Al Jazeera Faces Challenges Coming to America to Broadcast Islamism
The Qatar owned network, Al Jazeera, launched its first U.S. television news service this week, playing 14 hours a day of live news and servicing 40 million American households. Al Jazeera America came to fruition after acquiring the network previously known as Current TV, from former U.S. Vice President Al Gore back in January 2013. […]
Syrian Chemical Attack Kills Hundreds
August 21, 2013 17:39 by Pesach Benson According to press reports, hundreds of Syrians were killed in a chemical attack near Damascus. Jeffrey Goldberg hit the nail on the head: Two questions are raised by reports of this attack. The first, of course, is whether or not it happened the way Syrian rebels said it […]
Same-Sex Marriage Trumps Religious Liberty in New Mexico
Elaine Huguenin. (Photo courtesy of Alliance Defending Freedom) Earlier today, the Supreme Court of New Mexico ruled that the First Amendment does not protect a Christian photographer’s ability to decline to take pictures of a same-sex commitment ceremony—even when doing so would violate the photographer’s deeply held religious beliefs. As Elaine Huguenin, owner of Elane […]
When You Can’t Actually Keep Your Health Care Plan
President Obama has said that his health care law largely doesn’t impact anyone who already has coverage. Tell that to all the people who are being dropped from their health plans. UPS made a news splash yesterday when it announced it is dropping coverage for spouses of employees if they are offered coverage through their […]
Evidence that Palestinians are Religious Nazis
As a major focus of its Ramadan activities, the Palestinian Authority chose to honor and glorify terrorist murderers. In all, 22 terrorist murderers who killed 238 Israelis were glorified, along with numerous other terrorists who caused injuries. Those honored included suicide bombers, bomb makers, hijackers, snipers, stabbers, and planners of terror attacks. Palestinian Media Watch has reported […]
Four Months After Their Abduction, Fate of Syrian Bishops Unknown
(CNSNews.com) – Orthodox Christians in Syria’s second city on Thursday will mark four months since their bishops went missing, their fate no clearer now than at any time since they were abducted by armed men and their driver shot dead near the Syria-Turkey border on April 22. Greek Orthodox Bishop Boulos Yazigi and Syriac Orthodox […]
Iranian Schools Prepare Students for ‘Drone Hunting’
Iranian high school students will soon know how to hunt for U.S. drones and learn how to hack the drone’s controls. The school children will receive lessons by the country’s Revolutionary Guards paramilitary units in order to promote civil defense in Iran. The plans were unveiled on the 60th anniversary of the coup in Iran which […]
Five Thoughts on the Egypt Crisis
August 21, 2013 16:13 by Simon Plosker Compared to many parts of the Middle East, Israel is a veritable island of calm. With ongoing peace talks taking place in a media blackout, there has been relatively little to report for once. Which is just as well because most journalists’ attentions are now trained on Cairo […]
Israel Defending Eyptian Govt?
August 19, 2013 16:32 by Pesach Benson Israel’s lobbying Washington and Europe to support the Egyptian government. The Jerusalem Post and NY Times explains the effort, as well as Israel’s conundrum in a situation where no matter what you do, you have to hold your nose. The latter explains: With the European Union planning an […]
U.S. Fleet Shrinks as China and India Build New Aircraft Carriers
stringer/Xinhua/Photoshot/Newscom India launched its new aircraft carrier last week, the 37,500-ton INS Vikrant. In response, a state-run Chinese newspaper called for more carriers in the People’s Liberation Army Navy fleet. Meanwhile, U.S. carriers—and the entire U.S. Navy—are struggling to meet fleet size requirements due to a chronically underfunded shipbuilding account and broader budget instability. While […]
An Awesome Superhero Video About… Obamacare?
Would “an awesome superhero or action-movie style video” change your mind about Obamacare? The Obama Administration has pushed Obamacare through porta-potties and bourbon festivals—and now it’s promoting a $30,000 prize pool for a video contest. Young people may feel they are “invincible” and don’t need Obamacare, so the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) […]