TEOTWAWKI

It’s a unique paradox that 70% of the Earth’s surface is water, yet only about 1% of it is suitable for human use. Everything we need water for, whether it’s…

TALIBAN TAKES FLIGHT: The Pakistani Taliban claimed responsibility for an attack at the country’s largest and busiest airport. This fans the flames of instability in nuclear-armed Pakistan, and again raises the…

There are workers who are being kept in the dark. These workers are tireless, operating 24/7 without lights, climate control, the need for breaks, or any salary or special benefits.…

The people in healthcare who sit up nights worrying about potentially world-shattering death plagues are monitoring Middle East Respiratory System, known as “MERS.” It’s already infected more than 600 people worldwide, killing roughly 30% of…

Sabers are rattling again in the ongoing joust between China and the United States. The latest thrust arrived this week, with five officers of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army indicted by…

Liberal bloggers are now spinning Barack Obama’s inaction on the Ukraine crisis as an intentional strategy, as Russian strongman Vladimir Putin pulls his troops back from the border with Ukraine. But while…

Investing is largely about trying to predict the future —future markets, future politics, future booms and busts. That’s why it’s so important to keep up with politics; not just as…

About 10 years ago I worked with a young Polish gentleman, and one day I caught him wistfully reminiscing about the Communists. He was only a young child when the Solidarność…

While Russian troops camp out on the Ukrainian border, pro-Russian insurgents inside the Eastern European nation are seizing town  after town, this week claiming the eastern city of Luhansk. Obama…

A recent Associated Press poll revealed that a majority of Americans aren’t sure whether the Big Bang Theory, which postulates that everything was created in a massive expansion at the…