Bloomberg: Enough with the PC — college should prepare students for life outside ‘protective bubbles’

Bloomberg: Enough with the PC — college should prepare students for life outside ‘protective bubbles’

Special to WorldTribune.com Ex-New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg has joined a growing list of Americans who are fed up with political correctness at the nation’s institutions of higher learning. The “whole purpose of college is to learn how to deal with difficult situations – not to run away from them,” Bloomberg said in a […]

Family of eyewitness to shooting of Nevada rancher LaVoy Finicum evicted from home

Family of eyewitness to shooting of Nevada rancher LaVoy Finicum evicted from home

Special to WorldTribune.com A woman who took her family gospel band to perform for occupiers at an Oregon wildlife refuge earlier this year was arrested and seven of her children were removed from their Kansas home. Odalis Sharp, 46, of Auburn was booked into the Shawnee County jail on April 29 for battery of an […]

University deletes cheerleader tryout ‘do’s and don’ts’ after PC outrage

University deletes cheerleader tryout ‘do’s and don’ts’ after PC outrage

Special to WorldTribune.com Microaggression alert. Apparently, a University of Washington infographic featuring a blonde, white cheerleader on a list of “do’s and dont’s” for cheer and dance team tryouts was too much for the grievance industry to handle. The list of “do’s” includes “girl about town lipstick,” “false lashes” and “flattering eye shadow,” “nude fingernail […]

Report: Prince was conservative Christian said to oppose gay marriage

Report: Prince was conservative Christian said to oppose gay marriage

Special to WorldTribune.com The provocative, sometimes raunchy music mega-star Prince was also deeply spiritual and reportedly opposed gay marriage, according to a Washington Post commentary piece. One of the “steamiest pop culture figures in the past quarter-century was a conservative Christian. Religious and spiritual themes ran through a huge amount of his work,” Post religion […]

Hillary’s e-mails: What is obvious, but not openly discussed

Hillary’s e-mails: What is obvious, but not openly discussed

Special to WorldTribune.com By Sol W. Sanders Not a lot that is being said by the talking heads makes sense in the case of Hillary Clinton’s e-mails. First of all, everything would tell us that any domestic or foreign political figure would be interested in the very fact that a specific subject had reached the […]

Celebrities end boycott of iconic Beverly Hills Hotel, shifting ire to North Carolina

Celebrities end boycott of iconic Beverly Hills Hotel, shifting ire to North Carolina

Special to WorldTribune.com How can Hollywood’s elite be expected to stay true to a cause when there’s a red carpet gala involved? Two years ago, celebrities announced they would resist the allure of the Beverly Hills Hotel after its owner, the Sultan of Brunei, imposed strict Sharia Law in his country that includes the stoning […]

Free speech fight: Think tank won’t submit to government demands to turn over climate change documents

Free speech fight: Think tank won’t submit to government demands to turn over climate change documents

Special to WorldTribune.com A public policy think tank says a government subpoena demanding documents related to its research on climate change is a blatant infringement of its First Amendment rights. Others see it as another step by the Obama administration to not only silence but criminalize so-called “climate change denial.” The Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI) […]

Supporters of Oregon ranchers say feds caused damage at refuge

Supporters of Oregon ranchers say feds caused damage at refuge

Special to WorldTribune.com Witnesses at Oregon’s Malheur Wildlife Refuge who were on hand during the standoff earlier this year between ranchers and government agents say the agents were responsible for damage caused to the refuge. The eyewitnesses made their case during four simultaneous news conferences in four states on March 29. They disputed the U.S. […]

The New York Times vs. consummate New Yorker Donald Trump

The New York Times vs. consummate New Yorker Donald Trump

Special to WorldTribune.com By Donald Kirk, EastAsiaIntel.com WASHINGTON ― Talk about local boy making good, and then look at the case of Donald Trump. He’s a New Yorker through and through ― looks, talks and acts like one, arrogant, sneering and sure of himself. So what are the New York papers saying about him? Clearly, […]

WORLD MATTERS: Yes, European conservatives agree, U.S. politics and media are in free fall

Special to WorldTribune.com By Uwe Siemon-Netto Pardon an outburst from a fervent friend of the United States: Yes, Secretary of State John Kerry is right! This year’s election campaign is indeed an embarrassment to America! As Kerry said, America’s friends around the world are shocked. I am a European conservative, and I am shocked. I […]