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To him who overcomes, I will give some of the hidden manna. I will also give him a white stone with a new name written on it, known only to him who receives it. (Revelation 2:17)The people of Israel called the bread manna. It was white like coriander seed and tasted like wafers made with honey. (Exodus 16:31)The Bible closes with God's promise to give the hidden manna to the redeemed. You remember what manna from Heaven is, don't you? Way back yonder in the Old Testament, when God's people were being freed from slavery and were wandering the wilderness,...

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) - Iran's military chief warned Israel Wednesday that its nuclear facilities are within range of Iranian missiles, the latest message from Tehran that it will strike back if attacked. Israel, which is itself believed to possess atomic arsenal, has warned that it could attack Iran if it does not abandon its nuclear program, which Israel and the U.S. suspect is a cover for weapons production. Israel's prime minister-designate, Benjamin Netanyahu, is among those taking a tough line and considered likely to keep open the option of a military strike. Revolutionary Guards commander Gen. Mohammad Ali Jafari said...

Back in late November of 2008 there were three very disturbing reports about Somalian Muslims in America. The first being them trying to impose Islamic rules at the Swift Plant during the month of Ramadan.

Unlike the leadership of the Republican Party, Limbaugh is trusted by most conservatives. The flap over Limbaugh admitting he hopes Obama fails is a prime example of why people have faith in Limbaugh and not Republican leaders. Limbaugh raked Steele over the coals on Monday and demanded to know why, if Steele wants Obama to succeed, he keeps getting RNC faxes challenging, attacking, and exposing Obama’s agenda? When many on the right say they hope Obama succeeds, they don’t mean, “I hope Obama is able to socialize medicine, get card check, and the Freedom of Choice Act passed, while getting...

The Obama Economy (Wall Street Journal, 3/3/09, A12) exposes the 800 pound gorilla (or bear to be more precise) in the living room that nobody seems to want to talk about: Barack Obama. The article contends that Obama is himself the real barrier to an economic recovery because of his grossly irresponsible and totally incompetent economic agenda. So what has happened in the last two months? The economy has received no great new outside shock. Exchange rates and other prices have been stable, and there are no security crises of note. The reality of a sharp recession has been known...

The White House today pleaded ignorance about some of the controversies surrounding its new chair of the National Intelligence Council, Charles "Chas." Freeman, president of the Middle East Policy Council since 1997. Freeman was U.S. Ambassador to Saudi Arabia from 1989 until 1992, and the Middle East Policy Council is funded by the Saudi government.

Washington, DC (LifeNews.com) -- In defending members of his euthanasia group who may have engaged in killing more than 200 people via assisted suicide, a lawyer for the Final Exit Network compared hospice with assisted suicide. Leaders of hospice groups that provide care to terminally ill patients are upset by the remarks. Michael Kaminkow, who is defending two of the Final Exit Network assisted suicide defendants, has engaged in what some are calling slander against the hospice system. "Whatever happened here is no more than what happened in a hospice," Kaminkow said of those who have been arrested in connection...

Veteran U.S. senator Edward Kennedy is to be awarded an honorary knighthood in a move which drew immediate condemnation from Conservative MPs. The Queen has agreed to the honour for the 77-year-old Democrat - brother of assassinated U.S. president John F Kennedy - for services to the British-American relationship and to Northern Ireland, Downing Street said. Gordon Brown will announce the award formally during his address to both houses of Congress today. But the decision to honour a man closely linked to the Irish Republican movement astonished Tory MPs. One frontbencher said: 'I don't think it's appropriate. He hardly had...

Al Franken could be the missing piece of the puzzle for passage of the labor movement’s No. 1 legislative priority this Congress, a senior union official said Wednesday. Once seated, the Democratic Minnesota Senate candidate would be the 60th vote for cloture in the Senate on the Employee Free Choice Act (EFCA), said Bill Samuel, director of government affairs for the AFL-CIO. “That is likely to be the case. We are not giving up on other senators,” Samuel said. “In the very worst case, we are going to have to have Al Franken.” Franken has not been seated as of...

When President Obama recently nominated Kansas governor and universal healthcare advocate Kathleen Sebelius to be to the country's Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS), the president of America's Health Insurance Plans (AHIP) called it "a very smart choice.  She has a good intellect, a big heart and tremendous expertise."  AHIP and its predecessor, the Health Insurance Association of America, have a track record of financial support for Gov. Sebelius dating back to the time she served as Kansas Insurance Commissioner.  Of course, the health insurance industry also supported President Obama's first choice, Sen. Tom Daschle.  Daschle's financial backers included...

