“Fidelity, Bravery and Integrity:” the motto of the FBI, founded in 1908. Has that essence been compromised? In its heyday, the FBI had taken down mafia kingpins, rooted out spies in our neighborhoods, and uncovered corporate corruption. These missions defined its role as a guardian of justice in a constitutional democracy. Today, many Americans fear […]
Many say President-elect Donald Trump’s position on immigration—which includes the mass deportation of illegal immigrants—was the key factor to his victory in the Nov. 5 election. Trump is looking to Texas, which has more than a million illegal immigrants living there, as a model for enforcement. The Texas General Land Office is proposing to build […]
The threat of nuclear war is not new: There is an archive of nuclear threats and alerts going back to the Cold War. Those threats are raising their ugly head again. How real is this current nuclear threat? Russia strikes a Ukrainian defense plant using new intermediate-range ballistic missiles for the first time in warfare. […]
U.S. President-elect Donald Trump’s victory has caused a resounding reverberation around the world. As expected, many are asking, “What will Trump’s China policy be? And how will China react? In Latin America, will the flow of drugs and human trafficking slow down?” In the Middle East, Trumps’s victory has elicited a supportive response by some […]
A recent report by U.S. Immigration and Law Enforcement (ICE) revealed significant numbers of illegal immigrants with criminal histories on ICE’s national docket. That includes a high volume of illegal immigrants convicted of homicide and sexual assault. The numbers continue to rise on the southern border, but what has gone largely unnoticed is the record-breaking […]
New York politics was shaken this month when a former senior aide to Gov. Kathy Hochul, along with her husband, were arrested on federal charges, suspected of spying for the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). This is not an isolated incident. There are ongoing investigations into the ties between the office of the mayor of New […]
Early voting is about to start in a very contentious and unusual election season. On Sept. 6, voters in the battleground state of North Carolina can start mailing in their ballots; two dozen more states will join them as we roll through September. So far, we’ve had one presidential debate, after which the incumbent was […]
While the world is focused on the U.S. election in November, another caught its attention: the Venezuelan election between Nicolás Maduro and opposition candidate Edmundo González. The numbers aren’t adding up: a deviation so big it cannot be hidden. What was supposed to be a sure thing for Maduro is now being disputed by the […]
We’re putting security agencies under the microscope. Former President Donald Trump’s head turn at just the right moment saved a tragedy. A providential break perhaps, but clearly, something went terribly wrong inside the Secret Service. The Oct. 7, 2023, terrorist attack by Hamas was a catastrophic failure of Israel’s elite intelligence apparatus. And in France, […]
According to the United Nations, right now, half of the world’s population is under the age of 30—the largest share in human history. Who inspires and controls this half of the world’s population? “Give me just one generation of youth, and I’ll transform the whole world,” Russian dictator Vladimir Lenin said. Disturbing challenges are competing […]
In the early years of Hollywood, there was a standard: movies filled with wholesome families, and people of good character who would step up in difficult times and become a hero—someone audiences could root for and wanted to emulate. We loved to celebrate our heroes—soldiers, astronauts, Olympic champions. We’d even throw them parades. We looked […]
It’s not only an election year in the USA. Government shakeups have been happening all around the world in 2024—most recently the European parliamentary elections. In France, the nationalist party dominated the polls, causing the president to call for a snap election. And in Germany, the right-wing alternative party made big gains on the social […]
In 1968, Paul and Anne Ehrlich published a best-seller, “The Population Bomb,” predicting imminent mass starvation due to overpopulation. The situation was so dire, they wrote, that adding “temporary sterilants” to the water could be a solution. At the time, the world’s population was 3.5 billion people. Today it’s over 8 billion—and oddly, we’re having […]
Is there a global strategy to suppress religious followers of all denominations? Practitioners of Falun Dafa, also known as Falun Gong, a peaceful meditation based faith, imprisoned and tortured in China since 1999, and brutally murdered for their organs, are now being detained in Russia and elsewhere. Christians, already persecuted around the world, in China, […]
The world is facing potential economic instability. Central banks all over are tackling inflation. With the global pandemic behind us, we have international debts and threats to commerce causing geopolitical unrest. This is in addition to protests, mass illegal immigration, climate change policies, and wars that are coming to a boiling point. What is on […]
Are we facing the threat of biowarfare? The COVID-19 pandemic left many skeptical about its origin. It appears contained. However, there is troubling news from around the country of old diseases re-emerging. Tuberculosis, polio, and leprosy. Also, of great concern is an outbreak of H5N1 “bird flu” that is affecting the food supply—in particular, cattle. […]
On this episode of International Reporters Roundtable, our topic is tunnels. We take you underground into the world of subterranean warfare. Since Oct. 7, we’ve all become acutely aware of the tactical role of tunnels. Hamas terrorists operate in vast underground warrens snaking below the Gaza Strip. We’ve seen the videos: hidden entrances, deep, dark […]
The Oscars are upon us—the night where the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences presents its most prestigious award. Actors, directors, writers, and more compete for this symbol of success. But what is this award really worth now? Behind the glamor and the spotlight, has Hollywood lost its way from great entertainment, great stories, […]
Transhumanism, a movement making efforts to transcend our humanity. It sounds like it could be a good thing, in theory. But in practice, what could it entail? There’s biomedical augmentation, everything from artificial limbs to gene manipulation, in order to cure diseases and crippling conditions, and humanity’s pain and suffering—which is at times self inflicted. […]
“Davos in the Desert” is a new anti-globalist movement, which recently held a conference called “Lockdown Nation.” That might sound like a retrospective on the pandemic, but it’s not: it’s a projection about the future. And what it could look like if COVID was just the dress rehearsal crisis for a permanent state of emergency, […]
