Last week, China anchored one of its two “Monster Ships” — the largest Coast Guard ships in the world — within the exclusive economic zone of Manila, the capital of the Philippines. The vessels are 165 meters long and displace…
On June 21, Nicaraguan Vice President Rosario Murillo announced that the Nicaraguan government had established diplomatic relations with the People of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, more commonly known as the Taliban. Michael Campbell, Nicaragua’s ambassador to China, will take…
Throughout history, there have been occasional castration cults. The Heaven’s Gate cult in America believed that their “core beings” would ascend to “the next level” into a comet after they committed suicide, some members first choosing to be castrated. The…
I have never eaten a goose. Alive. Dead maybe, because Europe is now full of restaurants where you know exactly what you’re paying for, but you have no idea what you’re eating. Last night, I found myself walking into a…
Yale history professor and author of The Global Cold War Odd Arne Westad, writing in Foreign Affairs, sees dangerous similarities between the British-German geopolitical rivalry before the First World War and today’s geopolitical rivalry between the United States and China….
This week, Gov. Maura Healey of Massachusetts launched a public education campaign to highlight “the dangers and potential harm of anti-abortion centers.” Pregnancy crisis centers were relabeled as “Anti-Abortion Centers” that seek to emotionally manipulate and misinform pregnant women about…
Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the independent presidential candidate, is on the brink of meeting the requirements to qualify for the June 27 CNN presidential debate. His participation in the debate could significantly change the state of the presidential race, as…
So it’s official. The last Italian will be born in 2225, says the Italian publication Il Messaggero. And will die 82 years later, undoubtedly childless. The problem is, of course, the dearth of children. Birth rates in Italy have dropped…
The aircraft carrier USS George Washington cruised through the south Atlantic last week in the first joint U.S. naval exercise with Argentina in more than 30 years. Leftist Peronistas who governed the country during much of those decades gave bases…
