Israeli PM says time running out to stop Iran’s nuclear programme
Time is running out for the international community to halt Iran’s nuclear programme by peaceful means, the Israeli prime minister, Binyamin Netanyahu, told US defence secretary Leon Panetta in Jerusalem on Wednesday. Sanctions, diplomacy and declarations of a willingness to take military action as a last resort had not yet convinced the Iranians to stop […]
Chick-fil-A Boycott Backfires – Religious Persecution
Liberal activists and Democratic politicians have attempted to demonize the Chick-fil-A restaurant franchise because of its owner’s religious views supporting a traditional biblical marriage. They’ve urged a boycott of the restauarant chain, their plans completely backfired and the opposite happened. Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel and a Chicago Alderman thinking they are dictators have even gone […]
Congress Wants to See Obama’s “License to Kill”
Congress is finally standing up to President Barack Obama on targeted killing. Almost a year after three American citizens were killed in US drone strikes, legislators are pushing the administration to explain why it believes it’s legal to kill American terror suspects overseas. Congress is considering two measures that would compel the Obama administration to […]
Illegal Immigrants prove big business for prison companies
The U.S. is locking up more illegal immigrants than ever, generating lucrative profits for the nation’s largest prison companies, and an Associated Press review shows the businesses have spent tens of millions of dollars lobbying lawmakers and contributing to campaigns. The cost to American taxpayers is on track to top $2 billion for this year, […]
Republicans Grill IRS on Obamacare Tax Mandate
WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republicans on Thursday grilled the head of the Internal Revenue Service on the agency’s decision to apply the health care law’s tax credits in states that decide not to carry out a key provision of the statute. Commissioner Douglas Shulman defended the IRS rule that applies the tax credits to federal […]
Obama has ‘never even had a real job, for God’s sake’
House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) lashed out at President Obama during an interview Tuesday, saying the president has “never even had a real job, for God’s sake.” Boehner was discussing the presidential election, and accusing President Obama’s campaign team of using “over-the-top” rhetoric to distract from his economic record. “Sometimes I have to catch my […]
Economic Freedom: The Freedom to Choose
A recent Pew Research Center study, The American-Western European Values Gap, shows that the U.S. is unique in its percentages of: People who believe that “freedom to pursue life’s goals without state interference” is more important than “state guarantees [that] nobody is in need,” People who disagree that “success in life is determined by forces […]
Administration Jeopardizes Export Control Reform Through Ill-Timed Waiver
An ongoing sale of communications satellites to a Hong Kong–based company is attracting a great deal of attention at the moment. Space Systems/Loral, a major U.S. satellite manufacturer, contracted in 2011 to manufacture two communications satellites, AsiaSat-6 and AsiaSat-8, for Asia Satellite Telecommunications (AsiaSat). The contract was initialed soon after AsiaSat-7, another Loral communications satellite, […]
Online Chat on the Anti-Religious Freedom Mandate
Starting on August 1, employers were required to provide abortion-inducing drugs and contraceptives in their health care plans, or face a fine of $100 per day, per employee even if it goes against their religious or moral principles. Join us on Friday from 12-1 ET for our “Lunch with Heritage” online chat. We will be […]
Chick-fil-A supporters turn out in droves
After several weeks of leftist protests and dictatorial like leftist mayoral calls to ban conservative businesses in their cities, all this stemming from Chick-fil-A president Dan Cathy’s public comments of supporting a traditional Christian marriage. He was attacked by the left for having Christian values, and an opinion. At Chick-fil-A locations across the country, people voted with their wallets as hundreds of thousands of supporters of the fast-food chain, right to religion […]
Time to Safeguard Ourselves from Rising Protectionism
Last week, Pascal Lamy, chief of the World Trade Organization (WTO), gave a stark warning that rising protectionism is a serious threat to global economic recovery. Indeed, not too long ago, The Heritage Foundation’s Center for International Trade and Economics also counseled that “global trade freedom needs a boost.” We are unlikely to see a […]
