What Japan’s Tax Debate Is Really About

A major political struggle in Japan is coming to a head this week, one that could empower the current government or ultimately bring it down. The battle is ostensibly about economic policy but is mostly about politics, as the policy in question is largely symbolic. When the government’s survival may hinge on what should be […]

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Kenneth N. Waltz – The Stupidest Strategist? Believes Iran Having Nuclear Weapons Is Good Strategy

by Daniel Pipes July 1, 2012 His honors are manifold – Ford Professor of Political Science Emeritus at the University of California, Berkeley, Adjunct Professor of Political Science at Columbia University, former President of the American Political Science Association and a recipient of its James Madison Award, fellow of the American Academy of Arts and […]

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Celebrating Mursi's victory in Cairo

Analyst: Cold Peace with Egypt will become Hostile Peace

Egypt’s new president, Mohammed Mursi, will turn the “cold peace” with Israel into a “hostile peace,” predicts Channel 2 News‘s veteran Arab affairs expert, Ehud Yaari. When Anwar Sadat was president, Mursi established “The Egyptian Society for Fighting Zionism,” Yaari writes in an article on Channel 2 News‘s website. “He devoted his whole adult life […]

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Biomassive Energy Subsidies in Farm Bill

The farm bill, which passed in the Senate yesterday, has little to do with farming and a lot to do with handouts. Energy subsidies? The farm bill’s full of ‘em, particularly in the Title IX energy section, and they all need to go. The legislation includes direct handouts and loan guarantees for advanced biofuels and […]

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Revolutionary Sermons That Rang with “Notes of Freedom”

Today is the first Sunday of the Fortnight for Freedom, a two-week celebration of religious liberty in America. Church leaders, and preachers especially, have played an important role in our nation’s struggle for and preservation of this “first freedom.” In 1833, the American Quarterly Register articulated the important role that ministers played in the American […]

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Public Comments on the Obama Administration’s “Accommodation”: Rescind the Mandate

“Rescind the mandate.” That is the demand of many public comments submitted by individuals and groups on the Obama Administration’s proposed “accommodation” to the Obamacare anti-conscience mandate. In the midst of widespread outcry over the Administration’s mandate that nearly all insurance providers must cover abortion drugs and contraception, the Department of Health and Human Services […]

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Fighting Flares Between Turkey and Kurdish Separatists

The conflict between Turkey and Kurdish nationalists who are determined to carve a Kurdish state out of eastern Turkey is heating up. Kurdish insurgents attacked Turkish military outposts near the Iraqi border on Tuesday, killing eight soldiers in the deadliest attack this year. The Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), a radical separatist group that has spearheaded […]

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Top Five Reasons Obamacare Is Bad for Doctors

The Supreme Court’s Obamacare decision is expected next week, but it’s important to remember that the constitutionality of the law’s individual mandate isn’t the only concern. Several surveys have revealed that doctors have a negative view of the law and its impact on the practice of medicine. Here are five ways Obamacare will harm doctors: […]

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