Strengthening U.S.–Philippine Cooperation Key to Stability in the South China Sea
A renewed U.S. interest in the Philippines, our oldest treaty ally in Asia, has come amid heightening tensions in the South China Sea, where six… Read More
Quiz: How Thick Is Your Bubble?
Bestselling author Charles Murray visits Heritage next week to discuss his latest work, “Coming Apart: The State of White America, 1960-2010.” The book explores cultural… Read More
Is the Supreme Court the Final Arbiter on Obamacare?
In oral arguments yesterday about Obamacare’s individual mandate, Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts posited that if the government could force people to buy health insurance,… Read More
Congressman Seeks Answers on Stimulus-Backed Company Ecotality
Congress is asking questions about a stimulus-backed electric vehicle company that received millions in taxpayer dollars even after the Securities and Exchange Commission opened an… Read More
House to Hear about Chinese Public Diplomacy
There used to be a saying about the Chinese: “They work while we sleep.” In the field of public diplomacy, it is absolutely spot on…. Read More
On Energy Policy, Navy Secretary Is Either Dishonest or Misinformed
In response to a congressional inquiry regarding a Navy purchase of expensive biofuels, Secretary Ray Mabus made numerous claims that are either factually incorrect or… Read More
Punch Drunk in the Oval Office
Could someone get the President some new speechwriters? President Obama is woefully in need of new vocabulary, as a recent expose by Danish television hilariously… Read More
Stanislaw Shushkevich: Medal for a Hero
On March 26, Stanislaw Shushkevich, the former president of Belarus, made a difficult trip to the U.S. in order to speak about the difficult human… Read More
American Avatar: A Discussion of the Many Images of the United States
American exceptionalism is term that sticks in the craw of many foreigners. “Aren’t all countries exceptional?” they say. At the same time, though, most people… Read More
Audio and Transcript: Obamacare at the Supreme Court, Day One
Monday marked the first day of oral arguments being heard by the Supreme Court for and against Obamacare. The question today was whether or not… Read More
SEC Subpoenad CEO of Stimulus-Backed Electric Vehicle Company
The Securities and Exchange Commission filed a subpoena against electric vehicle company ECOtality in October of 2010, requesting documents relating to its investigation into insider… Read More
House Members Ask Hillary Clinton Not to Promote ‘Fracking’ Propaganda
Thirty-two members of the House of Representatives have asked Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to remove a factually inaccurate environmentalist documentary from the list of… Read More
Latest U.N. Security Council Act Won’t Stop Assad
The U.N. Security Council finally reached an agreement on Syria yesterday. In typical U.N. form, it amounts to more talk than action. Russia and China… Read More
Meet Al-Nusra, Another Bin Laden Wannabe Group
The group that claimed responsibility for a double-suicide bombing that killed 27 people in Syria is widely regarded as a front organization for al-Qaeda in… Read More
Supreme Court Rules EPA Orders Are Subject to Judicial Review
In a landmark decision for property rights law, the Supreme Court unanimously ruled on Wednesday that alleged violations of the Clean Water Act are not… Read More
Morning Bell: Bringing the Light of Freedom to Cuba
The society that Pope Benedict XVI will find when he lands in Cuba next week will be a destitute one, prostrate in every way. The… Read More
Senate to Prevent Rosoboronexport Helicopter Sales to Afghanistan?
Recently, 17 Senators expressed a concern over U.S. government trade ties to Rosoboronexport, a leading Russian arms exporter that supplies weapons to the defiant Bashar… Read More
Meet Pastor Gauck, the Anti-communist German President
Germany has elected its 11th president: Joachim Gauck (72), a Lutheran pastor and internationally renowned human rights activist. The position of President of the Federal… Read More
Production of Oil, Gas and Coal on Federal Lands Sinks to Nine-Year Low
Last fall the U.S. government’s Energy Information Administration reported a 40 percent decline in oil and natural gas production on federal lands compared to 10… Read More
Congress Keen to Promote America’s Interests in Asia
Three key senior congressional staff members gathered last Thursday for an enlightening discussion in The Heritage Foundation’s annual “View from the Hill” event, hosted by… Read More
James Madison: Father and Defender of the Constitution
George Washington has a monument; Jefferson has a memorial; and even James Buchanan has a spot in Washington, D.C., dedicated to his legacy. But there’s… Read More
Obama Disappoints on the Falkland Islands
This week in 1982, Argentine forces were probably preparing their equipment and checking plans ahead of their invasion of the Falkland Islands, to happen a… Read More
Federal Policies and Red Tape Limit Mineral Production
Not only have federal policies and inefficient permitting slowed oil and gas production, but government hurdles are also having a harmful effect on the mining… Read More
Does Fareed Read?
How to handle Iran? Writing in The Washington Post, columnist Fareed Zakaria complains that “Krauthammer, the Heritage Foundation, the American Enterprise Institute and others denounce… Read More
Pop Quiz: 10 Questions to Test Your Knowledge on Gas Prices
Americans are upset over the rising cost of gasoline. As the national average for regular unleaded climbs to nearly $4 per gallon, President Obama’s approval… Read More
KORUS FTA—Finally!
March 15 marked the official start of the landmark Korea–U.S. Free Trade Agreement (KORUS FTA). Yes, it’s been a long journey. Almost six years ago,… Read More
Bahrain vs. the Media
Since the uprising erupted last year, Bahrain has continued to experience unrest. Despite continuing reforms by the government, the opposition movement has steadily hardened its… Read More
Morning Bell: Harry Reid Opts for Political Theater on Judicial Nominees
Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) has rightfully earned the reputation of running a do-nothing Senate. More than 1,000 days have elapsed since the upper chamber… Read More
The Fight Has Only Begun
Constitutional conservatism is alive and well in America today. From conservatives in Congress working to roll back big government spending to the backlash over Obamacare’s… Read More
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Vice President Biden: Right and Wrong on Mexico and Central America
This week, the White House dispatched its peripatetic Vice President Joe Biden south to Mexico and Honduras. Biden rightly sees criminal violence and insecurity as… Read More
