President Obama famously declared in this year’s State of the Union: “I’ve approved fewer regulations in the first three years of my presidency than my Republican predecessor did in his.” Heritage’s James Gattuso and Diane Katz have run the numbers. And Obama shouldn’t be bragging. Obama’s comparison encompassed all regulations, including federal rules for such things […]
George Washington has a monument; Jefferson has a memorial; and even James Buchanan has a spot in Washington, D.C., dedicated to his legacy. But there’s no slab of marble in honor of James Madison. Yesterday was James Madison’s birthday, so today let us then remember his legacy as the father of our Constitution. Madison conceived the […]
U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder is currently blocking implementation of voter ID laws in South Carolina and Texas. It’s the latest battle in the fight for voter integrity at the ballot box and the reason two supporters of voter ID are launching a robust defense the laws. “We believe this offensive by the Justice Department […]
How to handle Iran? Writing in The Washington Post, columnist Fareed Zakaria complains that “Krauthammer, the Heritage Foundation, the American Enterprise Institute and others denounce containment and deterrence and would lead us instead to a policy that culminates in a preventive war.” This summary of Heritage writings about dealing with the threat of a nuclear-armed […]
More than two thirds of young men from Samaria who join the IDF serve in combat units. IDF statistics show that 67.1% of the young men who enlist serve in combat, as opposed to the national average of 39.5%. 81.2% of Samaria’s draft-age men join the IDF after completing high school, after Hesder yeshiva studies […]
As more than 15,000 runners from 50 countries prepared for the Jerusalem Marathon which was held on Friday, Hamas was busy organizing a protest against it. According to a report in the Ma’ariv newspaper, Hamas’ Gaza-based Ministry of Sports organized a demonstration against the famous sportswear company Adidas on Thursday, in protest of the sponsorship […]
Two major financial news publications, the Economist and The Wall Street Journal, published major articles in the past week arguing that the American nuclear renaissance has ended before it ever really began. While the articles differ slightly in their presentation, the basic common thread is that new nuclear power cannot compete with cheap natural gas. […]
There is no realistic way for Israel to put an end to terror attacks from Gaza, Hof Ashkelon Council head Yair Farjoun said this week, speaking to Arutz Sheva’s weekly magazine B’Sheva. “People talk about bulldozers and dealing a fatal blow, but we know that isn’t serious and isn’t practical,” he said. “Instead of wasting […]
Deputy Foreign Minister Danny Ayalon said on Wednesday that Israel wants to achieve peace with its Arab neighbors, but stressed that peace cannot come at the price of Israel’s existence. Speaking with Arutz Sheva on the sidelines of the 12th Annual Herzliya Conference, Ayalon said, “We have to be very firm in our demands for […]
The Lie That Wouldn’t Die: The Protocols of the Elders of Zion, written by Hadassa Ben-Itto, which seeks to expose the myths behind the infamous Protocols of the Elders of Zion, has been translated into Farsi. The Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center posted a 400-page translation of the book, which includes a section, written by […]
