If the Republican primaries are any indication, one big debate in the upcoming election will be whether President Obama is pushing the country toward a European-style welfare culture. While it’s true that the country has been headed in this direction for many years — with the explosion in entitlements since the 1960s and the aging […]
Remember the moment in 2008 when Charlie Gibson of ABC News asked Senator Barack Obama why he would support raising the capital gains tax even though “revenues from the tax increased” when the rate fell? Mr. Obama’s famous reply: “I would look at raising the capital gains tax for purposes of fairness.” Well, we were […]
By Rowan Scarborough, The Washington Times If Syria’s regime falls, the U.S. will be in a better position to answer one of the lingering questions from the long Iraq War: Did Baghdad ship weapons of mass destruction components to Syria before the 2003 American-led invasion? Flashback: U.S. suspects Iraqi WMD in Lebanon’s Bekaa Valley An […]
Jeb Bush, the popular former Florida governor, said he will “stay neutral” in the state’s Republican presidential primary while warning his party’s candidates to leave the “circular firing squad” of their debates behind and start appealing to a broader audience. Bush’s remarks, in an exclusive interview, establish a challenge for his party’s candidates as the […]
Special to WorldTribune.com CAIRO — Sudan continues to block crude oil from the new breakaway republic in the south. Officials said the Khartoum regime has not allowed crude oil from South Sudan to travel through the north’s pipeline. They said Khartoum was holding the oil rather than allowing the energy to make it to port […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By Bill Gertz, Times247.com The Obama administration is launching a new space arms-control initiative that critics say will lead to restrictions on U.S. military activities in space, a key U.S. strategic war-fighting advantage. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton is expected to announce the initiative as early as Tuesday. The plan will […]
WASHINGTON — The Obama administration warned Iran’s supreme political-religious authority closing the Strait of Hormuz would trigger a U.S. response, U.S. officials said. The administration, using a secret communications channel officials would not describe, warned Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei that closing the narrow, strategically important strait between the Gulf of Oman and the […]
Special to WorldTribune.com CAIRO — Algeria has appointed a retired general to be its new security chief. The regime of President Abdul Aziz Bouteflika has named [Ret.] Gen. Othman Tartag to head the Homeland Security Department. The department has been deemed the most powerful agency in the Algerian security establishment. “He is a tough man […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Based on an article by Cliff Kincaid for Accuracy in Media Philip Ellender, a representative of the libertarian Koch brothers, has issued a statement saying that, “Contrary to unfounded speculation by Politico and others, neither Charles Koch nor David Koch, nor any Koch company has provided funding to or has any involvement […]
Special to WorldTribune.com AMMAN — Despite repeated government denials, Jordan has agreed to accommodate Hamas leaders from neighboring Syria. Islamic sources said Jordan allowed several senior Hamas members to resettle in Jordan from Damascus in late 2011. The sources said Jordan has been under pressure from both Qatar and Saudi Arabia to host the Hamas […]