Reid Seeks Federal Online Gambling Law
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nevada is trying to get Congress, after the November elections, to pass into law language that would preempt from the states the right...
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Survey Shows Depression Plagues Much of Europe, but Misses Why
A Mori survey taken for the European Depression Association has found that 10 percent of European workers say that they have missed work because of depression. When the survey...
Bismarck’s Blood and Iron Speech 150 Years Later
One hundred and fifty years ago, on September 30, 1862, Bismarck defended big military expenditures and military aggression in defense of statecraft. The result has not been good. ...
The Grim 50th Anniversary of “Silent Spring”
Fifty years ago, Rachel Carson published her book Silent Spring. The politically correct pseudo-science therein was largely responsible for the banning of DDT in much of the world, resulting...
Seventy-Five Years Later, The Hobbit Still Enchants Us
Seventy-five years ago, on September 21, 1937, the world received The Hobbit or There and Back Again, a strong and sweet message from one of the greatest Christian apologists...
Greek Judges and Prosecutors Strike
The economic meltdown in Greece is producing some peculiar situations. In protest to proposed salary cuts, the union of judges and prosecutors in Greece has decided to go on...
Anti-Japanese Protests Fanning Out Across China
A small archipelago in the East China Sea — known to Japan as the Senkaku Islands and to China as the Diaoyu Islands — is at the center of a series...
French Socialists Plan Massive Tax Hikes for Rich
The new Socialist president of France, Francois Hollande, has stated that he is planning to soak the rich in his nation even more, through a new tax rate of...
Germany: Merkel’s Political Allies Challenge EU Bailout in Constitutional Court
German Chancellor Angela Merkel is facing opposition from her political allies against the European Union bailout, as they challenge her in Constitutional Court. ...
Apple Corp. Allows Forced “One-Child” Pregnancy Screening of Its Employees in China
The Communist Chinese policy of birth control by coerced abortions to reduce the birth rate of couples to one child is a very real and grim fact. It has...
In Spain and Elsewhere: Separatism Is Alive and Well
Spain has long battled Basque separatism. That separatism may become more powerful as the Spanish economy melts. Separatism is also alive and well elsewhere in Europe — presenting an...
Unemployment Rate of 24.4% Puts Greece at the Edge
The unemployment rate in Greece was last reported at 24.4 percent for this past June, according to official figures released September 6. This means that almost one out of...
World Food Prices Spike 10 Percent in July
World food prices are jumping dramatically, spiking 10 percent in July. But critics contend that it is not the fault of bad weather, but rather of bad government. ...
European Court of Human Rights Weakens Abortion Bans
LifeSiteNews reports that the European Court of Human Rights has found that an Italian law that prohibits genetic screening of in vitro embryos “…violates the right to respect for...
German Politicians Dubious About Greek Economy
German political leaders, as well as other European politicians, seem to doubt that Greece is on the right track, meaning possibly unmanageable problems for the eurozone may be right...