As the year draws to a close, we take a look back at a few of the victories and challenges for religious liberty during the past 12 months and look forward to greater respect and protection for religious liberty in 2012. HHS “Preventive Service” Mandate In August, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) […]
Every year around Christmas, journalists descend upon Bethlehem looking for a story with a seasonal flavor, usually a bitter one as far as Israel is concerned. That the same old stories are recycled more often than that Christmas or Chanukah present you just didn’t want, doesn’t seem to bother some media outlets. Some particularly nasty […]
by Daniel Pipes National Review Online July 19, 2011 How should Western governments deal with the Islamic Republic of Iran, which Washington labels “the most active state sponsor of terrorism”? Iranian aggression began in 1979, with the seizure of the U.S. Embassy in Tehran, and the holding of some of its staff as hostages for […]
by Daniel Pipes December 26, 2011 Cross-posted from National Review Online Founded in 1798 by the scientists accompanying Napoleon on his invasion of Egypt and author of the monumental 20-volume Description de l’Égypte (1809-28), L’Institut d’ Égypte was burned down on Dec. 17 by crowds rampaging in the vicinity of the National Assembly building. Remarkably […]
As the Universal Declaration of Human Rights celebrated a birthday this month, it is worth noting how this document—noble in its original intentions—is often reinterpreted by advocates of a host of issues, resulting in a laundry list of new rights claims and corresponding government responsibilities thrust upon the 193 U.N. member states. Two prime examples […]
Mohamed ElBaradei, a prominent Egyptian political figure and a possible candidate for the presidency, said on Tuesday that the United States is doing whatever it can within to stop Egypt from annulling the 1979 peace agreement with Israel. In an interview with the Iranian-based Fars news agency, ElBaradei revealed that the future of the Camp […]
It’s been a busy year. We’ve produced nearly 400 individual pieces of content generating nearly 1 million views on our site. We took a look at the stats to see what your favorite items were for the year. So let’s take a look back at the most viewed content for 2011 in no particular order: […]
The aftershocks of the French National Assembly’s law criminalizing denial of the Armenian genocide continue. Valerie Boyer, an author of the bill and Vice President of the France-Armenia Friendship group, has been threatened and the threats extend to her children and parents. “ Death threats, threats of rape and threats of destruction, name-calling and insults. […]
The Daily Caller’s Ginni Thomas sat down with Sen. Pat Toomey (R-PA) to talk about the rise of the Tea Party and its confrontation with the Washington establishment. “The Tea Party movement has been enormously constructive,” Toomey said the in the interview. “After we had the most liberal elected government in the history of the […]
By Jim Wolf and Nicola Leske (Reuters) – The Obama administration cleared the way for states to legalize Internet poker and certain other online betting in a switch that may help them reap billions in tax revenue and spur web-based gambling. A Justice Department opinion dated September and made public on Friday reversed decades of […]
