Video: For the White House, Consumer Choice Only Goes So Far
This week, the White House announced its plan to boost taxpayer-funded subsidies for “green” energy vehicles like the Chevy Volt, offering buyers a $10,000 tax incentive to help tickle their buying bone. On Monday, White House economic adviser Gene Sperling described the subsidy, and ironically enough, market forces seem to be his favorite part of […]
California a Mess: Obama’s Dream
I live in California. If you were wondering what living in Obama’s second term would be like, wonder no longer. We in California are living there now. California is a one-party state dominated by a virulent Democrat Left enabled by a complicit media where every agency of local, county, and state government is run by […]
Five Candidates Contend For Right To Oppose Chavez In October
The five candidates in today’s primary were all deferential to each other, promising to support the winner in an attempt to oust a hated president. If you’ve gotten this far, you will have realized that we are not talking about the Republican Party, but rather the Venezuelan opposition that went to vote today to select […]
Aussie Radio: Israel May Be Trying to Kill Own Diplomats
In an interview on the Australian Broadcasting Corporation’s “The World Today” radio program, guest pundit Geneive Abdo is asked by host Eleanor Hall who is responsible for this week’s terror attacks on Israeli embassies: ELEANOR HALL: Iran’s leadership says it’s sheer lies that it’s behind the attacks and that the Israelis have planted the bombs […]
Negationism in Indian History: Its Lessons for the Arab Spring Dystopia
By Ranbir Singh Until his death in 2003, Bhishma Sahni was one of India’s most renowned Hindi language authors and playwrites. His 1974 controversial and popular novel ‘Tamas’ (Darkness) won the Sahitya Akademi Award in 1975 and in 1987 was made into a television series for the national channel Doordarshan. Sahni wrote […]
Eurozone: A Bad Situation Getting Worse
At this point in the Eurozone crisis, the only responsible thing for European leaders to do is to develop contingency plans that will minimize the economic fallout in Europe when—not if—Greece defaults. Economic figures released today for the fourth quarter of 2011 paint a bleak picture for the already embattled Eurozone. Italy and the Netherlands, […]
Israel Raises State of Alert Following Attacks on Diplomats
Israel raised its state of alert on Tuesday following the attacks on Israeli diplomats in India and Georgia that took place on Monday. There has been also speculation that Israelis were the intended targets of another attack in Bangkok on Tuesday, in which an Iranian man carrying explosives blew off his own legs. Yigla Palmor, […]
Syrian Rebels Deny They Possessed Israeli-Made Weapons
The Free Syrian Army (FSA) and Syrian revolution coordination committees rejected on Sunday last week’s reports that Syrian security forces captured an “armed gang” whose members possessed weapons manufactured in Israel and in the United States, the Asharq Al-Awsat newspaper reported. The newspaper quoted the Syrian Al-Baath newspaper, the ruling party’s mouthpiece in Syria, which […]
Despite Austerity Vote, Expectations Rise For Greek Exit
The Greek Parliament was ringed by firebombs, and a venerable movie theater was left a blackened shell. The Greek Prime Minister Lucas Papdemos appealed to the parliamentarians to vote for the severe austerity measures including a 22 percent cut in the minimum wage, an axe to pensions and firings in the civil service. He warned […]
Is Israel Giving Jewish Heritage Sites to Palestinian Authority?
The Palestinian Authority wants UNESCO to declare the Patriarchs’ Cave and Rachel’s Tomb as its heritage sites while Israel is excluding them from its own list. A government committee headed by Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu is meeting Tuesday morning to decide on adding 16 more sites to Israel’s official list of heritage sites, but the […]
Lawmakers Rally for D.C. Scholarships, Promise to Fight Obama’s Funding Cut
A bipartisan group of lawmakers today promised to defend the D.C. Opportunity Scholarship Program for low-income families following President Obama’s decision to eliminate funding in his budget. “The bipartisan, grassroots coalition responsible for keeping the Opportunity Scholarship Program alive will continue speaking out, and I’ll be standing alongside them every step of the way,” Speaker […]
