iTunes Blocked by “Great Firewall of China”
Chinese users of Apple Computer's popular iTunes music store found themselves unable to access the service during the Olympic Games in Beijing. It...
Nike and China Chase Blogger
According to the technology news Website Arstechnica, the Nike shoe company has "decided to put the Chinese government's finely-tuned dissident-hunting skills to work...
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Algae May Be an Energy Answer
A modern society such as that in the United States requires personal transportation — cargo trucks, planes, and cars — to make a...
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Senate Races
With an unpopular Republican president presiding over a slumping economy, soaring fuel prices, and two wars in the Middle East, Republicans face an...
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Gorbachev to Receive Liberty Medal
“I think history will be very kind to Gorbachev.” That’s the opinion of 84-year-old ex-president George H.W. Bush concerning former Soviet dictator Mikhail...
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The Growing Tehran-Beijing Axis
Communist China’s ravenous energy appetite has fueled its growing political and economic ties with Iran’s revolutionary government. On July 21, Iran’s Pars Oil...
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Afghan Narcotics Efforts Called Into Question
Thomas Schweich, recently retired principal deputy assistant secretary for the Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs (INL) and coordinator for counternarcotics...
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Champion Family: An Interview With the Scherers
On February 28 of this year, California’s 2nd Appellate Court in Los Angeles ruled that home schooling is illegal in California unless done...
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Antiterrorism Aid to Upgrade Pakistan’s Aging F-16s
Since the 9/11 terrorist attacks, the U.S. government has given Pakistan more than $10 billion in military aid to fight terrorism, despite the...
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A Housing Bill of Horrors
In response to the housing crisis, the American Housing Rescue and Foreclosure Prevention Act of 2008 (H.R. 3221) passed in the House (272-152)...
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Running for President of the World?
On July 24, presidential candidate Barack Obama arrived in Berlin in a stop sandwiched between visits to Iraq, Afghanistan, Kuwait, Jordan, Israel, and...
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Laying Down Blame for Our Economic Troubles
After President George W. Bush asked guests at a Republican fundraiser to turn off their cameras — which at least one person failed...
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Nazi Counterfeiters
Imagine a situation in which billions of expertly counterfeited dollars have suddenly flooded our streets and rooftops — literally dropped from airplanes. Some...
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Presidential Front-runners
In the three cover-story articles that are linked to on this page, we profile the top three heavyweights for president. On the Democratic...
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