Liberals Scramble to Avoid Talking About the Constitution
President Obama has been accused of violating the Constitution with two high-profile decisions over the last month. Polling and reactions from elected officials reveal an… Read More
Building a Better Medicare Program: The Burr–Coburn Proposal
Senators Richard Burr (R–NC) and Tom Coburn (R–OK) have just unveiled a bold Medicare reform proposal based on the free-market forces of choice and competition…. Read More
Obama Administration Refuses Again to Protect Religious Liberty
President Obama talked the talk but then blatantly refused to walk the walk on the freedom of religious institutions from the Obamacare statute’s mandate for… Read More
Online Chat on the D.C. Opportunity Scholarship Program
Obama’s new budget proposal that was unveiled on Monday includes increases budget of the Department of Education to $70 Billion, but it curiously cuts funding… Read More
10 Questions and Answers: What the U.S. Should Do About Syria
As the violent government crackdown continues in Syria, the United States is faced with a series of questions about what role it should play in… Read More
In Pictures: Facts about America’s Slow Economic Recovery
Sure, the U.S. economy is recovering, but it’s doing so at a very…slow… rate. Some on the left, including the President, paint America’s bounce-back as… Read More
Chavez Allies’ Hysterical Response to a Democratic Challenge in Venezuela
Within 48 hours of the impressive victory in Venezuela’s first-ever presidential primary, the winner Henrique Capriles Radonski, who favors an end to polarization and national… Read More
Sean Penn Takes Aim at Great Britain with Latest Left-Wing Rant
Never one to shy away from a Left-wing cause, either at home or abroad, Oscar-winning actor Sean Penn has adopted the Falklands dispute as his… Read More
Obama Creating ‘Constitutional Crisis,’ Rep. Tim Walberg Warns
President Obama’s recent assault on the U.S. Constitution — first with his illegal “recess” appointments and then Obamacare’s anti-conscience mandate — demonstrates a lack of… Read More
Is a Nuclear Renaissance Approaching?
When the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) voted last week to approve permits to begin construction on two nuclear reactors, many hailed the decision as the… Read More
D.C. Parents Say School Choice Gives Students a Chance at Success
“Either he doesn’t get it, or he doesn’t care,” Sheila Jackson, parent of a D.C. Opportunity Scholarship recipient, said upon hearing the news that President… Read More
The Many Faces of Bahrain’s Opposition Movement
A year after the “Arab Spring” struck Bahrain, the opposition movement has changed significantly from its original supporters. Initiated by a youth movement demanding political… Read More
No Way Out: How Conscience Gets Trapped in Obamacare’s Little Box of Horrors
If it weren’t for Obamacare, we wouldn’t have this problem. By “this problem,” we mean of course the Obamacare regulation that forces health insurance plans… Read More
Obamacare’s Top Three Budget Busters
Obamacare increases unaffordable government spending, which ultimately comes out of taxpayers’ pockets. Here, we summarize three of the most costly provisions of Obamacare: 1. Medicaid… Read More
VIDEO: Obama ‘Manifestly Wrong’ on U.S. Constitution, Says Sen. Mike Lee
Few lawmakers have expressed as much outrage over President Obama’s unconstitutional “recess” appointments as Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT). He was among the first to warn… Read More
Rich People Win, Poor Kids Lose, in Obama’s America
Want a clear indication of President Barack Obama’s priorities? Take a look at the spending decisions emerging from his Administration today. In the battle between… Read More
Obama’s Budget Ends Funding for D.C. Opportunity Scholarship Program
The Obama administration is once again standing with education special interest groups and against low-income children in Washington, D.C. His 2013 budget request zeros out… Read More
Money Loser + $100 Million Subsidy = Money Maker?
When is a solar energy company a loan flipper instead of a solar energy company? How about when the value of its loan subsidies vastly… Read More
Assad Regime Escalates Repression in Syria After Russia Blocks U.N. Action
The embattled Assad regime escalated its horrific attempts to crush Syria’s opposition movement this week after Russia, one of its few allies, blocked action by… Read More
Voices of Opposition Speak Out Against Obama’s Contraception Mandate ‘Accommodation’
“Simply unacceptable.” That’s the near-unanimous response to President Obama’s supposed “accommodation” offered to those who objected to Obamacare’s mandate that religious institutions pay for contraceptive products and services—including abortion-inducing… Read More
UAW Defends Democracy? Wolf Hired to Guard the Hen House?
Look out, America. The United Auto Workers union is prepared to do whatever it takes to “defend democracy,” including using the tactics of the protesters… Read More
Lincoln: The Father of Big Government?
To sell his tax-code tweaks, new regulatory schemes, and insatiable ardor for big government, President Obama invoked Abraham Lincoln in his State of the Union… Read More
Heritage Reacts to White House “Accommodation” to Religious Liberty
After two weeks of increasingly intense criticism over Obamacare’s disregard for religious liberty, the White House woke up this morning in a mood to “accommodate”… Read More
Scribecast: RedState’s Erick Erickson on the State of Conservatism
Seven years ago Erick Erickson took the reins at RedState to transform the conservative blog into one of the most influential sources of news on… Read More
George Will Makes a Point on Defense
In a recent comment George Will threw down the gauntlet to conservatives to explain how the White House hasn’t stolen their traditional claim championing a… Read More
Obama Gets Hit with Another Religious Freedom Lawsuit
The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty has already filed two lawsuits challenging the Obamacare regulation that requires many religious employers to provide health insurance coverage… Read More
Family Fact of the Week: Closing the Marriage Gap Between Rich and Poor
While economic disparities between rich and poor are vehemently decried in stump speeches and the main stream media, value differences are often considered as a… Read More
PODCAST: CPAC and the State of Conservatism
In this week’s Heritage in Focus podcast, leading historian and expert on the conservative movement, Lee Edwards, discusses the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) and the state… Read More
Health CareNews
What They’re Saying: Obamacare’s Contraception Mandate Tramples Religious Liberty
On January 20, U.S. Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius finalized regulations for preventive services under Obamacare that require religious institutions beyond churches… Read More
Ryan House Budget Committee Leads on Process Reforms
With debt and spending out of control, the good news is that the House Budget Committee is taking important steps toward focusing Congress on its… Read More
