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Wen Jiabao taking in a little Hamlet in Stratford-on-Avon this week. Or: To censor or not to censor; that’s not the question…. — It’s not that anyone believes Chinese dictator — sorry, “premier” — Wen Jiabao when he says, as

“One percent of the population has carried three hundred million people through the past ten years of war. Can you imagine what our economy would be if we had another 9/11?” -Vice Admiral Norbert Ryan Today on Frank Gaffney’s Secure

From the UK’s Daily Mail: He is still revered around the world as a peace-loving working class hero. But by the time he died, John Lennon was a closet conservative embarrassed by his radical past, according to his former personal

Some Americans just don’t get it. They don’t understand why some persons choose to wear certain clothing items which have meaning. Others claim that they understand why they choose to wear similar fashion yet appear to be utterly confused. And

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The Library of Congress (which is funded by you and me) is funding the preservation of a 1968 documentary film on Fidel Castro by Leftist Saul Landau. The Library of Congress’ National Film Preservation Foundation provided the funds for the

There were two key proposals made on Tuesday, as the Greece debt crisis worsens every day, and EU officials remain paralyzed. Wen Jiabao and Angela Merkel on Tuesday (Xinhua) During a 5-day tour of Europe, China’s Premier Wen Jiaboa met

Following a major split in the Muslim Brotherhood over elections, reports are emerging that the Brotherhood is much closer to its affiliate political party than it previously admitted. Recent moves are yet another sign that the Muslim Brotherhood has not

National Security reporting saw a long lull during the Clinton ‘peace dividend’ and relatively stable period of international affairs during the 1990s. Since the demand for foreign reporters dropped, so did the availability of education for these journalists. After the

Turkey continues its regression to full re-Islamization–a process already begun within a decade of Ataturk’s death in 1938–and about to be fully realized under the fundamentalist Erdogan regime. Shredding the Turkish Constitution, which institutionalized Turkey’s harshly imposed secularism by assigning

Producing oil from coal is a technology that has been around for a long time. Germany used it to fuel its tanks and aircraft during World War II and South Africa is using it today to provide about 30 percent

Both good news and bad news here. The good news is the IDF is bulking up and adjusting its combat systems and its defense doctrine to reflect the turmoil and change Israel faces in the new Middle East. (Although, not

This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com. Iran fires test missiles able to reach US and Israeli targets Iranian revolutionary Guards personnel watch a missile launch on Tuesday. (Payvand) Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps first 14 domestically manufactured missiles on Tuesday

Over the course of the last few months, Rep. Keith Ellison, one of two Muslim members of Congress, has been cherry-picking the Pledge of Allegiance in an attempt to portray prominent Republicans as bigoted islamophobes. Earlier this year, Ellison responded

Left to right: Tajikistan President Emomali Rahmon, Sudanese President ‘Omar Al-Bashir, Pakistani President Asif ‘Ali Zardari, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi, Iraqi President Jalal Talabani, and Afghan President Hamid Karzai, at the “World Without Terrorism

From the Global Security Newswire: Few countries have this capability Iranian state television on Monday aired videos of subterranean launch facilities said to be holding medium- and long-range missiles for retaliating against a potential military strike, the Associated Press reported.

“All options are on the table” say many GOP lawmakers. When they then walked out of the debt talk meeting last week it drew the ire of some. The question to many was, “How can all options seriously be on

From Pravda: The occult background of the Soviet rule has been discussed no less than the legendary occult of the Third Reich. What role has Joseph Stalin, who ruled the country of “victorious socialism” for nearly 30 years, played in

The analysts are holding their breath, waiting for Greece’s Parliament to vote on more austerity measures later this week. The austerity measures include higher taxes, lower benefits, sales of assets, and privatizations of public companies. According to one analyst I

“There Goes the Neighborhood,” Shariah Finance Watch reports. What does that mean? From the must-read story: In downtown Washington, there is a major real estate development known as CityCenterDC. This $700 million development is described as a combination of office

In an article in Monday’s edition of the Italian daily Il Corriere della Sera, correspondent Lorenzo Cremonesi reports from what he describes as the former cafeteria of the oil refinery in the Libyan coastal city of Brega: “former” because, according

As you read this, be mindful that it could just as easily be your community–and probably will be, eventually. Farmington, Michigan’s Public School Board of Education voted unanimously to sell their vacant Eagle Elementary School to the Islamic Cultural Association

This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com. Chances of diplomatic resolution to Libya war now nonexistent Muammar Gaddafi on May 11 (AP) On Monday, the International Criminal Court in The Hague issued arrest warrants on charges of genocide and crimes against

From Global Security Newswire: WASHINGTON — The U.S. Air Force is taking initial steps to launch a defense-industry competition for building a new missile capable of flying at hypersonic speeds and attacking targets anywhere around the world within 60 minutes