PoliticsNews
The Woman Who Redeemed Chester Arthur
The new Netflix series “Death by Lightning” (based on the fantastic book, “Destiny of the Republic”) tells the true story of President James Garfield’s assassination in 1881 and… Read More
LawCommentary
The Dangerous Myth of Juvenile Criminal Ingenues
An epidemic of juvenile violent crimes endures. Why? The law presumes juveniles are intellectually and psychologically too immature to appreciate the wrongfulness of their violent… Read More
SecurityNews
Transportation Secretary Unveils Overhaul of ‘Antiquated’ Air Traffic Control Systems
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy announced a massive overhaul of the United States’ antiquated air traffic control system to modernize operations and reduce delays and inefficiencies…. Read More
PoliticsCommentary
Failing to Learn From Clinton and Obama Precedents, Democrats Lurch Ever Further Left
The Democratic Party is in free fall. Once a party of pragmatic leadership, strong borders, fiscal responsibility, and law and order, it has devolved into… Read More
PoliticsNews
Trump Eyes Sweeping Changes to FEMA, Disaster Relief Efforts
DAILY CALLER NEWS FOUNDATION—The Trump administration this week began signaling plans to overhaul the Federal Emergency Management Agency and other U.S. government agencies’ responses to… Read More
LawCommentary
The Overreaching Power of the Bureaucracy Is Destroying Our Representative Government
The United States is a republic with decision-making power held by elected legislators representing the people. Yet many of the biggest decisions affecting the lives… Read More
LawCommentary
Heritage’s One-of-a-Kind Election Fraud Database Hits 1,500 Cases
The Heritage Foundation’s Election Fraud Database, the only such database in existence, now contains over 1,500 proven cases of election fraud. The sampling of cases… Read More
PoliticsCommentary
Balancing Accountability With Civil Servant Protections in the Federal Bureaucracy
The presidential election is a year away, and an unpopular President Joe Biden is visibly losing mental acuity. “Weekend at Bernie’s III” was a sequel… Read More
SecurityCommentary
How to Fix the FBI
The Federal Bureau of Investigation has become a serious threat to the liberties of the American people. There’s a growing sense of urgency, especially among… Read More
EducationAnalysis
DeSantis Signs 4 of Largest Reforms of Public Education in Florida History
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, a Republican, signed four landmark pieces of education legislation Tuesday that seek to “empower teachers,” protect schools from the harmful effects… Read More
Health CareCommentary
No Time to Waste: Securing a Better Medicare for America’s Seniors
Medicare, the huge federal health program serving 65 million seniors and disabled citizens, is America’s most difficult entitlement challenge. Sticking with the status quo not… Read More
PoliticsCommentary
A Loss for Anti-Trump Media Forces: Michael Pack Confirmed as Agency for Global Media Head
After a delay of two years, on Thursday the U.S. Senate confirmed Michael Pack as the new chief executive officer of the U.S. Agency for… Read More
Educational Opportunity Continues to Expand: Kansas Now a School Choice State
School choice is blossoming in the Sunflower State this spring. Last week, Governor Sam Brownback (R) signed into law Kansas’ first school choice scholarship program—making… Read More
Don’t Be Fooled: Johnson-Crapo Bill Isn’t Significant Housing Reform
In an effort to reform the nation’s housing finance system, Senate Banking Chairman Tim Johnson (D-S.D.) and ranking member Mike Crapo (R-Idaho) will hold a… Read More
Q&A: International Monetary Fund Reforms and U.S. Aid to Ukraine
The Obama Administration and some members of the U.S. Senate have made aid to Ukraine contingent on the passage of an IMF reform package. A… Read More
Heritage Agrees With Schumer on Housing Finance Reform
The whole point of a free-enterprise system is to allow both private gains and losses so that markets don’t end up with shortages and surpluses. Subsidization leads to things like inflated home prices, and inflated markets eventually crash, wreaking havoc on the way down.
Proposed Cuts Would Barely Dent Massive Growth of Food Stamps
Food stamp spending is at historic highs—it has doubled twice since 2000. Now some on Capitol Hill say the House is trying to make major… Read More
A Case for Separating the Farm Bill: Passing Trillion-Dollar Bills Should Be a Fuss
As of last week, President Obama’s number one economic priority is a new farm bill. He recently stated: Number one, Congress needs to pass a… Read More
Convert Food Stamps to a Work Activation Program
Earlier this summer, the House took an important step in separating the bloated farm bill into an agriculture-only bill and a food stamp bill, which… Read More
How Are We Losing the War on Poverty?
After trillions of dollars in welfare spending, “we’re losing the War on Poverty,” said Representative Paul Ryan (R–WI) last week. In 1964, President Lyndon B…. Read More
SocietyNews
Want to Rebuild Opportunity, Mr. President? Start with Welfare Reform
In the kick-off to his most recent speaking tour, President Obama said the United States must “rebuild ladders of opportunity for all those Americans who… Read More
Phil Gramm’s Excellent Tax Reform Game Plan Has Just One Flaw
The momentum for tax reform continues to build. Adding to it is former Senator Phil Gramm (R–TX), who wrote an op-ed in The Wall Street… Read More
Farm Bill Defeat Is a Chance to Get Things Right
The House’s rejection of the food stamp/farm bill was a major victory for fiscal responsibility and limited government. Instead of adopting a fundamentally flawed $1… Read More
Uncle Sam Wants You… on Food Stamps?
Across the country, states are courting participants for food stamps (now known as the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP). The U.S. Department of Agriculture… Read More
EconomyNews
Hunting for Surprises in the Obama Budget
It is somehow fitting President Obama released his budget for Fiscal Year 2014 after Easter, a mere 65 days late—but who’s counting? Fitting because going… Read More
WSJ: Food Stamp Rolls Remain High Despite Economic Improvement
The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported last week that even with improvements in the economy, food stamp participation rates have reached all-time highs. Since 2008,… Read More
Morning Bell: Fighting Government Cronyism with an Opportunity Agenda
Would you like a raise? For some workers, cronyism prevents receiving raises in pay. In early 2011, a Giant Eagle supermarket in Edinboro, Pennsylvania, wanted… Read More
Morning Bell: Don’t Raise Debt Ceiling Without Balancing the Budget
All across America, families are balancing their budgets and even paying off debt. Since the financial panic of 2008, personal debt has fallen as Americans… Read More
Ryan and Rubio on the Promise of American Opportunity
At Tuesday night’s Kemp Foundation Leadership Award Dinner, Representative Paul Ryan (R–WI) and Senator Marco Rubio (R–FL) talked about ways to promote opportunity, battle poverty,… Read More
How to Explain the Entitlement Spending Crisis to Kids
In a new video parodying Dr. Seuss’s whimsical style, the American Enterprise Institute puts the problem of growing entitlement program spending in a form elementary… Read More
