Guest Column

Why You Think Obama is Dangerous

By: Tracy Karol It might be a subtle uneasy feeling…you’re not quite sure what it is about him, but you know something about Barack Obama is a bit, well, frightening. Dangerous, even.

The Just Say No Deal Coalition issues a response to Senator Obama’s address

The Just Say No Deal Coalition issues the following in response to Senator Obama’s address at the site of the Victory Column following a free rock concert on July 24, 2008 in Berlin , Germany .

Ireland strongly opposed to Lisbon revote

Almost three quarters of Irish voters are opposed to the idea of a second vote on the EU's Lisbon treaty, according to a fresh poll.

An American ‘Honor Killing

By JOHN P. AVLON, nypost.com ON July 6, police say, a Pakistani named Chaudhry Rashid strangled his 25-year-old daughter San- deela Kanwal with a Bungee cord in her bedroom because she wanted to end her arranged marriage. This "honor killing" came not in Pakistan, but in Jonesboro, Ga. - a suburb 16 miles outside Atlanta.

On with the show!...“What does it matter?”

Everything was going great for him. The bills were paid, the kennel was making money and all the dogs were healthy. After years of struggling to prove his dogs in the show ring, they were finally making their mark. Finally, people believed in his bloodline. Maybe, they even believed in him.

Qantas jet lands with gaping hole in fuselage

PAUL ALEXANDER, News.yahoo.com MANILA, Philippines - A Qantas jumbo jet carrying 345 passengers made an emergency landing Friday with a gaping hole in its fuselage after a mysterious "explosive decompression," officials said. There were no injuries, but some passengers vomited after disembarking the Boeing 747-400, said Octavio Lina, Manila International Airport Authority deputy manager for operations. The cabin's floor gave way, he said, exposing some of the cargo beneath and part of the ceiling collapsed.

Olympics: Beijing’s clean air claim challenged by scientists

Richard Spencer in Beijing Buildings are shrouded in haze and smog in Beijing's central business district July 18, 2008 Photo: Reuters A study published in China alleges that air quality near the main Olympic venues fails the government's own "safe" target for dust particles on most days.

McCain Has Plenty of Reason to Pick Pawlenty

Over the past several days, speculation as to who John McCain will select to be his running mate on the GOP ticket increased considerably when it was learned an announcement might come imminently. While as of this writing no announcement has been forthcoming, if nothing else, it has given the media an opportunity to take a cold shower from their fawning over Barack Obama.

The Devastating Slovenian Tornado - A Media Non-Event

’If a tree falls in a forest and no one is around to hear it, does it make a sound?’ is a philosophical question that can be debated ad infinity. However, if one were to revise the question and instead ask, ’If a tree falls in a forest and there is no interested media around, does anyone hear about it?’, then one gets a very simple answer: No! Not even if thousands of trees fall.

Obama Faking It

By Maggie Gallagher Obama has a problem: What do you do when you're a lightly accomplished one-term senator, a former state legislator from Illinois, a Harvard law graduate who has no substantive record of accomplishments, and you are running against a war hero whom polls show that Americans overwhelmingly view as far more fit to be commander in chief?

Pittsburgh cancer center warns of cell phone risks

PITTSBURGH - The head of a prominent cancer research institute issued an unprecedented warning to his faculty and staff Wednesday: Limit cell phone use because of the possible risk of cancer.

Plague of compassion

By ROBERT MARSHALL. Winnipeg Sun As proud Canadians we open our doors to people from all over the world. Honest, hard-working people. And sometimes, to those who are not. Therein lies the problem.

Outsourcing of Terror: Did ZANU-PF Bring in Rwandans?

by Scott A Morgan The period of time before the June 29th runoff in the Zimbabwe presidential election had a very violence plagued last two weeks. It is believed that dozens of supporters of the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) were murdered. Others were driven from their homes as the politically motivated violence reached a crescendo. The results were what certain people wanted. Robert Mugabe was "reelected" President of Zimbabwe.

Poles honour ‘Cold Warrior’ Ronald Reagan

By Rawstory.com Polish authorities have erected a monument to US president Ronald Reagan, feted for his crusade against communism and seen by some as having hastened the collapse of the Soviet bloc, reports said Tuesday.

How Can We Help You Say Goodbye…to Obamanamia?

Watching television on Mother's Day, with a growing degree of angst, I surfed the channels to see Senator Clinton's historic Grafton, WV appearance. The first female presidential candidate of my lifetime, this champion for women campaigned on the 100th anniversary of Mother's Day at the international shrine of Anna Jarvis, the founder of mother's day.

They’re Britain’s dogs of war

By TOM NEWTON DUNN, Defence Editor, The Sun

Italian outrage over Roma drowning photos

(CNN) -- Italian newspapers, an archbishop and civil liberties campaigners expressed shock and revulsion on Monday after photographs were published of sunbathers apparently enjoying a day at the beach just meters from where the bodies of two drowned Roma girls were laid out on the sand.

Poland pays tribute to late Solidarity activist

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Solidarity activist Bronislaw Geremek was honored by hundreds at a funeral Mass in Warsaw's historic old town Monday, with former President Lech Walesa calling him "the greatest of all Poles."

What Kind of American Are You?

Somehow Americans have fallen off track. Whether because of Marxism insinuating its way through American education and journalism or for some other reason, many have lost sight of the vision and genius of our Founding Fathers. In his last speech, Patrick Henry declared, " United we stand, divided we fall." The proliferation of hyphenated Americans demonstrates another tool of division, and then subjugation, as Theodore Roosevelt eloquently states here in his October 1915 speech:

The global economy is at the point of maximum danger

By Ambrose Evans- Pritchard, Telegraph It feels like the summer of 1931. The world's two biggest financial institutions have had a heart attack. The global currency system is breaking down. The policy doctrines that got us into this mess are bankrupt. No world leader seems able to discern the problem, let alone forge a solution.