Texas Governor Rick Perry, a possible contender for the Republican presidential nomination in 2016, was booked on political corruption charges inside an Austin courthouse as supporters chanted his name outside. Perry, 64, smiling as he entered and left the courthouse today, told reporters that he would prevail because the charges were “baseless” and an attack […] Read More → 
More than 150 people suspected of economic crimes from China remain at large in the U.S., China Daily said yesterday, as officials pledge to step up efforts to hunt down those who take their ill-gotten gains abroad. Most of those who fled to the U.S. are officials facing corruption charges at home, the China Daily […] Read More → 
Late last year, Ukraine’s consumer protection agency began filing lawsuits against Foxtrot, the country’s largest electronics retailer. By early March, Foxtrot faced at least 231 separate suits that demanded fines totaling more than $150 million. Many of the suits accused the company of minor violations of Ukraine’s labeling law – such as not placing a […] Read More → 
The leaders of some of the biggest developing nations — China, India, Turkey, South Africa — are increasingly acting like Russian President Vladimir Putin. It may be that democracy as the West understands it will have to compete with a new strain of authoritarianism, much as it did with communism in Soviet times. “I feel […] Read More → 
Whistleblowers also now less likely to come forward A new report compiled by rights groups reveals that government domestic spying programs are significantly changing the way journalists and lawyers operate, thus undermining Constitutional rights. The ACLU and Human Rights Watch have compiled the report based on interviews with scores of high profile reporters and attorneys. The survey […] Read More → 
The Russian parliament is likely to limit purchases of Western computer hardware and software by public companies and government agencies — a response to Western sanctions that would cost billions to the likes of Microsoft, Hewlett-Packard and IBM. Russia surely can do without the big brand products. The question is why so much Western technology […] Read More → 
Democratic Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn, fighting to hold onto his seat and his reputation as a reformer who’s cleaned up state government, is facing questions about a now-defunct anti-violence program he started in the run-up to his 2010 election after a state audit found funds were misused. On Wednesday, a bipartisan Legislative Audit Commission will […] Read More → 
Eduard Shevardnadze, a groundbreaking Soviet foreign minister and later the president of an independent Georgia, died Monday at the age of 86, his spokeswoman said. Marina Davitashvili said Shevardnadze died after a long illness. She did not say where he died. Shevardnadze swept heroically across the international stage in the final years of the Soviet […] Read More → 
Daniel J. Mitchell I’ve posted more than 3,500 items since I started International Liberty. And if you look at the earliest posts, way back in April of 2009, you’ll find that one of the very first of them made the link between big government and big corruption. My premise was very simple. When government is […] Read More → 
John Hawkins When you think poor governance, you think liberalism. Barack Obama could fairly be called the worst President in history and one of his biggest competitors for that crown is Jimmy Carter, whose name primarily brings to mind the words “malaise,” “hostage crisis,” and “liberal peanut farmer.” Lyndon Johnson? Other than the Civil Rights […] Read More → 
Light from the Right – by Bob Adelmann Based on the number of convictions for violating federal corruption laws, Mississippi – a state with just 3 million citizens – ranks at the very top of the list of all states, according to a recent study. Two college professors published their report in the May/June issue of Public Administration Review. […] Read More → 
Of all the scandals rocking the Obama administration. the VA scandal probably hurts them the worst. People take the care of our nation’s veterans very seriously, and care for vets is something that is nonpartisan. So it is not surprising that there is genuine outrage on both sides of the aisle at the long wait […] Read More → 
Michael Schaus With the unfolding implosion of Barack Obama’s foreign policy, it is almost easy to lose sight of the events that hit a little closer to home. While the national display of Liberalism’s failure has been pretty apparent for the last few years (an anemic economic “recovery”, corruption at the IRS, a foreign policy […] Read More → 
The calls for the impeachment of President Obama have grown louder and more numerous as the scandals of his administration continue to mount. There are ample reasons to impeach Obama, but Republican leadership is too timid to do it, and it would likely die in the Harry Reid-led Senate. However, should the GOP take the […] Read More → 
Judge Jeanine Pirro routinely begins her weekly Fox News show with a blistering opening statement, in which she rips apart President Obama and his administration over the latest scandal of the week. She called out Obama over the criminal negligence and corruption that is rampant in the VA, and called for his impeachment over the […] Read More → 
Many questions have been raised regarding President Obama’s unilateral decision to ignore the law, and the wishes of Congress, to release five deadly and dangerous terrorists from the Guantanamo prison. People are demanding answers, and when even top Democrats are questioning the move, it demands an investigation. There are already Congressional committees investigating the Benghazi […] Read More →