News and Prophecy Staff

The San Francisco Board of Supervisors recently voted overwhelmingly to urge the U.S. Navy to name a vessel the “USS Harvey Milk.”  Harvey Milk was one of the first openly homosexual politicians in the U.S. and served on the San Francisco Board of Supervisors.  In order to determine if the idea was a good one, the Board consulted the spirits.

This week the United States Congress is debating a bill that would prohibit abortions on the basis of the sex of the unborn child.

Some politicians claim the U.S. economy is rising from the ashes even while Europe’s financial situation melts down.  However, numerous analysts believe more turmoil remains for the United States.   In Europe, Britain gives wise financial advice but continues to “borrow” endlessly without fixing its own financial problems.  According to one financial analyst, “The entire [British] tax system needs to be replaced with something coherent.”  In fact, he notes that “…the optimal size of government is closer to a third” (The Telegraph, May 17, 2012).

Noted economic historian Niall Ferguson observed in a recent interview that the only real solution to Europe’s financial crisis is a full fiscal union—a true United States of Europe—that would be unquestionably under the leadership of the financial powerhouse, Germany.   Ferguson believes Europe could limp along for a while with Greece falling into step with EU demands and Germany digging deeper into its wealthy pockets.    However, he states that while “I am not a federalist… the costs of the single currency disintegrating are really so high and would impact so many people, that t

Tensions in a resource-rich region of central Asia threaten to disrupt a 25-year ceasefire between Armenia and Azerbaijan.  The two nations signed a treaty after the Nagorno-Karabakh War (1988-1994).  However, in a direct provocation, Azerbaijani troops entered Armenia and killed three out-of-uniform soldiers.  An Armenian military source stated, “The killing is a clear provocation, we have not reacted yet.  I underline: ‘Yet’.”  The “war rumor” has raised concerns in the EU, Russia, and the U.S. due to the critical importance of the region.