Special to WorldTribune.com By John J. Metzler Amid the theatrical fanfare and political pomp, China’s annual “National People’s Congress” met in Beijing to dutifully endorse the ruling Communist Party’s (CCP) vision for the future. Nearly 3,000 delegates surrounded by the red and gold trappings of the People’s Republic and energized by the musical choreography of […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By John J. Metzler More than a month after the military overthrew Burma’s elected government, the situation in the South East Asian country aka Myanmar remains “fragile and fluid,” according to the UN’s Special Envoy Christine Schraner Burgener. Addressing a General Assembly session on the percolating political and humanitarian situation in Myanmar, […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By Bill Juneau A few weeks ago, we got word that the Baseball Hall of Fame would not be inducting any new members for 2021, and that included Curt Schilling whose outstanding performance as a fast-ball king is undeniable. But for his born-again Christian and conservative views, he would have been enshrined […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By John J. Metzler A decade ago, winds of change and calamity blew across the Middle East. From Tunisia to Egypt, Syria, and later Libya, entrenched autocracies were challenged politically by what became known as the Arab Spring, a series of popular and quasi-democratic uprisings which shook the status quo and smashed […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Jeffrey T. Kuhner Former President Donald Trump is back. This was the real message of his Sunday speech to CPAC. Trump laid out his vision for the Republican Party and the country. He brilliantly contrasted the disaster of the Biden regime versus the successes of his administration. Trump rightly touted his record […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By John J. Metzler “I’m sending a clear message to the world: America is back. The transatlantic alliance is back,” President Joe Biden affirmed to a high level assembly of European leaders. I didn’t realize we had left. “The transatlantic alliance is a strong foundation, the strong foundation, on which our collective […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By John McNabb During the 2016 Presidential Campaign then candidate Trump consistently spoke of the Washington, D.C. “Swamp”. Little did America know what had happened to our government during the past decades. As I became involved in the campaign and started knocking on doors on Capitol Hill, I quickly came to the […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By John J. Metzler When the new Biden Administration spoke grandly of “restoring America’s place in the world,” that bold new relationship with Canada restarted with an insult. Indeed, while the United States and Canada are among the world’s best neighbors, trading partners, and security allies, the governments in Washington and Ottawa […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Jeffrey T. Kuhner Democrats are setting an ominous precedent by holding a Senate impeachment trial of former President Donald Trump. They have crossed the Rubicon, which will haunt this country for years to come. The trial is a sham. It is illegal and unconstitutional for one simple reason: Trump is a private […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By John J. Metzler Burma’s military coup d’etat overthrowing the democratically elected government has provided the stage for a new morality play in Southeast Asia. We already know the players. On the one side we see the seemingly virtuous young democracy led by a Nobel Peace Prize laureate being pushed aside by […]
