Tale of two special councils: In age of Bubba, before the Internet, the optics were different

Tale of two special councils: In age of Bubba, before the Internet, the optics were different

by WorldTribune Staff, May 25, 2018 Ken Starr, the special counsel appointed to investigate President Bill Clinton, was routinely slammed by the major media as “partisan,” “inept,” and even “a peeping Tom.” Now, the same media say it is “dangerous,” possibly even criminal, for the Trump White House or anyone else to criticize special counsel […]

Two U.S. students, East and West, take legal action against PC police

Two U.S. students, East and West, take legal action against PC police

by WorldTribune Staff, May 24, 2018 An Illinois high school valedictorian and an Oregon high school student are standing up for their First Amendment rights and taking on the PC police. Sam Blackledge, valedictorian at West Prairie High School in Sciota, Illinois, hired a lawyer after he said school officials demanded the removal of all […]

Leaders of both Koreas learn that Trump listens well but keeps own counsel

Leaders of both Koreas learn that Trump listens well but keeps own counsel

by WorldTribune Staff, May 25, 2018 World leaders are finding that U.S. President Donald Trump is quite cordial when it comes to ceremony and photo ops, but “will ultimately not yield to global peer pressure when its aims contradict his interests,” an analyst noted. “Committed but not stubborn, reasonable but not gullible, the global left […]

‘A truly sad moment’: Trump cancels summit with N. Korea’s Kim

‘A truly sad moment’: Trump cancels summit with N. Korea’s Kim

by WorldTribune Staff, May 24, 2018 U.S. President Donald Trump on May 24, in a letter to North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un, said he was canceling the summit between the two which had been scheduled for June 12 in Singapore. “Sadly, based on the tremendous anger and open hostility displayed in your most recent statement, […]

Pentagon withdraws China’s standing invitation to major Pacific RIMPAC exercise

Pentagon withdraws China’s standing invitation to major Pacific RIMPAC exercise

by WorldTribune Staff, May 24, 2018 China’s continued militarization of the South China Sea has led the U.S. military to disinvite Beijing’s navy from the upcoming Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) exercise in Hawaii, a Defense Department spokesman announced. China’s participation in the major biennial maritime war games since 2012 has been a bone of […]

Faith Whittlesey, 79, championed 2nd Amendment, opposed communism and regime-change

Faith Whittlesey, 79, championed 2nd Amendment, opposed communism and regime-change

by WorldTribune Staff, May 24, 2018 Amb. Faith Ryan Whittlesey, a Reagan administration official and 2nd Amendment proponent, died on May 21. She was 79. A staunch pro-Life conservative, Whittlesey was “an early and enthusiastic supporter of Donald Trump’s presidential campaign and remained a staunch ally,” Ralph Z. Hallow noted in an obituary for The […]

Newspapers increasingly on life support, and hedge funds are paying the bills

Newspapers increasingly on life support, and hedge funds are paying the bills

by WorldTribune Staff, May 22, 2018 Hedge funds have acquired ownership stakes in numerous American daily newspapers – but are the investment firms saving, or starving, the struggling papers? “Newspapers have struggled to adapt in an online world, from the Denver Post to the Providence Journal,” Bloomberg noted in a May 22 report. “Funds have […]

‘I don’t like that’: Trump ties China to change in attitude by N. Korea

‘I don’t like that’: Trump ties China to change in attitude by N. Korea

by WorldTribune Staff, May 23, 2018 The positive momentum and good-will between the U.S. and North Korea in recent months was suddenly interrupted earlier this month as the North’s belligerent attitude returned. In response, U.S. President Donald Trump pointed to a second meeting between North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un and Chinese supreme leader Xi Jinping […]

How the federal government won a 40-year battle with a Nevada ranching family

How the federal government won a 40-year battle with a Nevada ranching family

by WorldTribune Staff, May 23, 2018 The following article by Ramona Hage Morrison is featured in the Summer 2018 issue of Range magazine. Recently the Wall Street Journal carried a front-page feature by Jim Carlton highlighting my family, the Hages. It attempted to cover the plight of western ranchers and our 40-year David-and-Goliath struggle to […]

Report: Rank-and-file FBI agents want to be subpoenaed to expose agency politicization

Report: Rank-and-file FBI agents want to be subpoenaed to expose agency politicization

by WorldTribune Staff, May 23, 2018 Several FBI agents are hoping they will be subpoenaed to testify before Congress in order to reveal how former Director James Comey and former Deputy Director Andrew McCabe politicized the agency, a report said. Sources told reporter Kerry Picket that the FBI agents, who fear political and professional backlash, […]