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Israeli and Palestinian Leaders to be Invited to U.S. for Peace Talks
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton announced on August 20 that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas have been...
Who’s Winning Mexico’s Drug War?
In the war against drugs, it looks as if the drugs are winning, or at least the drug syndicates are. An August 12...
Read moreThe Commissar Comes to Canada
The Jaworski family fled Poland in 1984 and came to Canada to enjoy freedom, something that the Communists denied them in their homeland....
Read moreIraq “Withdrawal”: Building Hillary Clinton an Army
The much ballyhooed withdrawal of “combat troops” from Iraq by the Obama administration has revealed another uncomfortable truth: The U.S. Army soldiers and...
Read moreIslam and the Problems of Nation Building
The culture, the religion, and the attitude toward government of people ultimately determine how a particular nation behaves. The Americans of 1789 had...
Read moreIran Threatens “Israel’s Existence” If It Attacks Nuke Plant
Citing an interview with the Iranian National News Agency (IRNA), the Jerusalem Post reported on August 17 that Iranian nuclear chief Ali Akbar...
Read moreThe Gold Standard in Malaysia
Americans are rightly troubled by much in modern Islam. There is one area, however, in which America might find laudable approaches from Muslims....
Read moreWould You Like a Lipitor with that Cheeseburger?
For years, fast food restaurants have been under attack by consumer groups interested in imposing healthy choices on American citizens. Within the past...
Read moreU.S.-South Korea Military Exercise Riles North
The latest round of joint military exercises between the United States and South Korea, made up of 86,000 troops from the two nations....
Read morePetraeus: No “Winning,” Firm Withdrawal Date from Afghanistan
U.S. Commander for Afghanistan General David Petraeus told NBC's “Meet the Press” August 15 that he prefers not to talk about “winning” in...
Read moreIn Britain, Don’t Mention “The War”
In preparing for the 2012 Olympics in London, the British tourist office, VisitBritain, has issued a list of “obscure and demanding dos and...
Read moreBritish Government Cuts Spending
Here in the United States, with budget deficits ballooning, our government is spending ever more money and creating new entitlements. ...
Read moreBritain’s Marie Stopes International Offers Free Abortions as “Job Perk”
As one of the agency's major abortion providers, Marie Stopes International receives about £30 million a year from Britain’s National Health Service towards...
Read moreN. Korea Fires Artillery into Sea Near Tense Border
According to South Korea's Defense Ministry, on August 9, North Korea fired more than 100 rounds of artillery into the Yellow Sea near...
Read moreThe Road to Nagasaki
Like many of America's and the world's tragedies, the chain of events that led to the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki goes...
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