Yemini Terrorists Assassinate US Teacher; Yemen in Disarray Due to Arab Spring
Two terrorists on a motorcycle assassinated an American teacher Sunday. The victim’s name has not yet been released. He was murdered in Taez, a central Yemini city, according to the region’s governor, Hamoud al-Sufi, CBS and the Associated Press reported. The terrorist group behind the murder was not identified. Al Qaeda already has taken over […]
Hungary Denounces EU Double Standards and Pledges Independence
When the EU passed its budgetary stability pact, it wanted to convey the impression that sanctions against offenders would kick in automatically and the measures would be applied evenly with no favoritism. The current European Union standoff with Hungary is exposing Brussels to charges of double standards and even unwarranted intervention. Last Tuesday European Union finance […]
Hamas Terrorist to Address UN Human Rights Council
Senior Hamas official Ismail al-Ashqar will address the United Nations Human Rights Council on Monday, an official statement said. Al-Ashqar arrived in Switzerland on Sunday ahead of the appearance, which will focus on the issue of Hamas members being held in Israeli jails, the statement added. Blogger Elder of Zion noted that al-Ashqar has publicly […]
Obama Disappoints on the Falkland Islands
This week in 1982, Argentine forces were probably preparing their equipment and checking plans ahead of their invasion of the Falkland Islands, to happen a couple of weeks later. Thirty years on, even after heaping cringe-worthy amounts of lavish praise on the Obama Administration during his recent visit, British Prime Minister David Cameron is still […]
The Case of Staff Sergeant Robert Bales
“On the ill-fated Sunday, 16 civilians were killed in Afghanistan in two villages Alkozai and Balandi. Nine children and three women, and injured five others as someone in a NATO forces uniform opened fire on houses in Panjwai district. Staff Sergeant Robert Bales is in custody for the acts of that night, immediately send back […]
Chart of the Week: Obama Tops Bush With More, Costlier Major Regulations
President Obama famously declared in this year’s State of the Union: “I’ve approved fewer regulations in the first three years of my presidency than my Republican predecessor did in his.” Heritage’s James Gattuso and Diane Katz have run the numbers. And Obama shouldn’t be bragging. Obama’s comparison encompassed all regulations, including federal rules for such things […]
James Madison: Father and Defender of the Constitution
George Washington has a monument; Jefferson has a memorial; and even James Buchanan has a spot in Washington, D.C., dedicated to his legacy. But there’s no slab of marble in honor of James Madison. Yesterday was James Madison’s birthday, so today let us then remember his legacy as the father of our Constitution. Madison conceived the […]
Voter ID Proponents Launch Counteroffensive Against DOJ
U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder is currently blocking implementation of voter ID laws in South Carolina and Texas. It’s the latest battle in the fight for voter integrity at the ballot box and the reason two supporters of voter ID are launching a robust defense the laws. “We believe this offensive by the Justice Department […]
Does Fareed Read?
How to handle Iran? Writing in The Washington Post, columnist Fareed Zakaria complains that “Krauthammer, the Heritage Foundation, the American Enterprise Institute and others denounce containment and deterrence and would lead us instead to a policy that culminates in a preventive war.” This summary of Heritage writings about dealing with the threat of a nuclear-armed […]
Samaria Gives Twice Its Share of Israeli Combat Soldiers
More than two thirds of young men from Samaria who join the IDF serve in combat units. IDF statistics show that 67.1% of the young men who enlist serve in combat, as opposed to the national average of 39.5%. 81.2% of Samaria’s draft-age men join the IDF after completing high school, after Hesder yeshiva studies […]
Obama administration pulls references to Islam from terror training materials, official says
By Kenneth Timmerman Deputy U.S. Attorney General James Cole confirmed on Wednesday that the Obama administration was pulling back all training materials used for the law enforcement and national security communities, in order to eliminate all references to Islam that some Muslim groups have claimed are offensive. “I recently directed all components of the Department […]
