Top 10 Reads: June 24, 2011
Catching you up on clips, commentary and news of the day. Sign up for the daily email update from Scribe. House Spurns Obama on Libya,… Read More
Catching you up on clips, commentary and news of the day. Sign up for the daily email update from Scribe. House Spurns Obama on Libya,… Read More
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Rep. Darrell Issa knows a thing or two about running a successful business. Before winning his seat in Congress, the California Republican turned a troubled… Read More
The White House finally ended its boycott of Voice of America (VOA), the government’s own international broadcasting service, on Wednesday, hours before the President’s speech… Read More
President Obama’s decision to release 30 million barrels of oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve will continue to reverberate on Capitol Hill today. Yesterday’s decision… Read More
Catching you up on clips, commentary and news of the day. Sign up for the daily email update from Scribe. Walking Away from Biden-led Negotiations… Read More
Lawmakers on Capitol Hill turn their attention to the budget as Douglas Elmendorf, director of the Congressional Budget Office, testifies before the House Budget Committee…. Read More
Clips, commentary and news from the day. Send us your tips at [email protected]. Tax reform should adhere to moral principles Marriage is Detroit’s secret weapon… Read More
Shell spent five years and more than $3.5 billion while waiting for the Environmental Protection Agency to grant a permit for drilling in Alaska. Now… Read More
On June 20, the government of Belize expropriated the 70 percent ownership interest in the Belize Electric Company (BEL) held by the shareholder-owned, Canada-based energy… Read More
On Sunday, Senator John McCain (R-AZ) had a stark message for the GOP candidates on ABC’s This Week: “We cannot move into [becoming] an isolationist… Read More
In a hospital room in Havana, Hugo Chavez sits in a track suit wanting people to believe that he is fit to lead, unaffected by… Read More
Government policies have made life difficult for middle-class families like Thomas and Melissa Clements. Their business in Broussard, LA, has suffered from the Obama administration’s… Read More
It’s a big day in Washington for domestic and foreign news. This morning the Congressional Budget Office releases its annual Long-Term Budget Outlook. Then in… Read More
After three years, British citizen Andrew Symeou has been found not guilty by a Greek jury of fatally attacking another British vacationer on the island… Read More
Clips, commentary and news from the day. Send us your tips at [email protected]. How to reform entitlements and save the American dream – without raising… Read More
House Energy and Commerce Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) said there is bipartisan support in Congress to move forward with the nuclear-waste repository at Yucca Mountain,… Read More
Video chat rooms at Ustream Rep. Fred Upton (R-MI), chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, visits Heritage today for The Bloggers Briefing at… Read More
Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX), left, visits Heritage today at 10 a.m. to talk about her plan to save Social Security, which faces $6.5 trillion… Read More
The decision to adopt a national seal was made on July 4, 1776, the same day that the Continental Congress declared America’s independence from Great… Read More
Today’s launch of the redesigned Foundry also brings with it exciting changes for the Center for Media and Public Policy, Heritage’s investigative reporting operation. More… Read More
126 years ago today, on June 17, 1885, the Statue of Liberty arrived in New York Harbor. A gift from the French people, the statue… Read More
Retailers have 11 days to sell any cribs that don’t meet the government’s new safety standard. Anything that’s left in stores on June 28 must… Read More
RALEIGH, NC — There’s a lot of talk in Washington these days about debt — and for good reason. The federal government reached the $14.3… Read More
Ever since the raid last month that killed Osama Bin Laden, the question of whether the US violated Pakistani sovereignty keeps on coming up. Heritage… Read More
Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-UT), ranking member on the Senate Finance Committee, outlined a comprehensive plan for reforming Medicaid yesterday at Heritage. Medicaid is a program… Read More
Upwards of 20,000 cribs are destined for the garbage dump later this month unless a federal consumer safety agency moves the deadline for selling the… Read More
The idea of “American exceptionalism” has become a litmus test for patriotism in the last year or so. Politicians from both parties have realized that… Read More
Few historical questions generate as much controversy as this one—and do so on such a regular basis. Every few months or so, following some public… Read More
Billion used to be a big number in the United States, but today trillion is tossed around with increasing regularity. We could use your help… Read More
A few weeks ago at Louisiana State University, a small group of agitated students attempted to burn a U.S. flag in protest for some policy… Read More
