Top 10 Most Read Foundry Posts of 2011

This year saw the death of Osama bin Laden, the Arab Spring and the fall of regimes in Libya and Egypt, a conservative revolution in Wisconsin, continued joblessness in America, and a European economic crisis. Through it all, Heritage experts provided the best conservative analysis of the latest breaking news here at Foundry.org. Below are […]

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Watch at The Conservative Papers the Only Movie Banned in America: The Path to 9/11

The two-part miniseries stars Harvey Keitel and Donnie Wahlberg, and recounts the sequence of events that led to the Al Qaeda attacks on September 11th, 2001. Whilst most dramatisations focus on the 2001 bombings alone, this film is different, in that it begins with the lesser-publicised 1993 World Trade Centre bombings. The 9/11 Commission Report […]

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Top 10 Charts of 2011

Just how high is America’s tax burden? How bad is the entitlement crisis? Sure, the national debt is big, but just how big is it really? Numbers help tell the story, but as the saying goes, a picture is worth a thousand words. This year, people turned to Heritage to get the answers in the […]

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U.N. “Rights” Protections Trending Toward Abortion, Islamophobia Rules

As the Universal Declaration of Human Rights celebrated a birthday this month, it is worth noting how this document—noble in its original intentions—is often reinterpreted by advocates of a host of issues, resulting in a laundry list of new rights claims and corresponding government responsibilities thrust upon the 193 U.N. member states. Two prime examples […]

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Defense department agrees to allow Muslim cadets to wear hijabs

by Jeff Kunerth The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) announced today that the Department of Defense will begin allowing Muslim and Sikh students who wear an Islamic head scarf (hijab) or a turban to participate in the Junior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (JROTC). “We welcome the fact that Muslim and Sikh students nationwide will now […]

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