Chart of the Week: How Social Security Is Contributing to the Spending Crisis
Last week’s presidential debate at the Reagan Library elevated Social Security as a national issue that could reshape the 2012 campaign. Candidates spent the week trading blows about the role of the 76-year-old social insurance program. Leaving aside the political rhetoric, one thing is certain: Social Security needs to be reformed or America will face […]
10 Years After 9/11, God Bless America
On the 10th anniversary of the tragic 9/11 attacks, we must remain vigilant and avoid losing the advances we have made in the long war to keep America safe and secure. Today, as we remember the nearly 3,000 fellow citizens who lost their lives in the attack, Heritage offers tributes about 9/11. Sen. Marco Rubio […]
The Other September 11th
(GatesofVienna) We will commemorate the events of five years ago by revisiting events of 323 years ago. This is a reference to, of course, to the other 9-11: September 11th, 1683, the day when an alliance of Christian armies led by Jan III Sobieski, the King of Poland, arrived at the Gates of Vienna. The […]
Illegal Immigration: Fixing the Entire System
Will securing our US-Mexico border solve our country’s entire illegal immigration problem? Of course not, but neither will turning a blind eye by a providing a pathway to citizenship for everyone who broke the law by immigrating to our country illegally. Unfortunately at a time when politicians are expected to give a 30 second sound […]
All the Wrong 9/11 Lessons
By Michelle Malkin Are your kids learning the right lessons about 9/11? Ten years after Osama bin Laden’s henchmen murdered thousands of innocents on American soil, too many children have been spoon-fed the thin gruel of progressive political correctness over the stiff antidote of truth. “Know your enemy, name your enemy” is a 9/11 message […]
Cyrus Nowrasteh Discusses the Only Movie Banned in America
Five years ago ABC aired “The Path to 9/11,” a five-hour docudrama that explained how terrorists plotted to attack America on that frightful September morning in 2001. The movie sparked protests and attempts to stop ABC from showing it. Former President Bill Clinton was among those most displeased. As America marks the 10th anniversary of […]
Obama Plan to Allow More Jobs Lost Overseas
Two days ago Obama spoke about creating jobs in the United States spending more taxpayer money on unproven plans. What he did not mention is the the United States is negotiating one of the biggest free trade agreements in history and there is barely a peep about it on the new anywhere. In 1996, Ross […]
Never Forget: Our Military 10 Years Later
As America approaches the 10-year anniversary of 9/11 this weekend, it is unreal to think that the U.S. now has the smallest Navy since 1916. The House Armed Services Committee has a new video detailing the downsizing of the American military and many more unbelievable facts about the state it is in today. Republican Chairman […]
Missiles Capable of Shooting Down Passenger Planes Stolen, Fears Sold to Al Qaeda
A terrifying cache of missiles capable of shooting down passenger planes has been stolen from Gaddafi’s arsenal in Libya, it was claimed yesterday. Almost 500 of the Russian-made heat-seeking missiles have been looted in the past week, prompting fears they have been sold to Al Qaeda for use against the West. Peter Bouckaert, of Human […]
15 Examples Of How “The Little Guy” Is Getting Absolutely Killed In America Today
Those without a lot of wealth or a lot of power are getting absolutely killed in America today. The big corporations, the major financial institutions, the ultra-wealthy and those connected to the top levels of government are absolutely thriving even though the economy overall is in shambles. Meanwhile, “the little guy” is being abused, harassed, […]
Egyptians Storm Israeli Embassy in Violent Rage, Cairo
Egyptian protesters have broken into the Israeli Embassy in a high-rise building in Cairo and are dumping hundreds of Hebrew documents off the balcony. Hundreds of protesters have been converging on the embassy throughout the afternoon and into the night, tearing down large sections of a security wall outside the 21-story building housing the embassy. […]