There is no doubt that the U.S. economy has been struggling for five years and that upcoming burdens such as Obamacare will not make things better for the private sector. But on the bright side, there is reason to think
Various news outlets are announcing the death of Helen Thomas at 92, the disgraced journalist who, for years (between Kennedy and Obama) covered the White House. At the end of her career, she occupied the fabled center chair in the
The Romeikes, a German family granted legal asylum in the United States by a U.S. immigration judge in 2010, will petition the Supreme Court to hear its case to be granted permanent legal status in the country. Uwe and Hannelore
Anthony Weiner, speaking at Staten Island’s First Central Baptist Church Sunday to a largely black congregation the day after the George Zimmerman acquittal, criticized the NYPD’s stop-and-frisk program and compared their actions to the Nazis in the late 1930’s. Last year,
Pope Francis will return to his native South America for the first time since being elected pontiff in March, for the 28th World Youth Day (WYD), which will be held in Rio de Janeiro from July 22 through July 28.
California Governor Jerry Brown (D) is leaving the state to Lt. Governor Gavin Newsom (D) for two weeks. He will fly with his wife to visit Ireland and Germany, the homelands of two of his great-grandfathers. Brown said he intends
US Secretary of State John Kerry vowed to keep up the battle to set up a sanctuary to protect the unique marine ecosystem in parts of the Antarctic. And he voiced “regret” that attempts to create the world’s largest ocean
The European Union on Tuesday restricted the use of the insecticide Fipronil, the latest move to protect honey bees after a May ban on three other insecticides. The ban on the insecticide produced by Germany’s BASF was agreed by 23
Ben Bernanke has convinced financial markets easy money policies will continue as long as needed. That may be forever, and those place American prosperity and sovereignty at grave risk. The economy is as sick today as it was prior to
Moscow wants to exchange a married couple of Russian spies jailed this month in Germany for at least one convict jailed in Russia on charges of spying for the West, a report said Monday. Russia’s Kommersant newspaper said that the
Egypt’s new prime minister planned further talks Sunday on forming a cabinet, as prosecutors looked at criminal complaints against ousted Islamist president Mohamed Morsi and members of his Muslim Brotherhood. Hazem al-Beblawi held talks Saturday with candidates for ministerial posts
(AP) Germany asks Egypt to release MorsiBERLINGermany is calling for the release of Egypt’s ousted president, Mohammed Morsi. The Foreign Ministry issued a statement Friday calling for an end to “all restrictive measures considering Morsi” and insisting that an organization
Germany’s environmental minister has announced that subsidies for solar power, which have created a boom in the past three years, will end no later than 2018. The German Energiewende or energy revolution has been based on significant government subsidies. This
Egypt’s main coalition, which backed the military ouster of Mohamed Morsi, denounced a roadmap granting the interim president extensive powers ahead of new elections, further complicating a bloody transition to civilian rule. In the restive Sinai peninsula, two people were
This weekend, Der Spiegel released an interview with Edward Snowden that took place before he fled Hawaii for Hong Kong. Asked whether the NSA collaborates with Israel, Snowden said: “Yes, all the time. The NSA has a large section for
Fugitive intelligence leaker Edward Snowden said the US National Security Agency operates broad secret spying partnerships with other Western governments now complaining about its programmes, in an interview published Sunday. Snowden said in comments made before his exposure of US
(AP) Jordan charges radical Muslim clericBy JAMAL HALABYAssociated PressAMMAN, JordanA Jordanian military prosecutor says he has charged a radical Muslim preacher with conspiring to carry out al-Qaida-linked attacks on Americans, Israelis and other Westerners in this key U.S. ally. Abu
(AP) No. 1 Djokovic, No. 2 Murray building Slam rivalryBy HOWARD FENDRICHAP Tennis WriterLONDONNovak Djokovic and Andy Murray are building their own Grand Slam rivalry, one that perhaps someday will merit mention alongside Roger Federer vs. Rafael Nadal, or Djokovic
(AP) Furloughs begin for Defense Department civiliansBy LOLITA C. BALDORAssociated PressWASHINGTONMore than 650,000 civilian Defense Department workers will begin taking the first of their 11 unpaid days off next week, but the cut in salary they will see in the
President Barack Obama and German Chancellor Angela Merkel agreed on Wednesday to hold high-level meetings between U.S. and German security officials in the coming days to discuss revelations that the NSA bugged “the offices of the European Union and various embassies
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com Egypt’s Morsi gives angry, desperate speech to save his job Egypt’s deposed president Hosni Mubarak says Morsi should resign Afghan Taliban scores another big terror attack in Kabul Greece and Portugal compete for this
With France and Germany outraged to find that the Obama administration has allegedly bugged 38 foreign embassies to snoop on our allies, Secretary of State John Kerry claimed there is nothing unusual about spying on allies in that fashion. Said
The New York Times is reporting that leaker Edward Snowden and his planned release of classified information are helping potential terrorists evade detection. The disclosure comes from an article about how Snowden used his status as System Administration for National
This weekend we saw another leak from Edward Snowden, this time regarding the United States spying on the European Union’s mission in New York and it’s embassy in Washington DC. One document lists 38 embassies and missions, describing them as
(AP) Eurozone unemployment at record high in MayBRUSSELSUnemployment across the 17 European Union countries that use the euro hit another all-time high in May following revisions to the previous months’ data, official figures showed Monday. Eurostat, the EU’s statistics office,
