China’s Claims on Its Neighbors Are No Laughing Matter
The Chinese continue to unite their neighbors against them. The most recent controversy is a map featured in new PRC passports that poses particular problems… Read More
Morning Bell: Egypt’s President Moves Toward Dictatorship
Egypt remains in turmoil after its president decreed last Thursday that he was no longer subject to the laws of his country—giving himself power over… Read More
Morning Bell: Reasons for Conservatives to Be Thankful
There are plenty of things to be thankful for this week, and this year as well. Yes, after our country’s recent elections, big government remains… Read More
Morning Bell: Abraham Lincoln’s Thanksgiving Proclamation
Happy Thanksgiving from The Heritage Foundation! As we celebrate and give thanks today, we invite you to read President Abraham Lincoln’s 1863 Thanksgiving Proclamation below…. Read More
Israel and Hamas Wage Twitter War
Israel has been live blogging on its attacks as well as major strikes upon it by Hamas during the most recent crisis. Israel and Hamas… Read More
The Wrong Technology: Evidence of Faulty Panels Continues to Mount at Abound Solar
Claims that Chinese solar subsidies killed Abound Solar—and not faulty solar panels made by the company itself—are beginning to wear as thin as the solar… Read More
Magnitsky Act Promises to Punish Human Rights Abuse, Open Trade
Last Thursday, the House of Representatives passed a bill that included language—called the Magnitsky Act—that for the first time punishes Russian officials implicated in serious… Read More
Japan’s Post-WWII Recovery Can Be a Lesson for the World
Although Japan is now best remembered for two decades of economic stagnancy, its post-war development plan can still serve as a model for emerging countries… Read More
Ron Wyden’s Revisionist Solyndra History
In a recent interview with Platts Energy Week TV, Sen. Ron Wyden (D-OR), incoming chairman of the Energy and Natural Resources Committee, discussed his plans… Read More
Morning Bell: The Escalating Conflict Between Hamas and Israel
Over the last four days, militants in Gaza have fired more than 840 rockets at Israel. Hamas rockets have reached the outskirts of Jerusalem and Tel… Read More
Chart of the Week: Cut Spending to Avoid the Fiscal Cliff
The Heritage Foundation has updated its Saving the American Dream plan as the nation moves inexorably towards the fiscal cliff set to hit at the… Read More
DOE Issues Nearly $1 Million to Ailing A123 on Day of Bankruptcy Filing
The Department of Energy’s clean energy grant-making program delivered a reimbursement to ailing battery maker A123 approaching $1 million on the same day the company… Read More
Lawsuit Alleges “Corruption and Negligence” at Department of Energy
A lawsuit filed in federal court on Wednesday alleges mass favoritism in the Department of Energy’s decisions to award federal grants to major car companies… Read More
China’s New Leadership: Not Encouraging, but Not Finished
After a nearly weeklong session, the new Chinese leadership has been unveiled. It isn’t a surprise, but it is a disappointment for anyone harboring hopes… Read More
Pentagon More Active in ‘Green’ Energy than the Energy Department
According to a new report on financial waste in the Department of Defense, the Pentagon initiated more renewable energy projects in 2010 – the year measured –… Read More
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Was There Ever a Real “U.S. Consulate” in Benghazi?
In the many news reports published since the tragic and mysterious assassinations of four Americans in Libya on September 11, 2012, the scene of the… Read More
The Full Script for Matt Damon’s UAE-Funded Anti-Fracking Film
In September, Scribe reported that Promised Land, a forthcoming film written by and starring Matt Damon, is financed in part by the oil-rich United Arab… Read More
Michigan’s Rejection of Renewable Energy Mandate Avoids Higher Costs
Michigan voters rejected a proposed state constitutional amendment last week that would have imposed a mandate requiring the state’s utilities to source 25 percent of… Read More
Requiem for Hu, Wu, and Wen
Hu Jintao, Wu Bangguo, and Wen Jiabao will step down from the top of the Chinese Communist Party this week. In four months, or thereabouts,… Read More
VIDEO: The Bloggers Briefing featuring the Food Marketing Institute, and Ted Bromund
Join us at noon ET for the Bloggers Briefing at The Heritage Foundation. Included in today’s discussion: A regulatory tsunami is about to hit. One… Read More
Argentina: Massive Protests Against Statism and Corruption
Dubbed by organizers as “the Protest of 8N” (for November 8), thousands—perhaps hundreds of thousands—of Argentines jammed the streets of Buenos Aires last night to… Read More
Inspector General Is Crucial in the Rebuilding of Afghanistan
Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR) John F. Sopko, who took over on July 2, 2012, has made significant progress in the short period… Read More
Bahrain and Kuwait Face Growing Internal Threats as Syrian Opposition Gathers in Qatar
Three Arab kingdoms in the Persian Gulf region have been confronted with the destabilizing fallout of growing political tensions in recent days. On Monday, a… Read More
The Downfall of Russia’s Defense Minister
On November 6, Russian President Vladimir Putin sacked Defense Minister Anatoly E. Serdyukov, who has held the post since 2007. Serdyukov had overseen the largest… Read More
Foreign Militants Complicate Crisis in Northern Mali
As members of the Economic Community of West African States and the African Union scramble to find a solution to the crisis in Mali, Islamist… Read More
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Morning Bell: Today Is Your Day—Vote, America
In urging the delegates to a New York convention to ratify the U.S. Constitution in 1788, Alexander Hamilton emphasized the principal strength of the new… Read More
Green Technology Investor Looks to Keep Friends in Washington
Real estate giant Forest City Enterprises is getting into the renewable energy market, investing in waste-to-methane conversion, a technology one company executive says “can survive… Read More
India Helps U.S. Join Asian Maritime Grouping
Last week, India assisted the U.S. in securing dialogue-partner status in the Indian Ocean Rim Association for Regional Cooperation (IOR-ARC), a 20-member grouping of littoral… Read More
Chart of the Week: Slowest Economic Recovery Since the 1960s
Americans could be waiting another five years for a return to normal employment based on the sluggish pace of the U.S. economy. After nearly four… Read More
U.S. Shed 9,000 Mining, Energy Jobs in October, 17,000 Since May
Buried in Friday’s Bureau of Labor Statistics report on the country’s unemployment situation was this disheartening fact: 9,000 employees of the mining and resource extraction… Read More
