Cold War replay: This time we lose

Cold War replay: This time we lose

Special to WorldTribune.com By Mona Charen Has there ever been a president more eager to make concessions to vicious regimes than Barack Obama? The opening of diplomatic relations with Cuba is the latest and, one fears, not the last in a string of preemptive concessions. Obama, with his blend of hard-left prejudices and vaulting solipsism, […]

Russia concluded intel deal with Cuba months before Obama announcement

Russia concluded intel deal with Cuba months before Obama announcement

Special to WorldTribune.com Bill Gertz, Inside the Ring, Washington Times Months before President Obama announced on Wednesday that he is seeking to do away with decades of U.S. economic sanctions against the communist regime in Cuba, Russia concluded a security deal with Havana aimed at bolstering intelligence and military ties to the island dictatorship. The […]

Fear stalks the multiplexes in what was once the season of peace and joy

Fear stalks the multiplexes in what was once the season of peace and joy

Special to WorldTribune.com As hackers issued new threats of violence on Tuesday, Sony Pictures began telling theater owners who had booked The Interview that they are free to drop the movie, and that the studio will support them whatever decision they make. The situation appears to be very fluid: Neither the National Association of Theatre […]

Chaplain written up for citing his faith to combat suicide in the ranks

Chaplain written up for citing his faith to combat suicide in the ranks

Special to WorldTribune.com Chaplain Joseph Lawhorn was given a “letter of concern” from a superior at Fort Benning for explaining to the class about how his Christian faith helped him through his depression. Col.l David G. Fivecoat, commander of the Airborne and Ranger Training Brigade at Fort Benning, delivered the punishment: … “You provided a […]

U.S. may again deploy nuclear missiles in Europe after Russian treaty violations

U.S. may again deploy nuclear missiles in Europe after Russian treaty violations

Special to WorldTribune.com Bill Gertz, Washington Free Beacon The Pentagon is considering the re-deployment of nuclear cruise missiles in Europe in response to a new Russian cruise missile that the United States has charged violates a 1987 nuclear treaty, a senior Pentagon official told Congress on Wednesday. Brian P. McKeon, deputy undersecretary of defense for […]

Orion’s little-noticed, record-breaking flight

Orion’s little-noticed, record-breaking flight

Special to WorldTribune.com [CLICK ON IMAGE FOR HIGH RESOLUTION, NASA]   Headed for two orbits of planet Earth and a splashdown in the Pacific, Orion blazed into the early morning sky on Friday at 7:05am ET. The spacecraft was launched atop a United Launch Aliance Delta IV Heavy rocket from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station […]

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