World News and Prophecy: June 2000

Many years ago, the great American composer Aaron Copland penned a majestic anthem entitled "Fanfare for the Common Man." Over the years, it has...

Free trade has been hyped as the solution to almost everything. But how will peace really come?

By a remarkable coincidence, controversial international trade agreements that are opening up China to America and the European Union come exactly 100...

The Biotech Age brings new and terrifying scenarios. How might the explosion of knowledge of genetics, nanotechnology and robotics (GNR) change our...

Everyone seems to want stronger ties with India. The U.S., Japan and Germany all seek India's favor. Does this signal a change in Asian focus?

"Let your women keep silent in the churches...for it is shameful for women to speak in church," wrote the apostle Paul to Corinth (1 Corinthians 14:34...

Illustrating the strange twists and turns of Middle East politics, Russia and the United States have sold the United Arab Emirates (U.A.E.) enough...

The crime correspondent of The Daily Telegraph recently wrote: "Falling police numbers have created deep problems in the inner cities with violence...

A similar anticapitalist protest happened on the streets of Washington D.C. in mid-April. Police clashed with 10,000 activists, with the worst...