Competition Improves Cab Service for Riders
It’s ironic that the front page of The Washington Post recently featured an obituary of long-time columnist William Raspberry on the same day it included… Read More
Economically Significant Regulations On the Rise Under Obama
President Obama claims he’s overseen the creation fewer regulations than his predecessors. But his administration has actually issued far more expensive and economically costly regulations,… Read More
Energy Department Can’t Locate $500,000 in Stimulus Money
The Energy Department can’t figure out how hundreds of thousands of dollars in “green energy” stimulus money earmarked for manufacturing equipment was spent, according to a… Read More
Will Nebraska Students Get to Learn About America’s Founding Fathers?
The state capital of Nebraska is named for Abraham Lincoln. Oddly, students may have to look outside the state’s school system if they hope to… Read More
Catholic Charities of Chicago Joins Lawsuit Challenging HHS Mandate
Lawrence Baker, a Vietnam veteran, thought he was going to die as a drug addict. As an on-and-off user for the past 50 years, Baker… Read More
Solar Company Leaders Blame China, Not Loan Process, for Bankruptcy
Chinese government subsidies—as much as $35 billion—were responsible for the downfall of Abound Solar, not a flawed federal government loan-approval process, according to testimony delivered… Read More
Americans Deserve to Know What the U.S. Government Is Broadcasting
Americans deserve transparency about what their government is doing, as long as that transparency doesn’t threaten national security. Transparency should also be the guiding principle… Read More
Syrian Uprising Penetrates Damascus, Kills Defense Minister
The “Arab Spring” arrived in Damascus with a vengeance this week—despite the brutal repression meted out by the Assad regime. Today, the Syrian defense minister… Read More
Morning Bell: Harmful U.N. Sea Treaty Stalls in Senate
A United Nations threat to U.S. sovereignty has been halted. The Law of the Sea Treaty (LOST), a pet project of Senator John Kerry (D-MA),… Read More
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Another U.N. Convention That Poses Threats to U.S. Sovereignty
Yesterday, the Senate Foreign Relations Committee held a hearing on the U.N.’s Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD). As multiple experts—including The… Read More
Indonesia Could Teach U.S. Some Fiscal Responsibility
On July 11, German Chancellor Angela Merkel praised Indonesia as a model of government debt management. In absolute terms, though, Indonesia’s government spending and government… Read More
OAS and State Department Make Right Call on Paraguay
In his report to the permanent council of the Organization of American States (OAS), Secretary General Miguel Insulza made the correct call. After traveling to… Read More
How the Party Says China’s Economy Is Doing
Those interested in whether China tells the truth about its economy should hold tightly to one fact: The State Statistical Bureau publishes what the Communist… Read More
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58 More Reasons Boko Haram Should Be Designated a Terrorist Organization
At least 58 people are dead in Nigeria, victims of another religiously motivated attack against Christians from the Muslim group Boko Haram. Hundreds of Boko… Read More
Morning Bell: Obama Fails to See “Serious Impact” of Hugo Chavez
President Obama has been stumbling on the economy, and this week he added more proof of his weakness on foreign policy. He told a popular… Read More
Heritage Analyst Speaks to U.N. Arms Trade Treaty Conference
On Wednesday morning, nongovernmental organizations made presentations to the U.N. Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) conference. Heritage’s Ted R. Bromund, senior research fellow in Anglo-American relations… Read More
Venezuela and Chavez: President Obama Should Read His Intelligence Brief
In an interview with a popular Miami TV station, President Obama was asked yesterday about the danger Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez poses to U.S. security…. Read More
Reaching the World’s Poor with Financial Tools
Missing (as usual) from discussions of the Millennium Development Goals after the recent release of its 2012 report is any talk of the impressive role… Read More
Solyndra-Linked Executive to Lead Pentagon’s Advanced Tech Agency
A venture capital executive with ties to defunct solar company Solyndra has been hired as the new chief of the Defense Department program heading up… Read More
Taking the Critical out of “Critical Materials”
Rare earths and other strategic minerals are front and center again, with a bill being brought to the House floor this week. When Members of… Read More
North Korea Regime Shows It Really Is a Mickey Mouse Operation
Is new North Korean leader Kim Jong-un signaling that he will be more benevolent than his predecessors or that he will open the Hermit Kingdom… Read More
Google+ ‘Hangout’ With RSC Chairman Jim Jordan
At 1:15 pm on Tuesday, Scribe’s investigative reporter Lachlan Markay will join Rep. Jim Jordan, chairman of the Republican Study Committee, on a Google+ “hangout”… Read More
Radical Islamists and Hunger Stalk North Africa
The ongoing crisis in Mali, a poor, landlocked country in northern Africa, continues to sow devastation and displacement. Mali’s current troubles began in earnest following… Read More
Somaliland Continues to Strive for Recognition
Amid the lawless bloodbath that is Somalia, the northern state of Somaliland remains a rare example of functioning democracy in the Muslim world. Unlike the… Read More
South China Sea: China Drops a Bombshell
On June 28, during a press briefing by the Chinese Ministry of Defense, Chinese military press spokesman Senior Colonel Geng Yansheng released a bombshell. Asked… Read More
Day 4: As ATT Conference Work Begins, Venezuela Wins the Crazy Prize
After a quiet afternoon Thursday, the third day of the U.N.’s Arms Trade Treaty conference closed with a bang. The conference president, Ambassador Roberto Garcia… Read More
Winning Ugly: Peña Nieto and the Mexican Elections
Four days after Mexico’s presidential and national elections, Mexico’s independent electoral institute ordered a swift recount of votes cast in 78,012 of its 143,132 polling… Read More
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Day Three: At the Arms Trade Treaty Conference, the U.S. Speaks
After the dictatorial circus of the morning, the afternoon session of the ATT Conference was comparatively calm. The lowlight was the address by Saudi Arabia,… Read More
Bashing China Won’t Fix Our Economy
Both ends of the political spectrum seem to be competing to be tougher on China economic issues. They’re both wrong. Chinese policy does warp the… Read More
Countrywide Gave VIP Loans to Top Policymakers, Regulators
The now defunct Countrywide Financial Corp. issued hundreds of discounted loans to government officials and Fannie Mae employees in order to build clout with influential… Read More
