‘Rich Men North of Richmond’ struck a powerful chord with masses who had tuned out cultural elites

‘Rich Men North of Richmond’ struck a powerful chord with masses who had tuned out cultural elites

Special to CosmicTribune.com, August 23, 2023 “Rich Men North of Richmond”, Oliver Anthony’s anthem for the blue collar worker, has surged to the No. 1 position on the Apple Music global charts and is poised to take the top spot on the Billboard Hot 100 as well. The song “has gained mass notoriety for its […]

Cosmic View, August 22, 2023: The 2020 apocalypse in hindsight

Cosmic View, August 22, 2023: The 2020 apocalypse in hindsight

Special to CosmicTribune.com, August 22, 2023 COSMIC VIEW Today’s headline: Just in time: Cases of new Covid ‘variant’ spiking as another round of ‘vaccines’ is introduced Once in a great while, the headline tells the whole story. But the context of this story is much greater and arguably apocalyptic. The great Wuhan virus of 2019 […]

The sky: August 20-27; Moon occults Antares on August 24

The sky: August 20-27; Moon occults Antares on August 24

Special to CosmicTribune.com, August 21, 2023, 2023 Excerpts from weekly Sky&Telescope report. MONDAY, AUGUST 21 ■ Different people have an easier or harder time seeing star colors, especially subtle ones. To me, the tints of bright stars stand out a little better in a sky that’s the deep blue of late twilight. For instance, the two brightest […]

In the spirit of Elijah

In the spirit of Elijah

Special to CosmicTribune.com, August 20, 2023 WORDS OF LIFE II Kings 2 2 When the Lord was about to take Elijah up to heaven in a whirlwind, Elijah and Elisha were on their way from Gilgal. 2 Elijah said to Elisha, “Stay here; the Lord has sent me to Bethel.” But Elisha said, “As surely […]

Comment: Tactics by U.S. ruling elite closely align with China’s ‘Three Warfares’ policy

Comment: Tactics by U.S. ruling elite closely align with China’s ‘Three Warfares’ policy

Special to CosmicTribune.com, August 17, 2023 Commentary by Joe Schaeffer Perhaps it’s not a coincidence given the close ties President Joe Biden, Republican Senate Leader Mitch McConnell and numerous other leading figures of the ruling U.S. political establishment have to China. Or perhaps it’s simply a matter of an emerging Western-based authoritarian monolith mimicking the […]

Is Russia ‘rejoining’ the space race, or just cooperating with China?

Is Russia ‘rejoining’ the space race, or just cooperating with China?

Special to CosmicTribune.com, August 16, 2023 Geostrategy-Direct By Richard Fisher Russian dictator Vladimir Putin needs to produce some good news for the Russian people, at least to offer some contrast with his disastrous war against Ukraine that has isolated Russia from most of the civilized world. Putin’s war has resulted in painful economic embargoes with […]

Cosmic View, August 15, 2023: United Socialist States of America?

Cosmic View, August 15, 2023: United Socialist States of America?

Special to CosmicTribune.com, August 15, 2023 COSMIC VIEW Today’s headline: Analysis: No longer the America we knew, that the world revered “In the America in which we once lived, we didn’t try to lock up political opponents.” Ben Weingarten, editor at large for RealClearInvestigations, wrote the above on June 23 after the Department of Justice’s […]

Cosmic View, August 14, 2023: The unexplained Maui catastrophe

Cosmic View, August 14, 2023: The unexplained Maui catastrophe

Special to CosmicTribune.com, August 14, 2023 COSMIC VIEW Today’s headline: Survivors describe Maui war zone horror as death toll continues to rise It was no ordinary wildfire. Was it a natural or an unnatural disaster? “We pick up remains and they fall apart,” said Maui County police chief John Pelletier on Saturday, four days after a […]

The sky: August 14-20

The sky: August 14-20

Special to CosmicTribune.com, August 15, 2023 Excerpts from weekly Sky&Telescope report. MONDAY, AUGUST 14 A winter preview: Step out before the first light of dawn this week, and the sky displays the same starry panorama it does after dusk around Christmas. Orion is striding up in the southeast, with Aldebaran and then the Pleiades high above it. […]

The Barack Obama mystery: ‘Not normal’ and his public persona is fiction, says biographer

The Barack Obama mystery: ‘Not normal’ and his public persona is fiction, says biographer

Special to CosmicTribune.com, August 10, 2023 In a recent Telegram post, Trump White House staffer Garrett Ziegler noted that Barack Hussein Obama “entered the American presidency with virtual zero true digging into his background.” Biographer David Garrow, author of “Rising Star: The Making of Barack Obama”, is no conservative. A longtime member of the Democratic […]

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