RICHARD B. LEVINE/Newscom President Obama argued in his State of the Union address that “no one who works full-time should have to live in poverty.” That is a noble goal, but it has little to do with the minimum wage rate. Only 2.9 percent of U.S. employees work for the federal minimum wage of $7.25 […]
by Daniel Pipes Middle East Quarterly Spring 2013 Note to the reader: This is the first article in a three-part survey of “Denying Islam’s Role in Terror.” The other two parts, by Teri Blumenfeld and David Rusin, look at the specific phenomenon of denial in the FBI and the U.S. military, respectively. Over three years […]
House Cloakroom: March 4 – March 8 Analysis: This week, the House plans to take up a bill that would fund the government for the remainder of the 2013 fiscal year. As of March 1, we are now living under the sequester that was passed overwhelmingly by Congress and signed into law by President Obama […]
Shariful Islam/Xinhua/Photoshot/Newscom At least 44 people have been killed in the past two days in protests in Bangladesh following the third conviction by a war crimes tribunal set up to investigate the role of Islamist political leaders in Bangladesh’s independence movement in 1971. The recent spurt in violence follows a month of largely peaceful protests […]
Let the punishment fit the crime. That has been a basic principle of justice in nearly all legal systems dating back to ancient times. However, in recent years, the penalties for violating municipal traffic laws increasingly have more to do with the state’s revenue needs than the severity of the crime. Many drivers are shocked […]
America is going through a period of redefining. What does it mean to be an American? Will the Constitution survive the onslaught of tyranny from Obama? America is besieged with a declining standard of living and the American Dream is on life-support. The following list will partially illustrate how far American has slid from its […]
Andre Jenny Stock Connection Worldwide/Newscom In a surprising and historic move, the Alabama state legislature passed the state’s first private-school choice plan Thursday evening. Governor Robert Bentley (R), who is expected to sign the bill next week, called it “the most significant piece of legislation that’s been passed in this Legislature in years,” and Senate […]
Reuters/TransCanada Corporation/Newscom Today the State Department released yet another positive environmental review for the northern portion of the Keystone XL pipeline project. The State Department approved the original pipeline route through Nebraska, which was supposedly less environmentally friendly, without any problems. It is no surprise, then, that the State Department also seems to look favorably […]
State Department/Sipa USA/Newscom On Thursday, at the Friends of Syria Conference in Rome, Secretary of State John Kerry abruptly reversed U.S. policy on Syria. Much to the surprise of Members of the U.S. Congress—and possibly of the members of the Syrian opposition as well—Kerry announced that the U.S. will be supplying $60 million in food […]
AMNESTY OR IMPEACHMENT – YOU DECIDE Conservative media stalwart Rush Limbaugh has drawn the battle lines for common sense America after Barack Obama’s latest political ploy in the sequestration wars. Obama just ordered HUNDREDS (and potentially THOUSANDS) of hardened criminal illegal immigrants – you know, the kind Barack Obama can’t resist letting off the hook […]
