U.S. House Considering East Coast Missile Defense
According to press reports, the House Armed Services Committee has preserved a provision in its draft of annual defense legislation that would place ballistic missile… Read More
Obama Campaign Quietly Adds ‘Clean Coal’ to Energy Policy Website
After coming under fire for its consistent hostility to the coal industry, the Obama campaign quietly adjusted its energy policy website to include “clean coal”… Read More
Russian Roulette at Voice of America
Depending on Russian government-funded media to broadcast news from Voice of America (VOA) is about as brain-dead as depending on Russian spaceships to send American… Read More
The Chinese Minister of Defense Visited America, and All I Got Was…?
The Chinese minister of defense, General Liang Guanglie, is currently visiting the United States, and as usual, he is getting the red carpet rolled out… Read More
Legacy Lawsuit Strategy: Blame Natural Damages on Oil Companies
Lawsuits against oil and gas companies in Louisiana have taken a toll on the industry and the state’s economy generally. But documents obtained by Scribe… Read More
Morning Bell: Socialism Rises Again
Last weekend, the people of France took a sharp turn to the left, and the rest of Europe may be on the brink of rebuking… Read More
The Missing Amendment in the Bill of Rights
Since the ratification of the Constitution, thousands of constitutional amendments have been proposed, but only 27 have survived the process of Article V. Out of… Read More
French Socialist’s Victory Is A Symbol of the EU’s Decline
Nicolas Sarkozy’s defeat at the hands of French Socialist leader Francois Hollande has sent shock waves throughout Europe, and will significantly challenge the fragile austerity… Read More
Council of the Americas Honors Argentine Government in Wake of Repsol/YPF Seizure
Argentina’s vice president, Amado Boudou, is confirmed to speak tomorrow at the annual Council of the Americas (COA) meeting at the Inter-American Development Bank in… Read More
Chen Guangcheng: Mission Impossible, Mission Accomplished, Mission Inaction?
The Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs (a bureaucratic second-line player in the Chinese system) has now promised to treat any request by Chinese activist Chen… Read More
Russia’s Blackmail Shows Why U.S. and Allies Need Missile Defenses
During a recent missile defense conference in Moscow, Russian Chief of General Staff Nikolai Makarov stated, “A decision to use destructive force pre-emptively will be… Read More
A Cautionary Note from French Economists
Voters in five European countries—France, Germany, Greece, Italy, and Serbia—go to the polls on May 6. Election outcomes, particularly in France and Greece, are likely… Read More
Congressman: Export-Import Bank Is a Case of Corporate Welfare
House leaders have reportedly struck a deal to vote on reauthorization of the Export-Import Bank next week despite strident opposition from conservatives. Heritage’s Bryan Riley… Read More
Occupy Wall Street: Why Conservatives Shouldn’t Ignore the Persuadables
This is the third of our four-part series on Occupy Wall Street, transcribed from a recent Heritage Foundation event on the movement. In part three,… Read More
NATO Summit Is No Place for Unaccountable Eurocrats
It was reported last week that Turkey has blocked the European Commission President, José Manuel Barroso, and the EU’s President of the European Council, Herman… Read More
China Not Yet Rebalancing
China has the world’s second-largest GDP, the world’s largest monetary base, and the world’s largest foreign exchange reserves. Its large internal and external economic imbalances… Read More
The Human Consequences of EPA’s War on Coal
There are very real consequences to the Environmental Protection Agency’s continued efforts to undermine America’s coal industry. Those consequences were recently spotlighted in an industry-produced… Read More
Boko Haram Attacks Nigerian Newspaper Offices and University
The past week has been a bloody one for Nigeria. Attacks in the capital city of Abuja and across the north have strongly implicated the… Read More
National Organization for Marriage Seeks Investigation of Stolen IRS File
The National Organization for Marriage is asking the U.S. Department of Justice to investigate and prosecute the individuals responsible for leaking the organization’s confidential U.S…. Read More
EPA Official Resigns After ‘Crucify’ Comments Surface
Regional EPA administrator Al Armednariz resigned on Monday, days after his comments comparing his enforcement philosophy to crucifixions surfaced in a since-deleted YouTube video. Armednariz apologized… Read More
Internet Censorship in the Palestinian Authority
Internet censorship is rampant in the Middle East. Now, the Palestinian Authority is accused of trying to silence government opponents on the Web. There is… Read More
Scribecast: Katie Pavlich on the Scandal of Operation Fast and Furious
Katie Pavlich’s new book, “Fast and Furious,” assembles the devastating evidence that implicates the Obama administration for its ill-advised gun-walking operation and ensuing scandal to… Read More
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Senator Mike Lee on Violence Against Women Act
Senator Mike Lee (R-Utah) made the case that the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA), passed by the Senate, “oversteps the Constitution’s rightful limits on federal… Read More
Taking on the Taliban Online
Somebody hacked a Taliban website. Big surprise. Actually, no surprise. No surprise that the Taliban and other terrorists groups are online. When the issues of… Read More
Don’t Strand the Marines on the Beach
The United States and Japan released a revised deployment plan for U.S. Marine Corps forces in the Pacific. It is an improvement over the 2006… Read More
China’s Premier Is Not a Reformer
Both The Washington Post and the Financial Times have more front-page stories today on the seemingly endless saga of the fall of senior Chinese Communist… Read More
Foreign Policy Luminaries Misguided on Missile Defense
Two elder statesmen of the foreign policy community have grown forgetful. In the April 23 Washington Post editorial section, Henry Kissinger and Brent Scowcroft reprise… Read More
Congress Uses Commemorative Coins to Circumvent Earmark Ban
Congress may have halted all official earmarks, but lawmakers have found other ways to steer pork to pet projects in their districts. One of the… Read More
Do Hispanics Love Limited Government?
Are Hispanics really a monolithically liberal voting bloc? The left would have you think so, but the reality is more nuanced. A new focus group… Read More
Sino–Russian Naval Exercises: Shape of Things to Come?
This week, the Chinese and Russian militaries began the first joint naval exercises the two sides have ever conducted. The exercise, occurring near Qingdao on… Read More
