Special to WorldTribune.com By Golnaz Esfandiari, Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty Nothing says “America” quite like the opening of a bogus Kentucky Fried Chicken in the Iranian capital. Too American, it seems, for Iranian authorities, who apparently spoiled the grand opening of a Turkish-born, Muslim-focused, “KFC Halal” restaurant in Tehran because they considered it […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By John J. Metzler UNITED NATIONS — The sweeping electoral victory of Canada’s Liberal Party under Justin Trudeau after ten years of Conservative party government, sets a new agenda and political template for Canada. But beyond retail politics as usual in Ottawa, Justin Trudeau’s win may signal a transformational moment for Canada […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By Golnaz Esfandiari, Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty The face of the Iran hostage crisis probably never envisioned the day her child would enroll at a university in the “Great Satan.” Yet the oldest son of Massumeh Ebtekar — a sitting vice president who made a name for herself as “Mary,” […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has forbidden future negotiations with the United States not only as a warning to Iran’s moderates, but in an effort to keep the nation’s disenchanted youth in line. Khamenei, who issued the ban on Oct. 7 in a speech to Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) commanders, is […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By Sheda Vasseghi What does chaos theory have to do with Donald Trump and are both just what America needs at this moment in history? In his Sept. 29, 2015, article, Mark Leibovich of The New York Times Magazine refers to the Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump as “a kind of one-man […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Facebook has been blocked in China since 2009. And now Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg’s request for an honorary Chinese name for his unborn daughter has been blocked by China’s president. At an exclusive White House soiree on Sept. 25, Zuckerberg was shot down when he asked President Xi Jinping to give him guidance […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By Uwe Siemon-Netto The flood of Middle Eastern refugees into Europe exposes a fatal flaw of the current democratic system in the United States. The defect is the innate inability of the fast-paced American system to bring a long-drawn-out war against an unconventional enemy to a victorious conclusion. As Adelbert Weinstein, the […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By Sheda Vasseghi Thanks to a weak and mediocre Mainstream Media, the only thing that people learned about the presidential contender, the Republican candidate Donald Trump, from a Sept. 9, 2015, interview by the Rolling Stone’s Paul Solotaroff is that he allegedly offended a female political rival. As far as comments on […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By Lindsay Schneider As a recent college graduate I see firsthand the responses of my peers, the Millennial generation, to any news story at all times of the day via Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram. For instance, not too long ago all one could see after a quick scroll through Facebook were rainbows. […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By Joe Schaeffer This article was also published at Crisis Magazine Conservatives and pro-life activists have bemoaned the mainstream media’s lack of coverage of the ongoing video exposé of Planned Parenthood’s efforts to harvest the body parts of aborted fetuses for money. An examination of the organization’s surprisingly close ties to major […]