Kenneth Weinstein Kenneth R. Weinstein is Japan Chair at Hudson Institute. realclearwire.com When Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida heads to the White House on Wednesday to meet with President Biden, he comes as the leader of a nation that has quietly become America’s most important ally. But Japan
Nicholas Fondacaro Nick grew up in East Stroudsburg Pennsylvania. He graduated from Binghamton University in 2013 with a degree in Political Science. While at Binghamton he served as the Speaker of the Student Assembly and wrote for the Binghamton Review, where his love for journalism started. newsbusters.org One would
Carlo J.V. Caro Carlo J.V. Caro is a political and military analyst. He has a graduate degree from Columbia University. realclearwire.com By prioritizing crisis management in response to escalating tensions, President Biden and his national security team risk inadvertently paving the way for a war between Iran
Peter Allan Williams peterallanwilliams.substack.com Here’s a name that isn’t published or broadcast much these days – Julian Assange. Fourteen years ago he was one of the most famous people in the world. That was after the online publisher he founded, Wikileaks, let the world know what illegal
As magician and sceptic Penn Jillette puts it: if you live in a beach-house in the US, you probably shouldn’t be trying to tell starving people in the rest of the world that you’re’ fighting the technology that could feed their children… Unless you and yours are starving,
The Easter holiday weekend was most enjoyable. We have been pottering about the South Island visiting some places we haven’t been for a while. Due to my not wanting to spend money if I don’t have to, or as little as possible, our accommodation has been backpacker hostels
Awi Federgruen Awi Federgruen Is the chair of Columbia Business School’s Decision. Risk and Operations Division. He is an expert in logistics and data science. Ran Kivetz Ran Kivetz is the Philip H. Geier Professor at Columbia Business School. He is an expert in decision making, including the intersection
New Zealand Doctors Speaking Out with Science nzdsos.com In February 2024, CEO of the New Zealand Medical Council, and Chair of the International Association of Medical Regulatory Authorities (IAMRA) Joan Simeon signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General, Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus. Although press
Adam Andrzejewski realclearwire.com Topline: The United States has sent $2.6 billion of humanitarian aid to Afghanistan since August 2021, some of which wound up in the hands of the Taliban terrorist organization, according to a recent Inspector General report. Key Facts: Afghanistan does not have the infrastructure to
As I wrote some time ago, it is beyond obvious that the only way the Ukraine war will end is a negotiated peace. Anyone who claimed even back then that Russia would be decisively defeated was kidding themselves — and condemning more Russians and Ukrainians to death. Today, holding out for
When ISIS-K terrorists launched their bloody attack in Moscow last week, it was merely the most visible outrage of a renewed terrorist threat that has been growing since last October. The field is ripe for a resurgence of Islamic mayhem, no doubt as Hamas and its backers in Iran principally,
Michael Cook Michael Cook is editor of Mercator mercatornet.com In the United States, Australia, and Europe there can be no cause more idealistic, more popular, and more progressive than the abolition of female genital mutilation (FGM). Many countries have banned it; NGOs educate people about it. The United Nations
Rule of Thumb: if Helen Clark is for it, it’s probably a really, really bad idea. Especially if it’s yet another UN boondoggle. Especially when it’s a UN boondoggle overseen by an agency even more thoroughly discredited than usual. After all, let’s not forget that a
Tamás Klein Tamás Klein is a Hungarian paleolibertarian and an economics student at Grove City College. He is the president of the Mises Society at Grove City College and an apprentice for the Mises Institute. mises.org In recent years, my homeland, Hungary, a small country in central-eastern Europe, has
Some people nicknamed it the American Stonehenge because it looked a little like the Neolithic Stonehenge in Wiltshire, England. The US Georgia Guidestones were four 19-foot-tall granite panels carved out of local stone in northeast Georgia and had been erected on 22 March 1980. The panels featured inscriptions in multiple
James C Roberts James C Roberts served in the Reagan Administration from 1981–1984 and is the founder and executive chairman of Radio America, a national conservative radio network with more than 630 affiliates. Editor’s Note: In honour of National Vietnam War Veterans Day, we present this article by
