Attempting to answer whether or not “Barack Obama supports Socialized Medicine?” CATO’s Michael Cannon writes: Socialized medicine exists to the extent that government controls medical… Read More
During yesterday’s House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Rep. John Mica (R-FL) claimed: “Every billion dollars in spending on infrastructure, on highway and transportation expenditures does… Read More
Since it appears more and more likely that Congress will approve another economic stimulus package within the next couple of months, every special-interest group under… Read More
If you support free markets, Mary Anastasia O’Grady’s Wall Street Journal op-ed makes for frightening reading: The U.S. hasn’t elected a genuinely protectionist president since… Read More
Since the housing bubble first began to burst, we have been quick to note the integral role that government-sponsored entities Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac… Read More
… then why are so many lightly regulated jurisdictions largely avoiding the current financial crisis? Tyler Cowen notes: A Friday article says this: The worldwide… Read More
The Washington Post has a lengthy front-page story today on Barack Obama’s health care plan, which the newspaper admits contains “profound — and controversial —… Read More
One of the great untold stories about the Depression is that there were really two of them. By the mid-1930’s the U.S. economy was well… Read More
As defenders of the free market, The Heritage Foundation fully supports Google’s private sector investments in clean energy technologies. However, there are some troubling nuggets… Read More
As Reason‘s Jesse Walker notes, the Barack Obama campaign has publicly promised not to reimpose the Fairness Doctrine on broadcaster. We look forward to helping… Read More
According to the Columbus Dispatch, Ohio’s inspector general is investigating why a state agency director approved checking the state child-support computer system for information on… Read More
Heritage Senior Legal Fellow and former Barack Obama student Robert Alt weighs in on the just unearthed 2001 Barack Obama “redistribution of wealth” radio interview…. Read More
Whatever choice the American people make next week, common sense on global warming is not on the menu. Both Barack Obama and John McCain have… Read More
Somewhere between 75% and 85% of Americans believe the United States is on the wrong track. And if the polls are any indication, Democrats will… Read More
CATO’s Chris Edwards writes: There is much talk of a second economic “stimulus” bill that would send tens of billions of added federal tax dollars… Read More
All this month Congress has been holding hearings supposedly looking into the causes of the financial crisis. As Heritage fellow Brian Walsh explains, the hearings… Read More
The Detroit News’ Henry Payne is always a must read but he really hit a home run last week with this cartoon on Fannie and… Read More
Great editorial by the Wall Street Journal today noting the Department of Justice’s suspiciously selective criteria when it comes to investigating voting issues: Justice has… Read More
On Sunday, Oct. 12, Joe Wurzelbacher was playing football in his front yard with his son Joey when Barack Obama made an unscheduled stop to… Read More
According to the Associated Press, in order to combat “one of the highest teen pregnancy rates in Europe,” the British government is about to mandate… Read More
In his 2004 book, “What’s the Matter with Kansas,” social critic Thomas Frank accuses conservatives of distracting blue-collar Americans from economic issues that matter to… Read More
Buried deep in this Slate article Jack Shafer finally gets around to explaining why ACORN’s indisputably proven record of voter registration fraud matters: As [University… Read More
Under normal circumstances, the very concept of direct government purchase of bank stock of any type would be unthinkable and unacceptable. But it seems that… Read More
Next week, William Tucker will visit The Heritage Foundation to discuss his book: “Terrestrial Energy: How Nuclear Power Will Lead the Green Revolution and End… Read More
Listening to politicians on the left speak about the current financial turmoil, one gets the impression that when President Bush took office in 2001 there… Read More
The Los Angeles Times has a great story out today about how a team of public school teachers hand selected three students from low-income immigrant… Read More
Reason’s Jacob Sullum does a great job applying some good old fashioned common sense to ridiculous lefty claims about “green jobs“: Obama says he will… Read More
We’ve never met Al Gore. So how do we know he is racist? Because the Washington Post’s Harold Meyerson told us so. Remember Al Gore… Read More
Project Vote claims it is a nonpartisan, nonprofit, 501(c)(3) organization. The Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN) is also a nonprofit corporation organized… Read More
According to USA Today, the Department of Homeland Security “will not meet a 2012 deadline set by Congress to scan the contents of every cargo… Read More
