Special to WorldTribune.com By Donald Kirk, EastAsiaIntel.com WASHINGTON – Credit someone in North Korea with a sense of historical irony. Who would have thought anyone up there would have dreamed of writing an imaginary letter from Abraham Lincoln to President Obama berating him for endorsing harsh UN sanctions and failing to halt the U.S. nuclear […]
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) […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Three former defense secretaries were blunt in their criticism of President Barack Obama and his “inexperienced advisers” for their distrust, micromanaging and second guessing of senior military commanders. A report by Fox News anchor Bret Baier revealed that low-level White House staffers went so far as to place phone calls to the […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Honest Abe has a message for the current occupant of the White House: President Barack Obama should rethink economic sanctions against North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un. At least, that’s what North Korea’s propaganda machine said in a bizarre open letter, written in what it said was the voice of Abraham Lincoln. “Hi […]
Special to WorldTribune.com “Hurt feelings” and “resentment” from the 2008 presidential campaign continue to linger in the relationship between former first ladies Michelle Obama and Hillary Clinton, the author of a new book said. “The 2008 presidential campaign left deep and lasting scars on both the Clinton and the Obama camps, and they are still […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Though Iran constantly defies the U.S. with new missile tests, humiliated U.S. sailors earlier this year and regards America as its No. 1 enemy, the smitten Obama administration is continuing its courtship of the Islamic republic. While Iran ramped up its harsh rhetoric last week, first lady Michelle Obama hosted a traditional Iranian […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By Sol W. Sanders There are more questions than answers, at least so far, in the leak of bits and pieces of what is said to be 11.5 million documents from, an incredibly and again allegedly corrupt Panamanian law firm. The first gleanings from “the papers” has already toppled the prime minister […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By John J. Metzler UNITED NATIONS — A new dawn has come to Burma. At long last the political pariah state, also known as Myanmar, has ushered in a new civilian government in which Nobel Peace Prize laureate Aung San Suu Kyi has a strong if not formal hand at the democratic […]
Special to WorldTribune.com The U.S. Congress is proposing emergency funding for Egypt and other Middle East nations in the “multiple billions” of dollars. Sen. Lindsey Graham, part of a congressional delegation that recently visited Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Israel, said he was “stunned at how things have deteriorated,” notably in Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula bordering […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By Donald Kirk, EastAsiaIntel.com WASHINGTON ― Here’s a question people here keep asking: Is North Korea a terrorist state? Forget about the missile shots. They’ve all landed in the sea and harmed no one. What about the nuclear tests? They dislocated some rocks deep underground but were otherwise harmless. So what does […]
