Special to WorldTribune.com By Donald Kirk WASHINGTON – Koreans may not believe it, but the upcoming PyeongChang Winter Olympics are not uppermost on the minds of Americans. In fact, no one in the upper reaches of the U.S. government, including President Trump, is worrying about whether North Korea is using the Games to drive a […]
Special to WorldTribune By Miles Maochun Yu, Hoover Institution Editors’ note: The following, published originally on Jan. 29, 2016, is still relevant two years later. A significant portion of our national security establishment, painstakingly built up during the Cold War, has accepted the assumption that when it comes to threats from sovereign states, Russia, not […]
by WorldTribune Staff, January 14, 2018 Chelsea Manning has filed to run as a Democrat for a U.S. Senate seat in Maryland. Manning, 30, is challenging two-term Sen. Ben Cardin in the June primary. Manning’s filing was received Jan. 11, according to Federal Election Commission records. In 2013, the ex-army intelligence analyst formerly known as […]
by WorldTribune Staff, January 12, 2018 Even with overwhelming evidence of its failure “everywhere it has been tried,” socialism remains a threat to freedom, two analysts said. A 2016 Gallup poll found 35 percent of Americans viewed socialism favorably. Among voters younger than 30, that number was an eye-opening 55 percent, Garland S. Tucker III […]
by WorldTribune Staff, January 12, 2018 Virginia’s Democratic governor on Jan. 11 pretty much threatened President Donald Trump with felonious assault. But then this is the same guy whose top achievement as governor was restoring the voting rights of convicted felons. Gov. Terry McAuliffe, whose pals say is “seriously considering” a run at the presidency […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By Donald Kirk WASHINGTON ― Uh oh. Watch for all the soothsayers putting in their two cents or two won worth on the future of the Korean Peninsula, post-PyeongChang. Beware of the cognoscenti with dire forecasts of capitulation to the evil Northers, with hopeful words of peace at last, with demands for […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By John J. Metzler UNITED NATIONS — Surging crowds thronged the streets of Tehran and cities across Iran screaming Death to the Shah, Death to America. A situation brewing for a few years reached its boiling point with the return of an obscure Ayatollah from exile. The old order collapsed as the […]
by WorldTribune Staff, January 10, 2018 A panel of federal judges on Jan. 9 ruled that North Carolina’s General Assembly must quickly redraw congressional district maps. In ruling the current map drawn by Republicans is illegally gerrymandered, the judges gave lawmakers until Jan. 24 to redraw the districts. North Carolina has 13 congressional districts. Representation […]
by WorldTribune Staff, January 8, 2018 The NFL has agreed to funnel millions of dollars to social justice groups tied to leftist billionaire George Soros. ESPN reported that a seven-year, $89 million deal with the Players Coalition will call for NFL owners to send tens of millions of dollars to the Dream Corps, a leftist advocacy group […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By Donald Kirk WASHINGTON – North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un is planning more missile tests even as he tries to split the historic South Korea-U.S. alliance with a skillfully worded offer of North-South dialogue and North Korean participation in the upcoming Pyeongchang Winter Olympics. The widespread view here is that Kim has […]
