Canceling of ‘Roseanne’ spotlights Disney’s mixed record on apologies to targeted public officials

Canceling of ‘Roseanne’ spotlights Disney’s mixed record on apologies to targeted public officials

by WorldTribune Staff, May 30, 2018 Bob Iger, CEO of the Walt Disney Co., which owns ABC, said canceling “Roseanne” was “the right thing to do” and he personally apologized to Obama administration official Valerie Jarrett. President Donald Trump responded, in a May 30 tweet, asking about his own apologies from ABC: “Bob Iger of […]

40 million enslaved by human trafficking: ‘Cops and clergy’ join forces

40 million enslaved by human trafficking: ‘Cops and clergy’ join forces

Special to WorldTribune.com By John J. Metzler UNITED NATIONS — The challenge is growing. The risk is widening. The stakes are stark. Those are some of the key takeaways from a UN press briefing on an expanding and dangerous global challenge; human slavery and sex trafficking where forty million lives hang in a precarious balance […]

Ridding the culture of Roseanne Barr: A closer look

Ridding the culture of Roseanne Barr: A closer look

Special to WorldTribune.com Jeffrey T. Kuhner The firing of Roseanne Barr is a cultural watershed — a major victory for the progressive Left and political correctness. It also exemplifies the hideous hypocrisy and double-standard at the heart of modern liberalism. Decent people everywhere should be outraged. ABC executives canceled the hit sitcom, “Roseanne,” after its […]

Two U.S. students, East and West, take legal action against PC police

Two U.S. students, East and West, take legal action against PC police

by WorldTribune Staff, May 24, 2018 An Illinois high school valedictorian and an Oregon high school student are standing up for their First Amendment rights and taking on the PC police. Sam Blackledge, valedictorian at West Prairie High School in Sciota, Illinois, hired a lawyer after he said school officials demanded the removal of all […]

Another promise kept: Trump acts on Planned Parenthood abortions after GOP failed

Another promise kept: Trump acts on Planned Parenthood abortions after GOP failed

Special to WorldTribune.com By Grace Vuoto President Donald Trump will curtail Planned Parenthood’s ability to administer abortions, thus keeping a central campaign promise. The President will use executive action to enact a 1988 Reagan regulation, upheld by the Supreme Court, that dictates the precise use of federal funds for family planning services. Organizations like Planned […]

Millennial convict: Talk radio turned my life ‘completely around’

Millennial convict: Talk radio turned my life ‘completely around’

Special to WorldTribune.com The following excerpt is from the Rush Limbaugh show of May 18, 2018 RUSH: Jerome in Traverse City, Michigan. You’re next on Open Line Friday. Hi. CALLER: How’s it going, Rush? RUSH: Hey! We’re doing great today. Thank you. CALLER: Well, I’m just calling in to say that, you know, you saved […]

Teachers are marching in NC capital, but what is the state of education?

Teachers are marching in NC capital, but what is the state of education?

Special to WorldTribune.com By David W. Goetze, Wake Forest Weekly As teachers from across our State prepare to gather in Raleigh on May 16 to demand higher pay, it would benefit everyone considering the merits of their quest to understand a few things about just where we are in educating our children here in North […]

Supreme Court clears way for states to legalize sports betting, increase revenues

Supreme Court clears way for states to legalize sports betting, increase revenues

by WorldTribune Staff, May 15, 2018 The U.S. Supreme Court on May 14 struck down a 1992 law that barred state-authorized sports gambling. Gaming industry analysts estimated 32 states would likely offer sports betting within five years of the ruling, The Associated Press reported. In a 6-3 ruling, the court struck down the Professional and […]

Comedian’s advice for the Left: ‘Cool kids can’t be hysterical every day’

Comedian’s advice for the Left: ‘Cool kids can’t be hysterical every day’

by WorldTribune Staff, May 10, 2018 More celebrities may follow Kanye West in rebelling against “leftist hysteria” in Hollywood, comedian Dennis Miller said. “If you’re going to be the cool kids, you cannot be hysterical every day,” Miller said of Democrats and leftists who are constantly calling for President Donald Trump’s impeachment. “If you’re saying […]

Contempt for Melania Trump and Gina Haspel exposes Left’s fake ‘feminism’

Contempt for Melania Trump and Gina Haspel exposes Left’s fake ‘feminism’

Special to WorldTribune.com By Grace Vuoto It is supposed to be a new era of female empowerment, fueled by the #Me Too movement. Yet, those aspirations do not apply to elite conservative women like First Lady Melania Trump or President Donald Trump’s nominee to head the CIA, Gina Haspel. For these women, the nation’s liberal […]