Sol W. Sanders Growing up in the 1930s, we had a favorite expression: You are talking it to death. And talking to death is about where Washington is on the nation’s fiscal problems, at this writing locked in battle toward the armageddon of “sequestration” when broad, uneconomic swaths would be cut through government expenditures. [...]
Special to WorldTribune.com By Ed Koch In his December 26 New York Times editorial, Tom Friedman wrote in support of former U.S. Senator Chuck Hagel and the possibility that he will be chosen by President Barack Obama as Secretary of Defense. He stated: “So, yes, Hagel is out of the mainstream. That is exactly why [...]
Special to WorldTribune.com WASHINGTON — The United States has imposed sanctions on a former Lebanese information minister designated a terrorist for his support of Syrian President Bashar Assad. The administration of President Barack Obama said Michel Samaha was a leading agent of the Assad regime in Lebanon. Officials said Samaha, a former information and tourism [...]
Special to WorldTribune.com By Donald Kirk, East-Asia-Intel.com The fuss made by North Korea over the Christmas lights on a steel tower at an observation post overlooking the demilitarized zone reminds me of a similarly lit tree far inside North Korea. It was on the shelf behind the bar of a hotel in the industrial east [...]
Special to WorldTribune.com WASHINGTON — Congress has determined that Iran shelved efforts to develop an intercontinental ballistic missile despite evidence Teheran is working with other nations’ missile programs. The Congressional Research Service concluded that Iran would not develop an ICBM by 2015, an assessment reached earlier by the U.S. intelligence community. However, Iranian missile experts [...]
Special to WorldTribune.com By Larry Ward and Carter Clews Oddly enough, perhaps the biggest loser in last week’s Republican debacle wasn’t even on the ballot. He didn’t shake a single hand, nuzzle the napes of any newborn babes or promise eager voters pie in the sky or peace on Earth. His name was Karl Rove. [...]
Special to WorldTribune.com North Korea watchers in Seoul have been paying keen attention to a mystery man who was spotted beside North Korean ruler Kim Jong-Un at a ceremony on Dec. 16 marking the first anniversary of his father Kim Jong-Il’s death. A senior South Korean government official said the man is believed to be [...]
Special to WorldTribune.com ABU DHABI — Russia and the United Arab Emirates have signed a nuclear cooperation agreement. The two countries said they would cooperate in nuclear energy as part of UAE plans to establish a network of reactors over the next 20 years. Officials said the accord, signed on Dec. 17, would pave the [...]
Special to WorldTribune.com By Alexander Maistrovoy, FreePressers.com Henry Kissinger’s recent statement, that in 10 years Israel will cease to exist, borders on senile. Although one of his staff members denied it, Cindy Adams from New York Post insisted: “Reported to me, Henry Kissinger has stated — and I quote the statement word for word: ‘In [...]
