Women soccer fans in Iran will have to stay home, out of sight and out of mind for the players, and for the male fans who watch the matches broadcast live in various locations. Iran has banned women – and families – from attending broadcasts of live soccer matches at public movie theaters. Women are […]
Oakland, Calif. (AP) – A second-grade teacher in Northern California was placed on leave while the school investigates a report by a student that classmates engaged in oral sex and stripped off some of their clothes during class, officials said Friday. “We believe if the reports are true, there was a serious lapse of judgment […]
Analysis provided by Heritage Action for America House Cloakroom Report: January 24-28 Analysis: After a week in the House that saw Obamacare repealed, the House will move in to a week heavily focused on spending, further organization of committees, and a slew of hearings on healthcare, the economy, stalled trade agreements, and the oil spill […]
In perhaps the sharpest warning about the impending danger from Iran’s nuclear program ever issued by a Western leader, former British Prime Minister Tony Blair said Friday that the West needed to prepare for a possible war with Iran. Tehran, he said, clearly had no plans to give up its nuclear program or adjust its […]
Iran said Thursday that it would be able to continue its uranium enrichment even in the event of an attack on its nuclear facilities. Speaking in Moscow, Iran’s envoy to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Ali Asghar Soltanieh, said that Tehran realized that it was “faced with a very serious threat and so we […]
Although the U.S. Senate gave its advice and consent to the ratification of New START, a strategic nuclear arms control treaty with the Russian Federation, the debate about the substance and ramifications of the treaty is far from resolved. Dr. Keith Payne, President of the National Institute for Public Policy, argues in his latest article that […]
Compared to the U.S.–China joint statement in 2009, this year’s joint statement issued at the summit between Presidents Barack Obama and Hu Jintao contains no mention of improving U.S.–China “communication, dialogue, and cooperation on issues related to South Asia.” India objected strenuously to the language in the 2009 joint statement, and the U.S. has apparently […]
French Foreign Minister Michele Alliot-Marie was attacked by a mob in Gaza on Friday morning. Her attackers were enraged over statements she had allegedly made the day before supporting human rights for kidnapped Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit. Alliot-Marie was mobbed as she entered Gaza, with a crowd surrounding her car, pounding on its windows, and […]
Last night, the House of Representatives passed H.R. 2, which would scrap Obamacare in its entirety. Regardless of whether this legislation makes it to the President’s desk, supporters of a new direction for health care reform have reason to be encouraged: Implementation of Obamacare faces an uphill battle in the states as well. So far, […]
Earlier this week we shared the troubling circumstances facing Dr. Martha Boone in the wake of Obamacare. Last night the Atlanta urologist appeared on Fox Business with David Asman to talk about the latest challenge for her small practice — a 27 percent increase in health insurance for her five employees. In the interview, Boone […]
