Valentine’s Day Advice from Ronald Reagan
In 2004, Kiron Skinner, Annelise Anderson, and Martin Anderson released Reagan: A Life in Letters, a best-selling selection from the more than 10,000 letters that… Read More
Obama’s Hijacking the American Dream
President Obama last night continued his hijacking of the American Dream. Using language long accepted as part of the American tradition, he struck a pose… Read More
Rep. Tom Price: Obama Needs to “Press the Reset Button”
President Obama’s refusal to balance the budget will soon leave Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security bankrupt. That’s according to Representative Tom Price (R-GA), who spoke at… Read More
No, Obamacare Does Not Lower Health Care Spending
Obamacare supporters tend to give credit to the law where credit is not due. In the latest attempt, Senate Budget Committee Chairman Patty Murray (D–WA)… Read More
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North Korea Defies with Nuclear Test
Pyongyang again disobeyed international efforts to rein in the recalcitrant regime by conducting its third nuclear test. North Korea announced it successfully conducted a test… Read More
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The Legend of Abraham Lincoln: Fact or Fiction?
Representative Joe Courtney (D–CT) recently penned an open letter to the man who wrote the movie Lincoln. The film depicts a divided Connecticut state congressional… Read More
Ask Obama: Our Question for the State of the Union “Fireside Hangout”
After the State of the Union, President Obama is going to do a “Fireside Hangout.” He will answer “a selection of your top-voted questions” in… Read More
Rand Paul on Restoring the Founders’ Vision of Foreign Policy
Since his upset victory in 2010, Senator Rand Paul has made headlines with his independent views. Heritage’s Jackie Anderson recently sat down with the Kentucky… Read More
Overcriminalization Ruins Lives
The story of the late Dr. Peter Gleason, a Maryland psychiatrist who devoted much of his practice to serving the poor and underserved populations, is… Read More
VIDEO: Jim DeMint Says Obama Is “Running Out of Excuses” on Debt
Heritage Foundation President-Elect Jim DeMint told Fox News’ Greta Van Susteren last night that President Obama is “running out of excuses” on America’s debt problem… Read More
GDP Fell in the Fourth Quarter of 2012
The Department of Commerce made news Wednesday by announcing the first quarterly decline in gross domestic product (GDP) since the recession ended in 2009. As… Read More
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Congress Showing Initiative to Investigate Benghazi
Last week, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s congressional testimony (here and here) failed to deliver new information regarding the September 11, 2012, attack on the… Read More
National School Choice Week – Artur Davis: School Choice Is About “Basic Principles”
The 7th grade class in Highland Park, Michigan’s school district was given an assignment: Write a one-paragraph essay on “what could make the school better.”… Read More
Couple Faces Jail Time for Saving Baby Deer’s Life (VIDEO)
An Indiana couple is facing up to 60 days in jail and $2,000 in fines for saving a deer from death. Jeff Counceller, a police… Read More
Kerry Confirmed by Senate
The Senate today confirmed John Kerry to be the next Secretary of State by a vote of 94-3. As expected, the former Senator and Foreign… Read More
Sentimental Journey: Obama, Clinton and “60 Minutes”
There is no other way to say it: “60 Minutes” blew it. Steve Kroft’s interview with President Obama and outgoing Secretary of State Hillary Clinton,… Read More
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Decoding the Constitutional Challenges to Traditional Marriage
The Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in the challenge to California’s Proposition 8 on March 26 and the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) on… Read More
School Choice: Key to Improving Hispanic High School Graduation Rate
Yesterday marked the beginning of National School Choice Week, a great way to elevate and promote education reform while calling attention to our country’s educational… Read More
Senator Orrin Hatch on Robert Bork’s Legacy and Role of the Supreme Court
Everyone ascending the steps of the National Archives building sees these words chiseled in stone: “Eternal Vigilance is the Price of Liberty.” No one was… Read More
It’s Time to Stop Picking Winners and Losers in the Energy Industry
Representative Mike Pompeo (R–KS) hopes his new bill calling for the repeal of all energy tax credits on both conventional and renewable energy sources will… Read More
Income Inequality: Fretting over Success
World elites are worried about something that, in and of itself, is not a problem: income inequality. “In a landscape of 50 global risks facing… Read More
Obama’s Recess Appointments Struck Down
On Friday morning, a three-judge panel of the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals unanimously struck down President Obama’s alleged “recess” appointments to the National Labor… Read More
March for Life: I Am the Pro-Life Generation (VIDEO)
For the past 40 years, pro-life advocates from all over the country annually march in solidarity to raise awareness for the most vulnerable in society—the… Read More
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Benghazi Terrorist Attack: The Difference It Makes
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton bristled in a heated moment at yesterday’s Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing when pressed about why the Obama Administration initially… Read More
Filibuster Deal Restricts Senators’ Rights to Debate Judicial Nominees
This afternoon, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) announced a potential filibuster deal that, among other problematic provisions,… Read More
The Millions of Women Feminists Don’t Seem to Care About
As they have done every year since the Supreme Court’s decision in Roe v. Wade, feminist groups have used the 40th anniversary of that ruling… Read More
Obama, Equality, and Marriage
President Obama seems to have reiterated his support for redefining marriage in his inauguration speech earlier this week. Riffing on the Declaration of Independence, Obama… Read More
Obama to Lead on Climate Change, but Only Through Back Door
During his 2013 inaugural address, President Obama told Americans that the United States “will respond to the threat of climate change” and will take the… Read More
Obama’s Radicalism Revealed
It’s only Day 3 and the Obama Administration already feels old and tired. Year in and year out, the President keeps saying the same things…. Read More
Abortion: U.S. Taxpayers Fund It Here and Abroad
Roe v. Wade, which marks its 40th anniversary this week, created a host of new conflicts for life and conscience and did nothing to resolve… Read More
