One More Year of Tax Extenders: Paving the Way for Reform in 2015

Yesterday, the House passed a one-year extension for the “tax extenders”—a package of approximately 50 tax-reducing policies that expired at the end of 2013. The one-year extension would retroactively reinstate the policies for 2014, but no further. The Senate will vote on the extension next. Last week, President Obama torpedoed—with a veto threat—a potential deal […]

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Is CAIR a Terror Group?

by Daniel Pipes National Review Online November 28, 2014 We who follow the Islamist movement fell off our collective chair on Nov. 15 when the news came that the United Arab Emirates’ ministerial cabinet had listed the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) as one of 83 proscribed terrorist organizations, up there with the Taliban, Al-Qaeda, […]

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Conservatives Train Fire on Government ‘Land Grab’ in Key Defense Bill

Parkland and wilderness provisions added to a defense policy measure have outraged friends of the military, who call the move both a “land grab” and a slap at men and women serving in the armed forces. Considered must-pass legislation, the 2015 National Defense Authorization Act details Republicans’ and Democrats’ military policy priorities. It ranks high on […]

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Virginia Farmer Hopes to Get Conservation Group Off Her Back

Virginia farmer Martha Boneta’s desire to have an environmental conservation group replaced as overseer of her property has moved a step closer to reality. Officials of the Piedmont Environmental Council have agreed to a meeting Friday to talk about ending a bitter standoff with Boneta by handing off enforcement duties for a conservation easement on […]

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Variations on ‘Muhammad’ 3rd Most-Popular Boy’s Name in England

(CNSNews.com) – When its variations are combined into a single count, the name Muhammad –along Mohammed and Mohammad—was the third most popular boy’s name in England and Wales in 2013, according to data from the Office of National Statistics (ONS). The ONS compiles data on boy’s and girl’s names from the birth registration records for […]

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Congress’s Sneaky Tactic to Grab More U.S. Land for the Government

Congress has returned from the mid-term elections and members are hammering out the details of the National Defense Authorization Act. NDAA, which has passed for more than 50 years consecutively, provides policy guidance for the U.S. defense budget. The importance of the NDAA to the defense budgeting process and its traditional status as a “must-pass” […]

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