The growing clash between the Presidency and the U.S. Senate– including prominent Democrats as well as Republicans—is the opening guns in an effort to restore American world leadership. After the aberration of the Obama renunciation and repudiation … [Read more...] about Rebuilding America’s role
China
A Syrian Nuclear Snapshot*
Left: A Google Earth view of a Syrian scientific facility in Jamraya, near Damascus, before it was allegedly struck by Israeli warplanes in late January 2015 (photo credit: image capture from Google Earth) Syria has a long history of deception and … [Read more...] about A Syrian Nuclear Snapshot*
Weekly Briefing – February 16-20, 2015
"If Only Germany Had Solved Its Unemployment Problem in 1933, Germans Wouldn’t Have Become Nazis...Er, Maybe not." - David P. Goldman (Sprengler) Denmark’s Compromised “Values” - Rachel Ehrenfeld - The Danes should have known better, but they … [Read more...] about Weekly Briefing – February 16-20, 2015
Christians in China
In 1979 I spent some months prowling the State Department library in search of material for a study on the history of The United States’ concern with the narcotics trade in China. The final result, some 50,000 words, was submitted to Mathea Falco, … [Read more...] about Christians in China
Weekly Briefing – February 1-6, 2015
Hell on Earth - Dr. Mordecai Kedar@Arutz7 - Burning alive a human being is a method of eliminating enemies that is well known and documented in early Islamic sources, and based on a deductive legal principle of Sharia law… Anyone who attacks Islamic … [Read more...] about Weekly Briefing – February 1-6, 2015
ISIS Advances – January 22-28, 2015
Excerpts from The Meir Amit Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center* ISIS alleges Chinese technology experts joined the Caliphate The ISIS forum website has announced that 400 Chinese missile and technology experts and engineers recently … [Read more...] about ISIS Advances – January 22-28, 2015
Weekly Briefing – January 5-9, 2015
The Mystery of the Islamic State - Rachel Ehrenfeld -- Over several months last year, in an effort to understand the Islamic State movement, Maj. Gen. Michael K. Nagata, commander of American Special Operations forces in the Middle East, sought the … [Read more...] about Weekly Briefing – January 5-9, 2015
Weekly Briefing – December 28-January 2, 2014/15
Cybersecurity and the 114th Congress - Rachel Ehrenfeld - The Sony hacking served as a national reminder that cybersecurity should be taken more seriously...In May 2010, former National Security Agency Director Keith Alexander lamented, "The scale of … [Read more...] about Weekly Briefing – December 28-January 2, 2014/15
Obama Losing War on America’s Economy
Whether the fourth quarter 5% growth of the U.S. gross development product [GDP] is a fluke, another wave of the troubled sea of the longest recovery in recent American history, it is evidence of the miraculous strength of the U.S. economy. Some are … [Read more...] about Obama Losing War on America’s Economy
The Oil Market Crossroad
Left: "The number one crude oil exporter, Saudi Arabia, has projected a $39 billion deficit in 2015. The impact of lower oil prices, along with the decision not to cut production, is putting pressure on the country’s finances." It is virtually … [Read more...] about The Oil Market Crossroad