A Catholic priest has filed a lawsuit after he was barred from volunteering to celebrate Mass at Kings Bay Naval Submarine Base in Georgia, where he serves as chaplain. Father Ray Leonard, who is contracted to serve as base chaplain,
President Obama is seeking power the Constitution has assigned to Congress. Soon, he will formally ask Congress to surrender its constitutional authority and grant him “Fast Track” Trade Promotion Authority. And House Republicans are inexplicably ready to give it to
Pro-life advocates are expressing outrage at an announcement last Monday by the UK’s Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) that states physicians are now free to carry out sex selection abortions. Up until this point, abortions based solely on the sex of
(AP) In aging China, old woman sues children for careBy KRISTEN GELINEAUAssociated PressFUSHENG, ChinaThe daughter-in-law smashes the cockroach under her foot and rolls open the rusted metal doors to the garage. Light spills onto a small figure huddled on a
A report by the Taiwanese Ministry of National Defense released this week predicts that China will have developed a “wholly sufficient” military presence near the island to invade by 2020. As the United States is obligated by treaty to defend
(AFP) On Somalia’s high seas, ferocious pirates hijack a container ship but US special forces finally battle them off: the latest Hollywood film ‘Captain Phillips’, based on a real story. In reality though, such daring rescues have been rare, and
The Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation Summit in Bali was graced by the presence of Secretary of State John Kerry, a stand-in for Barack Obama, who decided to stay home so he could refuse to negotiate with the GOP-led House of
(AP) Pollution disrupts sports events, travel in ChinaBy LOUISE WATTAssociated PressBEIJINGFog and pollution descended on northern China on Sunday, forcing international golf and tennis players to play in hazardous smog and leading to flight cancellations and road closures as millions
BUSAN, South Korea, Oct. 5 (UPI)–Filmmaker Oliver Stone traveled to Jeju Island in South Korea to protest a planned naval base opponents say is part of a U.S. effort to dominate the region. The U.S. military plans to build a
Hillary Clinton is now acting as though she is a pragmatic moderate who desires nothing more than reconciliation with the GOP. Speaking at Hamilton College in upstate New York on Friday, she said the government shutdown is the result of
(AP) US women takes double in vault; Shirai wins floorBy RAF CASERTAP Sports WriterANTWERP, BelgiumThe United States won a second gold-silver double in as many days at the gymnastics world championships on Saturday, with defending champion McKayla Maroney beating all-around
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com Series of giant hornet attacks in China kill 41, injure thousands Libyans attack Russian embassy to avenge attack by Russian woman President Obama ‘jawbones’ the stock market down Obamacare web sites keep crashing because
(AP) US, Japan to deploy new radar, drones in next yearBy LOLITA C. BALDOR and MATTHEW LEEAssociated PressTOKYOThe United States and Japan moved Thursday to modernize and expand their defense alliance to counter new 21st century challenges including the continuing
The Wall Street Journal ran a very interesting analysis Wednesday about new pressures facing foreign companies in China: old Maoist tactics. Those amount to using threats of investigation to force concessions–such as price cuts–as well as public confessions of wrongdoing, not
Tom Friedman of the New York Times, who never misses an opportunity to praise Chinese autocracy, has articulated a new argument that Democrats are using against the Republicans’ insistence on changes to Obamacare: “Our Democracy Is at Stake,” he warns,
The Chinese government is under attack on the Internet from those outraged at the government’s execution last Wednesday of a street vendor who fatally stabbed two security officials who allegedly brutalized him. Xia Junfeng, a street vendor who was confronted
Two climate change studies in recent weeks have ignored evidence that greenhouse gas emissions may not be responsible for “warming” because that evidence would reduce the “urgency” for radical policy solutions–such as carbon taxes and other “green” initiatives–environmentalists want to
Communist dictator Mao Tse-tung’s infamous Little Red Book–also known as Quotations from Chairman Mao–is the second most published book in history, second only to the Bible. Now, just in time for Christmas, Chinese readers will be able to purchase a
North Korea’s nuclear weapons programme is developing beyond the international community’s ability to rein it in with effective sanctions and export restrictions, regional analysts and nuclear experts warned Wednesday. While opinion on the current level of the nuclear threat posed
A $60 million Private Placement Memorandum dated March 2013 circulated by GreenTech Automotive, which Terry McAuliffe served as chairman from 2010 to 2012 and continues to serve as chairman emeritus, shows that the company saw huge financial opportunities in potential
(Reuters) – Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff used her position as the opening speaker at the U.N. General Assembly to accuse the United States of violating human rights and international law through espionage that included spying on her email. Rousseff had
Easy money is a painkiller, not a cure. The U.S. economy has unaddressed woes that neither President Obama and his liberal friends nor Speaker Boehner and his Tea Party rebels are willing to admit or address. The new normal–growth at
Visiting Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro met his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping on Sunday, and said Beijing has granted his country a $5 billion credit line. Maduro, vowing to strengthen the partnership established by his late predecessor Hugo Chavez, used his
Virginia gubernatorial candidate Terry McAuliffe said in 2009 he “never want[s] another coal plant built,” but in the meantime, he hasn’t been above taking money gained through coal investment for his campaign. Tom Steyer, a California-based financier and one of McAuliffe’s
(AP) Chinese politician Bo Xilai gets life sentenceBy DIDI TANG and CHRISTOPHER BODEENAssociated PressJINAN, ChinaA court sentenced Bo Xilai to life in prison for corruption Sunday, burying the career of one of China’s most up-and-coming politicians and lowering the curtain
