President Obama's family appears to be a small microcosm of the international community. His relatives live on three continents, with ties to multiple countries, including China.
Millions of Chinese eager to hear President Barack Obama's inaugural speech got a slightly condensed version yesterday. References to communism, fascism, and dissent were notably absent from most broadcast and print versions in China, including those on web portals like Sina.com and sohu.com.
Geert Wilders, who I interviewed in the Netherlands last year, faces prosecution for inciting racial hatred, after a Dutch court ruled today that his attacks on Islam and the Koran are not protected speech.
President Obama may have a problem on his hands. Pro-life groups have been concerned for months because Obama has promised that he would sign the Freedom of Choice Act.
The Brody File is providing you a few places to go to read more about today's National Prayer Service. Read the sermon by Sharon Watkins here.
For weeks, the Congolese have been saying that the Rwandans were coming over the border to hunt the Hutu rebels. Now the reports are confirmed by the Rwandan officials and the United Nations.
Hearings, hearings, and wouldn't you know it, more hearings!
It's been less than 24 hours since the inauguration of President Obama, and the post-inaugural glow is quickly fading from the city.
My wife, Nedra, and I were reflecting on our own personal history and journey as it intersects with “big picture” history.
When, newly married in New York City, we moved to Portsmouth, Va. in 1967 to join the then fledgling CBN. Unbeknownst to us, had we desired to marry in Virginia, our interracial marriage would have been illegal at that time in this state. A few months later the law changed; but it took longer for hearts to change.
After initial reports in a British tabloid that Al-Qaeda in North Africa (otherwise known as AQ in the Islamic Maghreb, whose emergence we first told you about way back in July 2007) had suffered an outbreak of bubonic plague in one of its training camps, some more specific and credible details are beginning to emerge. And they aren't pretty: for Al-Qaeda (reportedly as many as 40 dead) or for the West. From the Washington Times' irrepressible Eli Lake: