Israel Forbes ranked Hamas as the world’s second richest terror group, behind only ISIS. The original article‘s in Hebrew, but i24 News picked up on this. Hamas reportedly gets $1 billion annually from taxing goods that come in to the Gaza Strip, which it has controlled since 2007, and from charitable contributions by organizations and […]
(CNSNews.com) – Gay activists are hailing an eight-year-old girl for “coming out” to her mother as transgender in a video filmed at Camp Aranu’tiq, a camp for “transgender and gender variant youth.” In the video, the girl – dressed like a boy – tells her mother that she is her son. “It looks like we […]
Thirty-two years ago today, after a week of honoring American veterans, the Vietnam Veterans Memorial was dedicated in Washington, D.C. With more than 4 million visitors each year, the Vietnam Memorial is a beautiful tribute to the heroes of the Vietnam War. A child’s silhouette is reflected on the surface of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial […]
Police officers are trained to know what property of yours makes the most sense to seize. Let us explain. Heritage has written much about a law enforcement tool known as civil asset forfeiture, which allows police departments to generate revenue from the seizure of money, cars, homes or anything else of value which they allege […]
Sexual liberty and religious liberty need not be in tension. Indeed, most Americans don’t want them to be in tension. It’s true there are bad stories out there where people have been victimized by intolerance. Some of this has been at the hands of market leaders. Consider Brendan Eich, who six years ago made a […]
It was exactly 20 years ago, in November 1994, that Republicans under the maverick leadership of Newt Gingrich and his Contract with America took over the House of Representatives for the first time in nearly half a century. What may not be remembered is that the GOP sweep continued what became the longest and strongest […]
This afternoon, the Supreme Court of the United States announced it will hear King v. Burwell, a challenge to the Internal Revenue Service’s (IRS) authority to subsidize health coverage purchased through insurance exchanges run by the federal government. It’s likely the Court will schedule oral argument in early 2015 and issue a decision by the […]
Republicans swept into control of the U.S. Senate on Tuesday, but that only begins to tell the story of a midterm election that turned into an electoral rout. From Nevada to New Hampshire, Republicans won resounding victories in state-level elections. Combined with unexpected victories in gubernatorial races in Illinois, Maryland and Massachusetts, the Republicans are […]
by Daniel Pipes and Teri Blumenfeld The Washington Times October 24, 2014 Defining terrorism has practical implications because formally certifying an act of violence as terrorist has important consequences in U.S. law. Terrorism suspects can be held longer than criminal suspects after arrest without an indictment They can be interrogated without a lawyer present. They […]
(CNSNews.com) — Three local NBC affiliates and their corporate parent company gave a total of $40,000 to Ross Miller, the Democratic candidate for state attorney general in Nevada, but reportedly failed to mention that fact to viewers during their coverage of the hotly contested race. On Tuesday, Miller – who is currently Nevada’s secretary of state […]
