A Real Vote to Defund Obamacare
One of the disillusioning facts about Washington is that Congress can vote on something and that vote won’t mean a thing. It would seem that a congressional vote should be a meaningful occasion, with Members weighing the costs and benefits of voting for the particular measure at hand. Unfortunately, political gamesmanship often leads them to […]
Russian Peace Plan: The Fallout Begins
September 11, 2013 15:56 by Pesach Benson President Obama took his case for Syrian intervention to the public in a national address (video/transcript). See also the Wall St. Journal, which rounded up the highlights of the president’s six network interviews. Fallout from the Russian initiative: According to Israeli media reports, when Moscow told Bashar Assad […]
Million Muslim March Draws a Couple Dozen
A rally, previously advertised as the “Million Muslim March” drew only a handful of protesters to the National Mall on the 12th Anniversary of the 9/11 attacks. The rally, which was recently renamed The “Million American March Against Fear” was organized by the American Muslim Political Action Committee (AMPAC) but was mostly attended by 9/11 […]
Taking Milk from Babies: The Shocking New Farm Bill Strategy
Some congressional leaders have a shocking new strategy to force through a farm bill at any cost. They are threatening to allow the price of milk to double as a way to compel both the House and Senate to pass any bill. This new strategy is reportedly the brainchild of the ranking member of the […]
I Yelled – You have to Come See It, It’s Huge!
A website devoted to the archaeological dig at the Ophel site in Jerualem, which is sponsored by the Herbert W. Armstrong College, features a 17-minute video that describes in some detail the drama of the discovery of a golden 7th century treasure there. Caridad French, an excavator at the site, describes finding a quarter-sized coin that […]
How to Libel Israel: A Case Study
September 11, 2013 13:30 by Simon Plosker It’s easy to produce an anti-Israel libel that is subsequently debunked after the damage has been done. This was graphically demonstrated in the past few days. Anti-poverty organization Oxfam’s Campaigns and Policy Director Ben Phillips tweeted the following: There exists a symbiotic relationship between non-governmental organizations (NGOs), the […]
A Challenge to Darwinism
Anyone who has been exposed to the teaching of evolution has heard of the Cambrian Explosion of fossils. The evolutionists call it an “explosion” of fossils because so many fossils appear so abruptly in the geologic column. The Cambrian rock layers are among the lowest and “oldest” layers in the geologic column yet are extremely […]
Putin ‘to Offer Iran S-300s, Another Reactor’
Russian President Vladimir Putin will offer to supply Iran with S-300 air defense missile systems, and to build a second reactor at the Bushehr nuclear plant, Russia’s Kommersant business daily reported Wednesday. Citing a source close to the Kremlin, the publication reported that Putin will renew an offer to supply Iran with five S-300 ground-to-air […]
Assad Celebrates Birthday as Rebel Terrorists Rue ‘Dirty’ Chemical Deal
Bashar al Assad marked his 48th birthday Wednesday, gifted with the momentum gathering behind a Russian-brokered deal that could prevent a U.S.-led strike on his regime. Despite the fact that over 100,000 Syrians have been killed in the country’s civil war, with two million having fled and a further four million citizens displaced inside the country, […]
Why This Doctor Fears Obamacare
Dr. Tim Shepherd talks about his patients like they’re his own family. He gets emotional when he thinks about a patient he’s been treating for 20 years, and talks about a new patient who’s making progress like it’s his first grandchild. He says his favorite part about being a doctor isn’t having specialized knowledge or […]
Obama on Syria vs. Obama on Iraq
Sen. Barack Obama snatched the 2008 democratic nomination from Sen. Hillary Clinton for many reasons, none more important than Obama’s opposition to the Iraq War. All of Obama’s major opponents — Sen. Chris Dodd, D-Conn., then-Sen. Joe Biden, D-Del., former Sen. John Edwards, D-N.C. and then-Sen. Clinton, D-N.Y. — had voted for authorization for war. […]
