Bankrupt Abound Solar to Bury Unused Solar Panels in Cement
Colorado-based Abound Solar has been ordered to remove and bury in cement thousands of leftover solar panels “deemed unsellable” by the Colorado Department of Public… Read More
CHART: Obama 2013 Tax Increase Twice as Large as Looming Sequestration
While President Obama is traveling across the nation campaigning against sequestration at the very last minute, the economy is working through a tax increase nearly… Read More
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Congressmen: Obama Admin Can’t “Pick and Choose” Who Gets Religious Freedom
On February 19, nine U.S. Senators and two U.S. Representatives joined a “friend of the court” brief in Hobby Lobby’s 10th Circuit Court appeal over… Read More
Kerry’s First Overseas Trip: It’s Not Where He’s Going; It’s Where He’s Not Going
Secretary of State John Kerry’s first overseas trip began by sending mixed signals before he even left U.S. soil—by not visiting key U.S. allies in… Read More
The “Buffett Rule” Returns
President Obama’s so-called Buffett Rule just won’t go away. It is back in its latest iteration because Senate Democrats proposed it to partially offset the… Read More
High Debt Threatens Economic Growth
Economic scholars have recently shown how high government debt has a negative effect on long-term economic growth. Government debt crowds out private investment, slowing the… Read More
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Heritage’s Feulner in South Korea to Welcome Its New President
Heritage Foundation President Dr. Edwin Feulner is in South Korea on Monday attending the inauguration of Park Geun-hye as that nation’s new president and successor… Read More
Chart of the Week: Sequestration Cuts 2.4 Percent out of Total Spending
Federal spending will explode from $3.6 trillion to $6 trillion over the next 10 years, but the much-maligned sequester will cut only 2.4 percent of… Read More
Chuck Hagel’s Military Service – Is It the Game-Changer?
President Obama’s Chief of Staff Denis McDonough recently said of former-Senator Chuck Hagel (R–NE), “I think he’ll be a great Defense Secretary. This is a… Read More
Gas Prices: There Are Things the Government Can Do
Gas prices have been consistently climbing across the country, up 46 cents per gallon in the past month and 20 cents higher than they were… Read More
Sequestration 101: Watch Heritage’s Google+ Hangout at Noon ET Today
What is sequestration? And why is Washington in a panic about it? Federal budget cuts, known as sequestration, are scheduled to hit in one week…. Read More
Union That Bankrupted Hostess to Receive Generous Government Subsidies
The union whose strike led to the bankruptcy of Hostess last year has just been awarded government benefits from a program few qualify for. Last… Read More
Secretary of State Kerry Bypasses Israel in First Middle East Trip
Israel was a conspicuous omission when the itinerary of Secretary of State John Kerry’s first trip overseas to Europe and the Middle East was announced… Read More
Senators to Obama: Withdraw Hagel’s Nomination
Today, U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R–TX) and 14 other U.S. Senators sent a letter to President Obama calling on him to withdraw former Senator Chuck… Read More
The Hagel Nomination and the Dangerous Folly of “Global Zero”
North Korea’s third nuclear test and inflammatory YouTube threats against President Obama and American troops have placed the nuclear debate front and center in the… Read More
Georgia and Oklahoma Provide Cautionary Tale About Universal Preschool
As the Obama Administration attempts to move toward universal, taxpayer-funded preschool, policymakers should examine the experiences of states that have offered such programs for more… Read More
Climate Protestors Rally Against Keystone XL Pipeline
Supporters of President Obama’s continued obstruction of the Keystone XL pipeline and more government controls to prevent climate change attended a “Forward on Climate” rally… Read More
Jesse Jackson Jr. and Wife Plead Guilty
The tale of financial wrongdoing by former Representative Jesse Jackson, Jr. (D–IL) and his wife and former campaign manager, Sandra Jackson, continued today when they… Read More
Chinese Hackers Identified as Part of the Military
An American computer forensics firm has tracked a Chinese cyber group, according to The New York Times. The firm, Mandiant, has concluded that this hacker… Read More
Global Zero is NOT the Way Forward
Lieutenant General James Kowalski, chief of Global Strike Command, stated that there was “head room” for safe cuts to the American nuclear arsenal, according to… Read More
Simpson–Bowles Redux: Another $600 Billion Tax Increase
Erskine Bowles and Alan Simpson, former co-chairs of the 2010 White House deficit-reduction panel whose plan failed, released an outline for a new proposal on… Read More
The Hagel Confirmation Battle Is About One Thing: Competence
The battle over the confirmation of former Senator Chuck Hagel (R–NE) for Secretary of Defense boils down to one thing and one thing only: competence…. Read More
Corruption Victimizes the Poor in the Americas
The recently launched “Americas Barometer,” by Vanderbilt University’s Latin American Public Opinion Project (LAPOP), includes important insights about day-to-day corruption burdening citizens in every country… Read More
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Calvin Coolidge: Bigger Government Isn’t Better
Amity Shlaes will be speaking about her new book Coolidge at Heritage tomorrow. It’s a great opportunity to learn why, when it comes to government,… Read More
Head Start: Reporters Need to Ask the White House the Obvious Question
A rigorous and large-scale experimental evaluation, conducted by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), finds that the federal Head Start program has essentially… Read More
Why the Hagel Nomination Is in Limbo
The Senate’s vote on Thursday for former Senator Chuck Hagel (R–NE) for Secretary of Defense failed by two votes to achieve a 60-vote majority in… Read More
Senate Sequester Plan: They Can’t Be Serious
The Hill newspaper demonstrated a keen knack for understatement today with its account of Senate Democrats’ $110 billion sequester replacement proposal: “The bill would appear… Read More
Obama’s State of the Union: A Broken Record
Did listening to the State of the Union this year sound familiar? That’s because President Obama repeated the same lines over his last four years… Read More
Obama’s Ill-Advised Federal Preschool Push
President Obama announced a major effort to expand government preschool early this afternoon. The plan would create a “continuum of child care for children from… Read More
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We Already Have an Election Commission—And Obama Has Ignored It
President Obama talked about voting rights in the State of the Union address, claiming we are “betraying our ideals” when any American has to “wait… Read More
