[Editor’s note: This is a comment made by Prof. Craven on the following article pasted below, titled “Why Calling China an “Adversary” Doesn’t Matter” written by Zachary Keck for the Diplomat. The 4th Media believes this…
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The Libyan city of Bani Walid is reported to be under heavy attack from pro-government forces and militias. Witnesses say that more civilians are being killed by shelling, while houses are engulfed in flames. Earlier…
Switzerland’s Foreign Minister Didier Burkhalter (L) and his Russian counterpart, Sergei Lavrov, met in Moscow on October 25, 2012. Bern does not support unilateral sanctions against Iran: Swiss FM Switzerland’s Foreign Minister Didier…
The US federal debt is 16 trillion dollars – 20 trillion if you add in state and local government debts – but it could just as easily be zero dollars if we had the monetary…
Berlin – The European Union agreed to new sanctions against Iran on Monday, October 15 to force Tehran to comply with international demands that it scale back its nuclear program. At the same time, violence…
The fourth anniversary of the collapse of Lehman Brothers – the pivotal point which marked the escalation of the world’s mounting problems into the full-blown crisis – went almost unnoticed on September 15….
For to be free is not merely to cast off one’s chains, but to live in a way that respects and enhances the freedom of others. Nelson Mandela “Come on! How can you speak of Israeli…
Keith Fitz-Gerald writes: Dallas Federal Reserve President Richard Fisher recently offered a stunning assessment about our policy making central bankers down in Washington. They’re winging it. In a talk before a Harvard Club audience, Fisher…
The trial of Paolo Gabriele, the personal butler of Pope Benedict XVI, ended on October 6 with an 18 months sentence on charges of leaking the pontiff’s secret memos. The revelations attributed to Gabriele ignited…
Nobel’s EU “Champion of Peace” Makes a Mockery of Free Speech Only three days after being awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for its alleged role in promoting peace and reconciliation across the European continent, the…