NLRB Faces Backlash on Eve of Boeing Hearing
An administrative law judge with the National Labor Relations Board takes up the agency’s dubious charges against Boeing tomorrow in Seattle. The hearing comes at… Read More
Security and Hospitability Can Go Hand in Hand: Expand the Visa Waiver Program
When President Obama went public with his support for expansion of the U.S. Visa Waiver Program (VWP) while in Poland last month, it was a… Read More
The Founders on a Standing Navy: American Military Action Abroad (1783-1860)
In 1794, President George Washington requested and Congress authorized the building of six frigates, a type of warship widely used at the time. The presence… Read More
Beyond the American Dream: Those Amazing Americans!
“That core idea of America—that if you work hard, if you do right, if you’re responsible, that you can lead a better life and most… Read More
White House Invites Gabonese Tyrant into the Oval Office
President Obama has kept at least one campaign promise: agreeing to meet with nefarious world leaders. Yesterday, President Ali Bongo Ondimba from Gabon added his… Read More
Europe Must Heed Defense Secretary Gates’ Warning on the Future of NATO
In his farewell address in Brussels, US Defence Secretary Robert Gates delivered a blunt warning to America’s European allies: there is the real possibility of “a… Read More
Tony Blair’s Nightmare Vision of a European Superstate
Tony Blair’s interview in yesterday’s Times deserves to be widely read on both sides of the Atlantic. Why? Because it shows that the Eurofederalists’ delusions… Read More
Huge Oil Discovery in Gulf of Mexico Underscores Importance of Exploration
President Obama’s decision to allow some deepwater drilling to resume in the Gulf of Mexico is already yielding impressive results. ExxonMobil announced yesterday it… Read More
Why Isn’t the National Debt a Sexy Story?
Speaking at yesterday’s Bloggers Briefing, conservative filmmaker Stephen Bannon held up a copy of USA Today to demonstrate the challenge of getting Americans to take… Read More
Obama Pays Tribute to Himself During Angela Merkel’s White House Visit
The visit of German Chancellor Angela Merkel to Washington has attracted little attention in the US media, perhaps further proof that Berlin barely ranks as… Read More
Dude, Like, What’s the Constitution, Anyway?
A third of graduated and rising high school seniors – who will be voting in the 2012 elections – have never studied the U.S. Constitution…. Read More
A Tea Party Foreign Policy?
The Tea Party has had an extraordinary effect on American domestic policy. They have raised interest in policy debates, rallied public opinion, and given it… Read More
Federal Government’s Debt, Unfunded Obligations Grew Rapidly Last Year
According to a new analysis from USA Today, American households are now on the hook for $534,000 to pay for the county’s debt and the… Read More
Rep. Paul Ryan: America Exceptional at Home and Abroad
Paul Ryan (R-WI), the champion of necessary but unpopular fiscal reform, spoke this month about America’s exceptional political ideas and how they should be reflected… Read More
Today in History: The Call For Independence
On June 7, 1776, Richard Henry Lee, a delegate from Virginia, stood in front of the Second Continental Congress and committed treason by proposing a… Read More
DeMint Seeks Answers on NLRB’s Boeing Complaint
Sen. Jim DeMint (R-S.C.) wants the National Labor Relations Board to turn over all documents related to its recent complaint against The Boeing Co. The… Read More
Scratch the World Wide Web: Iran Has Its Own Plans for the Internet
For the masses in repressive regimes like Iran, the Internet represents the last bastion of freedom of expression—but not for long. Early this year, Iran… Read More
Iran’s Nuclear Efforts Are Accelerating
Iran’s uranium enrichment program has increased its production rate by 17 percent in recent months and by 84 percent since 2009, according to a new… Read More
Zelaya’s Return to Honduras Darkens Honduran Democracy
On May 28, former Honduran President Manuel Zelaya returned home nearly two years after the June 2009 actions that removed him from office for violations… Read More
Russia: New Media, Old Tactics
Did Russian President Dmitry Medvedev blush when he signed off on the G-8 declaration of the “Renewed Commitment for Freedom and Democracy” at last week’s… Read More
Sanctions on Venezuela’s Oil Company Just a Start
With considerable prodding from Congress—especially from the new Republican majority in the House—the Obama Administration and Department of State announced on May 24 that it… Read More
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Memorial Day’s True Meaning: Q&A with Dr. Matthew Spalding
What does Memorial Day really mean? In a special Memorial Day podcast, The Heritage Foundation’s vice president of American Studies, Dr. Matthew Spalding, discusses the… Read More
PODCAST: The History of Memorial Day
Today we celebrate Memorial Day, and in a special Heritage in Focus podcast, The Heritage Foundation’s vice president of American Studies, Matt Spalding, fills us… Read More
The Great Liberator: Remembering Ronald Reagan at 100
I had the privilege of attending the Ronald Reagan Centennial Gala in Washington earlier this week. Superbly organised by the Reagan Presidential Foundation, it was… Read More
Global Debt Exploding, but G8 Leaders Fiddle with the Internet
With Europe facing a massive fiscal mess and the United States buried under $14.3 trillion in debt, one might think that the leaders of the… Read More
The Summer That Gave Us the Constitution
On this day in 1787, the Second Constitutional Convention embarked on a four month-long process that resulted in the masterful document responsible for shaping our… Read More
Former Attorney General Mukasey: Prosecuting CIA Agents ‘Unconscionable’
Attorney General Eric Holder came under fire today from his predecessor at the Justice Department for pursuing criminal action against CIA employees involved in the… Read More
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Obama’s UK Speech: Rhetoric Cannot Substitute for Achievement
President Obama’s address to Britain’s Parliament in historic Westminster Hall was of a piece with many of his speeches: a mixture of soaring generalities and… Read More
VIDEO: Victims of the Obama Drilling Moratorium
In the midst of the worst oil spill in U.S. history, President Obama imposed a moratorium on deepwater oil drilling one year ago this week…. Read More
Is Plain Language the New Newspeak?
“It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen.” It may be a bit dramatic to quote the opening of… Read More
