No one really knows what North Korea’s leader is thinking. Heritage’s Bruce Klingner, senior research fellow in the Asian Studies Center, was interviewed on ABC’s World News about Kim Jong-un, North Korea’s mysterious dictator. “Very little is known about someone whose finger is on a nuclear button,” said Klingner, former head of the CIA’s Korea […]
North Korea has moved more intermediate range missiles to its east coast, South Korea’s Yonhap news agency has reported. According to Fox News, United States officials have confirmed the report. The missiles were pointed toward the United States just days after North Korea threatened a “merciless” nuclear military strike on the U.S. North Korea’s leaders […]
Walter Choroszewski Stock Connection Worldwide/Newscom The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit recently sent a strong message to lawyers: Do your homework before you make assertions in court, or the court may impose sanctions against you. The court’s action should make less-than-careful lawyers think twice before they make unsupported securities fraud claims in […]
Jim DeMint kicked off his first day as President of the Heritage Foundation with a letter celebrating the American spirit and lamenting the damage done to our national character by the Left’s limitless welfare state: “Liberal policies have destroyed families and communities and created dependence on government. Putting our society back together will require work.” Not […]
April 4, 2013 11:09 by Yarden Frankl In the second part of our analysis of the treatment of Israel on the opinion pages of major media, we take a look at the Washington Post, one of the most influential newspapers in the world. In comparison with the New York Times, we found a much more […]
Polaris/Newscom Yesterday, Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel gave his first major speech since he was confirmed for the job in February. “The Department must understand the challenges and uncertainties, plan for the risks, and, yes, recognize the opportunities inherent in budget constraints and more efficient and effective restructuring,” he said. Secretary Hagel listed three main […]
A Jewish student group announced Wednesday that it will be taking further legal action against Twitter over the global networking site’s failure to comply with to a French court order to release data on individuals responsible for posting anti-Semitic tweets. “Twitter is playing the indifference card in not respecting the decision of January 24,” when […]
The US Embassy in Cairo deleted a controversial tweet about attacks on freedom of expression in Egypt following complaints by President Mohammed Morsi and the Muslim Brotherhood. The embassy temporarily shut down its account and deleted the tweet, which had linked to a clip by popular US funnyman Jon Stewart denouncing the arrest of Egyptian […]
North Korea’s threats should be countered with reassuring signals of resolve, said Heritage’s Bruce Klingner on PBS “NewsHour.” “We’re sending a signal to North Korea that we will defend our South Korean allies, we have the capabilities to do so, and we have the resolve to do so,” said Klingner. The U.S recently deployed a […]
2011 Media Bias Review April 3, 2013 16:35 by Honest837Reporting 2011 witnessed dramatic changes, not only in Israel’s immediate neighborhood, but in the Media Landscape that our work focuses on day to day. The speed of Social Media’s growth and impact continues unabated, adding to the volume of coverage we undertake, and the need to […]
