It looks like vindication for the ancient Proverb that tells us pride comes before a fall. Russia’s President Putin has flaunted an arrogance of national power and personal vanity that captured the imagination of his subjects. Russians wildly supported Putin’s invasion and annexation of the Crimean peninsula. While Ukraine battled Russia’s military conquest to carve…
Questions remain over the global economic impact of Beijing’s efforts to reduce its financial reliance on the U.S. –via Permission from ft.com — Financial Times When an economic theme goes global, Hollywood is never far behind. In the futuristic thriller Looper, retired hit man Bruce Willis travels back in time from the year 2074. Upon…
Immutable Law of Supply and Demand This fall oil production rose to create an oil surplus. Supply outpaced demand. Demand declined because of a recession in Europe, the slowing Chinese economy and increased energy efficiency in the developed world. Supply expanded because U.S. shale and Canadian tar sands oil production increased. Saudi Princes’ Power Gamble …
Shocking? Yes, it is! Millions suppose Christ came to “save the world.” They believe He came to die for the sins of mankind, yet do not know what sin is. Millions think He came to establish the Christian religion. Almost no one knows why Christ really came to this earth, even though Christ plainly says so!…
Soeren Kern is a Senior Fellow at the New York-based Gatestone Institute. He is also Senior Fellow for European Politics at the Madrid-based Grupo de Estudios Estratégicos / Strategic Studies Group. There is a mounting public backlash over what many perceive as the government’s indifference to the growing influence of Islam in German society. This…
Across the world, month after month, year after year, within country after country, hundreds of varied and differing religious holidays and holy days are observed by the adherents of many and varied religions; each worships their particular god, distinct to each particular religion. One holiday, recognized across the globe, but particular to some 2.18 billion…
It is hardly a secret that pope Francis and his recent predecessors have made unification with all other mainstream “Christian” denominations a top priority. He recently concluded a visit to Turkey, and met with President Erdogan as well as the head prelate of the Eastern Orthodox church, Patriarch Bartholomew, Archbishop of Constantinople. The pope shared…
That was the chant you may have seen time and again as a hundred or two tightly packed protesters walked the center line of a New York City street. It was only a week or less later that the nation was treated to the blind ambush of two NYC police officers as they sat, eating…
Lies in the media, grossly unfair coverage and double standards are undermining America. Will we soon see a mad atomic weapons race in the volatile Middle East as a result of a media cover up of a dangerous, imaginary, Iranian Deal? Many young men, the pride of America, were lost because of the lying media…
It sure is nice to know that ISIS is on the run! Especially since they just captured the city of Ramadi, where they are busily raping, kidnapping, torturing and murdering at will. Hundreds, at least, have been killed in the most recent battle for Ramadi and thousands fled for their lives. Men, women and children…
