Whoa There! Time to REIN in Runaway Bureaucrats
America’s out-of-control administrative state can best be compared to a runaway stage coach—trampling American workers and careening away with their money. Next week, Congress will have an opportunity to bring much-needed oversight to America’s regulatory process by voting for the aptly named REINS Act (Regulations from the Executive in Need of Scrutiny), which would require […]
Obama in Hot Water Over Envoy’s Anti-Israel Remarks
The White House hurriedly distanced itself from an ambassador’s blaming Israel for fueling anti-Semitism because of the standoff with the Palestinian Authority. Howard Gutman, U.S. Ambassador to Belgium, told a conference of Jewish lawyers last week, ““A distinction should be made between traditional anti-Semitism, which should be condemned and Muslim hatred for Jews, which stems […]
Infographic: Weak Job Growth in the Obama Economy
Yesterday on Meet the Press, host David Gregory confronted Obama campaign strategist David Axelrod with the grim reality of America’s employment picture, the still-high unemployment rate, and the fact that 315,000 people dropped out of the work force last month, asking “Do the new numbers change the way the president looks at the economy?” Axelrod’s muddled […]
Craig Shirley on America’s Transformation in December 1941
This month marks the 70th anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor and the U.S. declaration of war on Japan, Germany and Italy. December 1941, according to historian Craig Shirley, transformed America in ways that might be unimaginable today. In a new book called “December 1941: 31 Days that Changed America and Saved the World,” […]
Breaking News: Iran Shoots Down U.S Aircraft
A senior Iranian military official says Iran’s Army has shot down a RQ-170 reconnaissance drone operated by the US military in the eastern part of Iran. The informed source said on Sunday that Iran Army’s electronic warfare unit successfully targeted the American-built RQ-170 Sentinel stealth aircraft after it crossed into Iranian airspace over the border […]
Chart of the Week: Runaway Spending, Not Low Tax Revenue, Fueling Deficits
Following the failure of the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction, Sen. Pat Toomey (R-PA) criticized liberals for insisting that any deal include a massive tax hike. In a speech at Heritage last week, he said tax revenue isn’t the problem facing the United States in the future; it’s the massive increase in federal spending. […]
The Real Unemployment Numbers
“Not Counted by Obama” Discouraged Workers are Responsible for Reducing the Unemployment Rate, Not Job Creation. Friday’s farcical unemployment report has a lot of people scratching their heads. It’s a farce not because of how the rate is calculated, but because the media and the Obama administration are presenting the report as some sort of indication that […]
Exclusive Interview: Sen. Pat Toomey on the Super Commitee’s Failure
As one of the 12 members of Congress on the Super Committee, Sen. Pat Toomey (R-PA) had a front row seat for all the negotiations. Since the committee’s announcement late last month that they had failed to reach a deal on at least $1.5 trillion in savings, Toomey has been very vocal that we cannot now ignore […]
Muslim Refugees, Yes – Persecuted Christian Refugees, No
Christians are in imminent danger across the world, and yet they are being refused refugee status, while Muslim refugee immigration goes on unimpeded. U.S. policy regarding refugee resettlement would shock most Americans if they only knew. The United Nations picks who gets to come to the U.S. as a refugee. The mandate of the U.N. High Commissioner […]
Euro Crisis: Italy is the REAL Problem!
If little Greece (11 m. people) and tiny Ireland (6 m. people) rattled Europe’s windows, because of their debts, Italy is about to blow up Europe’s shaky house. Here is why. Italy is huge (60 m. people, $2 trillion economy, $34,000 per capita GDP), and nearly bankrupt. Italy has the world’s third largest bond […]
6 Shocking Revelations About Wall Street’s “Secret Government”
Top officials willfully concealed the true extent of the 2008-’09 bailouts from Congress and the public. We now have concrete evidence that Wall Street and Washington are running a secret government far removed from the democratic process. Through a freedom of information request by Bloomberg News, the public now has access to over 29,000 pages […]
