After the unexpected Brexit vote, the EU is shaken up and is scrambling to avoid the “spill-over effect” to prompt further defections. Berlin’s plan to use the EU for its own hegemonic purposes is being challenged. When Britain’s military, for…

Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto, U.S. President Barack Obama and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, sometimes known as “the three amigos” met to discuss climate change and free trade between the three countries they represent. Two lavish dinners were opportunities…

Friday, July 22, 2016 was very hot. At 110 °F (43 °C) and with sustained winds of 15 miles per hour (24km/h) and gusting up to 25 miles per hour (40 km/h), conditions were very dangerous. About 2:10 pm a…

Seventh Circuit Judge Richard Posner says U.S. judges should stop studying the Constitution. “I see absolutely no value to a judge of spending decades, years, months, weeks, day, hours, minutes, or seconds studying the Constitution, the history of its enactment,…

Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte has ordered police to escalate his war on illegal drugs. “Double your efforts. Triple them if need be,” he said. “We will not stop until the last drug lord, the last financier and the last pusher…

Nickelodeon, an American children’s channel owned by Viacom, made dubious history by airing the first animated cartoon show featuring a happily “married” same-gender couple in an episode called, “The Loud House.” Social media lit up with glowing reviews of the…

Hillary Clinton has chosen former Virginia Governor Tim Kaine for her vice-presidential running mate. Kaine is also a junior senator in the U.S. Congress, hoping to close the “God-gap” in the Democratic Party. In light of Donald Trump’s capture of…

“When I die I hope I’ll have a chance to hit God in the face. If there is a God he already knows about this and he’ll get away – and as an agnostic I probably won’t get the chance….

And 18-year-old German Iranian man shot and killed nine people plus himself. He also wounded 16 others at a shopping mall in Munich in an attack about 6 pm on Friday evening July 22. Apparently he lured people to the…

The Anglican Church of Canada has voted to approve same-sex “marriage,” if the diocesan bishop authorizes it during its general synod July 7-12. This is the same as saying that same-sex marriage is up to the local unit of the…

The Republican Party, at the Republican National Convention, has adopted the most conservative platform ever. And it has Christian conservatives cheering it, partly because it is the “the most pro-life platform ever.” It also continued opposition to homosexual marriage and…

“Over two thirds (68 percent) of consumers across Europe are interested in using biometrics when making a payment, especially when integrated with other security measures.” Visa says its research shows that 73 percent of Europeans believe that two-factor authentication is…