Is Darwinism settled science or ‘zombie science’? Doctrine encounters intellectual turbulence

Is Darwinism settled science or ‘zombie science’? Doctrine encounters intellectual turbulence

by WorldTribune Staff, May 15, 2017 Skeptics of such fashionable doctrines as evolution and climate change are seen by the secular humanist establishment as the deplorables of science. But many of those skeptics are scientists and are now challenging the dominant status of Darwinism in schools worldwide. An anti-Darwin petition to parliament in Belgrade, signed […]

Who is Emmanuel Macron? France’s new leader called ‘useful idiot’ on militant Islam

Who is Emmanuel Macron? France’s new leader called ‘useful idiot’ on militant Islam

by WorldTribune Staff, May 9, 2017 French President-elect Emmanuel Macron is a “globalist” and an “open promoter of multiculturalism” who does not consider Islamism a national threat, a French journalist and author said. “During the cold war with the Soviet Union, they were called ‘Useful Idiots,’ ” Yves Mamou wrote for Gatestone Institute on May […]

Report: Boko Haram commanders released in exchange for 82 schoolgirls

Report: Boko Haram commanders released in exchange for 82 schoolgirls

by WorldTribune Staff, May 7, 2017 Nigeria’s government released five commanders of Boko Haram in exchange for 82 of the schoolgirls who had been abducted by the terror group three years ago, Nigerian officials said. Nigerian authorities said 113 of the 276 Chibok girls abducted from their boarding school in 2014 remain missing. Girls who […]

Coast Guard chief: U.S. facing Russian ‘checkmate’ in Arctic

Coast Guard chief: U.S. facing Russian ‘checkmate’ in Arctic

by WorldTribune Staff, May 4, 2017 Russia is several moves ahead of the United States when it comes to the Arctic, with Moscow building up a huge military and industrial presence while the U.S. dawdles, the commandant of the U.S. Coast Guard said on May 3. Russia has “all their chess pieces on the board […]

In France, a showdown debate: ‘Parasite’ Marine Le Pen vs ‘smirking banker’ Macron

In France, a showdown debate: ‘Parasite’ Marine Le Pen vs ‘smirking banker’ Macron

by WorldTribune Staff, May 4, 2017 Populist candidate Marine Le Pen, in a televised debate on May 3, referred to her centrist opponent Emmanuel Macron as a “smirking banker” who was firmly in the pocket of German Chancellor Angela Merkel. “. . . The reality, you went to see Mrs. Merkel, you went to ask […]

Fake cheeks? He’s so vain, cosmetic surgeon says of ever-young Putin

Fake cheeks? He’s so vain, cosmetic surgeon says of ever-young Putin

by WorldTribune Staff, April 28, 2017 While some aging world leaders sag before our eyes, Russian President Vladimir Putin could be a poster boy for wrinkle-free creams. How does he it? The 64-year-old Putin is almost certainly subjecting his face to steady rounds of non-invasive cosmetic treatments, cosmetic surgeons told Canada’s National Post in an […]

French economist who predicted Trump win is betting on Le Pen

French economist who predicted Trump win is betting on Le Pen

by WorldTribune Staff, April 21, 2017 The Hong Kong-based economist who was one of the very few to publicly predict Donald Trump’s election victory is betting on Marine Le Pen winning in France. Charles Gave, founder of asset-allocation consultancy GaveKal Research, told Bloomberg the markets are underpricing Le Pen’s chances and not considering backlash in […]

How Iceland solved its teens’ substance abuse problem

How Iceland solved its teens’ substance abuse problem

by WorldTribune Staff, April 20, 2017 In the early 1990s, drug and alcohol abuse were skyrocketing among Iceland’s teenagers. “You couldn’t walk the streets in downtown Reykjavik on a Friday night because it felt unsafe,” said Reykjavik University psychology professor Harvey Milkman. “There were hordes of teenagers getting in-your-face drunk.” Today, “Iceland tops the European […]

Mattis concerned as Russia opens first of five Arctic military bases

Mattis concerned as Russia opens first of five Arctic military bases

by WorldTribune Staff, April 19, 2017 Russia has unveiled a 14,000-square-meter (151,000-square-foot) permanent military base in the Arctic, which President Vladimir Putin sees as a key strategic region. The Arctic Trefoil, the second Putin-era base in the Arctic, was built on a huge ice-covered archipelago called Franz Josef Land. The first base to be completed […]

Report: Liberal Sweden has become a breeding ground for terrorists

Report: Liberal Sweden has become a breeding ground for terrorists

by WorldTribune Staff, April 10, 2017 In 2017 Sweden, Islamic migrants are not assimilating, women feel unsafe in Muslim-majority neighborhoods and terrorists are being bred, according to a report by the Daily Mail. The “liberal country renowned for its generosity for more than half a century to those seeking refuge from war, poverty or oppression […]