Russian “Merchant of Death” Still Held in Thailand
For more than a decade and a half, Viktor Bout has been fueling the most savage wars and terrorist operations in Africa, Asia, and the Middle East with guns,...
About: Dennis Behreandt
Posts by Dennis Behreandt
Bringing the KGB’s Top Afghani “Islamist” Back to Power
U.S. troops in Afghanistan may soon find themselves squeezed in a new political power play in Kabul. Gulbadin Hekmatyar, leader of the radical Hezb-i-Islami Afghanistan (HIA), is being invited...
China Loosens One-child Policy Due to Earthquake Toll
Chinese officials announced on May 26 that owing to the massive devastation caused by the May 12 earthquake, the communist regime’s harsh family planning policy of only one child...
Whose Children Are They, Anyway?
How does a state child protective services agency even begin to take nearly 500 children from families living in a peaceful religious community in West Texas? Answer: a night-time...
Government Is Not the Problem
That “the government is denying us our rights” and even that “the government is oppressing us” are complaints all too commonly heard among patriots today. Yet, although instances of...
Is Former Speaker Hastert’s New Lobbyist Job a Turkish Payoff?
The Washington, D.C., lobbying law firm Dickstein Shapiro announced on May 31 that former House Speaker Dennis Hastert (R-Illinois) is joining the firm as a senior adviser. ...
The Great Depression
On October 29, 1929, the world turned upside down. For more than a month, stock prices, which had risen to giddy new levels throughout the decade now known as...
Minnesota and Alaska Legislatures Reject Real ID
In May Minnesota and Alaska became the eighth and ninth states whose legislatures have rejected Real ID, joining Maine, Montana, New Hampshire, Oklahoma, South Carolina, and Washington. A dozen...
Economic Survival — Not “Stimulus”!
The plan, according to our government’s economic gurus, was to stimulate our economy by sending tax rebates to U.S. taxpayers to spur spending and invigorate our troubled economy. ...
Bob Barr Gains Libertarian Party Nod
It took six ballots before Bob Barr, a former four-term Republican Congressman from Georgia, won the nomination of the Libertarian Party at its Denver Convention on the Memorial Day...
Rising Food Costs
From Nouakchott in northwest Africa to Port-au-Prince in the Caribbean, the situation is becoming grimmer by the day. The specter of world hunger, unseen in generations, even in the...
Coal in Your Car’s Tank
In 1943, when Germany had virtually no sources of petroleum to fuel its Luftwaffe, U-boats, and Tiger tanks, its scientists (arguably among the best in the world at that...
Top-level Torture
A hidden bomb will detonate in an hour, killing hundreds of people and injuring thousands. You have the bomber in your power. Do you torture him to discover the...
Ian Smith and the Fall of Rhodesia
Ian Smith's passing at age 88 on November 20 merited a few mentions in the mainstream press. Unsurprisingly, much of what was written about the man and his attempt...
Global Warming Skepticism
An Inconvenient Truth, Al Gore's documentary on the threat posed by global warming, took home two Oscars at the recently held 79th annual Academy Awards. The Academy awarded the...