Joel Griffith is a research fellow in the Roe Institute at The Heritage Foundation.
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Whenever Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., is asked how she’ll fund “free” college tuition and her many other promised goodies, she has a ready answer: a… Read More
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Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., launched into yet another anti-Semitic tirade last week, declaring to a packed audience, “I want to talk about the political influence… Read More
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Oregon just took a big step this week toward becoming the first state in the nation to impose statewide rent controls—a step in the wrong… Read More
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Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., only multiplied bipartisan concerns about her by accusing the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, or AIPAC, of purchasing the support of… Read More
Economy Commentary
Rep. Maxine Waters, D-Calif., recently outlined her agenda as the new chairwoman of the House Financial Services Committee. Unfortunately, a continued misdiagnosis of the most… Read More
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In 1948, the Jewish people secured sovereignty over their ancestral homeland for the first time in nearly 2,000 years. Once again, they could thrive—religiously, economically,… Read More
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Last month, several dozen religious leaders reaffirmed a number of radical economic propositions contained within the 1973 Chicago Declaration of Evangelical Social Concern. “Before God… Read More
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Is anti-Semitism on the rise in the United States? And if so, are college campuses playing a role? And what does it feel like as… Read More
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Thursday’s Supreme Court decision in South Dakota v. Wayfair, Inc. threatens to upend online commerce, drive thousands of small entrepreneurs out of business, and hike… Read More
EnergyCommentary
Earlier this year, the Young Conservatives for Energy Reform (YCER) co-hosted a “National Security and Energy Independence Reception” on Capitol Hill with the American Wind… Read More
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President Obama recently acknowledged what every sane person knows to be true: The best anti-poverty program is a job. Obama said this at a recent… Read More
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The U.S. economy shrank by 0.7 percent last quarter, according to a revised estimate from the Bureau of Economic Analysis. The contraction may be a temporary… Read More
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Here’s some advice to the White House: it might be time for President Obama to cancel the rest of his economic “mission accomplished” tour and… Read More
EnergyCommentary
Five years ago this week a blowout of BP’s Deepwater Horizon oil rig 40 miles from the Gulf Coast tragically claimed 11 lives and spilled… Read More
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The age old question in economics is this: how does a nation or state create economic growth and rising living standards for its citizens? Once… Read More
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In President Obama’s State of the Union preview, he touted low gas prices as an example of positive economic results. “America is now in a… Read More
EnergyCommentary
Solar panels are being installed on the roofs of homes and businesses all across America at a record pace. The fad is the latest way… Read More
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On New Year’s Day, the minimum wage increased in 20 states and the District of Columbia. This follows a year in which protesters hit the… Read More
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Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder (R) is leading an effort to gradually double the state’s 19-cent per gallon gas tax. Doing so would boost the state’s… Read More
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Republicans are rightly and predictably infuriated by Barack Obama’s immigration executive action power play. What has been remarkable has been the silence from the left… Read More
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We learned last week that new Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen is not so much our nation’s central banker as class warrior in chief. In… Read More
EnergyCommentary
Earlier this year the Obama administration again delayed a decision about the Keystone XL pipeline. The 1,200 mile, $5.2 billion pipeline could increase North American… Read More
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Eleven state governments received “D’s” or “F’s” in terms of small business friendliness, according to an annual survey of business owners conducted by Thumbtack.com. Rhode… Read More
