America Is In Chaos

COULTER: The ‘Resistance’ Goes Live-Fire by ANN COULTER14 Jun 20178,049 The explosion of violence against conservatives across the country is being intentionally ginned up by Democrats, reporters, TV hosts, late-night comedians and celebrities, who compete with one another to come up with the most vile epithets for Trump and his supporters. They go right up…

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A ‘New` Type Of Great Power Relationship

In the absence of a common narrative shared by the U.S. and China, the two nations are likely to drift more rapidly apart. Trust builds on itself just as distrust builds on itself as well, compounding into deep enmity over time. BEIJING — I have watched carefully the evolution of China’s concept of a “New…

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Asymmetric means: Russia, China, And Iran Are Mastering Unconventional Warfare

  US PARATROOPERS   Russia, China, Iran, and Islamists are waging unconventional warfare around the world, and the United States currently lacks a clear strategy to counter the threat, according to a recent report by the Army Special Operations Command. “This challenge is hybrid warfare combining conventional, irregular, and asymmetric means, to include the persistent…

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The arts add vital jobs to the American economy

         The value of the arts to the economy has always been an elusive figure – until now. For the first time, the Bureau of Economic Analysis, part of the Commerce Department, has quantified art’s impact, finding in a study released Thursday that 3.2 percent – or $504 billion – of the…

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“International Exhibition of Modern Art” Armory Show @ 100 years

European masterpieces were on show, but also works by US artists, including Hartley’s, Still Life, No.1, 1912, which are often overlooked   One of the most notorious cultural events of the 20th century, marking the dawn of America’s love affair with Modernism. And yet, as the Armory Show reaches its centenary, the full picture of…

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So what motivates 120 million Americans to attend a church, synagogue or temple?

  I carried a lot of crosses as a Catholic altar boy. I also learned to mumble phrases in Latin and breathed in enough incense to choke an elephant. There is something serene about being behind a ritual. It lets you observe and reflect. And wonder why in the world people show up. Roughly six…

Empty Churches In America: A New Generation of Millennials Change Society

  The fastest growing “religious” group in America is made up of people with no religion at all, according to a Pew survey showing that one in five Americans is not affiliated with any religion. The number of these Americans has grown by 25% just in the past five years, according to a survey released…

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New Route for illegal immigrants to America through Caribbean…..

Arrest of 16 Brazilians in the Bahamas shows new illegal route to the U.S.     14/09/2012 – The arrest of 16 Brazilians on a boat in the Bahamas territory on Monday, reinforced the suspicion that there is a new route for illegal immigrants to reach the U.S., thorough the Caribbean. The group was comprised…

The Shadow Player In the South China Sea

    BEIJING – Last September, China, Japan and South Korea launched the Trilateral Cooperative Secretariat in Seoul. South Korean Shin Bong-Kil, a former ambassador for international economic cooperation and a prominent expert on China and Japan, was appointed as Secretary-General. It has taken quite a lot of twists and turns for the three countries…