North Korean regime is not crumbling
By Pramod Sedhain.
The unpredictable development of the North Korean politic has not only shocked the world but has made its motive clear. Kim Jong Un is now the only most powerful person in North Korea after the execution of his own [...]
America’s obscenities
By Barry Lando.
At times, outrageous juxtapositions in the news shriek for attention. Sometimes, they’re actually obscene.
On one hand, for instance, a series in the New York Times last week about the plight of 22,000 homeless [...]
The Power-Mad EPA
By Alan Caruba.
Barely a week goes by these days without hearing of some new demand by the Environmental Protection Agency that borders on the insane.
Increasingly, EPA regulations are being challenged and now reach the Supreme [...]
Richard Chichakli Calls His First Witness in USA vs. Viktor Bout Et Al
By George Mapp.
Richard Chichakli
On Wednesday December 4th, 2013 at approximately 2pm the defendant Richard Chichakli, defending himself pro se called his first witness to the stand. Chichakli’s first witness was OFAC [...]
Obama’s Moment of Truth—About His Lies
By Alan Caruba.
I think the bulk of the U.S. population, particularly likely voters in 2014, have reached the point where they no longer believe anything President Obama says.
It coincides with what may be the lowest level of confidence in [...]
A Shocking Tragedy Behind Human Trafficking in Ethiopia: One Woman’s Horrific Story
By Betre Yacob.
Metema-Galabat, a ‘desert rout’ of human trafficking from Ethiopia to Sudan, is a place of suffering for many Ethiopian girls. Physical and emotional abuse, including rape, torture, starvation, imprisonment, threats, beatings, [...]
Not Inconsiderably Disagreeable
By Jeremy Sare.
Koyaanisqatsi is a Native American word, which means world out of sync, out of balance. It would seem an apt term for the state of capitalism, particularly the energy market, in Britain when former Conservative Prime [...]
Obama’s Deliberate Destruction of the Economy
By Alan Caruba.
“The budget should be balanced, the Treasury should be refilled, public debt should be reduced, the arrogance of officialdom should be tempered and controlled, and the assistance to foreign lands should be curtailed lest [...]
From Prohibition to Obamacare
By Alan Caruba.
“Of all tyrannies, a tyranny exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It may be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron’s [...]
The Iran Nuclear Agreement and the Common Sense Test
By Yoram Ettinger.
Contrary to conventional “wisdom,” Iran considers the US and the Arab oil-producing Gulf States – not Israel – the primary target for its nuclear capabilities. Iran pursues mega (nuclear) capabilities [...]
The United States should rethink power-projection abroad
I get tired of rehashing the same old argument time and again but feel that I must do so yet another time. Of late, I have been getting a lot of feedback on my ground forces merger piece— some positive but mostly negative.
Lest I be misunderstood, [...]
Rigged Honduran Elections
By Stephen Lendman.
In Honduras they’re won the old-fashioned way. They’re stolen.
On Sunday, presidential elections were held. Eight candidates participated. Two mattered most. Business as usual prevailed. Reports suggest [...]
The Prospect of World War Three
By Alan Caruba.
Let me begin by saying that the deal the U.S. struck with Iran on November 24 is so criminally stupid that mobs with torches and pitchforks should be surrounding the White House and Department of State demanding that the [...]
Rethinking the Present Unipolar System
By Jeong Lee.
I’ll be up front with you. As much as I aspire one day to become one, I am not a foreign policy maven. In fact, as a schoolteacher, I spend most of my days teaching in the classroom, or grading assignments in the teachers’ [...]
China! China! China!
By Alan Caruba.
“Doom is one of the oldest stories of mankind,” says Josef Joffe in his excellent new book, “The Myth of America’s Decline: Politics, Economics, and a Half Century of False Prophesies.”
As long as I can remember I [...]
Life in Occupied Gaza
By Stephen Lendman.
After Hamas won January 2006 elections, Israel imposed embargo conditions. In mid-2007, siege followed.
It has nothing to do with Israeli security. It’s collective punishment. It’s occupation [...]
Jordan and the coming regional challenges
By Amer Sabaileh.
Paving the road to Geneva II has changed the course of the Syrian crisis but will also have broader implications for the region. The first phase on the road to Geneva II is the battle for a seat at the table for [...]
John Kerry: A World Class Doofus
By Alan Caruba.
Recently, in the wake of another diplomatic disaster for the Obama regime, Secretary of State John Kerry said, “We are not blind and I don’t think we’re stupid.” He and the President may not think they’re [...]
The fruit of hubris
By Azmi Ashour.
No one can have the lead role for good: this is the greater message of the ongoing Egyptian revolution, exemplified in the trial of Mohamed Morsi, writes Azmi Ashour
Egypt is not used to having former presidents, [...]
Clean Hands?
By Paul Usiskin.
Ofira Kunis, MK and Deputy Minister in the Prime Minister’s office has a point. Israel released 26 prisoners, she said this morning, who committed acts of terror against innocent women and children, and the murder [...]