Simon Rawidowicz was one of world Jewry's seminal thinkers of the 20th century. A driving force behind the creation of Brandeis University, Rawidowicz was a prolific writer and scholar, a master of the Hebrew language, and the founder of two Jewish publishing houses. Although an early supporter of Zionism as a student in Berlin in the 1920s, Rawidowicz broke with the movement's ideology of "the negation of the Diaspora."

Two urban legends about the yellow star are commonly told. In one, French Vichy officials during World War II gave Moroccan authorities yellow stars for the Jews of Morocco to wear. King Mohammad V asked for a dozen more, explaining that he wanted them so that he and his family could wear them. In another, the Nazi German occupying forces in Denmark issued a decree that all Danish Jews must wear a yellow armband with the star of David. King Christian in response answered that he would wear the first star of David and expected every other Dane to do...

In a classic example of the creation of perverse incentives, the decision to fund the government budget made the Palestinian Authority less dependent on revenue derived from commerce, detaching the PA's solvency from the health of the economy. Thus, while the intifada sent the Palestinian economy into free fall, the PA's coffers swelled. The conditions were thus established that ensured the separation of Palestinian governance from responsibility for the economic health of the Palestinian people.

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Former Vice President Al Gore, center, greets Danny Glover at the 40th NAACP Image Awards on Thursday, Feb. 12, 2009,in Los Angeles. Looking on at left is Dr. Wangari Maathai. Former Vice President Al Gore, left, and daughter Kristin Gore are seen at the 40th NAACP Image Awards on Thursday, Feb. 12, 2009,in Los Angeles Former Vice President Al Gore speaks, as Dr. Wangari Maathai watches, after they were presented with the Chairman's award at the 40th Annual NAACP Image Awards at the Shrine auditorium in Los Angeles February 12, 2009. Former Vice President Al Gore, left, and Will Smith...

Washington, D.C. - Citizens Against Government Waste (CAGW) today named Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.) its February 2009 Porker of the Month. On February 6, 2009, Sen. Kerry spoke on the Senate floor in support of the $787 billion stimulus package. In his speech he said “I have heard a lot of talk about we ought to do a tax cut, we ought to do a tax cut. I have supported many tax cuts during my years here, and there are tax cuts in this proposal. But a tax cut is non-targeted. If you put a tax cut into the hands...

Here is video of White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs today admitting that the White House Strategy to attack Rush Limbaugh and others during press briefings is probably "counterproductive." Gibbs was responding to a question about the pattern of Gibb's hits on noted "cable chatter" from people at CNBC and from Rush Limbaugh . . . . (Watch Video)

The Administration is Not Dealing Straight With Us on Mexico's Gun Problem Let's set things straight right up front. Yes, some guns are being smuggled into Mexico from the U.S. Most are handguns. But, handguns are being illegally trafficked from state to state and from the U.S. to Canada. It should come as no surprise that guns are smuggled into Mexico. But, the problem being portrayed by the U.S. media and our government is not as it seems. You see, Mexico doesn't allow ownership of most firearms, so ordinary Mexican people seeking self-protection will find a way to get them...

Everything in the Israeli-Palestinian and Palestinian-Palestinian spheres is connected these days: Gaza cease-fire talks, Israel-Hamas prisoner exchange talks, the new international aid effort for Gaza, the Gaza crossings issue and renewed Palestinian unity talks. The complexities of the situation are not easy to unravel. Yet for Israel, for moderate Palestinians and Arabs and for the international community, one truth must stand out: the emergence, out of this confluence of events and dynamics, of a Palestinian unity government in the near future could be a disaster. A new unity government almost certainly means a formula for holding elections for the Palestinian...

The U.S. Supreme Court has turned down an appeal from the East Brunswick High School football coach who was banned from bowing his head during student-led team prayers. Without comment today, the nation's highest court ended Marcus Borden's efforts to overturn a township board of education decision that as a public employee, Borden cannot mix religion with his work as a coach. The high court's decision leaves intact a federal appeals court's April decision that Borden's desire to bow his head and take a knee during team prayer is an endorsement of religious activity at a public school. Neither Borden,...