Video: A Tough Year for Big Labor
It’s been a rough year for unions in America. Yesterday on PBS NewsHour, Heritage’s James Sherk explained why unions–both in the public and private sectors–are… Read More
Morning Bell: Big Government Rising?
How does a trillion dollars in more federal government spending sound to you? For most Americans, the idea of growing government at a time when… Read More
Morning Bell: A Jobless Labor Day
For 14 million unemployed Americans and their families, this Labor Day will not be a happy one. Instead of enjoying a day off of work,… Read More
FHFA Sues Banks to Recover Housing Bond Losses: Less Than Meets the Eye?
News reports say that the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) will sue about 12 major banks in order to recover some of the losses that… Read More
Morning Bell: Zero New Jobs in America
President Obama enters this Labor Day weekend with a serious problem on his hands. For all intents and purposes, the economy appears to be stuck… Read More
Obama’s Maleficent Seven
President Obama is accustomed to having his way—like trying to dictate the date and time when Congress would assemble for him to address a special… Read More
Celebrating the U.S.–Australia Alliance’s 60th Birthday
Sixty years ago today, in San Francisco, the foreign ministers of Australia and New Zealand met with Dean Acheson, President Harry Truman’s Secretary of State,… Read More
Morning Bell: Food Regulators Out of Control
First Lady Michelle Obama’s obsession with “childhood obesity” has bothered many since it began two years ago, especially those who think that White House nagging… Read More
Morning Bell: The Unemployment Empty Promise
Sometime next week—we don’t quite know when—President Barack Obama is due to announce his latest jobs plan designed to lift America out of its unemployment doldrums…. Read More
Heritage Radio: Earthquake, Libya, and More
In last week’s Heritage Libertad Radio program, we covered topics ranging from Libya and the earthquake, to Heritage member questions. For the Spanish segment, click… Read More
Tales of the Red Tape #18: Americans Take a Regulatory Bleating
Some 14 million Americans are jobless, but there just aren’t enough qualified sheepherders or goatherders to meet demand. The federal government, therefore, is allowing ranchers… Read More
Internet Mischief on the Horizon at the U.N.?
Various news outlets are reporting that Rod Beckstrom, chief executive of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), intends to leave the organization… Read More
Foreign Investment Creates Jobs in the United States
America’s bleak jobs picture would be even worse if not for foreign direct investment (FDI) in the U.S. economy. FDI in U.S. factories and property… Read More
Morning Bell: The Spending Threat to Our National Defense
Consider it a warning from the highest levels of the U.S. government. Yesterday, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta held a… Read More
Secretaries of State, Defense Acknowledge Entitlement Spending Crisis
During a joint press event today in Washington, the Secretaries of Defense and State agreed that politicians must tackle the elephant in the room to… Read More
Morning Bell: Obama’s Tour of Denial and Blame
It’s being billed as a listening tour—a three-state journey across the Midwest where President Barack Obama will hear directly from Americans about the economy and talk… Read More
Morning Bell: President Obama Sticks to Stimulus Script
In the 1993 comedy Dave, a small-town presidential impersonator is called on to pretend to be the actual President of the United States when the… Read More
Problems Exposed in SEC Whistleblower Law
The folks at the National Whistleblowers Center (yes, there is one) like to tell of Samuel Shaw and Richard Marven, two sailors who landed in… Read More
WI Vote Proves Collective Bargaining and Government Don’t Mix
The voters weighed in on Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker’s (R) agenda on Tuesday. Government unions organized recall elections against state senators who voted to limit… Read More
EconomyNews
Conservatives to Super-Committee: Think Big, Really Big
Congressional leaders led a national debate in July 2011 about the problems of federal overspending and overborrowing. Unfortunately, at the end of the debate, Congress… Read More
Memo to White House: Unemployment Benefits Aren’t So Stimulating
You might think that a White House press briefing would be the one place where it’s safe to ask the Obama Administration a question… Read More
U.S. Trade on the Rise in 2011
The U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) today reported that U.S. trade volume for the first six months of the year was 15.7 percent higher… Read More
How Free Trade Helps Employment and the Economy
Since 1989, the United States has enacted numerous free trade agreements with countries around the world. These agreements have increased trade, improved international relations, and… Read More
Fannie and Freddie: The Bailout Continues
U.S. taxpayers were reminded on Friday (and again this morning) that our long national Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac nightmare is far from over. On… Read More
Morning Bell: It’s the Spending
On Friday evening, Standard & Poor’s (S&P) downgraded the U.S. credit rating from AAA to AA+. As we and other conservatives warned, the spending reductions… Read More
Estonia’s Rebound Through Fiscal Discipline: A Message for America?
In the midst of a world embroiled in economic turmoil, a few nations have managed to do surprisingly well—among them, Estonia. After near economic collapse… Read More
Heritage Radio – Sunday, August 7, 2011
Tune in here at noon ET on Sunday to listen to Heritage Radio. Topics will include the new job numbers, the economy, and a discussion with… Read More
U.S. Debt Now Surpasses 2010 GDP
The U.S. Treasury Department came out today with its Debt Position and Activity Report for July. The news is bleak. With the additional $238 billion… Read More
The Secrets of Acquiring Federal Employment
According to public employees’ unions, federal employees are substantially underpaid, and this year’s pay freeze is just one more slight against workers who could easily… Read More
Heritage Radio: La Raza, Member Questions, Education
In case you missed this week’s Heritage Libertad Radio Show, make sure to listen to it here: Heritage Libertad Radio Show: La Raza, Member Questions,… Read More
