Robert Duncan column

Robert Duncan is a journalist and ombudsman for foreign press in Spain. He is an Executive Board Member and Vice-President for the Organización de Periodismo y Comunicación Ibero-Americana, and Vice-President of the energy and telecommunications association, APSCE. He is News Editor for Spero News, and Editor-In-Chief of EnerPub and Santificarnos.

He has also been published in World Catholic News, National Catholic Register, Renew America, Lifesite.net, as well as Capital Hill Coffee House, Common Conservative, The Conservative Voice, Enter Stage Right, News By Us, Conservative Crusader, World Net Daily, Mens News Daily and others. Robert was the bureau chief for an international news agency in Madrid for many years, and was published regularly in Dow Jones Newswires, with articles appearing in The Wall Street Journal.

Robert Duncan

February 11, 2008

Concern is that in 2009, after the Beijing Olympics, the persecution against churches and Christians will escalate and the human rights condition will seriously . . .

Robert Duncan

December 27, 2007

The dream of most immigrants is to strike it rich and then move back home. But, striking it rich is relative, given that in many of the countries these people . . .

Robert Duncan

December 21, 2007

China is into the classics, like Charles Dicken's "A Christmas Carol." With Christmas just around the corner the Chinese government has personified Scrooge in . . .

Robert Duncan

December 20, 2007

In the minds of many not only is globalization leading a rush into India and China, but also a collapse of national borders. Such concerns are made more popular . . .

Robert Duncan

November 6, 2007

The Spanish government says its new Education Law will promote plurality in a modern, democratic state. The law's critics claim it is a tool for the Socialist . . .

Robert Duncan

July 11, 2007

The KLM flight out of Amsterdam had all the trappings of a B-Budget film. Besides being crowded, the flight had a bedraggled appearance that was heightened . . .

Robert Duncan

June 14, 2007

On the southernmost tip of Tarifa's Santo Cristo de las Animas Catholic cemetery, almost two dozen illegal Muslim immigrants have found their final resting . . .

Robert Duncan

June 7, 2007

IESE seeks to transmit a spirit of service, placing a special emphasis on human, ethical and social aspects of business management — business school to open . . .

Robert Duncan

June 6, 2007

Things of late are not going the way of Spain's Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero. After having relatively little trouble ramming through Parliament a . . .

Robert Duncan

June 5, 2007

New Hampshire Gov. John Lynch signed last week a law that makes civil unions for homosexual couples legal. It is planned that the law will go into effect in . . .

Robert Duncan

May 22, 2007

Brazil could meet the entire world's demand for gas if there were a global switch to ethanol, according to an expert in bio-fuels. "I have made the . . .

Robert Duncan

April 13, 2007

Upon finishing his short speech, Vonnegut picked up his watch — I'd swear he smiled at us seated comfortably in front — and then marched off through the . . .

Robert Duncan

February 1, 2007

The World's Last Chance believes that they have found clues within scripture that suggest Pope John Paul II is coming back ... and will be the next pope after . . .

Robert Duncan

December 15, 2006

The Spanish Socialist government's support of 'Minocracy' ignores a seismic demographic shift that could rip apart the country's social fabric Minocracy is . . .

Robert Duncan

December 5, 2006

While to some the question would be moot or just a matter of decorative taste, according to Sondra Snowdon, a self-described Christian activist, it is a clear . . .

Robert Duncan

November 29, 2006

Now, however, instead of a no-show being the news, we have images of Erdogan and Benedict shaking hands while walking down a red carpet. In a sign that . . .

Robert Duncan

November 28, 2006

At least from what I have read, the book doesn't argue that Muslims will kill the Pope. Instead, according to Kaya's novel, the Pope is being targeted by, get . . .

Robert Duncan

November 3, 2006

The Nigerian-born pastor is being billed as Europe's largest evangelical leader in Europe — some even claim that his church played an important role in the . . .

Robert Duncan

October 23, 2006

Self-published Christian songwriter Rebecca Hansen has no qualms regarding her participation in a film that some people are calling 'Brokeback Hooters.' In fact . . .

