Why Palestinians Will Never Make Peace With Israel
Arafat had been telling his people that anyone who makes concessions to Israel is a traitor. Like Arafat, Abbas does not want to go down in history as the first Palestinian leader to make concessions, especially on sensitive issues such as refugees and Jerusalem. What are the chances that Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas would […]
The Housing bust over?
Nationwide, the housing market appears is back on track, so says the Wall Street Journal. It reports nearly seven years after the start of the housing bust, most indexes of housing prices are now going up. Experts say a reduced amount of unsold homes is the key to the turn around. More good news for […]
Obama Orders U.S. Intelligence to Increase Surveillance of Israel
WASHINGTON — The U.S. intelligence community has intensified surveillance of Israel’s military. Western diplomatic sources said President Barack Obama has ordered intensified U.S. intelligence on Israel’s military and government. They said Obama wanted to ensure that his administration could collect information that would indicate an Israeli plan to strike either Iran or Syria. Is Obama […]
California Sparks Municipal-Bankruptcy Wave
While three cities in California have filed for bankruptcy in the past few weeks, more filings are expected, according to CNNMoney. San Bernadino became the latest city in the state to file for bankruptcy protection, following Stockton and Mammoth Lakes. Many cities around the country, not just in the State of California, are struggling to […]
Another U.N. Convention That Poses Threats to U.S. Sovereignty
Yesterday, the Senate Foreign Relations Committee held a hearing on the U.N.’s Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD). As multiple experts—including The Heritage Foundation’s Steven Groves—testified, it is both unnecessary and unwise for the United States to become a party to the Disabilities Convention. The rights of Americans with disabilities are already […]
A “Conservative Carbon Tax” Is $0
Instead of rallying together to fight the Obama Administration’s backdoor environmental regulations, which have exorbitant costs and minimal benefit, some conservative organizations are working with liberal groups to push costs higher by piling on a carbon tax. This would be nothing more than an enormously high, regressive energy tax that would needlessly destroy jobs and […]
Supreme Court and Obamacare: Judicial Activism or Judicial Review?
The deeper meaning and implications of the Obamacare case for the Supreme Court’s reputation and constitutional law will be debated for years to come. In its annual Supreme Court review event at Heritage yesterday, an all-star cast of scholars, advocates (including Solicitor General Donald Verrilli), and journalists tackled those topics. The Court did rule that […]
American Muslim Communities Becoming Radicalized
WASHINGTON — A report, based on a series of House committee hearings, said the radicalization American Muslim community was not being impeded by community leaders. The report by the House Homeland Security Committee said Islamist leaders have obstructed law enforcement. In at least two U.S. cities, mosque preachers were said to have helped in recruitment […]
Scientists Blame Global Warming for Heat Wave, But Fail to Back It Up
Global-warming alarmists have reemerged with a vengeance following the recent heat wave featuring record temperatures across the nation and dozens of wildfires throughout the West. But how much has global warming contributed? At least two climate change scientists refused to identify any possible threshold, with one declaring, “I honestly don’t think you can really put […]
Venezuela and Chavez: President Obama Should Read His Intelligence Brief
In an interview with a popular Miami TV station, President Obama was asked yesterday about the danger Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez poses to U.S. security. The President responded: “My sense is that what Mr. Chavez has done over the last several years has not had a serious national security impact on us.” The comment instantly […]
Muslim Don’t Want Olympics Protected from Terrorist
In East London a seedy Islamic part of town, Muslims are up in arms over plans to place Surface-to-Air Missiles on their apartment building roofs during the Olympics to protect from Terrorist Threats. Already this week a total of 7 Muslims arrested including two Muslim converts, aged 18 and 32, they were arrested in East […]
