Month: April 2022

10 Miners Missing After Tremor at 2nd Coal Mine in Poland

WARSAW, Poland—A powerful underground tremor and methane gas discharge hit a second coal mine Saturday in southern Poland, forcing dozens of workers to flee the mine and leaving authorities unable to contact 10 other miners still missing, officials said. The accident at 3:40 a.m. Saturday at the Borynia-Zofiowka mine occurred 900 meters (2,950 feet) underground….


Constable’s Clouds: The Artist Goes ‘Skying’ in His Own Backyard

Cumulus, stratus, cirrus, nimbus. Objects with these strange names affect our lives in many ways. Like a bucket overfilled with water, they pour out rain and snow; with the wind as their partner, they whip up tornadoes and hurricanes; in a pile of styles and sizes, they dress up a clear sky. Like a mother’s…


One Killed, Several Injured in Bosnia Quake

SARAJEVO—One person was killed and several injured after a magnitude 5.6 quake hit southern Bosnia on Friday night followed by a series of smaller aftershocks, officials and media reported on Saturday. A 27-year-old woman was killed and others were injured when a boulder crashed down a hill and struck a house in Stolac. A hospital…


China’s Secret Navy in the South China Sea

News Analysis Few regions are more strategically important to China than the South China Sea (SCS). Beijing has increasingly treated the SCS as a “Chinese lake,” subject to its “indisputable sovereignty.” Beijing’s competing territorial claims within other countries bordering on the SCS have led China to be militarily engaged and active in this area for…


Biden Administration’s Plan to Destroy Medical Conscience is Un-American

Commentary Freedom of religion is fundamental to the American concept of ordered liberty. But President Joe Biden doesn’t seem to care. If news reports are right, his administration intends to force doctors and nurses to participate in abortions—even when it violates their religious beliefs. It plans to force Catholic hospitals to violate Church teachings by…


Welcome to ‘Bear Market Stagflation’ and a Crummy Economy

Netflix’s announcement earlier this week that it had lost 200,000 subscribers should sound a warning on the real costs to the economy of continuing high inflation.  I suspect Netflix is just a canary in a coal mine; a warning of bad times for us all, not just binge-watching couch potatoes. With Consumer Price Inflation (CPI)…


How Dairy Affects a Woman’s Risk of Breast Cancer

According to the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), breast cancer has now surpassed lung cancer as the world’s most commonly diagnosed cancer. If you saw our recent post about how dairy products are linked to men’s prostate cancer, then you may not be surprised to learn that dairy is also a significant risk factor for…


Why You Should Start Planning a Trip With Your Teen

By Lynn O’Rourke Hayes From FamilyTravel.com You may have experienced a certain amount of togetherness with your teens in recent times. But when was the last time you ventured out for fun? Here are five reasons to start planning now: 1. Your Teen Will Treasure Special Time Spent With You Sure, they may resist at…


Predicting When Communist China Will Make Its Move on Taiwan

Commentary The window for deterring a communist Chinese invasion of Taiwan is rapidly closing, and concrete actions are needed now. The ongoing Russo-Ukrainian has sparked a great deal of speculation about Taiwan’s future. Without question, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) leadership and the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) are drawing various conclusions about the world’s response…


Arizona Judge Dismisses Lawsuits Aimed at Disqualifying Reps. Gosar, Biggs

An Arizona judge has tossed lawsuits that attempted to disqualify Reps. Paul Gosar (R-Ariz.) and Andy Biggs (R-Ariz.) from holding office. The suits, which also took aim at state Rep. Mark Finchem, a Republican, failed because the U.S. Constitution does not provide for private action to enforce Section 3 of the U.S. Constitution’s 14th Amendment, Superior…