(CNSNews.com) – After years of sex education in the nation’s public schools, a new report indicates that many young people are not listening or learning how to avoid sexually transmitted diseases. The report from the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that there are more than 19.7 million new sexually transmitted infections in […]
Was Iran involved in the North Korean nuclear test? Analysts told the Jerusalem Post it’s a good bet: “The most disturbing question is whether the Iranians are using North Korea as a backdoor plan for their own nuclear program. The Iranians didn’t carry out a nuclear test in Iran, but they may have done so […]
Fang Zhe/Xinhua/Photoshot/Newscom The United States Senate declined to support Secretary of Defense nominee and former Senator Chuck Hagel today, after failing to reach consensus to clear a Senate procedural hurdle. Even before the vote, the White House was quick to label requests for further information on Hagel’s finances “unconscionable” and urge confirmation without delay. Apparently […]
President Obama talked about voting rights in the State of the Union address, claiming we are “betraying our ideals” when any American has to “wait for five, six, seven hours just to cast their ballot.” He announced a “nonpartisan commission to improve the voting experience in America.” While there may have been some Americans who […]
[NRO title: “No Surprises: Israel, America, and Spying”] Israelis spying on Americans is in the news again: leaders of the Jewish state just petitioned for Jonathan Pollard’s release and the Associated Press reported with alarm that U.S. national security officials at times consider Israel to be “a genuine counterintelligence threat.” Its tone of breathless outrage […]
by Daniel Pipes July 3, 2012 Cross-posted from National Review Online: The Corner Two recent developments – Vladimir Putin’s recent trip to the Middle East and the Chinese government’s financing of an Israeli cargo railway – hint at a reshuffling of alliances in the region. The Middle East’s most consequential divide is no longer the […]
Israel’s mysterious Prisoner X, believed to be an Australian citizen named Ben Zygier who allegedly committed suicide in an Israeli prison in 2010, was under investigation by the Australian Security Intelligence Organization (ASIO), an Australian newspaper revealed on Wednesday. According to the report, ASIO had suspected Zygier of using his Australian passport to spy for […]
by Daniel Pipes The Washington Times September 19, 2012 WT title: “Islamic violence advances Shariah law: Is U.S. ready to accept second-class status?”; includes updates When Muslims take to the streets in nearly 30 countries to engage in various degrees of anti-Western violence, something important is underway. Reflections on what this might mean: The Rushdie […]
by Daniel Pipes FoxNews.com September 24, 2012 To stop Islamist violence over perceived insults to Muhammad, I argued in a FoxNews.com article on Friday, editors and producers daily should display cartoons of Muhammad “until the Islamists get used to the fact that we turn sacred cows into hamburger.” This appeal prompted a solemn reply from […]
by Daniel Pipes FoxNews.com September 21, 2012 When Salman Rushdie mocked Islamic sanctities in 1989 in his magical realist novel The Satanic Verses, Ayatollah Khomeini did something shockingly original: He pronounced a death edict on Rushdie and all those connected to the production of his book. By doing this, Khomeini sought to impose Islamic mores […]
