Terrorists from Gaza fired seven rockets at Israel Tuesday night. The rockets came in three rounds – with one round landing in one town in the Eshkol Regional Council, a second round landing in another town, and the third round landing in an open area. No one was injured and no damaged was reported in […]
By David Martin (CBS News) On the night of the deadly attack on the U.S. consulate in Libya, a team of American military commandos was sent from Europe to an airfield at Sigonella, in Sicily, Italy, putting them at least an hour’s flight away from Benghazi, CBS News has learned. The team, known as the […]
Less than two weeks before the presidential election, billionaire Donald Trump has made Barack Obama an offer he cannot refuse – $5 million to the charity of his choice in return for the release of Obama’s college and passport records. The catch: Obama has one week – until 5 p.m. on Oct. 31 – to […]
They call him Cool Barry and No Drama Obama, but President Barack Obama appears to be losing his nerve in the final fortnight of the race for his second term. Obama is quoted in an interview for Rolling Stone using the expression “bull****ter” regarding his opponent, Mitt Romney. In the interview, presidential historian Douglas Brinkley […]
The contraception debate in a nutshell: There is no contraception debate. No one—neither Republicans nor the more than 100 individuals and organizations suing over the HHS mandate—is calling for a ban on contraception. Governor Romney has said that “with regards to contraceptives, of course, Republicans, and myself in particular, recognize that people should have a […]
Barack Obama won the Presidency in 2008 as the anti-George W. Bush and in 2012 he’s been trying to win again as the anti-Mitt Romney, without elaborating much of a second-term agenda. Two weeks before Election Day, we now know why. His new ambitions look a lot like his old ambitions, except stuck on repeat. […]
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton downplayed the suggestion that emails implicating an Al Qaeda-linked group in the attack on the American embassy in Benghazi were proof of terrorist involvement, saying their claims of responsibility on Facebook and Twitter were not “evidence.” The recently obtained emails, which raise questions about whether the White House was […]
The Friedman Foundation has published an excellent report detailing the administrative bloat plaguing our nation’s public schools. The School Staffing Surge: Decades of Employment Growth in America’s Public Schools shows dramatic increases in teaching and non-teaching staff over the past five decades despite modest increases in student enrollment. As we detailed in a recent report […]
It’s Spring Break in Argentina, and tens of thousands of demonstrators have taken to the streets to protest the policies of President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner. Argentineans are angry—about rising crime, corruption, and the virtual ban her government has imposed on the purchase of foreign currencies as it attempts to stanch the increasing capital flight […]
The U.S. State Department has departed from its policy of damning visits to Gaza and said the Qatari emir’s historic tour to Gaza and meeting with de facto Gaza Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh was a “humanitarian mission.” The emir, Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa, was the first foreign leader to visit Gaza since Hamas wrested control […]
