Rowing Around the World

Rowing Around the World

Some 3,000 years ago, migrants out of Taiwan left in large boats to make their homes in the islands of the Pacific: New Zealand, Samoa, Tonga, Hawaii and Tahiti, to name a few.  Their descendants multiplied, and thus the Polynesian race was born.  Back in 2014, a...
Courting Bernie’s Supporters

Courting Bernie’s Supporters

Despite clinching the Democratic nomination, Hillary Clinton’s still got plenty of hurdles to face if she wants all Democrats to back her.  Bernie’s supporters seem reluctant to back her, viewing her as just as bad as Trump.  Every time Bernie mentioned her name at a...

Greece Bridge Loan

At a conference call meant to tap the EU’s EFSM emergency fund, Eurozone ministers have recently agreed to give Greece a €7 billion “bridge” loan from an EU-wide fund to keep the country’s finances afloat until a bailout is finally approved.  This loan is expected to...

Rachel Dolezal Resigns

After being accused of falsely portraying herself as black, Spokane’s NAACP leader Rachel Dolezal quit today, saying that she remains committed to fighting for “what is right and good”.  Late last week, Dolezal’s career as a black civil rights leader began to unravel...

The Great Patriotic War

The Western image of World War II, particularly the American one, is one of a conflict that we won, whether at Normandy or Iwo Jima, through the help of such men as George S. Patton, Dwight D. Eisenhower and Winston Churchill, or thanks to such weapons as the atomic...