A Caliphate to Match ISIS?

While the world's attention turns to ISIS in their tromp through Syria and Iraq, a mirror-like image is tromping through Nigeria almosts undetected.  The Sunni terrorist group has links to al Qaeda and has declared a new West African caliphate.  Similar to ISIS, Boko Haram has imposed Shariah law on approximately 3 million citizens, while …

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69th Session of the UN: What’s on the Agenda?

The days are getting shorter and the temperatures are getting cooler.  Fall must be on the way!  With it comes the annual United Nations General Assembly in New York City, where the world’s leaders get together to “maintain international peace and security...develop friendly relations among nations...achieve international co-operation in solving international problems.”  (According to the …

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The Raw Truth about Anti-Semitism and the UN

Following World War I, the League of Nations was founded in an effort to maintain world peace.  However, the organization was unsuccessful in its attempt to prevent war through disarmament, negotiation and arbitration.  It had no armed forces of its own, so depended upon the world’s great powers to enforce resolutions. That did not work. …

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