Stimulus-Backed Solar Company Lays Off 70 Percent of Workforce
President Obama used a weekly address in July 2010 to tout his stimulus package’s support for the solar industry. One of the companies he mentioned… Read More
Modern State Militia Debate Rages on in Arizona
Headlines throughout the state of Arizona are highlighting the debate on Senate Bill 1083, a bill to stand up Arizona’s modern state militia or State… Read More
VIDEO: Britain’s Liam Fox Warns America: Your Debt Is a Threat
Britain’s Liam Fox has a warning for America: Fix the debt problem now or suffer the consequences of less power on the world stage. The… Read More
South Carolina Resisting the National Standards Push
South Carolina legislators have introduced a measure to pull the Palmetto State out of the Common Core national standards. Senator Mike Fair, who introduced the measure,… Read More
Obamacare Mandate: Fighting for Our First Freedom All Over Again
Today, the House Judiciary Committee held a full committee hearing to investigate the Obama administration’s unprecedented overreach through the latest Obamacare mandate’s assault on religious… Read More
The Chinese Economy at the Crossroads
The World Bank’s latest report sounds a warning on China’s future economic growth, reiterating critical recommendations concerning the Chinese economy by The Heritage Foundation’s Index… Read More
Obamacare’s Top 5 Broken Promises
Talking about his health care law, President Obama has said, “If you misrepresent what’s in this plan, we will call you out.” In keeping with… Read More
Schumer, Who Opposed Keystone XL, Calls for More Saudi Oil Production
Responding to record-high gas prices and a potential for further disruptions in supply, Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) on Monday requested that the State Department pressure… Read More
VIDEO: Gov. Luis Fortuño Predicts Puerto Rico Will Become 51st State
Puerto Rico has long flirted with the idea of becoming the 51st state. This year voters will once again have their choice at the ballot… Read More
CBO’s Stimulus Review: As Good as a Horoscope
One reason economists sometimes compare themselves to astrologers is that their forecasts are often equally accurate. But when it comes to analyzing government policy, economists… Read More
Subsidies and Costs in the Solar Industry
According to Germany’s environment minister, Norbert Roettgen, “Solar is a success story made in Germany.” “Success” appears to mean having the world’s largest amount of… Read More
Chart of the Week: Winter Gas Prices Reach All-Time High
The cost of gasoline today is at its highest point ever during winter, an ominous sign of what might be on the horizon in the… Read More
Scribecast: AEI’s Marc Thiessen on Dangers of the Obama Doctrine
President Obama’s use of drone strikes to target terrorists is depleting U.S. intelligence on al Qaeda and making America less safe in the process, according… Read More
Obamacare: Pay No Attention to Mandate Behind Curtain of Spin
In yet another slight to rule of law, the Obama Administration has asked a federal court to put a press conference pronouncement above official regulation…. Read More
Thousands More Oppose Obamacare Mandate’s Religious Liberty Violations
More than 2,500 Christian leaders have signed a letter opposing Obamcare’s anti-conscience mandate. The letter’s release adds to the most recent furor over the rule’s… Read More
Side Effects: If You Like Your HSA, Get Ready to Lose It
Everyone remembers President Obama’s repeated promise, “If you like your health care plan, you’ll be able to keep your health care plan, period.” Unfortunately, Obamacare… Read More
Buying the Allegiance of Supreme Court Justices?
If you want to see an illustrative example of Supreme Court Justices Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Stephen Breyer making decisions based on their personal ideologies… Read More
Correcting the Record: Five Half-Truths From Obama on Higher Gas Prices
During a speech on gas prices Thursday in Miami, the President tried to dodge responsibility for the pain Americans are feeling at the pump. Recognizing… Read More
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The New Normal: Chavez Supports Crimes Against Humanity
As Syrian tanks and artillery continued to rain indiscriminate fire on the defenseless city of Homs and as the world watched with mounting horror the… Read More
Light Bulb Giants Hope U.N. Will Guarantee Their Market Share
A pair of major light bulb manufacturers is teaming up with the United Nations in an attempt to pressure countries into participating in “a global… Read More
Defense Cuts Ignore Threats, Increase Risks
President Obama’s cuts to defense put America’s national security at risk, argues Heritage’s James Carafano. As the U.S. draws out of two foreign wars, the… Read More
Despotism, Thy Name Is Obamacare
Two years ago, everything about Obamacare was in the future. Recall the revealing comment at the time by then-Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D–CA) that Congress had… Read More
Obama Administration Errs in Pressuring Israel Rather Than Iran
The Obama Administration, still clinging to its failed engagement policy on Iran, is pressuring Israel to hold off launching an attack on Iran’s nuclear infrastructure… Read More
VIDEO: The Perfect Storm of Regulations on American Energy
Coal energy powers the small Colorado town of Craig — quite literally. The community relies on the energy produced at the Craig Station plant to… Read More
Washington Takes Over School Lunches and Curriculum
It used to be that children had to worry about the school bully stealing their lunch money. Now they also have to worry about the… Read More
Chart of the Week: Nearly Half of All Americans Don’t Pay Income Taxes
This year’s Index of Dependence on Government presented startling findings about the sharp increase of Americans who rely on the federal government for housing, food,… Read More
Scribecast: FrackNation Documentary Seeks the Truth on ‘Fracking’
The anti-fracking documentary “Gasland” has served as a rallying cry for environmentalists seeking to halt hydraulic fracturing, the process used by energy companies to extract… Read More
The War on Women’s Freedom
Isn’t religious freedom for women too? So why did Representative Carolyn Maloney (D–NY) and Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton (D–DC) walk out of a committee hearing… Read More
Harry Reid Threatens to Back 90 More Unconstitutional Appointments
Livid at delays in the confirmation process for 90 of the president’s nominations, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) said on Friday that he would… Read More
The Terrorists Are Still Coming
According to The Washington Post, today “[t]he FBI and the U.S. Capitol Police arrested a man…after a lengthy investigation into an alleged plot to carry… Read More
