By Andrew P. Napolitano

December 13, 2018 - Last week, federal prosecutors in Washington and New York filed sentencing memorandums with federal judges in advance of the sentencings of Paul Manafort and Michael Cohen. President Donald Trump’s former campaign manager and his former personal lawyer had pleaded guilty to federal crimes, and the memorandums, which are required by the federal rules of criminal procedure, set forth the prosecutors’ desired prison sentences for them.

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (PNN) - December 10, 2018 - Last year, when Argentina offered a 100-year bond, I argues it was plain insanity. Argentina sold $2.75 billion of the debt, but the issue was nearly four times oversubscribed.

How could investors place so much faith in a country that spent most of its post-independence history defaulting on its debts? Plagued by a series of populist governments since the mid-20^th Century, Argentina defaulted twice in the last twenty years, and eight times since its independence in 1816.

Well guess what… it’s again crisis time in Argentina.

CHEVY CHASE, Maryland (PNN) - December 10, 2018 - The Central Intelligence Agency made six remote-controlled dogs as a part of their MKULTRA “behavior modification” or mind control program. Using brain surgery, newly requested documents show that the dogs were “field operational” and controlled by human beings.

PARIS, France (PNN) - December 9, 2018 - Riots have been raging across Paris for the last few weeks as anger about the high cost of living and increased fuel taxes threatens to topple Emmanuel Macron’s government.

Shocking scenes today saw riot terrorist pig thug cops confronting the so-called Gilet Jaunes - after the high-vis yellow vests they have worn.

But one particular video caused a stir after it was posted on social media.

BRUSSELS, Belgium (PNN) - December 8, 2018 - Belgian terrorist pig thug cops fired tear gas and water cannons at yellow-vested protesters calling for the resignation of Prime Minister Charles Michel after they tried to breach a riot barricade, as the movement that started in France made its mark Saturday in Belgium and The Netherlands.

By Michael Snyder

December 11, 2018 - If you want to understand the zeal with which social media platforms are now being censored, all you have to do is to look at what has been happening on our college campuses.

There is a national movement to combat “offensive speech”, and this movement has been working very hard to scrub campuses clean of words, ideas, and subjects that might cause discomfort or give offense. These days, just about anything that you might say or think is probably going to deeply offend someone.

SEVERANCE, Colorado (PNN) - December 7, 2018 - Under Severance, Colorado’s Municipal Code, snowball fights were illegal until 9 year old Dane Best decided to challenge the law and make his case to the town’s board members, giving a list of reasons why the city should remove the ordinance on Monday night, December 3.

By L. Neil Smith

December 5, 2018 - When I wrote the celebrated space pirate novel Henry Martyn, way back in 1988, I wanted it to be about an ancient star-spanning civilization, not entirely unlike our own, based on euphemism - a culture in which nobody ever said exactly what he (or she) meant. In that society, it would be considered ill-mannered - and a moral confession in a milieu where, just as a single example, arranged, profitable, and politically advantageous marriages, are forced on innocent young women in a custom known as “gavage” - the process by which geese are force-fed to render their ruined livers a gourmet delicacy.

By Walter E. Williams

December 5, 2018 - A recent Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation survey found that 51% of Amerikan millennials would rather live in a socialist or communist country than in a capitalist country. Only 42% prefer the latter. Twenty-five percent of millennials who know who Vladimir Lenin was view him favorably. Lenin was the first premier of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. Half of millennials have never heard of Communist Mao Zedong, who ruled China from 1949 to 1976 and was responsible for the deaths of 45 million Chinese people.

AXUM, Ethiopia (PNN) - December 4, 2018 - Bible scholars believe the legendary Ark of the Covenant may have landed in Africa after it was taken out of Israel.

The Ark is said to be a gold-covered wooden chest containing two stone tablets on which the Ten Commandments - which Moses brought down from Mount Sinai - are written.

It is also said to contain other biblical items such as Aaron’s rod, which is thought to have magical powers.