Opting out not an option for parents confronted by California’s sexual orientation curriculum

Opting out not an option for parents confronted by California’s sexual orientation curriculum

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 […]

Kanye West vs. groupthink: A powerful defense of liberty from an unlikely source

Kanye West vs. groupthink: A powerful defense of liberty from an unlikely source

Special to WorldTribune.com By Grace Vuoto Should we laugh or cry that it is currently renowned rapper and fashion designer Kanye West who is holding high the torch of free speech and free thought? He sounds almost like John Stuart Mill in his bold defense of liberty. “You don’t have to agree with Trump but […]

Mattis confirms he ordered Russian mercenary force ‘to be annihilated’

Mattis confirms he ordered Russian mercenary force ‘to be annihilated’

In the “crowded battlefield” that is Syria, U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis confirmed he gave the order for an enemy force that included Russian mercenaries “to be annihilated.” Mattis made the revelation during testimony to the Senate Armed Services Committee on April 26. Sen. Deb Fischer, Nebraska Republican, asked Mattis about the February attack on […]

Victor Davis Hanson: Mueller investigation ignores actual lawbreakers

Victor Davis Hanson: Mueller investigation ignores actual lawbreakers

by WorldTribune Staff, April 27, 2018 As special counsel Robert Mueller pursues his search for “hypothetical lawbreaking” he also continues to ignore “actual lawbreakers,” an analyst noted. “For over a year, we have had two standards of legality when there can only be one,” Victor Davis Hanson, a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution, wrote […]

Real news in Korea always comes as a complete surprise

Real news in Korea always comes as a complete surprise

Special to WorldTribune.com By Donald Kirk Here’s a hard truth that’s certifiable by any rudimentary review of modern Korean history: the real news about Korea catches almost everyone by surprise. Who, for instance, would have predicted the outbreak of the Korean War nearly seven decades ago? Who knew, in the depths of South Korea’s economic […]

Pope Francis praises exorcism as way ‘to fight against evil’

Pope Francis praises exorcism as way ‘to fight against evil’

by WorldTribune Staff, April 26, 2018 Exorcism is an effective way to fight evil and baptism holds the key to being able to perform exorcisms, Pope Francis said on April 25. During his weekly address at St. Peter’s Square in Rome, the pope said exorcism is a “way to fight against evil” and “escape from […]

Houthi political chief killed in Saudi-led coalition airstrike

Houthi political chief killed in Saudi-led coalition airstrike

by WorldTribune Staff, April 25, 2018 The political leader and second in command of the Iran-backed Houthi rebels was killed in a Saudi-led coalition airstrike in Yemen, the Houthi-run Saba news agency confirmed on April 23. Saleh Al-Sammad, head of the Houthis’ so-called Supreme Political Council, was killed in the eastern province of Hodeida on […]

Iran promotes homegrown app with ‘death to America’ emoji

Iran promotes homegrown app with ‘death to America’ emoji

by WorldTribune Staff, April 26, 2018 Iran’s Supreme Cyberspace Council is pressing citizens to abandon the popular Telegram messaging app and embrace a new mobile app which comes with a “Death to America” emoji. The domestically-produced Soroush app includes a series of emojis featuring a chador-clad woman clutching a picture of Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, […]

Dangerous out there: Penn State tells outdoor clubs to stay inside

Dangerous out there: Penn State tells outdoor clubs to stay inside

by WorldTribune Staff, April 26, 2018 After conducting what it called a “proactive risk assessment,” Penn State University has concluded that it is too risky for an outdoor recreation club to go outdoors. The Penn State Outing Club (PSOC) announced last week that, starting next semester, it will no longer be permitted by the university […]

Watchdog group: Newly released Clinton emails detail ‘commingling’ of State Dept., Clinton Foundation business

Watchdog group: Newly released Clinton emails detail ‘commingling’ of State Dept., Clinton Foundation business

by WorldTribune Staff, April 25, 2018 Newly released emails from Hillary Clinton’s unsecure non-state.gov email system contain classified information and “detail collusion between the Clinton State Department and the Clinton Foundation,” a government watchdog group said. Ten of the emails obtained by Judicial Watch in a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit contain classified information […]