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We live in a strange world during a most very strange time in human history. I realize that’s not good grammar but it’s quite accurate. Think about it, all the real power that exists in our global society is all concentrated in the hands of about 6 men, and all of them in the tech fin sector. The man at the top of the pile, the one with the most power and influence amongst world governments is Elon Musk. What a very strange time indeed to be alive. Your King James Bible has a lot to say about words that...

Volodymyr Zelenskyy has garnered much praise over the past few weeks for his strong leading of the Ukrainians amid invasion from Russia and his refusal to go into hiding despite Russian assassination attempts. The now seemingly famous line is, “I need Ammunition, not a ride.” Ukraine is in great need of support. Russia is mercilessly attacking them under the dark and scheming leadership of an emboldened Vladimir Putin bent on war. Respect for Zelenskyy’s actions was and is warranted. As a Christian, seeing a leader take a hands-on approach in war has brought to mind Biblical accounts of kings accompanying...

Anti-communist crusader and former president of Poland Lech Walesa tells Newsmax that of all the national leaders currently on the world stage, the one who has "disillusioned" him the most is President Barack Obama. Walesa also asserts that Obama "wasn't ready" to take on the task of leading the world's most dominant superpower. And he calls for reforms at the United Nations so the world body can help fill the vacuum left by the United States' failure of leadership under Obama. Walesa played a key role in freeing Eastern Europe from the clutches of Soviet communism and ultimately in the...

All in all, 2013 has been a bad year for the Western world and it all boils down to one reason: a dismal failure of leadership. The tarnished standing of Mr Obama at home has paralleled and compounded, in 2013, the decline of the US' ability to shape events abroad. The White House erred in its support for Mohamed Morsi in Egypt and sunk into quasi-irrelevance as Abdul-Fattah al-Sisi ignored the US president's call. It was left to Vladimir Putin - of all people - to step in and engineer some semblance of face-saving for the head of the world's...

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