Court Hears Case of Student Expelled for Unwillingness to Affirm Homosexual Relationships
Last week a federal appeals court heard arguments in an important religious freedom case known as Ward v. Wilbanks. The case illustrates how sexual orientation nondiscrimination policies can impose government burdens on religious and moral conscience and create serious civil society conflicts. Julea Ward was a student in the graduate counseling program at Eastern Michigan […]
United States Thwarts Iranian Terrorist Plot
U.S. authorities announced today that they disrupted an Iranian plan to commit a “significant terrorist act in the United States,” making it the forty-second thwarted terrorist attack against the homeland. The federal government has filed criminal charges against two Iranians with conspiracy to murder the Saudi ambassador to Washington and conspiracy to commit an act […]
11 Facts You Need To Know About The Nation’s Biggest Banks
The Occupy Wall Street protests that began in New York City more than three weeks ago have now spread across the country. The choice of Wall Street as the focal point for the protests — as even Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said — makes sense due to the big bank malfeasance that led to the Great Recession. While the […]
Obama’s Watergate
Obama and Holder Continue to Lie About Gunrunning Operation “I’m not sure of the exact date, but I probably heard about Fast and Furious for the first time over the last few weeks.” —Eric Holder testifying under oath at a Judiciary Committee hearing, May 2011 That was the first lie Holder told about his and […]
French Suburbs Becoming ‘Separate Islamic Societies’
France’s decrepit city suburbs are becoming ‘separate Islamic societies’ cut off from the state, according to a major new study that examines the spread of Islam in France. Muslim immigrants are increasingly rejecting French values and identity and instead are immersing themselves in Islam, according to the report, which also warns that Islamic Sharia law […]
The Future of School Choice
For decades now, spending on public education has been increasing significantly, while academic achievement has remained stagnant. What if, instead of pouring money into failing schools, we give the money to parents and allow them to spend it any way they see fit on their children’s education? Well, in states like Arizona, education savings accounts […]
Muslim Controlled Egypt Destroying Churches, One at a Time
Muslim Brotherhood: “No More Churches” What clearer sign that Egypt is turning rabidly Islamist than the fact that hardly a week goes by without a church being destroyed, or without protesting Christians being attacked and slaughtered by the military? The latest chaos in Egypt—where the military opened fire on unarmed protesters, and ran armored vehicles over them— […]
Obama Supplies Assault Weapons to Violent Drug Cartel
Washington— High-powered assault weapons illegally purchased under the ATF’s Fast and Furious program in Phoenix ended up in a home belonging to the purported top Sinaloa cartel enforcer in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, whose organization was terrorizing that city with the worst violence in the Mexican drug wars. In all, 100 assault weapons acquired under Fast […]
Germany Gives Up, Now Pushing for Greece to Default
Germany is pushing behind the scenes for a “hard” default in Greece with losses of up to 60pc for banks and pension funds, risking a chain-reaction across southern Europe unless credible defences are established first. Officials in Berlin told The Telegraph it is “more likely than not” that investors will suffer fresh losses on holdings […]
Woman in Labor Survives Palestinian Authority Terrorist Lynch Attempt
Palestinian Authority terrorists continued their attacks on innocent Jewish motorists over Yom Kippur, this time attacking a woman in labor and her husband as they rushed to the hospital. The husband, Ariel Goldman of Pnei Kedem, told Arutz Sheva that the two were lucky to escape with their lives. Their ordeal began near Har Homa […]
The Wretched Scandal of Reporting from Gaza
In a visit sponsored by the non-governmental organization Save The Children (an NGO not immune to anti-Israel bias according to NGO Monitor), the Daily Telegraph’s Mary Riddell reports on “The wretched scandal of Gaza“. The real scandal, however, is Riddell’s Pavlovian need to attribute blame for Gaza’s situation solely to Israel. She paints an almost […]
