Call to Warn Jewish Drivers from Entering PA ‘Kill Zone’
The Jewish rights group Legal Forum for the Land of Israel is calling on the IDF to require soldiers to issue a warning to Israeli citizens entering Palestinian Authority-controlled areas. The Forum warned that a lack of road signs in Judea and Samaria means Israelis could enter PA areas unintentionally. “It is imperative that soldiers […]
Rumblings along British Coalition’s EU Fault Line
It was no secret that one of the greatest policy differences between the two parties comprising the coalition in Great Britain –the Conservatives and the Liberal Democrats — was over policy towards the European Union. The Liberal Democrats, the junior partner in the coalition, are the most enthusiastic supporters of the European Union and previously […]
List of 27 States Suing Over Obamacare
Last March, Virginia and Florida (joined by 12 other states) filed suit against Obamacare, challenging its constitutionality. Since that time, many other states have joined in, recognizing the threat posed by the legislation to both the Constitution and their own state budgets. As we reported on Friday, more than half of all states are now […]
Like Washington, Eisenhower’s Farewell Address Counseled Balance
Fifty years ago, on January 17, 1961, President Dwight D. Eisenhower delivered his famous Farewell Address. The speech ranks, as Eisenhower intended it to, with Washington’s Farewell Address as a masterpiece of American rhetoric, of balance, and of prudent, far-seeing counsel. It is the fate of such masterpieces to be much quoted but seldom read. […]
IDF Successfully Tests “Magic Wand” Anti-Missile System
The IDF’s “Magic Wand” (Sharvit Kesamim) system for intercepting intermediate-range rockets was successfully tested last week, the BaMachane military magazine reports in its latest issue. The tests took place in southern Israel last week and were conducted by the Defense Ministry and Rafael Advanced Defense Systems under the attack conditions that Israel expects. At the […]
GOP Picks Priebus to Head Party, Replacing Steele
Oxon Hill, Md. (AP) – The national Republican Party, coming off huge election victories but facing a $22 million debt and an internal war over identity, ousted chairman Michael Steele Friday and chose Wisconsin party chief Reince Priebus to lead in the run-up to the 2012 presidential race. The embattled Steele dropped his re-election bid […]
Shakeup in Leadership for Ground Zero Mosque
The head of the Ground Zero mosque project has been replaced by a new cleric, one who organizers hope will be less controversial. Imam Abdallah Adhami, the new head of the “Park51” project as the Islamic Center project is being called, has long been active in New York’s Muslim community, according to a report published […]
China Global Investment Tracker: 2011
This week The Heritage Foundation released the 2011 China Global Investment Tracker. Heritage Asian Studies Center Derek Scissors explained the product: China’s investment overseas is increasingly important to the United States and the international community. The China Global Investment Tracker created by The Heritage Foundation is the only publicly available, comprehensive dataset of large Chinese […]
Anti-Drilling Policies Costing Federal Government Billions in Lost Revenue
Billions of dollars in potential oil revenue that could help close the federal deficit is being lost as a result of President Obama’s anti-drilling agenda. Production in the Gulf of Mexico — which normally accounts for about 30 percent of all U.S. production — is expected to drop this year by 220,000 barrels per day, […]
AZ Shooting Victim Arrested For ‘Death Threat’ To Tea Party Leader
Merely a week after a crazed gunman shot Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords in the head and left several others dead and wounded at a local political event, a Tea Party spokesman in the same area received a public death threat at a town hall meeting– from one of Jared Loughner’s victims. Local station KGUN is reporting […]
More Than Half of All States Now Suing to Stop Obamacare
This Wednesday Maine Attorney General William Schneider announced that the Pine Tree State would become the 23rd state participating in Florida’s multi-state suit against Obamacare. With Oklahoma and Virginia each pursuing their own seperate suits, that brought the number of states fighting Obamacare’s budget busting Medicaid expansion to 25. It didn’t take long for that […]
