About: James Heiser
Posts by James Heiser
Money, Drugs, and Guns Flow Unchecked Across Border
In recent weeks, the American news media have carried numerous reports on the inability of the federal government to stop the flow of firearms from the United States to...
Riots Erupt in Cairo After Church is Burned
Although the Coptic Church in Egypt has suffered varying degrees of persecution for centuries, events in the past few months appear to indicate that the plight of the Christian...
Mexican Police Chief Seeks Asylum in U.S.
As violence continues to spread south of the U.S.-Mexican border, one of those who had been charged with the responsibility of enforcing the law has been forced to flee...
Study: Gov’t. Payouts Are a Third of U.S. “Income”
If it sometimes feels like almost everyone is on the government dole except you, there may be a reason for that sensation: According to a recent study one-third of...
Illinois Legislature Debates Gun Ownership Privacy
Approximately 1.3 million residents of Illinois hold state-issued Firearm Owner Identification (FOID) cards, and if the current plan of Attorney General Lisa Madigan comes to pass, their names will...
Chevy Volt: Is It the Electric Edsel?
After years of media hype and presidential accolades, Chevrolet has rolled out its new electric car, the Volt, to one of the coolest receptions since Ford began production of...
A Review of “Why Iceland?”
A plethora of books have appeared the past few years seeking to explain the economic crisis that shook the industrialized world in 2008, but few have dealt extensively with...
Wyoming Adopts “Constitutional Carry” of Firearms
An important step was taken yesterday in Wyoming toward restoring the constitutionally protected right of Americans to keep and bear arms, as that state became the second in less...
Tenn. Bill Would Make Following Sharia Law a Felony
Tennessee is the latest state to join the fight to resist the imposition of Sharia Law within the United States. A bill has been introduced by Sen. Bill Ketron...
Jihadists Murder Only Christian in Pakistan’s Government
The latest victim of Jihadist violence in Pakistan is the man who was the only Christian serving in that nation’s government. Until his murder on March 2, Shahbaz Bhatti...
Juarez, Mexico Murder Rate Up 40 Percent
An analysis of crime statistics provided by BorderlandBeat.com has found that violence just across the southern border of the United States is increasing at a terrifying rate. In fact,...
Turkish PM Visits Germany, Mocks Assimilation
The Prime Minister of Turkey has a message for the 3 million people of Turkish origin now living in Germany: "You are part of Germany, but you are also...
Another Christian Faces Blasphemy Charge in Pakistan
Even as Pakistan’s Prime Minister, Yousaf Raza Gilani (picture, left), was declaring his nation’s harsh blasphemy laws to be “categorically excluded” from any possibility of reform, those very laws were...
Obama’s Favorite Solar Manufacturer Flounders
Last May, as the president was trying to find any jobs saved or created by the hundreds of billions spent as part of the so-called Recovery act, Mr. Obama...
UN’s Green Economy May Cost $2.5 Trillion a Year
The estimated cost of an United Nations-imposed “green” economy continues to skyrocket, with a new report alleging that the annual expenditures would be over $1 trillion and could even...