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Are Government's 'Strategic Communications' Coming to American Airwaves?

By Rachel Marsden (May 22, 2012)

Did you hear about the new bill that would allow the U.S. government's official overseas information agency to rebroadcast its content onto American TV and radio? The... more

Waiting For a European Santa Claus

By Rachel Marsden (May 15, 2012)

While your co-workers hover around the water cooler debating whether it matters if Mitt Romney bullied some kid in his youth, a formerly First World nation called Greece is... more

Why France Elected a Socialist President

By Rachel Marsden (May 11, 2012)

France has elected only the second Socialist president in its history -- the first being Francois Mitterrand, who spent 14 years in the driver's seat back when French... more

Lame Attempts to Shut Off Afghan Heroin Spigot Have Been Futile

By Rachel Marsden (May 01, 2012)

A Russian source recently brought an obscure but disturbing article to my attention. Published last month by a little-known online journal called the Oriental Review, the... more

The Truth About France's 'Far-Right' Electoral Surge

By Rachel Marsden (Apr 24, 2012)

Are the French getting their Tea Party on? That's what an outsider looking at the country's first-round presidential voting results might have been led to believe. But, as... more

The 'Pretty Woman' Strategy for Political Victory

By Rachel Marsden (Apr 18, 2012)

There's a scene in the movie "Pretty Woman" where the kindhearted hooker played by Julia Roberts asks her client, portrayed by Richard Gere: "Who do you want me to be?"... more

The GSA Scandal and Throwback Civil Service Culture

By Rachel Marsden (Apr 10, 2012)

  By now you've likely heard about the infamous Las Vegas convention bash during which federal civil servants at the General Services Administration indulged... more

Romney's Russia Remarks and the Dangers of Dumbed Down

By Rachel Marsden (Apr 03, 2012)

Last week, Mitt Romney described Russia as America's "No. 1 geopolitical foe," prompting Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to respond: "I think it's somewhat dated to be... more

Terrorist Hijacks French Elections

By Rachel Marsden (Mar 27, 2012)

In France, an Islamic terrorist has likely hijacked the agenda for the remainder of the French presidential race. That terrorist is 23-year-old Mohammed Merah, a... more

First World Problems

By Rachel Marsden (Mar 20, 2012)

After being bombarded with news of Third World problems for so long, I figured it was time to give a bit of equal time to First World suffering. Every so often I reach a... more

Sarkozy's Cry For Help

By Rachel Marsden (Mar 13, 2012)

French President Nicolas Sarkozy was elected five years ago by promising to modernize France's societal infrastructure and bring it more into line with America's: less... more

Russia Re-Putined

By Rachel Marsden (Mar 06, 2012)

So Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has just been re-presidented for at least another six years, during which we can all watch his newly tucked eyes migrate back to... more

New WikiLeaks Stash: A Frightening View of Government Intelligence

By Rachel Marsden (Feb 29, 2012)

As promised in December, WikiLeaks has begun to release a stash of documents related to the modus operandi of the "private intelligence" sector, using Texas-based Stratfor as... more

Twitter Mentality Is a Threat to America

By Rachel Marsden (Feb 21, 2012)

In less than two weeks, Russians go to the polls for a presidential election exercise. The overwhelmingly likely outcome: Prime Minister Vladimir Putin will dust off the old... more

Obama Has It Right on Birth Control

By Rachel Marsden (Feb 14, 2012)

I can't believe that I actually agree with something President Obama has done. Granted, I'm one of those conservatives who has never subscribed to the full-meal-deal... more

Romney Is Dangerously Naive on Foreign Policy

By Rachel Marsden (Feb 07, 2012)

Mitt Romney appears to have all the foreign-policy savvy of someone who once visited Euro Disney, and it's freaking me out. Not to say that President Obama is any more... more

Will Any Part of Europe Save Itself?

By Rachel Marsden (Jan 31, 2012)

The Fitch Ratings agency has downgraded the credit of another five European countries -- Belgium, Cyprus, Italy, Slovenia, and Spain -- citing "the financing risks faced by... more

Globalization: Survival of the Phoniest

By Rachel Marsden (Jan 25, 2012)

As increased globalization forces countries to pretend that they like playing with all the other kids in the playground despite fearing they'll have their toys stolen, never... more

Socialism Bombs Out Again

By Rachel Marsden (Jan 18, 2012)

Once again, socialism has put a silver fork in itself. Standard & Poor's has downgraded France's AAA credit rating, giving the country the side-eye on its claims to have its... more

Margaret Thatcher and the Plague of Fake Female Empowerment

By Rachel Marsden (Jan 10, 2012)

Two items have recently burst onto the media scene: a movie called "The Iron Lady" about one of the greatest women in history -- former British Prime Minister Margaret... more

Putin Stymies Protesters With Subversion Strategies

By Rachel Marsden (Jan 03, 2012)

Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin's reaction to Moscow protesters perfectly illustrates how the former Soviet spy chief can masterfully leverage classic subversion... more