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, […]
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 […]
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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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Bill Gertz, Washington Free Beacon China on Wednesday confirmed that it carried out a third flight test of a new hypersonic strike vehicle that U.S. officials say is part of efforts by Chinese nuclear forces to penetrate U.S. strategic missile defenses. A Chinese Defense Ministry spokesman told state-run news media the Dec. […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By Thomas Sowell The fiasco of “Rolling Stone” magazine’s apology for an unsubstantiated claim of gang rape at a University of Virginia fraternity house — and the instant rush to judgment of the university administration in shutting down all fraternities, when those charges were made — should warn us about the dangers […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Bill Gertz, Washington Free Beacon A French satellite company has suspended a deal with Moscow to build spy satellites for the Russian military amid U.S. concerns the satellites will contain U.S.-origin technology and violate sanctions and U.S. export controls. The plan by Thales Alenia Space to sell the reconnaissance satellites would undermine […]
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