World News Archives

Whose Money Is It Anyway?

Since the advent of the income tax, it has been obvious that governments believe that their citizens’ earnings actually belong to the government...

Michael Tennant September 21, 2010

Monstrous Mao

Bruce Walker September 20, 2010

Frank Dikotter, an historian from Hong Kong, has been allowed wide access to Chinese Communist Party archives. Speaking at the Independent Literary Festival,...

Sweden Considers Cashless Society

Alex Newman September 20, 2010

The move toward a cashless society is accelerating in Sweden as plastic payments become the norm and various government officials, unions, and high-profile...

Vancouver Taxpayers Stuck With $1 Billion Bill

Raven Clabough September 16, 2010

Six months after the close of the Winter Olympics, Vancouver taxpayers have been slapped with a bill for $1 billion in unsold Olympic...

Atheist Smokes Pages from Bible and Koran

James Heiser September 16, 2010

In the aftermath of the furor over one Florida church’s plans to burn copies of the Koran on the ninth anniversary of the...

France In Trouble Over Immigrants

R. Cort Kirkwood September 15, 2010

France got into big trouble this week over its deportation of Gypsies early this week, and its move to ban veils that hide...

Biometric ID Scheme for 1.2 Billion Indians Meets Resistance

Alex Newman September 14, 2010

A costly plan by the central government of India to create unique biometric identification numbers for every Indian is meeting stiff resistance from...

Law Looks Other Way While Pro-lifers are Attacked

Selwyn Duke September 13, 2010

The right to peaceful protest is one virtually all Westerners hold dear, but, apparently, not when it’s applied to pro-lifers. Apparently, that is,...

Chinese Cyber Warfare Advance in Quantum Teleportation

Charles Scaliger September 10, 2010

There’s a new arms race heating up, one that involves not nuclear weapons or satellite-guided bombs but communications. In May of this year,...

Protests Against Quran Burning Erupt in Afghanistan

September 10, 2010

Voice of America News reported on September 10 that “thousands of people across Afghanistan” had gathered in the nation’s streets to participate in...

Another Blow to Homeschooling

Raven Clabough September 10, 2010

A judge’s decision in the South African country of Botswana should have Americans concerned over the influence of the United Nations and the...

Castro Concedes Cuba’s Economic Model Doesn’t Work

September 9, 2010

During a recent interview with journalist Jeffrey Goldberg of The Atlantic, Cuban strongman emeritus Fidel Castro issued a surprising statement about the communist...

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