The Tower has a fascinating profile of Nitsana Darshan-Leitner, the founder of Shurat HaDin, an Israeli legal non-profit that helps victims of terror sue the terrorists, organizations, and governments responsible for deadly attacks and incitement. Shurat HaDin also fights against
A lawsuit filed in federal court in California reportedly accuses former Obama administration Secretary of Labor Hilda Solis of accepting free private jet flights, paid for by a powerful local union, during her confirmation and without disclosing the flights as
On Wednesday, workers at Volkswagen’s new plant in Chattanooga, Tennessee will vote on whether they wish to be represented by the United Auto Workers (UAW), the union that critics say brought the American auto industry to its knees. Auto manufacturing,
Even as Iran steps up its aggressive rhetoric to the point of directly threatening the U.S. and Israel, the media are falling for the latest in the regime’s diplomatic feints: namely, concessions that would allow U.N. inspectors greater access to
In law school, students are often told: “Hard cases make bad law.” That is, drawing general principles from the most complex cases may not always be a good idea. In the same way, the California drought could offer a new
You may be surprised to learn that there is still a mayor’s race going on in San Diego–the resignation of Bob Filner seems like ancient history–but it’s happening on Tuesday, and it’s going down to the wire. The GOP candidate, City
Until now, opinion of the Obama administration’s latest efforts to impose a “framework” for ending the Israeli-Palestinian conflict has been split along partisan and ideological lines. However, the Jersualem Post reported Sunday that Israel’s left-wing Meretz party, which for years has
Rep. Keith Ellison (D-MN) did his part Sunday morning to demonstrate why Obamacare will continue to be the most important issue for Republicans in the 2014 midterm elections. In response to the Congressional Budget Office’s latest projection last week that
Astonishingly low rainfall. Low snow levels on the mountains. Rivers at two to three percent of normal levels. And yet–plenty of water for the state’s farms, lawns and gardens. It’s not California, where Gov. Jerry Brown has warned residents to
The Obama administration’s latest diplomatic flub involves Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs Victoria Nuland, who told the U.S. Ambassador to the Ukraine to “f— the E.U.” in his efforts to assist the Ukranian opposition in its confrontation
Iranian state television aired a simulated airstrike on Israel and on American targets on Friday, as a warning of the kind of response that could be expected if either country attacked Iran’s nuclear program. The broadcast needs to be taken
Many of those so-called “realists” who inspired Barack Obama’s opposition to the Iraq War and accompanied him into the administration believed in the theory of “linkage”–that the Israeli-Palestinian conflict was closely linked to threats against the U.S., and was in
The latest edition of Politico Magazine features a profile of California Gov. Jerry Brown and his ambition–now more than three decades old–to bring high-speed rail to the state. The happy coincidence of Barack Obama’s enormously wasteful and ineffective stimulus allowed
When Breitbart News first noted on Jan. 21 that Iran was sending its first warships to the Atlantic, the mission was presumed to be a mere tour of the open seas. On Feb. 8, however, Iran’s Northern Naval Fleet Commander Admiral
The push for new sanctions on Iran in the event that the interim nuclear deal fails to stop the regime’s nuclear program has been abandoned. The American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC), the country’s leading pro-Israel lobby, had pushed for
Though it is fashionable among Democrats to blame the ongoing California drought–one of the worst ever seen–on global warming, the state now faces a new problem: namely, cold winter temperatures. The cold snap has led to increased use of heating
Left-wing Jews may hope that their increased willingness to criticize Israel might spare them some of the worst of anti-Israel hatred from Palestinian advocates and antisemites. Not so, sadly. The Jewish Journal of Los Angeles reports that a beautiful mural
Sandra Fluke, who is now running for state Senate in California’s 26th district rather than for the congressional seat being vacated by Democrat Henry Waxman after forty years, says that while people should not vote for her because she’s a
Tom Bevan and Carl Cannon take Ezra Klein for a spin in the latest edition of RealClearPolitics’ “Morning Commute.” The duo has posted several clips of their interview with Klein, but one this morning is particularly strange. They ask Klein
When the Congressional Budget Office announced on Tuesday that Obamacare would now prompt 2.5 million workers to leave the labor force in the next ten years, the left howled in unison. Shaking their fists at the media, they insisted they
A new poll by Israel’s Geocartography Institute found that 70% of Israeli Jews do not trust the U.S. to protect Israeli security interests in negotiations with the Palestinian Authority, according to the Jerusalem Post. The poll, which was conducted among 500
When Lisa Ebiner Gavit, president of Students for Life at the University of Southern California, arrived at the famous Tommy Trojan statue last month to take down her organization’s display commemorating the 41st anniversary of the Roe v. Wade decision, she
Comedian Stephen Colbert took a swing at Breitbart’s own Michael Patrick Leahy on Monday evening, setting him up as the target in a liberal pushback against conservatives who criticized Coca-Cola’s commercial during the Super Bowl. The 60-second spot features children
Meet the next wave of drone technology: unmanned surface vessels (USV), otherwise known as marine drones. Israel Aerospace Industries unveiled the Katana on Tuesday, and the “unsinkable” boat can function either as a drone or as a manned combat vessel.
The New York Times announced Thursday that operating profits had fallen 12% in the fourth quarter of 2013 compared to the same period a year before. Earnings per share dropped by roughly two-thirds, from $0.76 to $0.24. Total revenues were down
