Why Does Obama Want to Destroy 265,000 Jobs?
Just how many jobs does President Barack Obama want to destroy in the name of going green? According to a new report by The Center… Read More
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Morning Bell: Victory in Wisconsin, but the Fight Goes On
Consider it a victory for taxpayers and for the rule of law. On Tuesday, the Wisconsin Supreme Court ruled 4–3 in favor of upholding the… Read More
Give States a 50/50 Split for Offshore Drilling Revenue
Among the many broken pieces of America’s offshore energy policy is the split between federal and state government royalty revenue. Implementing an even split would… Read More
Morning Bell: A Showdown over the War in Libya
For the past three months, the United States has been engaged in a war in Libya, and during that time Congress has remained largely in… Read More
Morning Bell: Unemployment Is No Laughing Matter
As President Barack Obama swung through North Carolina yesterday, he did all he could to show that he cares about the U.S. economy, its 9.1 percent… Read More
Morning Bell: Send Education Dollars and Decision-Making Back Home
The Obama Administration has another problem on its hands. The mighty hand of the federal government has its grip on education in the form of… Read More
Morning Bell: The Iranian Threat That Can’t Be Ignored
The leader of Iran, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad once said that Israel must be “wiped off the map.” And now Iran stands poised to have its finger… Read More
Video: JPMorgan’s Dimon Takes on Fed Chairman Bernanke
The U.S. economy continues to drag, but why’s the recovery going so slowly? The 13.9 million unemployed Americans aren’t the only ones who want to… Read More
Morning Bell: Ten Questions for Leon Panetta
The war in Afghanistan rages on, as does the conflict in Libya. U.S. troops are still deployed in Iraq. Unrest continues in the Middle East’s… Read More
Senate Considers Bills to Protect Consumers, Small Business
The Senate is looking to do some more spending with a vote today on the Economic Development Revitalization Act, which will cost $1.5 billion through… Read More
Morning Bell: Obama’s Jobless America
The economic news keeps getting worse for America. Last month, the unemployment rate went up to 9.1 percent, the economy added only 54,000 jobs, and… Read More
Obama is AWOL, At Home and Abroad
Consider it a pattern — President Obama speaking to a friendly crowd, papering over his failures of leadership while patting himself on the back for… Read More
Morning Bell: Unemployment Goes Up, Obama Declares Victory
Unemployment in the United States increased again last month to 9.1 percent, with the Obama economy adding only 54,000 jobs—the fewest in eight months. Today’s… Read More
VIDEO: Ryan Goes on Offense, from the White House to the U.S. House
“We have a budget crisis. We’ve got a $1.5 trillion deficit. We’ve got a debt that is getting out of our control. And what do… Read More
Recovery Still Sluggish with More Bad News on Jobs
Though the official report on May’s job performance doesn’t come in until Friday, early signs aren’t looking good for the U.S. economy. The LA Times… Read More
Morning Bell: The Debt Is Not a Game, Mr. President
Well, President Obama asked for it. And last night he got it in grand fashion—a “clean vote” on raising the nation’s debt limit, free of… Read More
VIDEO: Protecting America Requires A Strong Defense
“National defense receives unique and elevated emphasis under the Constitution,” writes Ernest Istook of The Heritage Foundation. “It is not ‘just’ another duty of the… Read More
Stossel Awards Heritage An “Emmy” for Best Budget Plan
It’s not every day that a think tank wins an Emmy. But last week on John Stossel’s Fox Business program, The Heritage Foundation brought home… Read More
Morning Bell: The Unstimulated Obama Economy
Newsflash from The New York Times: President Barack Obama’s stimulus did not work. No, the Times doesn’t say that in so many words, but in… Read More
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Memorial Day’s True Meaning: Q&A with Dr. Matthew Spalding
What does Memorial Day really mean? In a special Memorial Day podcast, The Heritage Foundation’s vice president of American Studies, Dr. Matthew Spalding, discusses the… Read More
President Reagan’s 1986 Memorial Day Speech at Arlington National Cemetery
In honor of those who lost their lives while serving our country, we would like to share with you President Ronald Reagan’s 1986 Memorial Day… Read More
Pay Freedom Forward, Properly Arm Our Armed Forces
As Americans begin the Memorial Day weekend, we remember those who have given their lives to defend the freedoms and way of life that we… Read More
Global Debt Exploding, but G8 Leaders Fiddle with the Internet
With Europe facing a massive fiscal mess and the United States buried under $14.3 trillion in debt, one might think that the leaders of the… Read More
Morning Bell: Senate Stands Still on Budget Crisis
Solving our nation’s fiscal crisis is not up for debate, and politicians should be past the point of using it as fodder for political gain…. Read More
VIDEO: Rep. Ryan and the Truth About Medicare
When it comes to the budget, there’s fact and fiction, distortions and reality. And today, the left has been lobbing lies about Chairman Paul Ryan’s… Read More
Americans Fear Government Regulations Are Choking The Economy
What’s the monster under the bed keeping Americans up at night? Government regulations. According to a new poll, most voters say that too many federal… Read More
Morning Bell: Saving the American Dream by Cutting Debt, Taxes and Spending
It might not be front-page news in the mainstream media, but according to a new poll, a large majority of Americans are alarmed at the… Read More
The Controversy of Keeping Our Enemies Behind Bars
The House of Representatives today is due to take up the 2012 funding bill for the Department of Defense, and as Heritage’s Cully Stimson writes… Read More
Morning Bell: Obama Has Something To Apologize For
When President Ronald Reagan stood before the Brandenburg Gate in West Germany and famously demanded that Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev “Tear down this wall!” he… Read More
Chicago Prepares for Global Warming Apocalypse . . . Sort of
The City of Chicago is preparing for the absolute worst. No, it’s not the financial crunch they’re worried about. While cities across the country are… Read More
