Mind-boggling amounts of wealth have been created in California’s Silicon Valley since computing and electronics pioneers invented the first integrated circuit, or microchip, the first operational version of which was produced at Fairchild Semiconductors in Silicon Valley in 1960. But...
Billionaire financier Jeffrey Epstein was arrested by Federal prosecutors in New York on charges of sex abuse and trafficking of minors. And the elite trembles. Epstein had already been condemned on similar charges in the past, but had got off...
The Migrant Detention Centres at the USA’s border with Mexico have been getting a lot of attention lately. Some have drawn parallels between the holding centres and ‘concentration camps’, whilst President Donald Trump calls the management of the centres a...
As Graham Allison writes in Destined for War, in 2011, then-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton announced with considerable fanfare an important “turning point” in American foreign policy. This would have diverted Washington’s attention and resources from the Middle East to...
On June 20, an American milestone was reached, as Marion Wilson, Jr. became the 1,500th person executed since capital punishment was re-instated in 1976. Evidence suggests that the US’ love affair with the death penalty is beginning to wane. While...
Over the past few weeks, the number of Democrats jumping on the presidential bandwagon has leveled off. It appears to be holding steady at a still comical 24, leaving Senator Amy Klobuchar to quip recently “It’s a ‘Hunger Games’ situation.”...
Abraham Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address is considered one of the benchmarks of American speeches. In it he states that “government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth.” Delivered in November of 1863, at...
Looking at Kelley Gunter, a person might make presumptions. Her smile is infectious, she is slim, pretty, and has legs that go on for miles. Unbeknownst to many, Kelley once weighed 391 pounds (177 kilograms) and has lost 243 pounds...
As US President Donald Trump arrived in London, he took a moment to praise former London mayor and current candidate for the prime minister’s seat, Boris Johnson: “I think Boris would do a very good job. I think he would...
For Wikileaks founder Julian Assange, life has not been easy since his organization published leaked classified material in 2010. The Australian-born journalist has since been either on the run or holed up in embassies in an effort to avoid extradition...