It’s a fact that runaway spending, not lack of revenue, is the cause of long-term federal deficits. Still, some continue to push for higher taxes to solve the problem. A favorite tool of would-be revenue raisers is to eliminate “tax expenditures”—revenue the federal government “forgoes,” they say, due to tax preferences given to priorities like […]
Bank of Israel Governor Stanley Fischer is a possible candidate to head the International Money Fund but has made no final decision, according to a post on The Wall Street Journal’s financial matters blog. IMF director Dominique Strauss-Kahn, who was charged with rape in New York earlier this month, resigned the post on May 18. […]
Major General (res.) Amos Gilad, Director of Policy and Political-Military Affairs at the Israel Ministry of Defense, made a brief trip Thursday to Cairo to meet with Egyptian officials. Israeli security officials confirmed Gilad was in Cairo where he was expected to meet with senior Egyptian officials to discuss, among other things, “the Schalit deal.” […]
by Daniel Pipes May 31, 2011 Cross-posted from National Review Online “Arab Spring” has taken off as the default description of the turbulence in the Middle East over the past 5½ months; Google shows 6.2 million mentions as opposed to 660,000 for “Arab Revolt” and a mere 57,000 for “Arab Upheaval.” But I never use […]
As a former service member, Congressman Allen West (R-FL) brings a valuable perspective to his work on the House Armed Service Committee. That knowledge and passion was on display during his speech yesterday at The Heritage Foundation on the importance of having clear foreign policy objectives and a military prepared to tackle any challenge. West’s […]
by David J. Rusin • Apr 27, 2011 at 11:05 am Two years ago today, Qasim Ahmed became “possibly the first” imam to open a session of the Florida House of Representatives with a prayer. Subsequent findings by Islamist Watch suggest that he made history in another sense — as the first polygamist to be […]
by David J. Rusin • May 31, 2011 at 11:03 pm In the Muslim world, Islamists increasingly target Christians for persecution; in the Western world, Christians increasingly target Muslims for outreach. Extending a hand to followers of Islam can be praiseworthy, but the lengths to which some Christians have gone may come as a shock. […]
Despite their open hostility to Israel, Iranian officials recently tried to purchase military equipment formerly owned by the Jewish state, Spanish officials have reported. A group of five Spanish businessmen and three Iranians were arrested in Spain as the former attempted to sell the latter nine Bell-112 military transport helicopters formerly used by Israel. Police […]
A women’s rights activist, Manal al-Sharif, spent the past week in jail, until being freed Monday, for posting a video on YouTube of herself driving in Saudi Arabia. The video was part of an online campaign encouraging Saudi women to take to the driver’s seat in defiance of a restriction on female drivers in the […]
Hordes of Gaza Arabs rushed through into Sinai Saturday morning, as Egyptian authorities opened the Rafiah crossing, this time on a permanent basis, they said. Egyptian officials said that the crossing operated smoothly on its first day, and Gaza Arabs interviewed by reporters praised the opening, calling Egypt “very brave” for the move. The crossing […]
