Welfare spending jumps 32% in Obama’s four years

Welfare spending has grown substantially over the past four years, reaching $746 billion in 2011 — or more than Social Security, basic defense spending or any other single chunk of the federal government — according to a new memo by the Congressional Research Service. The steady rise in welfare spending, which covers more than 80 programs primarily designed […]

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Obama Does Have Investments In Cayman Islands Trust

“Barack Obama has pension investments that include Chinese firms, and “investments through a Caymans trust.” –Mitt Romney, During Tuesdays debate. One of the many tense moments in the second presidential debate turned on a new topic in the race: President Barack Obama’s pension account. Here’s how it came up: Early in the face-off, Obama scoffed at […]

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Muslim Man arrested after trying to blow up Fed building in NYC

Federal authorities arrested a Muslim Bangladeshi national Wednesday morning for plotting to blow up a Federal Reserve Bank in New York City’s lower Manhattan, mere blocks away from the site of the terrorist attack of Sept. 11, 2001. The bank is one of 12 branches around the country. The 21-year-old suspect, Quazi Mohammad Rezwanul Ahsan […]

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Atheism, not religion, is the real force behind the mass murders of history

By Dinesh D’Souza In recent times, a spate of atheist books have argued that religion represents, as “End of Faith” author Sam Harris puts it, “the most potent source of human conflict, past and present.” Columnist Robert Kuttner gives the familiar litany. “The Crusades slaughtered millions in the name of Jesus. The Inquisition brought the […]

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French business erupts in fury against “disastrous” François Hollande

France is sliding into a grave economic crisis and risks a full-blown “hurricane” as investors flee rocketing tax rates, the country’s business federation has warned. The situation is very serious. Some business leaders are in a state of quasi-panic,” said Laurence Parisot, head of employers’ group MEDEF. “The pace of bankruptcies has accelerated over the […]

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