Photo: Patsy Lynch/Polaris/Newscom President Obama’s Chief of Staff Denis McDonough recently said of former-Senator Chuck Hagel (R–NE), “I think he’ll be a great Defense Secretary. This is a guy who volunteered to go to Vietnam…heavily decorated when he was there, well performing when he was there, and everything since.” Members of the U.S. Senate, policy […]
Ecuadoran President Rafael Correa (Photo: EFE) If cancer revokes President Hugo Chavez’s mandate for indefinite rule in Venezuela, it will leave leadership of the radical-left, anti-liberty Bolivarian Alliance (ALBA) in Latin America up for grabs. New faces will inevitably emerge. Chavez’s vice president, the uncharismatic Nicolas Maduro, will most likely runVenezuela in the near future, […]
Photo credit: Dan Harr / Splash News/Newscom As the Obama Administration attempts to move toward universal, taxpayer-funded preschool, policymakers should examine the experiences of states that have offered such programs for more than a decade. Both Georgia and Oklahoma have done so, but there is little evidence that taxpayers and children are benefiting. Universal Preschool […]
Photo credit: The Washington Times/ZUMAPRESS/Newscom The tale of financial wrongdoing by former Representative Jesse Jackson, Jr. (D–IL) and his wife and former campaign manager, Sandra Jackson, continued today when they both pled guilty in a Washington, D.C. courtroom to criminal violations of federal law. Jackson pled guilty this morning to one conspiracy count of filing […]
DEMAND THE TRUTH NOW! NEW BOOK SAYS BENGHAZI A ‘RETALIATION’ AGAINST BRENNAN-OBAMA GUN RUNNING! SUPPORT SEN. RAND PAUL IN PLEDGE TO BLOCK BRENNAN CIA NOMINATION! URGENT: A new e-book, Benghazi: The Definitive Report, published on February 12 is taking both sides of the Congressional aisle by storm. Written and double fact-checked by former Navy SEAL […]
President Obama’s pick as the next Secretary of Defense is the wrong one. Heritage’s defense and foreign policy experts have examined the record of Chuck Hagel, the Republican former Senator from Nebraska, and concluded he simply does not have the experience and skills for the job. What’s more, his vision for dealing with other nations […]
Federal budget cuts called “sequestration” are scheduled to hit in just 10 days. The sequestration cuts are not perfect—they’re a blunt instrument to cut spending, rather than a deliberative plan that sets priorities, trims entitlements, and cuts other spending. But they are law. It would be better to replace them with smarter cuts, but the […]
HALT NEW GUN CONTROL THREAT! LEAHY’S S. 54 WILL BAN ALL PRIVATE SALES, ‘NECESSITATE’ GUN LICENSURE DEMS’ DISTRACT & DEFLECT GUN GRAB MUST BE EXPOSED, HALTED! STOP THE LEAHY BAN NOW! URGENT: Flying under the radar for weeks, Vermont Democrat Sen. Patrick Leahy’s S. 54 gun ban bill introduced last month makes the mere planning […]
(CNSNews.com) – Experts could not answer questions about privacy concerns related to incorporating unmanned aerial vehicles, (UAV) or drones, into U.S. airspace at a House hearing on Friday. The House Science, Space and Technology Committee’s Subcommittee on Oversight invited officials from the Federal Aviation Administration, National Aeronautics and Space Administration and the Government Accountability Office […]
Cathy Cenzon-DeCarlo (Photo courtesy of Alliance Defending Freedom) Mount Sinai Hospital in New York has agreed to additional policy and procedure changes to protect the conscience rights of pro-life nurses and other employees as a result of a federal investigation. In 2009, the hospital allegedly forced a Catholic pro-life nurse to assist in an abortion […]
