Energy Secretary Nominee Faces Tough Natural Gas Decision

Rick Friedman/Polaris/Newscom If confirmed as the next Department of Energy (DOE) Secretary, Dr. Ernest Moniz will take over an agency that has increasingly injected itself into making investment decisions with taxpayer money that would be more efficiently made by the private sector. The Heritage Foundation disagrees with many of the policy recommendations Dr. Moniz has […]

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Hackers Attack Israeli Sites

Hackers attacked Israeli web sites en masse today. Haaretz and AP reported that government web sites experienced some disruptions, “but the damage appeared minimal.” Yitzhak Ben Yisrael, of the government’s National Cyber Bureau, said hackers had mostly failed to shut down key sites. “So far it is as was expected, there is hardly any real […]

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New GAO Report on Weapons Acquisitions Fundamentally Skewed

Newscom On March 28, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) released its annual assessment of the performance of the Department of Defense (DOD) in purchasing specific new weapons in a cost-efficient manner and reducing the overall cost to the taxpayers of a wide variety of weapons purchases. This year’s assessment was generally more positive regarding the […]

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2012 Year in Review: Media Bias Report

2012 Year in Review April 4, 2013 10:14 by Jeremy Zauder 2012 witnessed some of the most exciting developments in our recent history. Central to our growth and achievements has been our new International Headquarters in Jerusalem. Our first editorial base is also the home of our lecture facility complete with a rooftop deck designed […]

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Defeat Homofascism

Hunt for the word “homophobia” – purportedly a fear of homosexuality – and Merriam-Webster, the ADL, Wikipedia, Oxford Dictionary, The Free Dictionary, the Reference Dictionary and others are ready to provide help. But look for “homofascism” – the use of homosexuality to bludgeon and batter the religious rights of Christians and others – and the […]

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Federal Disaster Relief Spending Out of Control

Newscom The world’s second-largest reinsurer, Swiss Re, reports “that natural catastrophes and man-made disasters cost the insurance industry $77 billion in 2012.” The report noted this figure covered “more than 300 catastrophes and disasters caus[ing] the loss of 14,000 lives and $186 billion.” These disasters included many of the 112 events for which the Federal […]

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