Morning Bell: Four Ways Obama Has Blocked Job Growth
Wonder who’s to blame for today’s stagnant economy? Look no further than 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue to see where the buck ought to stop. Though President… Read More
Articles by Mike Brownfield
Video: A Tough Year for Big Labor
It’s been a rough year for unions in America. Yesterday on PBS NewsHour, Heritage’s James Sherk explained why unions–both in the public and private sectors–are… Read More
Morning Bell: Big Government Rising?
How does a trillion dollars in more federal government spending sound to you? For most Americans, the idea of growing government at a time when… Read More
Morning Bell: A Jobless Labor Day
For 14 million unemployed Americans and their families, this Labor Day will not be a happy one. Instead of enjoying a day off of work,… Read More
Morning Bell: Zero New Jobs in America
President Obama enters this Labor Day weekend with a serious problem on his hands. For all intents and purposes, the economy appears to be stuck… Read More
Labor Day 2011: Slideshow of Unemployment in America
America has the weakest labor market since the Great Depression. Unemployment remains above 9 percent, primarily because job creation hasn’t recovered. In a new paper,… Read More
Did the Wright Brothers Need the Government to Make Man Fly?
Forget entrepreneurs, captains of industry, inventors, and scientists. According to Obama Energy Secretary Steven Chu, we have the U.S. government to thank for all the… Read More
Big Labor Makes Big Spending Demands on President Obama
The Big Labor full-court press is in full swing ahead of President Barack Obama’s speech next week in which he will roll-out a new jobs plan…. Read More
Morning Bell: The Fast and Furious Scandal Continues
A U.S. government gun-trafficking investigation gone horribly wrong has resulted in the death of a U.S. Border Patrol officer, some 2,000 firearms in the hands of… Read More
Morning Bell: The Unemployment Empty Promise
Sometime next week—we don’t quite know when—President Barack Obama is due to announce his latest jobs plan designed to lift America out of its unemployment doldrums…. Read More
The Uproar Over Voter-ID Laws
The left is in an uproar over new voter-ID laws passed by states including Texas, Alabama, Kansas, South Carolina, Tennessee, Wisconsin, and Rhode Island. Their complaint?… Read More
Morning Bell: Lessons from Hurricane Irene
Without question, Hurricane Irene struck a major blow to the United States’ East Coast over the weekend. At least 24 people have died, hundreds of… Read More
Celebrating Steve Jobs’ Failures?
Listen to your music on an iPod? Read news on an iPad? Cherish your beautifully minimalist iMac? Then you’ve benefited from the genius of Apple… Read More
Morning Bell: The Right Strategy to Fight Terrorism
In what has been described as an “act of international terrorism,” news agencies report that a suicide car bomb struck the United Nations building in Abuja, Nigeria’s… Read More
Union Boss Trumka: Spend More, Mr. President
Some people will never be satisfied. Case in point: AFL-CIO president Richard Trumka, who today lambasted President Barack Obama for not doing enough to create… Read More
Morning Bell: More Bad News for the Obama Economy
Americans’ confidence in the economy is sitting at its lowest point since March 2009, and in every state in the country, a vast majority of Americans see… Read More
Illinois Loses Most Jobs in Nation Following Massive Tax Increase
Correlation doesn’t necessarily equal causation, but some disturbing correlations are evident in the nation’s economic woes. Take Illinois. If you take a look at the… Read More
Morning Bell: When Catastrophe Strikes
Yesterday at 1:51 p.m. Eastern Time, a 5.8-magnitude earthquake struck near a small town outside Washington, D.C., the strongest such tremor in 67 years. The… Read More
Morning Bell: Obama’s “Green Jobs” Pipe Dream
President Barack Obama has a problem on his hands when even his stalwart allies at The New York Times have no choice but to admit… Read More
Canada Under Attack by Environmental Extremists
It seems that Canada, America’s friendly neighbor to the north (and beloved by the left for its universal health care system) has a new enemy… Read More
Morning Bell: What’s Next in Libya
All across the world, leaders are hailing the news that Libyan rebels have advanced into the capital city of Tripoli, poised to bring to an… Read More
Morning Bell: China Threatening U.S. Space Superiority
Yesterday in New York City, NASA’s last space shuttle astronauts visited a World War II aircraft carrier-turned-museum docked on the west side of Manhattan. The carrier is… Read More
Rolling in the Deep: Our Talented Armed Forces
We’re proud to share with you video of U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Angie Johnson and the band Sidewinder performing a cover of Adele’s “Rolling in… Read More
VIDEO: The Obama Economy Is Killing Jobs, Restaurant CEO Explains
Want to know the true impact of Obamacare on job creation in America? Listen to what the job creators have to say. Last month, Andy… Read More
Morning Bell: The Spending Threat to Our National Defense
Consider it a warning from the highest levels of the U.S. government. Yesterday, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta held a… Read More
Morning Bell: Obama’s Tour of Denial and Blame
It’s being billed as a listening tour—a three-state journey across the Midwest where President Barack Obama will hear directly from Americans about the economy and talk… Read More
Wow! The Economy Seems Great! (But Only if You Live in D.C.)
Think the economy is getting better? See brighter skies ahead? If so, then you’re in the minority. Well, that is, unless you live in Washington,… Read More
The Truth about Billionaire Warren Buffett’s Tax Hike Pleas
Billionaire investor Warren Buffett has a special request for the U.S. government: He wants to be taxed more, he writes in today’s New York Times…. Read More
Morning Bell: A Devastating Blow to Obamacare
Obamacare has suffered a devastating blow. On Friday, the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that the individual mandate in President Barack Obama’s signature health… Read More
Morning Bell: President Obama Sticks to Stimulus Script
In the 1993 comedy Dave, a small-town presidential impersonator is called on to pretend to be the actual President of the United States when the… Read More
