Special to WorldTribune.com Jeffrey T. Kuhner The establishment has become unhinged. Donald Trump’s call to impose a temporary moratorium on Muslim immigration and travel into the United States has caused the political and media class to completely melt down. Liberals openly refer to him as a new “Hitler” or neo-fascist strongman. All of his fellow […]
Sol W. Sanders Following is an excerpt from People! Vignettes gathered along the way through a long life, by Sol Sanders, to be published later this spring by Lulu.com. Former Mentor Minister Lee Kwan Yew, 91, died March 23, 2015 in Singapore. “You should get your equipment together before you come to an appointment with […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By Sol W. Sanders The lack of public outcry over the continued persecution and murder of Christians in the Middle East is a scandal of enormous proportions. Only a few websites devoted to possible rescuing these victims dogs the internet. But pronouncements from public figures and even the leaders of Western Christendom […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By John J. Metzler UNITED NATIONS — Calling 2015 a year which has brought “both breakthrough and horror,” UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon presented a global report card of sorts on a “pivotal year” in which the world organization marked its 70th anniversary as well as helped achieve what he outlined as […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Jeffrey T. Kuhner The establishment has become unhinged. Donald Trump’s call to impose a temporary moratorium on Muslim immigration and travel into the United States has caused the political and media class to completely melt down. Liberals openly refer to him as a new “Hitler” or neo-fascist strongman. All of his fellow […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By Donald Kirk, EastAsiaIntel.com WASHINGTON ― The term “new cold war” is gaining common currency. That’s because of Russia more than China. Russian President Vladimir Putin is talking like a latter-day Cold Warrior in nationalist, ethnocentric terms that alarm a new generation of Kremlin-watchers. Putin, they say, is appealing to deep instincts […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By John J. Metzler UNITED NATIONS — China’s President Xi Jinxing visited southern Africa both to build upon booming business relations and improve cozy political ties between the People’s Republic and key regional states. Beijing is already the African continent’s top trade partner with $222 billion in commerce; moreover China is weaving […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By Donald Kirk, EastAsiaIntel.com WASHINGTON ― First he was talking about kicking out all 12 million “illegal immigrants” in the U.S., and now he wants to exclude Muslims from the right to enter the U.S. You have to wonder from Donald Trump’s remarks whether he’s lost touch with the concept of the […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By John J. Metzler UNITED NATIONS — More than thirty years ago, back in the Summer of 1985, the world came together to help famine stricken Ethiopia. The Live Aid Concerts in London and Philadelphia, raised both public awareness and impressive final assistance for the starving masses in the East African country. […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By Donald Kirk, EastAsiaIntel.com SEOUL — Freedom will ring on the streets of Seoul Saturday, when demonstrators denounce the government for numerous transgressions beginning with the scheme to impose state-edited, state-published school textbooks in place of those by independent scholars. People by now are so accustomed to the sounds of protests reverberating […]