Nov 27, 2011 Michael Youssef After making numerous phone calls and speaking to many Christian leaders in Egypt this week, I have learned that what is really happening on the ground is far removed from the television reporters’ happy endorsement of democracy seekers. To describe what is really going on around the country as “barbaric” [...]

By George Will (Archive) · Sunday, November 27, 2011 WASHINGTON — The Jacksonian-era movement to keep the Sabbath pure deplored Sunday mail delivery. Said one evangelical: “We have always viewed it as a national evil of great magnitude, and one which calls for national repentance and reformation, that the mails are carried, and the post [...]

By Edwin J. Feulner (Archive) · Saturday, November 26, 2011 Most of us have heard or read at least part of Abraham Lincoln’s Thanksgiving proclamation at some point. But even those who have heard it many times can overlook two important aspects of this important document. The first is its timing: October 3, 1863. The [...]

By Burt Prelutsky (Archive) · Saturday, November 26, 2011 The only thing in shorter supply in America than jobs, shovel-ready or otherwise, is logic. And with most liberal arts professors taking their lead from Saul Alinksy and Noam Chomsky, not Socrates, it doesn’t appear that college students will start thinking for themselves anytime soon. For [...]

November 26, 2011 Thomas Lifson One of the best ways to destroy American military capabilities would be to convince career military personnel — both officers and enlisted — that their commitment to service will not be rewarded with the retirement benefits they have earned by their faithful obedience to orders, no matter the personal cost [...]

November 27, 2011 By Neil Snyder There are many reasons why a Palestinian state of any sort cannot work.  Chief among them is that Palestinians lack the prerequisites for a nation: common purpose; the desire to live in peace so the nation’s citizens could carry on normal lives and build for a better future; concern [...]

Obama’s stale economic ideas won’t work second time around, either By Emily Miller The Washington Times Saturday, November 26, 2011 When it comes to solutions to our economic woes, President Obama has a plan. Unfortunately, it’s the same stimulus that proved to be a failure in 2009. Mr. Obama’s latest scheme is to pay for [...]

Government ban on mercury-free fixtures takes effect Jan. 1 By THE WASHINGTON TIMES The Washington Times Saturday, November 26, 2011 Within four weeks, it will be a crime to manufacture a 100-watt version of Thomas A. Edison’s brilliant invention. Thanks to a Democratic Congress and the signature of President George W. Bush in 2007, anti-industrial [...]

Rogue federal agency ruins holiday travel By THE WASHINGTON TIMES The Washington Times Saturday, November 26, 2011 In good news for weary travelers, the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has announced a cut back in the number of boys and girls it will grope over the holidays. The bad news is that agency bureaucrats made the [...]

By Frank Bajak Associated Press Saturday, November 26, 2011 BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Colombia’s main rebel group killed four of its longest-held captives, apparently during combat Saturday between soldiers and guerrillas, the government said. A fifth captive fled into the jungle and survived. President Juan Manuel Santos called the killing of a soldier and three [...]