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UN benefit boost to outgoing ethics watchdog questioned in light of sex abuse scandal

07/30/2015 Published on Foxnews.com
On April 14, 2015, Joan Dubinsky, the top ethics officer of the United Nations, got a small but important extension of her final two-year employment contract with the world organization. It could be worth about $1,000 a month for the…

Alexis Tsipras is right, a ‘no’ vote is best for Greece

07/03/2015 Published on Foxnews.com
Sunday, Greeks should vote “no”! Hellenic voters are being asked whether they accept the terms offered by the European Union, European Central Bank and International Monetary Fund to extend the bailout for Athens’ troubled finances or give Prime Minister Tsipras…

Why Greece must default (or restructure its debt)

06/24/2015 Published on Foxnews.com
Greece will never be able to pay all its owes and the sooner its principal creditors—the European Union, European Central Bank and International Monetary—face reality, the better for everyone. The Troika is demanding more austerity—cuts in government spending, higher taxes…

Judge slaps down U.N. on sex crimes reporting

05/06/2015 Published on Foxnews.com
The United Nations’ suspension of a top human rights official who passed evidence to French authorities of rape and sexual abuse of starving children in the Central African Republic by French and African troops last year was unlawful, a U.N.…

African troops involved with French in UN rape report scandal

05/01/2015 Published on Foxnews.com
EXCLUSIVE: Troops from Chad and Equatorial Guinea, as well as French soldiers, were involved in the rape and sexual abuse of starving children in the Central African Republic between December 2013 and June 2014, according to the woman who handed…

Obama exempted Pakistan drone missions from tougher rule in 2013

04/27/2015 Published on Foxnews.com
President Obama secretly granted the Central Intelligence Agency more flexibility to conduct drone strikes targeting terror suspects in Pakistan than anywhere else in the world after approving more restrictive rules in 2013. The Wall Street Journal, citing current and former…

Quillaja: Coming to your beer, soda and shampoo

03/25/2015 Published on Foxnews.com
Sustainable quillaja harvesting in Chile (Chris Kilham) Two men with chain saws stand in the warm Chilean sun, cutting branches from trees. There are plenty of bees here buzzing around in the central valley, especially in this part where pesticides…

Washington, Silicon Valley and the beauty of spontaneous order

02/12/2015 Published on Foxnews.com
Most of life happens without a central planner. Yet people think we need one. Suppose you’d never seen a skating rink, and I told you that I want to lay down some ice and charge people money to strap sharp…

California breaks ground on bullet train project despite opposition, as price tag soars

01/07/2015 Published on Foxnews.com
Despite cost overruns, lawsuits, public opposition and a projected completion date 13 years behind schedule, California Gov. Jerry Brown broke ground Tuesday on what is to become the most expensive public works project in U.S. history: the California bullet train.…

Jeb Bush faces conservative scrutiny after dipping toe in 2016 waters

01/01/2015 Published on Foxnews.com
As former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush mounts an increasingly likely presidential campaign, he’ll first have to weather some brutal attacks from within his own party. “You know what Jeb Bush is? He’s an old-time liberal Republican. That’s what he is,”…