Jesus and his reality on trial: ‘Everyone on the side of truth listens to me’

Jesus and his reality on trial: ‘Everyone on the side of truth listens to me’

Special to CosmicTribune.com, March 30, 2022 WORDS OF LIFE 19 [T]he high priest questioned Jesus about his disciples and his teaching. 20 “I have spoken openly to the world,” Jesus replied. “I always taught in synagogues or at the temple, where all the Jews come together. I said nothing in secret. 21 Why question me? […]

What motivates Vladimir Putin to do what he does?

What motivates Vladimir Putin to do what he does?

Special to CosmicTribune.com, February 28, 2022 Commentary by Larry Ward First, I don’t view Russian President Vladimir Putin as a hero or victim, but as a pawn. Western intelligence agencies puppeteered Putin into invading Ukraine. So, how did KGB Putin get outplayed by the West? Sure, Putin once lived and breathed spy vs. spy, but […]

The West, excluding Eastern Europe, is rapidly returning to the Dark Ages

The West, excluding Eastern Europe, is rapidly returning to the Dark Ages

Special to CosmicTribune.com, February 11, 2022 Commentary by Alexander Maistrovoy [Editor’s Note: “God has a special providence for fools, drunkards, and the United States of America,” Otto von Bismark famously said. The author offers the following unvarnished perspective on the post-Trump world in 2022.] Thomas Hobbes is a founder of the modern political philosophy. We […]

Thomas Paine’s ‘The American Crisis’: ‘These are the times that try men’s souls’

Thomas Paine’s ‘The American Crisis’: ‘These are the times that try men’s souls’

CosmicTribune, December 16, 2021.com At the beginning of the Revolutionary War, as the American army was being chased out of New York and New Jersey, Thomas Paine, an aide-de-camp to Gen. Nathanael Greene, anonymously wrote “The American Crisis” in the freezing cold, using the head of a drum for a desk. According to historian Bill […]

Displacing Christianity has made America less free

Displacing Christianity has made America less free

Special to CosmicTribune.com Dennis Prager Here is something any honest person must acknowledge: As America has become more secular, it has become less free. Individuals can differ as to whether these two facts are correlated, but no honest person can deny they are facts. It seems to me indisputable that they are correlated. To deny […]

Will a ‘black robed regiment’ again defend inalienable rights endowed by our Creator?

Will a ‘black robed regiment’ again defend inalienable rights endowed by our Creator?

Commentary by R. Clinton Ohlers Representative democracy, founded on inalienable rights bestowed by the Creator, was the foundation on which New England colonists governed their churches and in turn governed their communities. The Mayflower Compact is a leading example. By 1763 every single right later enumerated in the Declaration of Independence had already been discussed […]

The surprising history of the extraterrestrial-life debate

The surprising history of the extraterrestrial-life debate

Special to CosmicTribune.com  By R. Clinton Ohlers   The debate over the existence of extraterrestrial life has a surprisingly long history — one as old as the history of science itself. Astrophysicist and historian of science and religion, Parandis Tajbakhsh, recently summarized this history for the International Research Network for Science and Belief in Society. […]

The new utopians, like the old, are plunging world into ‘chaos and hatred’

The new utopians, like the old, are plunging world into ‘chaos and hatred’

FPI / March 10, 2020 By Alexander Maistrovoy A century ago, in 1918-20, Europe sunk into the “red terror”. Inspired by the Russian revolution, people with red armbands, red flags and red stars were determined to celebrate the “new bright future”. At factories, the power was transferred to factory committees, banks were nationalized, churches were […]

In November 1989, a political tsunami toppled the wall

In November 1989, a political tsunami toppled the wall

Special to CosmicTribune.com FPI / November 11, 2019 By John J. Metzler UNITED NATIONS — Thirty years ago on Nov. 9 1989, the world suddenly changed. Mass civil and religious demonstrations rocking East German cities created a political tsunami which soon reached Berlin. Berlin, the divided city and German capital at the epicenter of the […]