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.
A couple of my BigPeace readers have asked for further details about the Generational Dynamics methodology for analyzing history, and relating historical events to today’s world. To illustrate the methodology, I selected the Mongol invasion of China in the 1200s.
America’s Ambassador to Great Britain, Louis Susman, is coming under fire for his recent visit to a notorious London mosque with terrorist ties. According to the US Embassy in London, Susman’s visit to the East London Mosque was part of
Caption from the Lewiston (ME) Sun-Journal: Chelsea McLain, 20, of Ridge Road in Peru, holds the last family photograph of her and husband Buddy McLain and their son Owen. It was taken in June, about five months before Buddy, a
This is extremely unsettling. The Chinese government has the keys to the kingdom as far as software information is concerned. And they were essentially given it through a Microsoft tech program designed to improve the software. Only problem? The Chinese
Remember during the height of the Iraq war how the Left proclaimed that the war was ultimately about oil, that we were sacrificing the blood of American soldiers for the sake of oil company profits? Some of the more interesting
The Islamic Circle of North America (ICNA) is preaching a global Caliphate and Islamic Shari’a law over America to its members, according to the 2010 ICNA Member’s Hand Book. This is a very different message than the group’s public outreach
Today is the 69th Anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor that led us into the Second World War. As we remember the day, there is much we can reflect on and learn from as it relates to the Global
This is just too much. Next in the news? Israel is cloning dinosaurs to destroy Iran’s nuclear program! “Shark attacks on tourists in the Red Sea have triggered a flurry of speculation as to what could have caused them, with
The United States and its allies are now sitting down–once again– with Iran over Tehran’s nuclear program. What will happen? What should happen? Two recent headlines give us some clues. Three years after the Israelis destroyed the Syrian Al-Kibar nuclear
“Why are we negotiating a bilateral agreement with Russia on nuclear weapons limitations when the threat we face around the world is not just Russia but a resurgent China, North Korea, Iran, possibly other states with nuclear weapons…?” – Amb.
China’s economy is often presented as dynamic, solid, and growing quickly. But is the foundation of the economy built on sand? This report by Ambrose Evans-Pritchard seems to indicate that it is. China, it appears, has a serious financial bubble
Imagine if 100 million Americans participated in the Tea Party movement. And then imagine that the movement had no impact on American politics. Finally imagine that in the wake of the Tea Party movement, Republicans embraced President Barack Obama’s positions
It is now painfully apparent that Barack Hussein Obama’s dull-witted adherence to Franz Fanon, “Wretched of the Earth”-inspired Third Worldism could be described as, For Obama, Islam IS Third Worldism Perhaps that is why our Man-Child President cares so little
WikiLeaks has revealed what American diplomats and our allies truly believe about other countries. Question: what if WikiLeaks were publish sensitive diplomatic cables from foreign countries. What would those cables say about Obama and us?
During the 2008 Presidential campaign we were told by Barack Obama that many of our foreign policy problems were our own doing. Anti-Americanism? The result of us (or more specifically George W. Bush) being too heavy-handed. Iran and Venezuela? Exaggerated
What is not understood in Washington, and by most US citizens, is that Mexico, our closest neighbor, is our most important strategic foreign policy and economic trade nation. Mexican demographics both in Mexico and of Mexican-Americans in the US are
This combination of 6 undated photos provided by the U.S. Army shows from the top left, Pvt. Buddy W. McLain of Mexico, Maine; Pvt. Austin G. Staggs of Senoia, Ga.; Sgt. Barry E. Jarvis of Tell City, Ind.; and bottom
After the Civil War Confederate General Robert E. Lee was asked his opinion as to who was the greatest commander of the war. His response was said to have been without hesitation, “A man I have never met, sir. His
It has been several decades since I was a 2nd Lt. at Ft. Benning, our US Army Infantry School. My first week at Ft. Benning an old Army Sergeant gave me some sound advice. He said “son, the way to
No, this is not another article threatening WikiLeaks’ founder Julian Assange with criminal prosecution, imprisonment or even death. To the contrary, before conservatives, libertarians and other independent-minded people “drink the Kool Aid” of our nation’s and the world’s foreign-policy establishment
Widespread banking and economic sanctions against Iran are drying up investments and fomenting internal discord, two top government officials testified before a congressional committee Wednesday. But they acknowledge that, so far, the restrictions have not had the desired effect of
Palestinians in the occupied territories should adopt Gandhi-esque nonviolent resistance.–Professor Steven Pinker, Harvard University
This is the most recent installment of exclusive interviews with Dr. Paul Kengor, professor of political science at Grove City College, on his book revealing how communists, from Moscow to New York to Chicago, have long manipulated America’s liberals/progressives. Dupes:
In a recent speech, reported by Cuba’s Granma on November 26, Venezuelan strongman Hugo Chavez brings a reading list for his fellow revolutionaries to read in order to more fully understand America and the task of world revolution. An excerpt:
