Iran State TV station FARS announced Saturday morning that four American dual-nationality prisoners were released from Iranian custody in a “prisoner swap” with the United States.
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One of the more important but mainly overlooked resources related to national security are rare earth minerals. A recent discovery by a team of Japanese scientists east and west of Hawaii, and east of Tahiti in French Polynesia has brought
From the Associated Press: WASHINGTON — The U.S. government has warned domestic and international airlines that some terrorists are considering surgically implanting explosives into humans to carry out attacks, The Associated Press has learned. There is no intelligence pointing to
From the Army Times: WEST POINT, N.Y. — President Obama on Tuesday appointed an openly gay former Army officer to the U.S. Military Academy’s Board of Visitors. Former Capt. Brenda S. “Sue” Fulton, a founding board member of OutServe, an
“HAPPY 4th! Love ya! P.S. Half way through the deployment– can’t wait to see all of your faces”…..those were the final words from my son’s last letter home in 2006. Navy SEAL Marc Alan Lee was killed weeks later on
There was a time when citizens of this nation truly believed that the words founded within our Pledge of Allegiance meant something– words like “One nation, under God, with liberty, and Justice for all.” Claiming America remains as one nation,
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com. Germany’s Constitutional Court to decide legality of bailouts Germany’s Constitutional Court Another potential problem for the EU’s plans to bail out Greece arose on Tuesday as Germany’s Constitutional Court began hearings on the legality
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Standard & Poor’s rating service on Monday said that the bailout proposal by French banks (the so-called ‘French Model’) would prompt a “selective default” rating on Greek debt, according to Bloomberg, effectively sinking the plan. (We’re not talking about the
The US military now has some prototypes of Lockheed Martin’s hydraulic-powered anthropomorphic ekoskeleton system for testing. Among other things, the system gives soldiers super human strength. As Lockheed Martin puts it in a press release: Exoskeleton technologies: ‘Bionic’ legs and
Today on Frank Gaffney’s Secure Freedom Radio, Rep. Louie Gohmert, of the first district of Texas, discusses the Obama Administration’s decision to reach out to the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt in a continued policy of what the Congressman terms, “embracing
British victory….in 1982 Argentina continues giving the United Kingdom trouble over the Falkland Islands. This is troubling but I understand why Argentina does it: the U.K. seems militarily weak as demonstrated by its performance in Libya and by other reports
From the Tehran Times: TEHRAN – Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei has said that the United States and the Zionist regime are fearful of the fact that the Islamic system of Iran is serving as
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At a time when the American Jewish organizational structure has been hijacked by Jewish leftwing apparatchiks who have decided to distance themselves from Zionism, deus ex machina, two strong counter-forces have emerged to nullify that trend. 1) The pro-Israel vacuum
From the Associated Press: Nearly 40 years of continuous service comes to an end…congrats to Command Sgt. Major Jeff Mellinger FORT BELVOIR, Va. — A homemade wind chime with the word “Whining” under a red slash is made from metal
The troubled academic study of the Middle East and Islam by Americans is changing in fundamental ways. I offer some thoughts based on 42 years of personal observation: From Western offence to Islamic offence: Muslim relations with Christians divide into
I’m beside myself over this story from Fox News about the Veterans National Cemetery in Houston, TX. Reportedly the cemetery director, Arleen Ocasio, has: Ordered an American Legion post to remove prayers from its burial rituals Told the National Memorial
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com. Hugo Chavez makes triumphant return to Venezuela Chavez hugs his daughters on the balcony of Maraflores Pales in Caracas, July 4, 2011 (Reuters) Well, apparently he fooled everyone. When Hugo Chávez gave his televised
On July 4, 1826, two of the great founders of American democracy breathed their last. John Adams, ensconced at Peacefield in Quincy, Massachusetts was comforted in his last moments in the belief that Jefferson still lived. Such were Adams’ last
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Pete Schweizer has asked me, for Independence Day, to write something upbeat and optimistic. This is not an easy task for me, given that I’m the gloomiest person in the world. The Future But in fact, I AM upbeat and
While contemplating the momentous event in human history that was the American colonies’ break from Great Britain, John Adams wrote his wife, Abigail, on July 3, 1776 saying that: “the day will be the most memorable in the history of
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It’s “pursuit of happiness”- not “right of happiness” – in the famous Declaration of Independence quote. That’s why to me today’s July 4th celebration takes on significance beyond the obvious. A growing number of Americans now think happiness – or
