Special to WorldTribune.com Dennis Prager The nearly universal change from wishing fellow Americans “Merry Christmas” to wishing them “Happy Holidays” is a very significant development in American life. Proponents of “Happy Holidays” argue that it’s no big deal at all, and that proponents of “Merry Christmas” are making a mountain out of a molehill, especially […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Bill Gertz, Washington Free Beacon A Chinese attack submarine conducted a simulated cruise missile attack on the aircraft carrier USS Reagan during a close encounter several weeks ago, according to American defense officials. The targeting incident near the Sea of Japan in October violated China’s 2014 commitment to the multinational Code for […]
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Special to WorldTribune.com By Michelle Malkin In life and leadership, accountability means consequences for bad behavior. In Washington, accountability means yet another congressional meeting about another government scandal perpetrated by tax-subsidized corruptocrats who get away with murder. Literally. This week, the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs will hold the 999,999th oversight hearing (give or take […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Bill Gertz, Washington Free Beacon Days after President Barack Obama urged China to halt the militarization of newly-created islands in the South China Sea, China continues military deployments, exercises and construction in the disputed waterway. During a summit meeting with Pacific Rim leaders in Manila Nov. 18, Obama called on China to […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Is faith in God just a holdover from our evolutionary past? . . . Once upon a time on the African Serengeti, our Australopithecine great-great-grandparents heard a rustle in the tall grass. Those who shrugged it off were frequently killed and eaten by lions. But those who got spooked and ran away […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Bill Gertz, Washington Free Beacon The Pentagon has not conducted airstrikes against an estimated 60 Islamic State (IS) training camps that are supplying thousands of fighters each month to the terror group, according to defense and intelligence officials. The camps are spread throughout Islamic State-controlled areas of Iraq and Syria and are […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Dennis Prager The left’s reactions to the terror attack on Paris are in keeping with its tradition of getting almost everything wrong. Take Bernie Sanders, for example. At the Democratic presidential debate, one day after the Paris attack, the democratic socialist candidate made this observation about Al Qaida: “I would argue that […]
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Special to WorldTribune.com The U.S. Navy’s USS Kentucky (SSBN-737), an Ohio-class ballistic missile submarine, launched an unarmed Trident missile as part of a test over the weekend in the Pacific Ocean. The Pentagon released a statement late Saturday confirming the scheduled test flight of the Trident II (D5) missile in the Pacific Test Range off […]