A moving video from the Acton Institute honoring Religious Freedom Day today. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LPv9fgqQrYM[/youtube] Heritage fellow Ryan Messmore writes: Religious Freedom in America Today Today there… Read More
U.C. Berkeley Economics professor Brad DeLong has made it his mission to label any economist who says anything bad about Barack Obama’s deficit spending plan… Read More
According to the Pentagon only about 60 of the 250 detainees at Guantanamo could be released relatively safely, and that only 80 of the rest… Read More
Anyone who has ever entered the United States after traveling abroad knows that the federal government does not always need a warrant to conduct a… Read More
Before President Bush took office, the federal government took in $2 trillion in revenue in 2000. As Bush leaves office, the federal government is expected… Read More
Committed to the belief that bigger government is always better, Media Matters and Campaign for America’s Future are pushing back data showing that the New… Read More
Reuters reports: Obama to work to pass Bush trade deals WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President-elect Barack Obama wants to win approval of stalled free trade deals… Read More
The Washington Post reports today: An influential group of large U.S. corporations and environmental organizations have forged a detailed blueprint for limiting greenhouse gases in… Read More
Looking ahead to today’s Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearing for Attorney General nominee Eric Holder, ranking member Sen. Arlen Specter (R-PA) says he is worried… Read More
One big worry for big government lovers who are pushing for Obama’s stimulus plan to include more government spending and less tax cuts is that… Read More
A number of news outlets reported yesterday that 61 former Guantanamo Bay detainees, or about 11 percent of those who have been released, returned to… Read More
The Washington Post’s Ruth Marcus noticed that Obama’s labor secretary nominee Rep. Hilda Solis (D-CA) was a little less than forthcoming at her Senate confirmation… Read More
Defending the Troubled Asset Relief Program The Washington Post’s Steven Pearlstein writes: Of course, because money is fungible, critics can always say that the Treasury… Read More
Last week, after the Congressional Budget Office report showed that the pre-stimulus budget deficit would reach $1.2 trillion in FY 2009, President-elect Barack Obama reiterated… Read More
Last week Citigroup struck a deal with Senate Democrats accepting the Dems mortgage cram down in exchange for … well not much really. The Wall… Read More
Speaking on a panel at the New York Times Center this Sunday, NYT correspondent Peter Baker put the lie to President-elect Barack Obama’s economic stimulus… Read More
President-elect Barack Obama and President George Bush have joined forces to obtain the second $350 billion of the original $700 billion TARP bailout fund. There… Read More
Frank Ahrens tracked down two of “America’s remaining free-marketers” and asked them to rewrite President-elect Barack Obama’s claim that: It is true that we cannot… Read More
Heritage analyst Andrew Grossman will be discussing the auto bailout with Wall Street Journal Former Detroit Bureau Chief Paul Ingrassia, Competitive Enterprise Institute General Counsel… Read More
The rest of the world may talk a good game when it comes to ending their use of carbon based energy, but the reality is… Read More
Today is the first day of implementation for the Department of Homeland Security’s Electronic System for Travel Authorization (ESTA) program. ESTA allows travelers visiting the… Read More
Classic Obama subterfuge from the President-elect on This Week this Sunday. STEPHANOPOULOS: Well, that’s what I wanted to ask you about, because like one of… Read More
After eight years under President Bush, federal spending on K-12 public education is at an all time high. The federal government currently spends $71 billion… Read More
Responding to the sticker shock of the Congressional Budget Office’s projected record $1.2 trillion budget deficit, President-elect Barack Obama said: We will — we are… Read More
18 countries ranging from large European Union members, including Germany to small ex-Soviet Moldova, have been affected by Russian quasi-governmental gas giant Gazprom’s cut in… Read More
If the Senate Democrat/Citigroup plan to allow bankruptcy judges to rewrite mortgage contracts becomes law, there is no doubt that many homeowners who are struggling… Read More
Today may well turn out to be a major turning point in the history of the labor movement, and not because Rep. Hilda Solis (D-CA)… Read More
The Center for American Progress’ Matthew Yglesias asserts that “George W. Bush was a terrible president” and that since “the end of his administration coincides… Read More
President-elect Barack Obama wants to blow at least $1 trillion, and probably more, on a New New Deal. Before he does, perhaps we should take… Read More
We’re just asking, because the USA Today has the following headline today: No Proof Washington Said ‘So Help Me God’ Will Obama?
