Special to WorldTribune.com By Bill Juneau, April 30, 2023 It was just about 35 years ago that the baseball world got ripped with the news that Pete Rose who was then a player-manager for the Cincinnati Reds, had been betting on major league baseball games in violation of an unbendable written rule. Commissioner A. Bartlett […]
Special to WorldTribune, April 27, 2023 . . . Reality Check Commentary by Laurence F Sanford Where is Don Quixote when we need him? His fantasy was to slay giants (in reality, windmills) in his quest to fight injustice through chivalry. Green energy proponents have a carbon dioxide “net zero emissions” fantasy of powering civilization […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By Bill Juneau, April 20, 2023 Like past school shootings, the assault on the Covenant elementary school in Nashville, Tenn., was tragic, sad and ugly, and it is now a part of this nation’s history. Three small children and three adult faculty members were gunned down by a troubled 28-year-old woman in […]
Special to WorldTribune Commentary by Laurence F Sanford, April 12, 2023 The Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) unrestricted warfare against the United States is gaining footholds in Central and Latin America. More effective than direct kinetic military attacks are economic, political, and law warfare against the “villain” United States. “Part I” discussed gains in Honduras and […]
Special to WorldTribune, April 7, 2023 Commentary by Laurence F Sanford The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is increasing its social, economic, and strategic footprint in the Central American countries of Guatemala, El Salvador, Belize, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, and Panama. The United States and democracies are fading away while socialism/communism is rising and encircling the […]
Special to WorldTribune, March 30, 2023 Commentary by Laurence F Sanford China is a growing presence economically, politically, and socially near our southern border: Yes, in Mexico. Fentanyl — China supplies Mexican cartels the raw ingredients to make fentanyl and other opioid drugs for smuggling into the United States. Over 100,000 Americans died last year […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By Bill Juneau, March 31, 2023 While campaigning for President in 2020, Joe Biden promised that he would end death sentences on the federal level and that he would work to persuade states allowing for that punishment to change directions. Under federal and military law, a President must sign off before a […]
Special to WorldTribune, March 17, 2023 Commentary by Laurence F Sanford President Xi Jinping of the People’s Republic of China is often photographed with a smug smile, bordering on a smirk. It conveys the satisfaction that comes with presumed success. For all his unreported problems at home, Xi must enjoy the spectacle of the United […]
Special to WorldTribune Commentary by Ann Schockett, March 14, 2023 Whatever happened to connecting with people up close and personal? Human interaction and interpersonal relationships have been deeply affected by new technology. The ubiquitous use of smart phones and the dramatic rise of social media sites have afforded us sensational technological innovations but also impersonal […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Commentary by Bill Juneau, March 11, 2023 The cartoon character “Dilbert,” which has always ranked high on “favorite comic lists,” has been excised from thousands of newspapers. The block-headed Dilbert, a crotchety yet fan-favorite engineer, who often picked at the inadequacies of his fellow workers and could be sarcastic in upbraiding them, […]