Robert Duncan

October 5, 2006

I'm tired. Tired of being bombarded by images, like the young girls in the office or shops that insist on wearing trousers that hit them below their bikini . . .

Robert Duncan

September 11, 2006

Being a saint isn't about living on a hilltop, or moving entire worlds thanks to charismatic leadership. Rather, it's about fully offering skills and work in . . .

Robert Duncan

August 15, 2006

Folks seem to be in a quandary: Should US president George W. Bush have used the terms "Islam" and "Fascists" in the same sentence. The majority of the negative . . .

Robert Duncan

August 2, 2006

When Gallardon married the two Spanish homosexuals, the music that was played was the Gospel song "Oh, Happy Day." One wonders if the two gay Spaniards realized . . .

Robert Duncan

July 14, 2006

There has been quite a bit of chatter in Spanish editorials and blogs about the Prime Minister's office announcing last Saturday that Pope Benedict XVI gave the . . .

Robert Duncan

July 12, 2006

After losing sleep, being stuck in hours of traffic jams and walking various kilometers in 100 degree heat, how do you explain to your 10-year old son that the . . .

Robert Duncan

July 10, 2006

Despite Pope Benedict XVI never once mentioning the Spanish government by name at the Fifth World Family Congress in Valencia, Spain this past weekend, the . . .

Robert Duncan

July 6, 2006

Monty Python and King Arthur all got it wrong. When looking for the Holy Grail they could have saved a lot of time and just headed to Valencia. This is one . . .

Robert Duncan

June 22, 2006

The election of Rt. Reverend Katharine Jefferts Schori as Presiding Bishop of the US Episcopal Church is the culmination of a slow-motion train wreck dating to . . .

Robert Duncan

June 19, 2006

Armed only with a hazy image — for which from time-to-time I kick myself — I have no mental memory of Bob Trout, the US journalism giant. And yet, I am sure . . .

Robert Duncan

June 6, 2006

If it wasn't enough worrying about all the baby anti-Christs being born today, now there is religious group claiming that a nuclear attack could be launched on . . .

Robert Duncan

May 31, 2006

His name was Luis Samuel, but when he was younger friends called him Piolin, Spanish for "Tweety Bird." He immigrated to Spain from Peru a decade ago but he . . .

Robert Duncan

May 26, 2006

I've been thinking a lot lately, perhaps it's no surprise, on the public face of Opus Dei, much of it no doubt the result of The Da Vinci Code. The more I think . . .

Robert Duncan

May 17, 2006

If you are a US citizen this article could be worth $10,000 to you. All you have to do is to read this article — no gimmicks, no surprises, and no paying me to . . .

Robert Duncan

May 10, 2006

Are you one of those curious types who after reading The Da Vinci Code want to see what is really inside an Opus Dei center, the group author Dan Brown . . .

Robert Duncan

May 2, 2006

You know how we are supposed to thank God for all things? Well, I thank God for spammers. Don't get me wrong, I also in an earthly sense dislike them, but . . .

Robert Duncan

April 25, 2006

After changing the definition of marriage by passing same-sex "marriage" legislation last year, now the Spanish government is bent on changing the very . . .

Robert Duncan

March 28, 2006

Like a scene out of Jewel of the Nile, when the Michael Douglas character discovers that the Doobie Brothers broke up, I just found out that Buck Owens died . . .

Robert Duncan

March 27, 2006

Reason rules the day for now, as a measure at my alma mater Northwest Nazarene University to drop its Crusader mascot name was defeated. But continued . . .

Robert Duncan

March 24, 2006

France's 26-year-olds and under will no longer have the job security they need to secure loans for vehicles, mortgages, or to even rent an apartment that . . .

Robert Duncan

March 23, 2006

One of Europe's last terrorist groups announced Wednesday that it is laying down its arms. After weeks, if not months, of speculation that a ceasefire could be . . .

Robert Duncan

March 17, 2006

One single backpack could be the reason Spain's Socialist government is in power. Or again, maybe not. Politics and conspiracies are comfortable bedfellows. . . .

Robert Duncan

March 8, 2006

In an unwitting move, Spain's government last week provided strong proof that same-sex marriages really are anti-family. By now, most readers know that the . . .