Monday, January 31, 2011

CHINA'S CYBER-ESPIONAGE

How much info is being stolen? The consequences could be very serious in 8-10 years in the opinion of the author.

After photos surfaced recently of a prototype Chinese stealth fighter, Pentagon officials acknowledged that they have continually underestimated the pace of Chinese technological advances. Perhaps that’s because China is stealing technology from the West at a blinding pace, through cyber-espionage. And U.S. companies are doing little to stop it.

Wednesday, January 26, 2011

Wednesday, January 12, 2011

INDEX OF ECONOMIC FREEDOM

The countries of the world are ranked -- the US is 8th in economic freedom. Canada is freer--that is hard for me to understand.

Saturday, January 08, 2011

EGYPTIAN MUSLIMS PROTECT CHRISTIANS

You don't see many of these reports.

From the well-known to the unknown, Muslims had offered their bodies as “human shields” for last night’s mass, making a pledge to collectively fight the threat of Islamic militants and towards an Egypt free from sectarian strife.

Thursday, January 06, 2011

Tuesday, January 04, 2011

AMERICA IN DECLINE

From Foreign Policy. Conclusion: The United States still has formidable strengths. Its economy will eventually recover. Its military has a global presence and a technological edge that no other country can yet match. But America will never again experience the global dominance it enjoyed in the 17 years between the Soviet Union's collapse in 1991 and the financial crisis of 2008. Those days are over.