Hamas Terrorist Leader: We Can Bomb Any City in Israel
Senior Hamas leader Mahmoud Al-Zahar on Tuesday issued a direct threat against Israel. Al-Zahar, who spoke at a memorial ceremony for terrorists who died in a “work accident”, declared that Hamas has rockets that can hit any city in Israel. He further said that during Operation Pillar of Defense in 2012, Hamas held a “dry […]
The Era of the Limousine Liberal is Back
Hillary Clinton is not the only prominent, rich liberal who is having trouble articulating their vast concern for the poor and income inequality. Recently, there has been a rash of major liberal figures downplaying the fact that American capitalism has been quite good for them, while attempting to hamstring it for the rest of America. […]
7 great benefits of taking a vacation
Have you taken a vacation yet? If you haven’t, will you? Acccording to a 2006 survey by Harris Interaction and Expedia, 36 percent of workers don’t plan to use all their paid vacation days, and 37 percent never take more than a week off at a time. So to convince you to take a much-needed […]
Time to Protest US Presbyterian Church After Vote to Support Israel Boycott
The nearly 1.9 million member Presbyterian Church USA voted Friday after a contentious debate to divest from three companies that provide supplies to Israeli security forces and Jews living in Judea and Samaria.The 310 to 303 vote at the Protestant denomination’s meeting in Detroit, Michigan, means the group will pull financial investments out of Caterpillar, Hewlett-Packard […]
We’re All Pro-Growth and Pro-Family
The tax reform debate about the child tax credit (CTC) continues. Hopefully the discussion sheds light on whether the CTC expansion is the best policy. My purpose in writing has been 1) to point out that there is a trade-off: the bigger the CTC expansion, the less we can cut the more economically harmful taxes […]
Gang of Muslims Assault And Stab Jews In Paris Library
The wave of anti-Semitic violence continues to rock French Jewry, as a gang of 20 attackers on Monday reportedly assaulted visibly Jewish students wearing kippot (yarmulkes) at a local library in the capital city of Paris.The assailants, described by reports as being of North African descent and therefore likely Muslim immigrants, approached the Jewish students […]
Some Heretical Thoughts on Politics and Economics
The belief that the raw mechanics of Capitalism, uninformed by any moral penumbra of ethics, religion or philosophy, has alone caused the great material increase of the West — is of itself suspect. Indeed, the Protestant Work Ethic, the idea of fair play, the conception of noblesse oblige, respect for contracts and law, the […]
Eternity Versus the Lie – Thoughts on the Ninth Commandment
There is no question that the sin of bearing false witness, either during a trial or as a tawdry means to blacken the good name of another for personal gain, is reprehensible and counter to the harmony of the City. The fact that this injustice is recognized as a grave affront to God carries […]
‘I don’t believe you!’: Paul Ryan levels blistering attack against IRS boss over ‘lost’ emails explanation
(FoxNews) WASHINGTON – A congressional hearing Friday into how the Internal Revenue Service lost thousands of emails from an ex-official accused of targeting conservative groups turned into an angry shouting match, with Republicans accusing the IRS commissioner of lying to Americans. “This is unbelievable,” Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., angrily told IRS Commissioner John Koskinen. That’s […]
Sudan Frees Christian Mother Sentenced to Death
Meriam Yahia Ibrahim Ishag, the 27-year-old mother of two condemned to death for her Christian faith, has been freed after a court in Sudan ordered her release today. According to SUNA, Sudan’s official news agency, the Khartoum Court of Appeals canceled Ishag’s sentence and ordered all charges dropped. Ishag’s lawyer, Mohaned Mostafa, told Reuters she […]
Obama’s Record: More Babies Aborted Than Jobs Created
(CNSNews.com) – Former presidential candidate and conservative-values advocate Gary Bauer said President Barack Obama’s legacy should be the fruit of his pro-abortion policies: more killed by abortion than the number of jobs created. “This ought to be the epitaph of this administration: In the last five years under this president more babies have been aborted than […]