Your Weekly News Roundup: China, tiny cameras, man kills wife and hooker, LinkedIn

Your Weekly News Roundup: China, tiny cameras, man kills wife and hooker, LinkedIn

The venerable SOFREP would like to dust off a tradition from just a couple of years past — the Weekend News Roundup. The Managing Editor, Stavros, tossed a dart at a group photo of us staff writers/contributing editors, and it stuck square in my (dominant) right eye. Being the first on the chopping block I […]

The Coronavirus: Is China using it as a weapon?

The Coronavirus: Is China using it as a weapon?

Television and radio news outlets are providing updates on the current spread of the Coronavirus. The Coronavirus first presented itself to the medical researchers in 1960 when it was found in the respiratory tract of a patient with a common cold. It gets its name from the crown-like spikes which radiate out from all over […]

It pays to be an autocracy: Why China can better deal with the Coronavirus

It pays to be an autocracy: Why China can better deal with the Coronavirus

Authoritarian countries like China have an advantage in controlling the spread of outbreaks like the Coronavirus, but the West has the advantage in preventing them from even happening. Not that it shows. Images coming out of China, despite the Communist regime’s best propaganda efforts, show the police arresting people on the streets for not wearing […]

Bring it on: The US military is ready for the Coronavirus

Bring it on: The US military is ready for the Coronavirus

As the coronavirus continues its deadly expansion around the globe, the military is taking action to take care of the people returning to the United States. The Pentagon announced on Saturday that it is preparing military installations to — if necessary — quarantine up to 1,000 people returning to the U.S. from overseas in order […]

These are the worst pandemics in history: From the Plague to the Coronavirus

These are the worst pandemics in history: From the Plague to the Coronavirus

Fears of the coronavirus are affecting the travel plans of over 46 million people worldwide and Chinese officials, where the outbreak started, are worried that the disease is spreading.  China’s President Xi Jinping stressed the urgency of controlling the outbreak, which is confirmed to have infected hundreds just since Friday. The number of infected people, […]