Barry D. Wood

Henry Kissinger’s secret trip to China in July 1971, in the words of his biographer Niall Ferguson, “fundamentally altered the global balance of power.” China was

In his 1946 essay, ‘Politics and the English Language’, George Orwell lamented the decay in English usage that he believed was corrupting thinking itself. He

Federal Reserve Board Chairman Jay Powell is staking his reputation on the current spike in inflation being transitory. Powell and his colleagues on the Federal

Phoenix, AZ – Money is pouring into Arizona’s semi-conductor industry.  Intel, America’s biggest computer chip manufacturer, is spending $20 billion to build two new fabrication

Separately this April, at two elite private schools in New York City, a teacher and a parent are paying a price for speaking out against

SAVANNAH, GA:  Until Union victory in the Civil War, the southern ports of Savannah in Georgia and Charleston in South Carolina were infamously linked to

On 4 February, Hong Kong authorities decreed that children as young as six must learn the attributes of the draconian security law imposed on the

WASHINGTON: I’ve been asked multiple times in the past week whether the January 6th invasion of the US Capitol undermines American democracy.  My reply is

Back in 2000, it took five weeks until the winner of the tied presidential election was known. George W. Bush triumphed over Democrat Al Gore

SUNNYVALE, CA:  Daily life in the Silicon Valley remains heavily disrupted eight months after the coronavirus arrived on America’s west coast. At Apple headquarters in