Obama to give Award to a Muslim who celebrated the 9/11 attacks
The Obama administration was about to award a Muslim woman who had celebrated the horrific 9/11 attacks on America and wished for more. In fact, her views are not that extreme in the Arab world. An al-Arabiya poll taken two years ago found that 36% of Muslims feel the 9/11 attacks were morally justified. (Another […]
Unemployment Remains a Stumbling Block in the Eurozone
Newscom January’s unemployment numbers for the 17 countries of the eurozone has moved closer to 12 percent. This underscores the strong economic headwinds that face these member nations as they continue to grapple with an ongoing economic crisis. This same data reveals deep internal chasms within the eurozone between the economically healthy member nations and […]
North Korean Threat: Obama Administration Undermines Missile Defense
Korean Central News Agency via Korean News Service Yesterday, White House spokesman Jay Carney asserted that the U.S. is “fully capable of defending itself” against a North Korean ballistic missile attack. Carney didn’t mention that the Obama Administration has tried to undermine the long-range missile defense program since it came into office. First, it decided […]
Obamacare Continues to Restrict Hiring
Newscom The Federal Reserve Beige Book, released on March 6, cited Obamacare as a factor in slowing hiring and employment growth. The Beige Book is a report published eight times a year that details the economic activity in the 12 different Federal Reserve regions. As this most recent report explains, “Employers in several Districts cited […]
Obama Budget to Be Submitted Even Later
Newscom The Obama Administration is on track to beat former President Bill Clinton for second-longest delay in submitting a presidential budget on time. First place for the latest budget in history? That also goes to President Obama. In 2009, he did not submit a budget until 98 days after the statutory deadline. Though the White House […]
Sessions and Ryan to LaHood: Halt the High-Speed Train to Vegas
Senate Budget Committee Ranking Member Jeff Sessions (R–AL) and House Budget Committee chairman Paul Ryan (R–WI) sent a letter yesterday to Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood, urging the Department of Transportation to reject a $5.5 billion gamble on high-speed rail. The train, called XpressWest, would run from Victorville, California, to Las Vegas, Nevada. As Heritage Foundation […]
Arms Sale Responsibility Act: Proceed with Caution
Newscom The Arms Sale Responsibility Act (H.R. 599), introduced by Representative Raul Grijalva (D–AZ), contains a number of flaws that call for caution on the part of Congress. The U.S. is widely acknowledged to have the most responsible system of controls on the export of arms in the world: The State Department refers to it […]
Is Obama Taking US Into Nuclear War? North Korea Escalates Anti-US Nuclear Threat
North Korean is raising the level of its anti-American rhetoric, threatening to cancel its decades-old armistice and launch a nuclear strike while accusing the United States of using military drills in South Korea to launch a nuclear war. The cease fire between Korea and America in 1953 ended the three-year Korean War, and if dissolved could lead to […]
Advancing Economic Freedom: Leading from Behind Doesn’t Work
The 2013 Index of Economic Freedom Advancing economic freedom around the world has markedly stagnated in recent years, particularly due to the lack of America’s leadership, says Terry Miller, chief editor of The Heritage Foundation’s Index of Economic Freedom, in a recent interview with the Langley Intelligence Group Network. According to Miller: Historically, the United […]
Palestinian Authority Moves Ahead with Plans to Register Sites with UNESCO
The Palestinian Authority cabinet on Tuesday decided to form a committee to prepare applications to register sites on UNESCO’s world heritage list, the Bethlehem-based Ma’an news agency reported. Omar Awadallah, the head of UN file in the PA’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, said that the committee’s mission was to prepare heritage sites for the list […]
Biased UN Claims Israel Mistreats Palestinian Authority Arab ‘Children’
A United Nations agency is claiming that Israel “systematically” mistreats Palestinian Authority Arab minors. The accusation was published Wednesday in a 22-page report issued by UNICEF, entitled “Children in Israeli Military Detention.” The agency claimed in its report, “Ill treatment of Palestinian children in the Israeli military detention system appears to be widespread, systematic and institutionalized,” […]
