Special to CosmicTribune.com, June 14, 2026 As the celebrating begins amid profound divisions within the USA, we recall the closing words of the Declaration of Independence and the men who signed in on July 4, 1776. We also honor those who sacrificed their lives on April 19, 1775 for an exceptional nation to come and […]
Special to CosmicTribune.com, June 12, 2026 Geostrategy-Direct, June 9, 2026 President Donald Trump on June 5 signed a national-security memorandum aimed at accelerating and securing advanced artificial intelligence (AI) applications for U.S. military and intelligence purposes. The National Security Presidential Memorandum “reflects a growing view inside the White House that U.S. security agencies are moving […]
Special to CosmicTribune.com, June 12, 2026 Geostrategy-Direct By Richard Fisher The 54-year record of NASA-European Space Agency (ESA) cooperation is impressive, covering Skylab, the Hubble Space Telescope and its successor the Webb Space Telescope, and 26 individual Europeans have flown on NASA missions; 20 on Space Shuttle flights, 12 to the International Space Station. Back […]
Special to CosmicTribune.com, JUne 9, 2026 If China’s state news agency Xinhua is to be believed, and it should not, President Xi Jinping’s visit to resource-rich North Korea on June 8, 2026, is a much bigger event than the recent state visits to Beijing by U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin. Seoul-based […]
Special to CosmicTribune.com, June 4, 2026 On June 4, 1989, communist Chinese military troops and tanks stormed Beijing’s Tiananmen Square, violently crushing a student-led pro-democracy movement. The armed assault resulted in thousands of deaths and injuries. Lee Faulkner noted in a post to LinkedIn: This is what Hong Kong used to look like on the […]
Special to CosmicTribune.com, June 3, 2026 Geostrategy-Direct By Richard Fisher While it appeared to be a significant setback, the May 28 spectacular explosion of Blue Origin’s New Glenn reusable space launch vehicle (SLV) may not result in a huge delay in the Moon Base building plans of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). On […]
Special to CosmicTribune.com, June 3, 2026 [The latest developments in Iran and Israel call into question the region’s eye-for-an-eye theological consensus as Christians remain an endangered or marginalized minority in the nations that saw Christianity’s birth. Jesus Christ taught followers to “love your enemies,” Matthew 5:43-44.] Writing for Christianity Today in March, Russell Moore noted: […]
Special to CosmicTribune.com, May 29, 2026 Taking note of the abundant analysis following the recent Trump-Xi summit in Beijing, Miles Yu, director of the China Center at the Hudson Institute had a modest suggestion: “Only clear-eyed realism, not summit theater, can preserve peace and freedom in the Indo-Pacific and beyond.” “Illusions do not preserve peace; […]
Special to CosmicTribune.com, May 28, 2026 By John J. Metzler, May 26, 2026 Admittedly it looks a lot like a movie plot. A political thriller where the intelligence Director of the chief adversary state, comes into the nervous capital city and meets with regime leaders to tell them their days in power are numbered. Unless […]
Special to CosmicTribune.com, May 21, 2026 Geostrategy-Direct By Richard Fisher Elon Musk and his SpaceX Corporation have a great deal riding on the now twice-delayed May 21 (6:30pm EST) launch of their two-stage Starship V3, that at 5,300 metric tons (11.7 million pounds) fully fueled will be the largest ever space launch vehicle (SLV). A […]
