“Whoever would overthrow the Liberty of a Nation, must begin by subduing Freedom of Speech… Without Freedom of Thought, there can be no such Thing as Wisdom; and no such Thing as publick Liberty, without Freedom of Speech…” Cato John Trenchard (1662-1723) & Thomas…

Russia’s ambassador to the Vatican has praised the current relations between the Roman Catholic and Russian Orthodox Churches, adding that more cooperation is needed to preserve the foundations of Christian civilization. “The situation that has formed in the world by…

“The freedom to share one’s insights and judgments verbally or in writing is, just like the freedom to think, a holy and inalienable right of humanity that, as a universal human right, is above all the rights of princes.” Carl Friedrich Bahrdt…

As fierce rains pounded Southern California, homes were swept away, roads were overwhelmed and widespread rescues forced homeowners to reckon with yet another major disaster. After the fires devastated Santa Barbara, Ventura and Los Angeles counties, hundreds of residents were…

“The Liberty of the press is the Palladium of all the civil, political and religious rights of an Englishman.” Junius the pseudonym of a writer who contributed a series of letters to the London Public Advertiser, from January 21, 1769 to…

The conservative Law and Justice government in Poland has taken a decidedly regulatory approach toward Sunday shopping. On Sunday, November 24, the government approved a law to ban Sunday trading within the next three years. If the law passes parliament,…

“The death of media influence has been greatly exaggerated.” Thomas Sowell (1930- ) Writer and economist, May 30, 2006. Source Reference Thomas Sowell Quote

Shanghai police recruited some high-tech assistance for catching criminals—an artificial intelligence system that can instantaneously identify any of the nearly 2 million faces in its database. The artificial intelligence (AI) algorithm called Dragon Eye uses China’s national database of 1.3…

“Newspapers have degenerated. They may now be absolutely relied upon.” Oscar Wilde (1854-1900). Source Reference Oscar Wilde Quote

“My business is to bring my aspirations to conform to fact, not to try to harmonize fact with my aspirations.” Thomas Henry Huxley (1825-1895). Source Reference Thomas Henry Huxley Quote

A new review of the latest evidence on sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs), which includes 30 new studies published between 2013 and 2015 (and none of them industry sponsored), concludes that SSB consumption is associated with overweight and obesity, and that countries…