzler NEW YORK — Taiwan’s socio/economic success story is world renowned. Yet an unfortunate byproduct of Taiwan’s rapid industrial development from the 1960’s through 1980’s involved considerable amounts of air and water pollution. Taiwan’s next challenge strives to create a cleaner environment by widespread policies of going green. In […]
by WorldTribune Staff, September 17, 2017 Tunisian Parliament has voted to allow women in the nation to marry non-Muslim men, overturning a law enacted in 1973. Previously, any non-Muslim man who wished to marry a Tunisian woman was forced to convert to Islam and display a certificate of his conversion to the authorities. He would […]
by WorldTribune Staff, September 17, 2017 In the last year, 10 current and former U.S. mayors have been accused of sex crimes ranging from possession of child pornography to physical abuse of victims as young as 4-years-old, according to reports. Earlier this month, Rick Nelson, the mayor of Stillwater, New York, resigned after being arrested […]
