Learn From Pension Fund Managers in Turkey
Investing in stocks in Turkey is risky business. According to The Heritage Foundation, Turkey's gross domestic product is only $1.1 trillion. Its unemployment is 11.7 percent. Its judiciary is "subject...
View ArticleMarine Corps Grants Hal Faulkner, Terminally Ill Gay Man, Tear-Inducing Last...
The United States Marine Corps. has finally given a gay former sergeant the long-awaited apology he deserved. Hal Faulkner, 79, joined the Marines in 1953, according to the New York Times. He started...
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Raul Castro Maintains Hard Line Toward U.S. and European Union
Photo by Silvia Corbelle Red and black, these are the colors of the newspaper Granma. But unlike Stendhal's famous work, in Granma's pages the reader will not encounter realism, simply proselytizing....
View ArticleDefense In US Army Sex Assault Case Says Accuser Lied
FORT BRAGG, N.C. (AP) — Defense lawyers for a U.S. Army general facing sexual assault charges say digital evidence collected from his accuser's old smartphone shows she lied under oath. The young...
View ArticleObama Should Be Careful of a Slippery Slope Back into Iraq
As their massive sacrifices in the future of Iraq go up in flames (more than 4,000 American lives lost and greater than $1 trillion in taxpayer dollars wasted), Americans watch pundits on TV argue that...
View ArticleMonica Spear Is Latest Symbol Of Venezuela's Crime Woes
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — A popular soap-opera actress and former Miss Venezuela, 29-year-old Monica Spear surely could have afforded to vacation elsewhere. Yet she and her ex-husband, who worked in...
View ArticlePanama Canal Authority Proposes Splitting Costs To End Dispute
PANAMA CITY (AP) — The Panama Canal Authority said Tuesday that it wants to end a standoff over the expansion of the canal by splitting construction costs with an international consortium that has...
View ArticleU.S. And Cuba Initiate New Round Of Migration Talks
HAVANA (AP) — Cuban and U.S. representatives are set to meet in Havana for a new round of restarted migration talks on Thursday, a signal of the longtime Cold War foes' recent willingness to engage in...
View ArticleWhy 100,000 Dead Bats Fell From The Sky In Australia
Something unusual rained down on residents of Queensland, Australia, over the weekend. In a bizarre incident, thousands of bats reportedly fell from the sky in the northeastern state. While the mass...
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Nuclear Death, Warmed Over
During the cold war, the United States built a large nuclear arsenal deployed on long-range land based missiles, submarines and strategic bombers. This "Triad" of nuclear systems was thought critical...
View ArticleRobert Gates Memoir Backfires On Obama Criticisms
WASHINGTON -- Former Secretary of Defense Robert Gates' upcoming memoir has all the makings of a Washington bombshell book. It has dominated cable news coverage. White House Press Secretary Jay Carney...
View ArticleThe Frustration of Bob Gates
For all the back and forth about contentious revelations in his new memoir, it's important to realize that former Secretary of Defense Robert Gates is clearly a frustrated guy. After the adventures...
View ArticleSettlers Settling SecState Scores
From the get go of Secretary of State John Kerry's round-the-clock efforts to revive the moribund Middle East Peace Process, he has confronted skepticism, hostility, and sardonic remarks from every...
View ArticleIslamic State Of Iraq And The Levant Ramps Up Mideast Violence
BEIRUT (AP) — Al-Qaida is positioning itself as a vanguard defending the Sunni community against what it sees as persecution by Shiite-dominated governments across Syria, Lebanon and Iraq. As a result,...
View ArticleCuba: A Society of Alchemists and Liars
We live in a society of alchemists. They don't turn iron into gold, but they are skilled at replacing ingredients and adulterating almost every product. Their goal is to cheat every client or to steal...
View ArticleAn Excerpt From Gabriel Sherman's 'The Loudest Voice In The Room' -- New York...
When the head of Fox News moved to Garrison, New York, he bought a little newspaper and tried to instill his own brand of American values. Guess what happened next?
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Female Muslim Dress Survey Reveals Wide Range Of Preferences On Hijab, Burqa,...
A visit to any Muslim-majority country will quickly reveal the variations that exist when it comes to appropriate female attire. But what do most residents consider most appropriate? The University of...
View ArticleFocusing on Inequality in Hungary
If you look just at the statistics, Hungary seems to be doing pretty well, inequality-wise. The country experienced a significant spike in poverty and household inequality after the political changes...
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Cabinet Office Minister Francis Maude Decries 'Old Style' Obamacare Insurance...
Francis Maude has risked tweaking the nose of the American administration by bemoaning the antiquated approach to IT employed by the White House in its disastrous launch of the Obamacare website....
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