Radical Left-wing activists demonstrated in Vancouver, Canada on Sunday in a call to boycott Israeli company SodaStream for operating in “occupied territories” and “mistreating” Palestinian workers. SodaStream manufactures and distributes machines for home use to make carbonated drinks, eliminating the need to buy environmentally harmful plastic bottles. It has been discriminated against by the boycott movement for holding its […]
(CNSNews.com) – The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, which runs the federal government’s major health-care programs as well as the Obamacare insurance exchange, spent $1,113,178,000,000 in fiscal 2013, according to the Monthly Treasury Statement for September, which was released last week. That sets a record for the most money ever spent by a federal […]
State Department/Sipa USA/Newscom Secretary of State John Kerry’s trip to Poland is a step in the right direction, but the timing and manner of Kerry’s visit leave much to be desired, especially when viewed in the larger context of the Obama Administration’s antipathy toward Eastern Europe. Kerry is in Poland for talks with the nation’s […]
The International Tennis Federation (ITF) made a surprising move against discrimination, announcing on its website Saturday that Tunisia has been suspended from the prestigious Davis Cup for one year as a punitive action for boycotting an Israeli player. The decision of the ITF Board was unanimous and final, although a Tunisian board member excused himself from the vote. […]
In response to the wave of insurance cancellations hitting millions of Americans, and the admission by some on the left that President Obama’s “if you like your plan” promise was false, Obamacare’s defenders are now taking a different tack. While the law’s supporters finally admit that some people will be worse off under the law, […]
by Daniel Pipes November 1, 2013 Cross-posted from National Review Online, The Corner Since General Abdel Fattah al-Sisi overthrew Mohamed Morsi on July 3, the military-led government has been engaged in a ferocious crackdown of the Muslim Brotherhood and more broadly of Islamists (though some, like the Salafis of the Nour party, playing their hand […]
(CNSNews.com) – A DoD official told the Senate Homeland Security Committee on Thursday that about 50 convicted felons were given access to Navy installations without the proper checks, and no one has been held accountable. A Sept. 16, 2013 DoD inspector general’s report, which was released the same day as the Navy Yard shooting, found […]
November 3, 2013 16:03 by Pesach Benson Very unprofessional: An “Obama administration official” leaked to CNN that Israel carried out last week’s attack on a Syrian missile base. Jerusalem is furious — eroding Israel’s plausible deniability raises the pressure on Bashar Assad to respond. Elliott Abrams heaps scorn on the US for a pattern of […]
Newscom/UPI/Kevin Dietsch President Obama urged Congress to pass the Employee Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA) in a blog post published late last night. All Americans should oppose unjust discrimination, but ENDA does not advance that goal. In fact, it moves us in the wrong direction, as a new Heritage Backgrounder explains. President Obama asks in his blog […]
Three terrorists who unsuccessfully appealed for the “right” to earn a college degree for free while in prison will be given a chance to try again. Justice Miriam Naor decided that the Supreme Court will hear an appeal in the matter after a first lawsuit was rejected. Terrorists imprisoned in Israel have traditionally been allowed […]
