Hypocrisy Alerts on the U.N.’s Arms Trade Treaty
There are quite a few reasons to be concerned about the U.N.’s pending Arms Trade Treaty. It poses a number of risks to the Second… Read More
U.N. Climate Talks: Wealth Redistribution and a New Tax, Too
Another year, another hopeless climate talk. This time, the annual U.N. climate change summit is taking place in Durban, South Africa. It looks painfully like… Read More
Morning Bell: Agenda 21 and the Threat in Your Backyard
Ready to trade in your car for a bike, or maybe a subway instead? Interested in fewer choices for your home, paying more for housing,… Read More
Debate Night: How Should Americans Think About International Organizations?
Tonight, the GOP presidential candidates square off in Washington, D.C., at the CNN/Heritage/AEI debate to discuss foreign policy and national security. But so much of… Read More
VIDEO: House Foreign Affairs Chairwoman on the Obama Doctrine
Foreign policy takes center stage in Washington this week as eight Republican presidential candidates gather tomorrow evening at DAR Constitution Hall for a debate hosted… Read More
Arab League Finally Takes Action Against Assad Regime
Facing mounting pressure, the Arab League called for Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to immediately cease the brutal hostilities against his people. By a near-unanimous vote,… Read More
Palestine Membership: More Trick Than Treat for UNESCO
As expected, “Palestine” succeeded in gaining membership in the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) on October 31 with a vote of 107… Read More
Morning Bell: Should America Carry the U.N.?
The 39-story United Nations headquarters stands on the banks of the East River in Manhattan. But now the U.N. is planning the construction of a… Read More
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Top 10 Reads: Oct. 5th, 2011
Catching you up on clips, commentary and news of the day. Sign up for the daily email update from Scribe. Ambrose: Federal law will get… Read More
U.S. Taxpayers Paying Big for New United Nations Building
Ready to fork over some of your hard-earned dollars to help the United Nations construct a new building — and for New York City to… Read More
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Top 10 Reads: Oct. 03, 2011
Catching you up on clips, commentary and news of the day. Sign up for the daily email update from Scribe. At 50, the Chinook remains… Read More
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China’s Law of the Sea Treaty Double Game
Former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations John Bolton and former Defense Department official Dan Blumenthal have written an interesting and timely op-ed about China… Read More
Obama Administration Puts Itself in Tough Spot over Palestinian Statehood
“Peace is hard”—this was the theme of President Obama’s speech September 21 at the U.N. General Assembly. The Obama Doctrine emphasizes the use of international… Read More
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Top 10 Reads: Sept. 26, 2011
Catching you up on clips, commentary and news of the day. Sign up for the daily email update from Scribe Blind to the mullah’s missile… Read More
The Consequences of America’s Confusing Middle East Policies
The United States is scrambling to avoid a diplomatic crisis at the U.N. over a Palestinian statehood vote and a promised U.S. veto. As other… Read More
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Top 10 Reads: September 22, 2011
Catching you up on clips, commentary and news of the day. Sign up for the daily email update from Scribe The Great $16 Muffin Myth… Read More
The President’s Rambling U.N. Stump Speech
President Barack Obama’s speech to the United Nations had more than a few elements of a domestic campaign stump speech. Indeed, after a few opening… Read More
Japanese Prime Minister to Visit the U.S.: Will He Walk the Talk?
Recently elected Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda is scheduled to attend the U.N. General Assembly dialogues in New York this week. Noda will be the… Read More
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Why Hugo Chavez Will Not Be Missed at the United Nations
Five years ago, Venezuela’s Hugo Chavez woke up the somnolent delegates to the United Nations General Assembly with his rude and undiplomatic President George W… Read More
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Top 10 Reads: Sept. 19, 2011
Catching you up on clips, commentary and news of the day. Sign up for the daily email update from Scribe Obama to propose $1.5 trillion… Read More
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Sen. Mike Lee Outlines Objections to Law of the Sea Treaty
Ratification of the 1982 U.N. Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) would jeopardize American security, rule of law, and prosperity, Sen. Mike Lee… Read More
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Boko Haram Broadens Attacks, Strikes U.N. Headquarters
On Friday, a suicide bomber launched an attack against the U.N. headquarters in Nigeria’s capital city of Abuja. The Islamist sect Boko Haram (translated: “education… Read More
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No Excuse For Biden’s Slip on China’s One Child Policy
Earlier this week, Vice President Joe Biden unnecessarily acknowledged and condoned communist China’s one-child-only policy in a speech to Chinese leaders while visiting the country… Read More
Forty-Five Senators Express Concern on U.N. Arms Trade Treaty
On July 15, the U.N. wrapped up its third and final Preparatory Committee meeting on its Arms Trade Treaty. After a last gathering devoted to… Read More
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30-Year-Old Law of the Sea Treaty Still Not Worth It
It’s Round 2 in President Obama’s effort to get the U.S. Senate to agree to ratification of a major international treaty. Late last year, the… Read More
Women’s Treaty Still Threatens American Rights and Values
This week the 49th Session of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women is meeting at the U.N. to review how Costa Rica,… Read More
$76 Trillion to Engineer a Green Economy?
A new report from the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs demonstrates that the U.N. has no business meddling in economic or social… Read More
Kucinich Invites Foreign Intrigue with NATO War Crimes Letter
Congressman Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) recently sent a letter to the United Nations and the International Criminal Court enjoining them to initiate an investigation of NATO… Read More
Morning Bell: The UN’s Terrible Record on Human Rights
A few blocks from the White House, what the State Department defines as a modern form of slavery is taking place every night in the… Read More
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The Radical Feminists’ World Tour
There’s a reason a large portion of the world’s poor are women. In underdeveloped nations, women lack the skills or opportunity to change their environments,… Read More
