The Right Time for a Carbon Tax Is Never
Once the electorate was made to realize that cap-and-trade bills (Lieberman-Warner, Waxman-Markey, etc.) were actually taxes on fossil energy, cap and trade became political poison. So it is surprising that an explicit tax on fossil energy is now being pushed in Washington. The hope among carbon-tax proponents is that they can sugar-coat the tax and […]
Congress Should Permanently Waive the Ethanol Mandate
Last week, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) rejected a proposal from a number of governors and federal legislators to partially waive the Renewable Fuels Standard, which mandates the production of 36 billion gallons of ethanol by 2022. This year, the Energy Policy Act of 2005 requires refiners to blend nearly 13 billion gallons of corn-based […]
Reflections on Current Hamas-Israel Hostilities
by Daniel Pipes November 15, 2012 updated Nov 16, 2012 Cross-posted from National Review Online, The Corner Two observations about the hostilities that began on Nov. 10: (1) The old Arab-Israeli wars were military clashes, the recent ones are political clashes. The wars of 1948-49, 1967, and 1973 were life-and-death struggles for the Jewish state. […]
Top 5 Media Fails: The Media War Hall of Shame
November 19, 2012 17:16 by Simon Plosker As Operation Pillar of Defense continues, here are the Top 5 Media Fails as HonestReporting inaugurates its Hall of Shame. 1. Jon Donnison, BBC for retweeting a dramatic photo of two children wounded in war without making any effort to verify the photo’s authenticity. Turns out the children […]
Video: Hamas launching rockets near civilian homes
During the last few days, Hamas terrorists have fired more than 100 rockets and missiles per day at Israeli cities. Israel launched Operation Pillar of Defense to destroy the terrorists’ launching points and the rockets. Now footage broadcast by Hamas on its Al-Aqsa TV documents what Israel has been reporting – that Hamas is launching […]
Magnitsky Act Promises to Punish Human Rights Abuse, Open Trade
Sergei Magnitsky Last Thursday, the House of Representatives passed a bill that included language—called the Magnitsky Act—that for the first time punishes Russian officials implicated in serious human rights abuses. The bill was passed by an overwhelming majority—365 to 43—demonstrating strong bipartisan support. The Senate will vote on the Magnitsky Act and the underlying bill […]
Analysis: Will Ground Operation Topple Hamas?
The Israeli government has approved the call-up of 75,000 reservists to participate in the Gaza fighting, as infantry, armor and engineering units mass near Gaza awaiting the command to enter the Hamas-controlled terror state. No one outside the IDF’s leadership knows if the IDF intends to invade Gaza, when the IDF incursion will start, and […]
Iran Moving Terror Sleeper Cells Into USA
A U.S. congresswoman is warning that while the world’s eyes are on Iran’s growing threat against Israel, the Islamic nation’s terrorist surrogates may have already formed sleeper cells here in the United States. Rep. Sue Myrick, R-N.C., asserted in a radio interview today she believes it’s possible that Hezbollah, the radical terrorist organization tied to […]
Foreign Policy: No Apology for American Greatness
While conservatives might be in a bit of a post-election funk, this is no time to compromise our principles—especially on foreign policy and national security, where Team Obama’s record has been less than stellar to say the least. Rather, now is the time to dig deep and fight for the conservative principles that made this […]
Hamas Killed A Child And Uses Body As A Propaganda Tool To Blame The Israelis
Hamas has once again back to its old dirty tricks. Due to the internet age, may with iphones an twitter accounts Hamas was caught faking an image of a dead Palestinian child. They have no shame and were using a child killed by its own rocket fire and claiming that an Israeli attack was responsible. […]
More Misleading Numbers on Poverty
This past week, media outlets have been abuzz, heralding the news that poverty levels in the United States are higher than previously thought. But the numbers are misleading. The Census Bureau reported last week that, according to its new “supplemental poverty measure,” 49.7 million Americans are in poverty. This figure is higher than 46.2 million […]