North America

Vaccines Recalled in Canada After Severe Reactions

The World Health Organization (WHO) and a pharmaceutical company are advising doctors in Canada not to use a batch of H1N1 swine flu...

Alex Newman November 25, 2009

Treating Honduras Like a Colony

Bruce Walker November 7, 2009

The Associated Press reported on November 6 that a deal to end the constitutional crisis in Honduras and form a unity govenment has...

Russia Accused of Violating Arms Treaty

Alex Newman November 2, 2009

As the Obama administration and Moscow rush to negotiate a new arms-control treaty by the end of the year, Russia is being accused...

Deal in Honduras Could Restore Zelaya

October 30, 2009

Honduran President Roberto Micheletti announced that he is ready to sign an agreement that could reinstate ousted President Manuel Zelaya and end the...

Skiing While the Earth Burns

Joe Wolverton, II, J.D. October 8, 2009

In a sure sign that the Earth is, as predicted, warming to the point of human extinction, snowfall in the West has come...

Normal Flu Shot May Counter H1N1

Steven J. DuBord October 7, 2009

Researchers in Mexico have gathered evidence that the normal flu vaccine offers some degree of protection versus the H1N1 swine flu, Reuters reported...

Increased Risk of H1N1 From Seasonal Flu Vaccine?

Alex Newman September 28, 2009

A Canadian study is making waves across the international press after reportedly finding evidence of an increased risk for swine flu infection among...

Zelaya’s Return to Honduras Incites Protests

September 22, 2009

Former Honduran President Manuel Zelaya, who was forcibly exiled to Costa Rica on June 28 by military forces acting on the orders of...

UN Computer Upgrade Slow & Costly

Steven J. DuBord September 2, 2009

A planned computer hardware and software upgrade for the United Nations is more than three months behind schedule and appears headed to exceed...

Yet Another Call to Overhaul Healthcare . . . This Time in Canada

Selwyn Duke August 18, 2009

In his captivating book The Screwtape Letters, the great philosopher C.S. Lewis noted that change is meant to be a means to an...

“Three Amigos” Summit Accomplishes Nothing

Thomas R. Eddlem August 11, 2009

The so-called “Three Amigos” summit among the executive leaders of the United States, Canada, and Mexico in Guadalajara last weekend ended August 10...

Report: Holder Will Order Torture Probe

Thomas R. Eddlem August 10, 2009

The Chicago Tribune is reporting that sources inside the U.S. Justice Department claim Attorney General Eric Holder will likely soon order a Justice...

North American Leaders Summit This Weekend

Thomas R. Eddlem August 8, 2009

President Barack Obama will meet with Canadian President Stephen Harper and Mexican President Felipe Calderon this weekend in Guadalajara, Mexico, for a North...