Under the Lime Trees

One of the most famous lines in German poetry is "Don't greet me under the lime trees."

Eyewitness accounts from the scene this morning (3/30/2016) confirm that the Syrian Army has liberated all parts of the city of Palmyra (Tadmor) including all of the ancient city, from 10 months of occupation and destruction by ISIS.

After the terrorist violence in Brussels many people, including Barack Obama, said we should not change our way of life and live in fear because that is what terrorists want. Maybe, but is that all they want? It seems that something important is left out of the story. In the classical model of terrorism, instilling fear (along with causing death and injury) is not an end in itself....

by Dr. Nasir Khan

A suicide bomber belonging to extremist group, Jamaat-ul-Ahrar, associated with the Pakistani Taliban, attacked a large park in Lahore where people were celebrating Easter Sunday. His powerful bomb explosion caused the deaths of at least 70 people, mostly women and children, and injured more than 350 people.

In the midst of one of the wildest presidential races in the history of United States, the sudden death of Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia has created yet another wrinkle in the campaign's political fabric. With the Republican leadership delaying consideration of President Obama's nomination of Merrick B. Garland until next year, a look at some earlier elections and court...

When you view refugee children purely as a problem to solve, something has gone wrong with your thinking.

by Ron Paul

It was not long after last week’s horrifying bombings in Brussels that the so-called security experts were out warning that Europeans must give up more of their liberty so government can keep them secure from terrorism.

Alternative title: Political Limbo Rock

How low can a presidential campaign go? In 2016, the answer to that question is find a snake belly and dig. Lower than the vertical zinc mines of Atlantis. This particular crew of candidates dived so deep in their race to the bottom, the plastic iPhone cases of staffers are melting due to the heat emanating from the core of the...

I wish someone — not the government, of course — would undertake a study as to why so many Americans avoid confronting the fact that the U.S. government and its death machine is the root cause of anti-American terrorism, especially among Muslims.

One thing that 40 years of political consciousness has taught me is that the history we are persuaded to believe is, at the very least, a gross distortion of the truth. Still worse if we read the most promoted historians in search of our own truth we soon find cloying reminders of the brazenly dishonest reinterpretation of contemporary events.

by James M. Dorsey

The International Labour Organization, by giving Qatar 12 months to implement labour reform, has put the Gulf state on notice that it no longer can delay acting on promises made in the wake of its successful bid to host the 2022 World Cup.

A single Stop Donald Trump movement first developed into a trickle but now the number of GOP groups intent on preventing the New York real estate developer from becoming their presidential nominee is about to exceed broken March Madness brackets. Thanks, Michigan State.