The world, always an interesting place, has not disappointed for news in the last few weeks. Below are some thoughts on just a few recent events. President Obama appeared this morning, the 87th day of the Gulf oil spill, to discuss the spill and BP’s relief efforts. According to the Heritage Foundation, today was the first time since June 22 that Obama had publicly acknowledged | Read More »
The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea has declared itself to no longer be party to the 1953 armistice that halted the Korean War and established the uneasy peace that has reigned on the southeast Asian peninsula for the last 56 years. The announcement comes on the heels of a long-range missile test, a nuclear detonation, and multiple short-range missile launches, none of which represented physical | Read More »
That’s the word on the even more reclusive than usual leader of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea. The Korea Herald, South Korea’s English-language daily, reports: North Korean leader Kim Jong-il had surgery after suffering a stroke sometime after Aug. 14 and is recovering, officials at the nation’s top intelligence agency were quoted as saying yesterday in their report to the National Assembly’s Intelligence Committee. | Read More »
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