Befogging the Enemy: U.S. Officials as Human Pretzels (VIDEO)
by David J. Rusin • Dec 31, 2011 at 3:26 pm The most vexing video of 2011 may be this clip of Congressman Dan Lungren questioning Assistant Secretary of Defense Paul Stockton on December 7. Though Stockton’s evasiveness is in line with the government’s history of not calling Islamism the enemy — recently exhibited by […]
China Is More Concerned Than It Reveals on Japan-India Ties
The Japan India summit has concluded with both sides boosting security cooperation and Japan helping India out economically. This is what emerged from a joint statement by Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda and his Indian counterpart Manmohan Singh. The two leaders announced said that the Maritime Self-Defense Force and the Indian Navy will conduct joint exercises […]
Haniyeh in Sudan: Hamas will Never Recognize Israel
Hamas’ Prime Minister in Gaza, Ismail Haniyeh, reiterated on Saturday that his organization will never recognize Israel and will never give up on Jerusalem, Channel 10 News reported. Haniyeh made the comments during talks in the Sudanese capital, Khartoum, where he several days ago met President Omar al-Bashir. The visit to Sudan is part of […]
Destroy America Accomplished
There is an old adage that puts forth a simple truth: Money talks, bullshit walks. In the case of the United States of America it can be rephrased to state ‘money talks, liar warmongers die and lose’. Senator Joe Lieberman has proposed a bill that would terminate your citizenship if you stand up to the […]
Arab Spring Quite Costly, Says Arab League Official
The Arab Spring has come with a cost not just in human life but has also had an economic effect, according to figures released Sunday. According to the data, the Arab Spring has so far cost Arab countries at least $75 billion. That figure was presented by the Arab League’s assistant secretary general for economic […]
VIDEO: How Fans of ‘Firefly’ Stopped Censorship on One College Campus
College campuses would seem to be ripe environments for intellectual diversity to flourish. But rather than celebrate free speech, academic institutions across America routinely censor student publications and individuals. Such was the case recently at the University of Wisconsin-Stout. Professor James Miller came under attack from the campus administration when he posted a picture and […]
The Year We Lost the Middle East
About the only people having a Happy New Year in the Muslim world aren’t the Christians who are huddling and waiting out the storm, but the Islamists who use a different calendar but are having the best time of their lives since the last Caliphate. The news that the Obama Administration has brought in genocidal […]
Government Makes Bernie Madoff Look Like a Reputable Business Man
If a single person retires at 65 after earning an average income of $30,000 a year for 30 years, an amount equal to an average of $4,500 was paid into Social Security, per to fund his SSI benefits. If an average interest rate of 5 percent were paid, the future value of his account would […]
Top 10 Heritage Papers of 2011
At The Heritage Foundation, our experts work tirelessly to produce relevant research on the big policy questions facing Congress. This year was no different, and Members of Congress, their staff, journalists, researchers, and Heritage members and readers turned to our experts for their analysis. Listed below are the top 10 papers of 2011, covering everything […]
Chart of the Week: U.S. Presidents Ranked by Budget Deficits
Over the past 50 years, 10 U.S. presidents have made annual budget requests to Congress, projecting deficits both big and small. But no other president compares to Barack Obama when it comes to the size and scale of the current budget deficit facing the United States. The country is facing an 8.3 percent estimated average national […]
Morning Bell: War Games, An Energy Crisis, and the Iranian Threat
A picture released by Fars News Agency on December 29, 2011, shows a U.S aircraft carrier spotted in an area of the Iranian navy ongoing maneuver zone on the Sea of Oman, near the Strait of Hormuz in southern Iran. UPI/ Abdollah Arab Koohsar/Fars News The Strait of Hormuz lies between Iran and the United […]
