Because of its dependence on imported energy, the EU is an economic giant standing on feet of clay.

Columnist Andrew Sullivan of The Sunday Times wrote about "a looming global superpower fight between China and the US over oil supplies." He further mentioned that "a USA Today poll found 58% of Americans saying that higher petrol [gasoline] prices...

Our world is changing in ways we never considered. The dominance that affluent nations have enjoyed is about to end. Will peoples of the rich world downsize their lifestyle? Will people who have rarely if ever had to "tighten their...

With the recent tsunami, the terrorist bombing of the World Trade Center and the war on terrorism, our attention is drawn to the prophecy in Matthew 24. Jesus said, "For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. And...

Where have all the soldiers gone?

China's growth is breathtaking. It uses about half the world's cement supplies and about a third of all steel production.

In recent months we've witnessed a trend away from oppression and toward freedom in some countries. Encouraging though this is, it doesn't compare with what God has in store for the entire world!

Pope Benedict XVI will have large shoes to fill as he follows in the footsteps of John Paul II. And follow in them he will, as he has long been thought to be John Paul II's favorite to succeed him.

Much of Europe has long chafed at the United States' global preeminence. In recent decades Europe has dreamed of a European superpower to challenge U.S. dominance—now coming to fruition in the European Union. Three recent books help explain European thinking...

As a resident of the state of Florida, it was distressing for me and many of my fellow Floridians to learn this past weekend of more cases of sexual battery being committed against children. Reports of sexual abuse of children...