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https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2017/jan/28/theresa-may-signs-100m-fighter-jet-deal-with-turkeys-erdogan Theresa May after visiting ...

At the end of World War II the United States created the National Security Council or NSC as a means to re-organise the nature of the Ameri...

Some will stumble because this link is to a documentary produced by RT. But if you can get past that, there's some helpful information a...

http://www.economist.com/blogs/democracyinamerica/2017/01/medieval-memes This tendency to romanticise and even glorify the Middle Ages wa...

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-prisons-idUSKBN15922L?feedType=RSS&feedName=newsOne&google_editors_picks=true I have ...

http://www.dailysabah.com/islamophobia/2017/01/14/austrian-far-right-calls-for-law-banning-fascistic-islam-muslim-symbols Fascistic Islam...

http://michaeljkruger.com/taking-back-christianese-7-america-is-a-christian-nation/ While I cannot fully agree with all his conclusions, ...

As it would seem Obama's Affordable Care Act (ACA) also known as ObamaCare is under attack and faces repeal, I've noticed a certain ...

Obama's commutation of Bradley Manning's prison sentence will probably be the one gesture that is genuinely appreciated by the Left...

https://www.euractiv.com/section/global-europe/news/the-uk-spy-behind-trumps-kompromat-also-investigated-eus-georgieva/ Anyone followi...

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/jan/10/mcguinness-northern-ireland-cash-for-ash https://www.euractiv.com/section/uk-europe...

https://apnews.com/cd66f0f8a51b416b93460e37368b42f7 America has been dealing with such paramilitary movements since at least the 1990s bu...

http://www.economist.com/blogs/erasmus/2017/01/religious-wild-cards Some Evangelicals will be disappointed by Franklin Graham but afte...

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/acts-of-faith/wp/2017/01/03/evangelicals-should-be-deeply-troubled-by-donald-trumps-attempt-to-mainstre...

This is a link to a somewhat heartbreaking 25 minute video about the children in China that are left behind in the villages while their pare...

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-india-coal-modi-idUSKBN13Q45W?il=0 It is important to understand that while breaking up monopolies is p...

http://evangelicalfocus.com/blogs/2106/The_Secret_church_in_Central_Asia While the 1990s brought an era of cultural libertarianism and ma...

Beppe Grillo is the leader of the 5-Star Movement, a rising power in Italian politics. While not technically part of the European Far Right ...

https://theintercept.com/2016/11/30/did-the-dea-nab-an-international-weapons-dealer-or-a-cia-asset-hung-out-to-dry/?comments=1#comments D...

Apple has formally appealed its €13billion tax bill which was levied when it was determined that Ireland had given the Silicon Valley giant ...

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/feb/26/inquiry-launched-palestinian-fugitive-omar-zayed-death-embassy-bulgaria http://www.ynetnews...

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/dec/07/german-court-rules-against-muslim-girl-in-burkini-case Disgusting. As Christians we shou...

Poland continues to struggle with Brussels and the conflict is reaching a point of crisis. Neither side is willing to back down. https://...

The Chinese Catholic Patriotic Association (CCPA) is Beijing's answer to Papal authority and its parallel to the Protestant Three-Self P...

Obama finally did it. He stood up to Israel's Likud Party. http://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/23/world/middleeast/israel-settlements-u...

I have sometimes referred to as the 1991 Gulf War as something of a 'signal' to other nations. The timing of both the 1989 Panama In...

http://www.fln.org/news/features/detail/inside-out-celebrate-all-of-christmas/ How do you beat the post-Christmas blues? Recover the ancie...

For those already initiated into the world of Jason Bourne and the re-booted movies of the 2000's, the story elements reflecting the MK-...

These articles are must reads for anyone who is wrestling with the Russian Hack narrative promoted by the Mainstream Media. This line is bei...

http://issuesetc.org/2016/12/06/3415-incorporating-the-real-santa-claus-into-the-celebration-of-christs-birth-holly-scheer-12616/ This 14...

I listened to this friendly debate when it was first released back in October. The argument is essentially between the Naomi Klein approach ...

or: How to respond to the Fake News hysteria and protect yourself from being brainwashed by the Establishment or manipulated by activists or...

https://theintercept.com/2016/11/23/mike-pompeo-religious-war/ Evangelicals have cause to celebrate. Pompeo is just the sort of man they ...

The Western Mainstream media continues to rely on the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights and the White Helmets as primary sources for news ...

https://www.euractiv.com/section/global-europe/news/german-spy-agency-warns-of-rise-in-russian-propaganda-and-cyber-attacks/ The media...

This Wikileaks file dates from 2012 but it's instructive with regard to Cote d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast). What is sometimes referred to a...

https://heidelblog.net/2016/11/the-media-flyover-country-betsy-devos-the-new-yorker-and-the-truth/ There are two reasons I wish to res...

2016: It's a year of earthquakes in Italy. Earlier this year, several villages crumbled into the dust, broken by the force of the earth...

A good question. As of December 2016, I don't really know. On the one hand the Christian Right turning to Trump seems like a defeat...

https://www.euractiv.com/section/security/news/divided-austria-unites-in-opposition-to-eu-army/ The issue of creating an EU Army command ...

http://www.sermonaudio.com/sermoninfo.asp?SID=1131692171 I include this as a supplement to the Lutheran Two Kingdom piece which exten...

http://www.adventistreview.org/church-news/story4356-us-cement-maker-pays-42500-in-sabbath-lawsuit These stories are far too common. Cele...

India's geopolitical shift involves a complicated dance in order to maintain a network of relationships. On the one hand India has moved...

The series of proxy battles and posturing continues. One thing is clear the lines are becoming more distinct and increasingly turning to bat...

There are so many aspects of the US election that have been covered and yet American mainstream media has largely failed to report on the in...

http://www.rosemond.com/September-2016.html I don't really know much about the author but his columns often appear in the local newsp...

The numbers aren't fully in yet but it would appear that Francois Fillon has won the first round of the French Centre-Right primary and ...

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-property-cmbs-idUSKCN12L0XB The destructive and wasteful nature of Finance Capitalism is on display...

Rwanda's Paul Kagame has been in the news recently as questions have re-emerged regarding his possible role in the shoot-down of Preside...

https://euobserver.com/foreign/135877 http://www.reuters.com/article/us-eu-defence-idUSKBN1322GH As mentioned in previous articles...

http://www.christiantoday.com/article/thousands.of.muslim.refugees.in.switzerland.germany.converting.to.christianity.amid.disillusionment/94...

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-nato-russia-idUSKCN12P31W The tension increases as both sides continue a process of escalation. This...

Once again German militarism comes with a cost to domestic society, privacy and free speech. Don't think for a moment this won't aff...

Homeschooled young men joining the military... It seems like it's been happening a lot lately and it grieves me to no end. I have ...

Maybe there's a silver lining to this whole Trump episode. The Libertarian-Tea Party wing and now the Trumpites have smashed the GOP bot...

Recently I was poking around on Facebook and encountered someone I knew from a couple of years ago. I've thought about this guy quite of...

I've mentioned this before but I wanted to put it into a brief post. In the 1990s so many lamented the lack of dignity and gravitas t...

http://www.desiringgod.org/articles/christians-this-is-our-night This article is making the rounds. It's the same argument Evange...

For all the coverage the Clinton email leaks are receiving 'the' story is not getting that much attention. The real revelation...

http://evangelicalfocus.com/blogs/1705/Why_are_churches_burning_in_Chile This article is interesting for many reasons but I post it here ...