If the Jones Act was created to mitigate disasters at sea, why has it been waived during such disasters? Such a question was posed in a recent Bloomberg article. The answer is that, rather than supporting wartime goals or sustaining national security, the Jones Act now serves primarily as a protectionist measure for maritime industries […]
As a nation clasped to its capitalist foundations, the United States is unquestionably the global leader for free market policy and laissez-faire economics. The egalitarian, people-first actions of our forefathers and country leaders have helped establish what we’ve long considered to be the land of opportunity. Perhaps nothing has exemplified this more recently than the […]
by Itamar Marcus and Nan Jacques Zilberdik In an interview on PA TV News, PA Mayor Mustafa Fuqaha claimed that the Israeli army deliberately “targets children and young ones.” The mayor accused the Israeli army of leaving behind explosives “shaped like pens and toys” after training exercises “to tempt children to touch them or pick […]
The skin continues to come off the cat. President Obama’s wish of a cap-and-trade plan to reduce greenhouse gas emissions would have bankrupted the coal industry, but the legislation failed to make it through the Senate. The frustrated President then said that cap and trade was only one way of skinning the cat and that […]
Bank of America has reportedly frozen the account of gun manufacturer American Spirit Arms, according to its owner, Joe Sirochman. In a Facebook post dated December 29, Sirochman wrote the following: “My name is Joe Sirochman owner of American Spirit Arms…our Web site orders have jumped 500 percent causing our Web site e-commerce processing larger deposits to […]
South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson has beaten U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder once again in the voter ID litigation bowl, this time in a dispute over costs. On Friday, January 4, a three-judge panel of the District of Columbia federal court declared that South Carolina was the “prevailing party” under an applicable federal statute […]
By Daniel Pipes PressTV January 5, 2013 Introduction to the video clip: I appeared on “Press TV,” the Iranian-government’s English-language television channel on a show someone with a sense of humor called “News Analysis.” The 25-minute show was the most hare-brained and loony of my 35 years going on television. The ostensible topic was the […]
Please watch this video as soon as possible. It could save you thousands of dollars if you take heed. I warned some time ago that the EPA was approving E-15 gas. Now it is appearing in service stations. If your car is older than 2012, at least a dozen manufacturers have now warned that it will […]
January 3, 2013 15:15 by Alex Margolin In some quarters, Israel can do no right, and the Palestinians can do no wrong. So we shouldn’t be surprised when The Guardian blames Israel for domestic abuse in Palestinian society: “Before the blockade, my husband used to make good money working in Israel,” she says. “With the […]
Bayit Yehudi chairman Naftali Bennett said Monday that Binyamin Netanyahu intends to establish a left-leaning government after the elections. Speaking at the 10th Jerusalem Conference, Bennett said, “The Prime Minister’s plan is to establish a left-wing government as he did in the last elections. The public elected a nationalist government and received Ehud Barak.” “Tzipi […]
