Spoonful of Sugar Needed to Stomach U.S. Trade Policy
Early American colonists, no strangers to the perils of intrusive government, protested the Molasses Act of 1733, which imposed taxes on imported sugar, rum, and molasses. Sugar taxes ignited a desire for trade freedom that helped lead to revolution. In the United States today, sugar policy consists of regulations and limitations that put those of […]
Showdown Over A Shutdown
It has been more than 40 days since the House passed a budget for 2011, cutting spending by $61 billion. The task was left undone by the previous Democrat-controlled Congress, the first time since 1974, an embarrassing feat for a body charged with holding the purse strings. Today that task remains incomplete, and the moment […]
Napolitano: US Border is Not ‘Out of Control’
(CNSNews.com) – Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano said Friday that “given the statistical framework” the U.S.-Mexico border is not “overrun or out of control”–adding that those who make such claims are just trying to score political points. “But I think the amount of resources we’ve put at the border with Mexico shows how serious this administration is,” […]
Obama Threatens Gov’t Shutdown if Funding for Abortion, EPA Cut
Washington (CNSNews.com) – President Obama said Tuesday he would not sign a budget agreement to keep the government running that cuts funding for Planned Parenthood and the Environmental Protection Agency. “There can be some negotiation about composition,” Obama told reporters shortly after discussions with congressional leaders on the budget. “What we can’t be doing is […]
Qaddafi’s Revenge
Col. Muamar Gheddafi, the Man of Many Spellings, has always played the extortionist with Europe concerning immigration. He repeatedly warned the Europeans over the years that if they didn’t provide sufficient “aid”, he would cease to hold back the flood of migrants, particularly sub-Saharan Africans, who gathered in Libya in an attempt to find passage […]
Want Sushi? Radioactive Caesium Found in Fish off Japan
Traces of radioactive caesium have been found for the first time in fish off Japan’s east coast. It is believed the contamination came from overheated fuel rods at the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant. The operator of the plant, meanwhile, says it has detected radioactive iodine at 7.5 million times above the legal limit in seawater […]
Radiation Food Safety: What You Should Know
You might be a little freaked out about 11,500 tons of radioactive water being dumped into the Pacific Ocean in Japan, where workers are still scrambling to stabilize an earthquake-crippled nuclear power plant called Fukushima Daiichi. In fact, the words “radiation” and “nuclear” give many people the creeps. And that’s partly because these are concepts […]
Muslim Killings Prove Jones’s Point
By Acharya S– Sometimes the obvious needs to be stated, especially when there is so much at stake. In this case, what is at stake are not only human lives but also the very heart of individual freedom. Because of violent reactions from many in the Muslim world, American politicians are seriously considering enacting anti-Constitutional […]
Ryan Budget Critics Incorrectly Attack Heritage Analysis
Except in Jeopardy!, questions usually come first, followed by answers. Likewise, when criticizing public policy studies and their underlying methodologies, it typically helps to see the policy study and methodology used before one embarks on criticism. Today at 8:37 a.m. ET, Matt Yglesias of the Center for American Progress’ Think Progress blog released a critique […]
Palestinian Authority Group Condemns Storing Rockets in Populated Areas
A Palestinian Authority-based human rights group has condemned the building and storage of rockets fired from the Gaza region towards Israel in densely populated areas, a fact which has led to injuries and deaths of Arab civilians. In what it called an “unusual step”, The New York Times reported that the Palestinian Center for Human […]
Chairman Ryan’s Budget Resolution Changes America’s Course
America needs to change course. Our current direction is fiscally and economically unsustainable and politically and culturally bankrupting. It is threatening the well-being and future of our country. House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan’s (R–WI) budget proposal, for the first time in recent memory, sets our nation on a different and better path. It tackles […]
