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Senate to Vote on Tax Hikes Today

Today, the Senate will vote to increase taxes on American job creators. Ironically, the November unemployment numbers came out yesterday and unemployment has risen to 9.8%. Only in Washington would politicians think that this is the time to punish job

Obama's Policies Encouraging North Korea

TV studios are packed with folks eager to tell us what the bad guys are thinking in the Land of the Morning Calm. It’s as though they had a pipeline to Pyongyang. They don’t. All we know for sure is

The Rally for Free Speech in Amsterdam, Part Two

The Rally and the Speeches I do not blame Islam. Fundamentalist Muslims are just doing what it says in the book. But I do blame our politicians. There are two sides in this civilisational stand-off, and our politicians have sided

Ding Dong 'Cap and Trade' is Dead

So just a day after the Republicans won big, President Obama ran screaming from the “cap and trade” program like it was a hooker with herpes. Remember, this was his solution for global warming: curb carbon emissions by hiking the

How to Make the New Congress Work for Us

Changing the majority party in Congress won’t change how Congress works. The American people consider both parties out-of-touch, and they demand a change in the very culture of Congress. Unless citizens demand that newly-elected Congressmen act immediately during November, they

Left is Smearing Opposition to START

They failed to ram the hopelessly flawed New START treaty through the Senate this summer. Now the anti-nuke crowd has adopted a new strategy: misrepresent AND smear the opposition. Michael Krepon (below), for example, recently “argued” that those who raise

Houston's True The Vote Initiative

As cited by Glenn Reynolds of Instapundit, Hans A. von Spakovsky of Heritage, writing at Pajamas Media, points out just some of what a grassroots group of concerned citizens has turned up regarding potential voter registration issues in Houston, Texas.

Israel and Director Mike Leigh, A Self-Hating Jew

In the aftermath of the Holocaust, the world finally recognized what Judaism had claimed for three and a half millennia: the Jews needed a land to call their own. In order to ensure that the Jews would no longer be

'I Remembered': Saluting 'The Lives of Others'

A film hailed as the top conservative movie in 25 years enjoyed two showings in D.C. recently, this summer at the Goethe-Institute – the German cultural center in Washington, D.C. – and again last week at The Heritage Foundation’s new

Coming Soon – Schakowsky Versus Pollak (Video Preview)

We attended the 3rd candidates’ forum between Democrat Congresswoman, Jan Schakowsky, and her Republican Challenger, Joel Pollak, in their hotly contested race for Illinois’ 9th district. There is a lot of content to process, but in the meantime, we bring

Straight Talk on Properly Funding the Military

Most people don’t think of the U.S. armed forces safeguarding shipping lanes and routes of commerce while they’re shopping at Target. But the Heritage Foundation’s Mackenzie Eaglen says full shelves at the store means the U.S. is securing air, land,

Rise of the Suicide Protests

David Be’eri is either much admired or much hated, depending on how you feel about Israel and Jewish heritage. Be’eri is the founder and head of the Ir David Foundation, a non-profit organization dedicated to excavating, preserving and developing biblical

The Midterm Elections Explained in Thirty Seconds

When President Obama was inaugurated in 2009, lefty hearts were a-flutter over thoughts of a permanent progressive majority. A Great New Deal Society was dawning and the Republican party would be relegated to an inconsequential minority status forever. My, what