By: James Stavridis – bloomberg.com – February 21, 2019 A Defense Department report warns that China’s military buildup is reaching the point where it can attempt to “impose its will on the region and beyond.” Visiting recently with senior officials from two U.S. allies in the region, Japan and Singapore, gave me a visceral feeling of how things look on the ground...

By: Lingling Wei in Beijing & Bob Davis – wsj.com – May 9, 2019 The new hard line taken by China in trade talks—surprising the White House and threatening to derail negotiations—came after Beijing interpreted recent statements and actions by President Trump as a sign the U.S. was ready to make concessions, said people familiar with the thinking of the Chinese side. High-level negotiations...

By: Louis Casiano, Stephen Sorace, Lucia I. Suarez Sang – foxnews.com – April 21, 2019 A pair holding U.S. and British nationalities were among the 11 foreigners killed after a series of explosions struck three churches and three luxury hotels in and just outside of Sri Lanka’s capital Easter Sunday, leaving at least 207 people dead and 450 others injured, officials said....

By: Staff – orlandosentinel.com – April 18, 2019 The report on the investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election is available to the public. To see the 448-page report in pdf format click here or go to https://www.justice.gov/storage/report.pdf The partially redacted version of the report prepared by special counsel Robert Mueller was released today by Attorney General William Barr....

By Andrew C. McCarthy – nationalreview.com – April 13, 2019 Prior to the publication of the stolen Democratic-party emails and internal documents, Julian Assange and WikiLeaks exhorted Russian government hackers to send them “new material.” That is what we are told by Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s indictment of Russian intelligence officers. (I won’t offend anyone by calling them “spies” — after...

By: Debbie D’Souza – prageru.com/video – Aug 28, 2017 Venezuela is falling apart. Its economy? Ruined. Its people? Hungry. Its government? Corrupt. What happened? In a word, socialism. Debbie D’Souza, a native Venezuelan and political activist, explains. To see this video, click read more. Source: How’s Socialism Doing in Venezuela? | PragerU

By: Lou Weiss – wsj.com – March 21, 2019 Anti-Semites on the hard right and the hard left love to decry the power of the “Jewish lobby.” In one sense they’re right. Israel does exert a profound pull on the American soul. The two nations share deep commonalities, interests and profound respect. The American Israel Public Affairs Committee, or Aipac, gains its...

By: Joel C. Rosenberg – jpost.com – March 11, 2019 Soon after the April 9 elections, the White House is expected to unveil US President Donald Trump’s long-anticipated plan to advance peace in the Middle East. Critics aren’t waiting to read the actual text. They’ve already declared the effort doomed from the start. Yet such cynicism could very well prove wildly...

By: Joel C. Rosenberg – flashtrafficblog.wordpress.com – Marh 10, 20019 (Washington, D.C.) — Last Thursday, I was humbled to be invited to the White House for four hours of meetings regarding the upcoming rollout of the President’s Middle East Peace Plan, as well as the threats posed to the U.S., Israel and our allies by the rogue regimes in Iran and...

By: Joel C. Rosenberg – flashtrafficblog.wordpress.com – Marh 10, 20019 (Washington, D.C.) — Last Thursday, I was humbled to be invited to the White House for four hours of meetings regarding the upcoming rollout of the President’s Middle East Peace Plan, as well as the threats posed to the U.S., Israel and our allies by the rogue regimes in Iran and...