Extra! Extra! D.C. City Council Submits to Reality
JESSICA RINALDI/Reuters/Newscom “My Administration has worked tirelessly to create jobs, help our residents obtain, employment, and escape poverty. It is because of these very commitments, in fact, that I feel compelled to veto the bill.” —Washington, D.C., Mayor Vincent Gray on the Large Retail Accountability Act In a surprising turn, a Democratic big-city mayor vetoed […]
5 Ways Obama Has Trampled the Constitution
Today, the Constitution turns 226 years old. Let’s not forget it states that the President “shall take Care that the Laws be faithfully executed.” The Obama Administration has done the opposite, turning the law on its head and ignoring constitutional limitations on its power. Read the Constitution now Here are five of the Administration’s largest […]
Scrutinizing the Social Cost of Carbon: Comment to the Energy Department
On September 16, Heritage analysts David Kreutzer and Kevin Dayaratna sent a request to the Department of Energy requesting that a recent rule incorporating an updated Social Cost of Carbon be opened for additional comments. The Social Cost of Carbon (SCC) is a monetary value measuring the purported damages from each ton of emitted carbon […]
Department of Homeland Security is already denying any Terror link to Navy Yard Shooting
The DHS rushed a report that reads, Monday’s shooting at the Navy Yard in Washington, D.C. currently has “no known connection to terrorism,” according to an early internal Department of Homeland Security document. The incident only days after Sept 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on the USA raises suspicions to this attack being the work of […]
Muslim TSA Airport Employee Promises Event Worse than 9/11
Now here is a frightening story, as political correctness allows Muslims to screen bags and people at our airports. A Muslim airport security screener at Los Angeles airport (LAX) was charged with making terrorist threats, and authorities were scrutinizing a website linked to the Muslim that contains letters criticizing America as evil and promising something […]
Will Unions Want to Repeal Obamacare?
In a typical Friday afternoon “news dump,” the Treasury Department announced it could not grant unions’ request for another special Obamacare break. This time, unions had lobbied the Administration to let union-run, multi-employer plans receive taxpayer-funded insurance subsidies on the new exchanges. These subsidies would be in addition to the tax break that multi-employer plans, […]
Syria: nearly half rebel fighters are jihadists or hardline Islamists, says report
Opposition forces battling Bashar al-Assad’s regime in Syria now number around 100,000 fighters, but after more than two years of fighting they are fragmented into as many as 1,000 bands. The new study by IHS Jane’s, a defence consultancy, estimates there are around 10,000 jihadists – who would include foreign fighters – fighting for powerful factions linked […]
Cloakroom: September 15 – September 21
House Cloakroom: Analysis: This week, the House may move its attention to a food stamp bill that would reduce spending by $40 billion by eliminating USDA waivers for able-bodied adults without dependents (ABAWDS). The reduction is far below the $135 billion (over 10 years) cut called for by the House-passed Ryan Budget. The House may […]
Where the White House Is Wrong on Immigration Reform
Could the Senate-passed bill on immigration reform decrease the deficit and pad your pocketbook, all while granting amnesty to millions of illegal immigrants? The answer is no, according to Heritage’s Derrick Morgan, vice president of Domestic and Economic Policy. “This is going to increase the deficit,” Morgan said on Fox Business in response to the […]
The Disastrous Campaign to Rid the Middle East of Christianity
As I write, the city of Maaloula in Syria has become a ghost town after being briefly occupied by members of the al Qaeda–linked jihadist group al-Nusra Front. Conflicting reports claim that al-Nusra fighters have desecrated churches and statues in what may be one of the oldest Christian cities in the world, a place where […]
Are 14 Percent of Americans Chronically Hungry?
Earlier this week, a New York Times editorial claimed that 14.5 percent of U.S. households are experiencing “pangs of chronic hunger.” This figure is based on a new report from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). It’s misleading, though. The 14.5 percent figure used by the Times refers to “food insecurity.” But a majority of […]
