State Spent $100K to ‘Green Up’ Vienna Embassy 4 Days After Denying Libya Embassy Access to Plane
(CNSNews.com) – Four days after the security team at the U.S. embassy in Libya was denied further use of a DC-3 plane, the State Department approved $100,000 to “green up” the U.S. embassy in Vienna, Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) said on C-SPAN’s “Newsmakers” on Sunday. “What I’ve been pounding home is four days after that […]
HHS Withholding Findings on Head Start Effectiveness
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has once again failed to release a timely evaluation of the federally funded Head Start program. What exactly is taking so long? It may be that the study results will likely yield similarly poor results as the evaluation of two years ago. HHS is required to evaluate […]
Krauthammer Predicts: Romney Will Win by Narrow Margin
National syndicated columnist Charles Krauthammer said that while he believes Tuesday’s election will be extremely close, Mitt Romney will ultimately take the presidency. Speaking to Sean Hannity on Fox News, Krauthammer called Obama the “luckiest politician” he’s ever seen after the president received a boost this week from Hurricane Sandy. He explained that when Sandy […]
Iron Dome Upgraded to Meet Iranian Missile Threat
The Ministry of Defense officially announced Sunday that a series of tests to the Iron Dome anti-missile defense system has been successfully completed, in an important step in the IDF’s plans to upgrade the system. Following the tests, IDF forces will acquire an additional Iron Dome battery, this one with improved capabilities. The new battery, […]
Why I Am Voting Republican
by Daniel Pipes November 4, 2012 Cross-posted from National Review Online, The Corner Note the title is not “Why I am voting for Mitt Romney.” That’s because the two major American parties, Democratic and Republican, represent contrasting outlooks and you vote for the one or other of them, not for a personality. The presidential candidate […]
Chart of the Week: Slowest Economic Recovery Since the 1960s
Americans could be waiting another five years for a return to normal employment based on the sluggish pace of the U.S. economy. After nearly four years in office, President Obama has overseen the worst recovery since the 1960s. This week’s chart comes on the heels of Friday’s employment report, which showed an uptick in the […]
Armed Services Chairman Denounces White House Benghazi Cover-Up and Muzzling of Military Leaders
President Obama should come clean with the American people about what exactly happened in Benghazi, according to the Chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, Representative Buck McKeon (R-CA). In fact, the President is the only one who has all those answers, McKeon says. “The whole thing smacks of a cover-up,” he says. According to […]
Anti-Conscience Mandate Halted Against Second Family-Owned Business
A second federal district court has granted a preliminary injunction halting enforcement of Obamacare’s conscience-crushing contraception mandate. Late Wednesday, Michigan Federal District Court Judge Robert H. Cleland ruled in favor of family-owned lawn and supply store Weingartz Supply Company and its owner, Daniel Weingartz. Colorado District Court Judge John L. Kanne granted a similar request […]
2/3 Of U.S Jobs Went To Immigrants During Obama’s Term
Two-thirds of those who have found employment under President Obama are immigrants, both legal and illegal,according to an analysis that suggests immigration has soaked up a large portion of what little job growth there has been over the past three years. Most of those jobs being very low paying. The Center for Immigration Studies is releasing the study Thursday morning, […]
Average Federal Aid Passes Average Disposable Income
The average American relying on federal government assistance receives more in benefits than the average American’s disposable personal income, according to The Heritage Foundation’s newly released 2012 Index of Dependence on Government. The Index reports Americans who rely on government receive an average $32,748 worth of benefits, surpassing the average American’s disposable personal income of $32,446. […]
Reflecting on the Marriage Question
On Tuesday, citizens in Maryland, Minnesota, Washington, and Maine will consider ballot questions on marriage. While The New York Times doesn’t want citizens deciding the civic meaning and purpose of marriage for themselves, Sherif Girgis and I argue on National Review Online that “we the people” should decide it for ourselves: Citizens should seek to […]
