Analysis: Europe Obsessing Over Israel-Arab Conflict To Avoid Tackling Real Mideast Problems
By Guy Bechor
For more than 70 years the Israeli-Arab (or Jewish-Arab) conflict has been viewed as the focal point of the Mideast crisis,...
Gaza’s Smuggling Tunnels Rebound from Israeli Offensive
Gazans are rebuilding the network of underground smuggling tunnels crisscrossing the Egyptian border that were pummeled in a recent Israeli offensive, restoring the illicit...
Boehner: ‘Let’s Be Honest … We’re Broke’
House Speaker John Boehner accused President Barack Obama this week of slow-walking negotiations to avoid the "fiscal cliff," and urged him to name specific...
At Least 27 Killed, Including 20 Children, In Connecticut School Shooting
A heavily armed gunman opened fire at a Connecticut elementary school on Friday, killing himself and another 26 people, including 20 children, in the...
75 Percent of Obama’s Proposed Tax Hikes to Go Toward New Spending
Seventy-five percent of the new revenue pulled in by President Barack Obama's "fiscal cliff" plan would go toward new spending, not toward deficit reduction,...
Fed to Keep Low Rates
Ben Bernanke confirmed his reputation as an easy money man.
The Federal Reserve announced it would continue its policy of "quantitative easing"-creating new money ...
Drought Might Cost Economy More than Superstorm Sandy Does
The crippling drought that has decimated crop yields, dried up parts of the Mississippi River and disrupted navigation could cost the economy more than...
Gaza Perfume Named After M-75 Missile
A new perfume created in Gaza will bear the name of a missile designed by Hamas, which was fired at Jerusalem and Tel Aviv...
Dutch Nazi Camp Drops Barbed Wire Sale
The foundation in charge of a former Nazi concentration camp in the Netherlands has cancelled the planned sale of pieces of barbed wire dug...
Media Still Asking the Wrong People the Wrong Questions on the Mideast
By Seth Mandel
It is to be expected that whenever something alters the dynamic of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, the world wonders aloud how this...
Susan Rice Drops Bid To Become Obama’s Next Secretary Of State
President Obama today accepted Susan Rice's decision to withdraw from consideration to be secretary of State, averting a bitter nomination fight with Republicans that...
Chanukah at Valley Forge
In December 1777, the fledgling American Revolution was at its weakest and most vulnerable point. The patriot army, led by George Washington, had relocated to Valley...
Bush Institute: US Students Falling Behind International Peers
American students are falling behind their international counterparts, a new study by the George W. Bush Institute has found.
"Many of the school districts...
For What? European Union Receives Nobel Peace Prize 2012
The EU received the Nobel Peace Prize this week for promoting peace and human rights in Europe following the devastation of World War II,...
Nadler: Ostreicher Case is a Serious Miscarriage of Justice, He Must be Released and...
Today, Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) denounced the Bolivian case against Yanky Ostreicher and called for his immediate release. In a letter to U.S....
Improv Everywhere: The Boardroom
For a recent mission of Improv Everywhere, a group of 24 actors between the ages of 48 and 78 staged an unauthorized boardroom...
They Know What You’re Shopping For
Georgia resident Andy Morar is in the market for a BMW. So recently he sent a note to a showroom near Atlanta, using a...
What Led To The Fiscal Crisis? Years Of Kicking The Can
The possibility of Washington failing to avert the double-whammy of tax hikes and spending cuts next month is looking far less remote.
With 24...
The Insourcing Boom
For much of the past decade, General Electric's storied Appliance Park, in Louisville, Kentucky, appeared less like a monument to American manufacturing prowess than a...
Israelis Take On Soda Super-Giants
An Israeli maker of home soda machines hopes to make a splash in the US soft drink market through a global advertising campaign it...
