by WorldTribune Staff, May 14, 2019 Could classic movies and newer flicks which trigger the ire of the politically correct be banned from theaters or pulled from home video and streaming services? Actually, “it’s already being done,” an entertainment industry analyst says. Two years ago, a Memphis theater canceled a screening of the 1939 classic […]
by WorldTribune Staff, May 1, 2019 A new poll conducted by OnePoll on behalf of BetterHelp revealed that nine in 10 people admit to downplaying their emotions to avoid burdening a loved one. The study of 2,000 Americans found that 1 in 4 people don’t feel they have someone to confide in, the New York Post […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty Iranian police have arrested a couple for “outraging public decency” after they got engaged in front of a crowd at a shopping mall. Video of the public proposal in the western city of Arak appeared on social media on March 8, showing the pair standing amid […]
by WorldTribune Staff, February 6, 2019 Those who engage in regular religious practice are more likely to describe themselves as “very happy” compared to those who are less religious, a new Pew Research Center poll said. In the poll, religiously active respondents in 19 of the 26 nations surveyed said they were “very happy” people. […]
by WorldTribune Staff, January 16, 2019 The year 2018 was one messed up 365 days, humor columnist Dave Barry noted. The good news, at least it wasn’t a leap year. “What made this year so awful?” Barry asked in his 2018 year in review column for McClatchy Newspapers. “We could list many factors, including natural […]
by WorldTribune Staff, April 29, 2018 Under the California Healthy Youth Act, parents of students in the state’s public schools reportedly can’t pull their children out of sex-education classes which discuss gender identity and sexual orientation. In a letter to the Orange County Board of Education, General Counsel Ronald Wenkart noted that, under the California […]
Special to WorldTribune , December 25, 2016 The Bible (King James version), the Book of Luke 2:1 And it came to pass in those days, that there went out a decree from Caesar Augustus that all the world should be taxed. 2:2 (And this taxing was first made when Cyrenius was governor of Syria.) 2:3 […]
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Special to WorldTribune.com By Grace Vuoto The moment finally came. My husband and I looked at one another with pride and began that gleeful conversation: Is he ready for preschool? We concluded our first-born and four-year-old son, having enjoyed years of nurturing in the home, is indeed at last ready to begin his formal education […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By Grace Vuoto Is the Republican Party coyly planning to stab its supporters in the back? Recently, House Speaker John Boehner declared that immigration reform would be put on the back burner this year because President Barack Obama cannot be trusted to enforce the nation’s laws. Yet, if that is the true […]