The news emanating this past weekend from Zimbabwe--that opposition candidate and first round presidential election winner Morgan Tsvangirai of the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) party was forced to pull out of the June 27 presidential run-off--is distressing.[1] Tsvangirai's decision to withdraw from the election is the direct result of a… Read more
Members of Congress are considering several bills designed to combat climate change. Chief among them is Senate bill 2191--America's Climate Security Act of 2007--spearheaded by Joseph Lieberman (I-CT) and John Warner (R-VA). This bill would set a limit on the emissions of greenhouse gases, mainly carbon dioxide from the combustion of coal, oil, and… Read more
Heritage and the Wall Street Journal released the 2012 Index of Economic Freedom on Thursday, ranking 179 countries on...… Read more
Was it wise for the Obama administration to reverse the Bush administration’s policy of distancing the U.S. from the...… Read more
A recent story by Fox News provides yet another example of the United Nations Development Program’s refusal to accede...… Read more
Like Presidents Clinton and Bush before him, Obama now has a Robert Mugabe problem. Foreign Policy Magazine recently...… Read more
The April 22-25 visits of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to Zimbabwe and to Uganda highlight Iran’s unrelenting quest for...… Read more
The election of President Barack Obama resonated loudly throughout Africa. His victory raised expectations that Africa...… Read more
On October 30, the United States voted with the majority in the General Assembly to support U.N.-sponsored negotiations...… Read more
Some wonder whether the stock market’s rebound to over 10,000 is a sign not of economic recovery but of inflation. Is...… Read more
As fellow Americans we always take pride in the achievements and awards of our compatriots. Although we congratulate...… Read more
As the world honors Abraham Lincoln on the 200th anniversary of his birth, it’s worth recalling one of the less...… Read more