With the representatives of the Palestinian territory pressuring the United Nations for full recognition, questions have been raised about the future of Israel. Some argue that U.N. recognition of a Palestinian State will cause the demise of Israel. However, 127 U.N. members already recognize the State of Palestine as an independent nation. Few people are even asking,...

In response to an extradition request targeting a wanted Venezuelan male made by the United States of America, the Venezuelan Supreme Tribunal of Justice ruled that the extradition request cannot be accepted due to the rights of Venezuelans listed in the constitution of Venezuela, in this case the specific right of not being extradited to foreign countries to stand trial. The...

“Restriction of free thought and free speech is the most dangerous of all subversions. It is the one un-American act that could most easily defeat us.” Supreme Court Justice William O. Douglas   The first amendment to the Constitution of these United States of America recognizes five rights (or freedoms) – those being the freedom of religion, of speech,...

The debate in Washington, D.C. over the federal debt continues as the Aug. 2 deadline for raising the “debt ceiling” approaches. Standard & Poor’s has already reported that it would cut the U.S. credit rating from AAA to D, the last rung on its scale. John Chambers, chairman of the company’s sovereign rating committee, says, “If any government doesn’t...

Gary North asks, “What would libertarians – even conservatives – give today in order to return to an era in which the central government extracted 1% of the nation’s wealth? Where there was no income tax? Would they describe such a society as tyrannical?” Which leads to another question, “can a government be tyrannical absent an income tax?” I say “yes.”...

Hosni Mubrak has resigned as President of Egypt, now there is talk of whether or not he will be tried for “Crimes Against Humanity.” The Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court Explanatory Memorandum states, Crimes Against Humanity “are particularly odious offenses in that they constitute a serious attack on human dignity or grave humiliation or a degradation...

The sun comes up tarnished brass and sheets a shadowed world, frosted cold. The grass is ochre, leaves are gone. The world is stripped, burned by cold.   Today is Veteran’s Day in the States and Remembrance Day in Canada. I think I will take the occasion to talk about the terrible beauty of death and destruction in time of war and the wrenching truths of poetry...