Boston Bombers Have Roots in the Ungovernable, Islamist North Caucasus
The North Caucasus has emerged as an ungovernable safe haven for terrorists, as the government of Russia is at the end of its wits as to how to stem the Islamist insurrection. The brothers who allegedly undertook the Boston Marathon bombing and reportedly planned to hit Times Square in New York, Tamerlan and Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, […]
Expert: Democracies Cannot Defeat Terrorism
The Academic College in Tzfat held a conference Monday on the subject, “The borders of democracies’ war on terrorism.” Faculty member and terrorism expert Shimon Carmi explained to Arutz Sheva that the way society reacts to terrorism affects the society itself, first and foremost. “If we were to decide to ignore all the treaties and wage […]
Report: Obama Spent Twice As Much Time On Vacation Than The Economy
Who would have ever thought that the best thing about being President would be the non-stop golfing and vacations? Sure, you may be too broke to go on vacation because of Obama’s bad decisions, but that isn’t stopping him from vacationing on your dime. A nonpartisan group called the Government Accountability Institute (GAI) just did […]
NYU Prof Is for Same-Sex Marriage but Really Against Marriage
In a recent debate at New York University Law School, Ryan T. Anderson, co-author of the book What Is Marriage? and Heritage’s William E. Simon Fellow, asks Professor Judith Stacey the essential question: What is marriage? Stacey gives a very clear answer: “Why should there be marriage at all?” Stacey concedes that we live in […]
Child Protective Services Takes Baby From Parents After They Question A Doctor
Its official name is Child Protective Services (and most parents recognize its acronym, “CPS”), but too often it seems that a more accurate name would be “Causes Parental Suffering.” CPS employees have no subtlety – they take children away from parents and they make the parents suffer and grovel to get them back. That’s what […]
Medicaid’s Looming Long-Term Care Crisis
Scott J. Ferrell/Congressional Quarterly/Newscom As we work to rein in wasteful spending and improve retirement security, our nation cannot afford to overlook Medicaid’s long-term care financing crisis. We’re completely unprepared for the coming “age wave.” More than 15 million Americans will be 85 years or older in 2040. While seven in 10 seniors will need […]
Domestic Violence Conference to Focus on Battered Men
“No one would believe a big strong man was hit by his little wife,” stated Professor Sarah Ben David. However her research shows it happens more often then one might think. A conference in Israel is focusing on battered men and Prof. Ben David is one of the speakers at the two-day event which is […]
GDP Grew 2.5 Percent in the First Quarter
Newscom After dreadfully low growth in the last quarter of 2012—just 0.4 percent—gross domestic product (GDP) returned to a healthier rate of growth of 2.5 percent in the first three months of 2013. The autumn’s drop in private inventories was reversed as companies stockpiled more goods in anticipation of future consumer spending. The 2.5 percent […]
Obama Vows Support for Planned Parenthood
Jewel Samad/AFP/Getty Images President Obama became the first sitting President to address Planned Parenthood this week, speaking to roughly a thousand supporters at the organization’s national conference in Washington, D.C. The President lauded the organization’s efforts in helping pass Obamacare, particularly the preventative services mandate that is currently trampling on many employers’ fundamental freedom by […]
Is It Muslim Terrorism Yet?
by Tad Cronn Oh, it’s just a couple of typical American kids — that was Michael Moore’s reaction. The American system twisted a couple of good Chechen boys — from the president of Chechnya. The two boys suspected in the Boston Marathon bombings were angels who are being set up by American officials — the bombing […]
Venezuela’s Bipolar Post-Chavez Regime Arrests American Filmmaker
On April 25, Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro announced the arrest of American Timothy Hallet Tracy. “The gringo who financed the violent groups,” Maduro said, “has been captured.” His justice minister claimed that Tracy was trained as a spy and was involved in an intricate plot aimed at fostering destabilizing violence. At the root of the […]
