Taxing the rich won’t help

President Obama has made taxing the rich the centerpiece of his reelection campaign. He talks incessantly about it. It is a key part of his jobs package. So far, an apt summary of the Obama presidency might very well be: “He killed Osama bin Laden and he really, really wanted to tax the rich.” The […]

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Democrats Should Be Worried

Liberal pundits are already fanning out in force to attack and discredit Paul Ryan. Michael Tomasky, who recently wrote a Newsweek cover story calling Mitt Romney a “wimp,” has now decided that Romney’s bold move is “a terrible choice” because Ryan has proven himself to be an extremist on budget issues. No doubt there are […]

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Romney reportedly picks Paul Ryan as his VP

NORFOLK, Va.–Mitt Romney will name his vice presidential running mate on Saturday. Per a campaign statement released late Friday, the presumptive Republican nominee will announce his running mate at an 8:45am rally here on the USS Wisconsin–the first stop of his four-day bus tour of key battleground states. The campaign offered no further details, and […]

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Trump: Romney Must Turn Tables on Democrats Over Tax Returns

Mitt Romney should turn the tables on Democratic Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, who clams the Republican presidential hopeful dodged taxes for 10 years, said billionaire real-estate mogul Donald Trump. Romney should agree to release tax returns going back a decade, provided President Barack Obama releases passport, college records and other information demanded by Republicans. […]

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WATCH at 2 p.m. Thursday: Ensuring Election Integrity

The Heritage Foundation and True the Vote, a nonpartisan grassroots organization in Houston, Texas, are sponsoring an important discussion on Thursday at 2:00 p.m. ET called “Ensuring Election Integrity: The Need for Election Reform.” It will be streamed live online here. Ensuring election integrity is a fundamental responsibility of government at all levels. States have […]

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Are US-Israel Relations Heading for a Change?

Hillary Clinton arrived in Israel Monday for meetings with Israeli and Palestinian leaders. This visit precedes an expected visit by Republican Candidate Mitt Romney, who is seeking to unseat President Obama. This visit has been touted as one where strategic and regional issues will be discussed, yet the timing of the visit is questionable as […]

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Ennahada leader Rached Ghannouchi

Muslim Brotherhood, Tunisia’s Leading Political Party After Arab Spring Declares ‘No Normalization with Israel’

Tunisia’s leading political party, the Muslim Brotherhood’s Ennahada party, has reiterated its opposition to normalizing diplomatic ties with Israel. Ennahada held its ninth national conference in Tunis over the weekend, ending with a resolution on the matter Monday after party leader Rached Ghannouchi, perceived as a moderate, was re-elected to serve as its head for […]

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Obama in Ohio: No Mention of 143,000 Without Power

(CNSNews.com) – President Barack Obama traveled through Ohio on Thursday in a custom-built air-conditioned bus, stopping in northeastern cities where he proclaimed he was “feeling good” after drinking beer at a restaurant in Amherst. But Obama’s remarks in two different speeches on Thursday did not include any mention of the many people in the central […]

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