Heritage Remembers Margaret Thatcher (VIDEO)
Margaret Thatcher — a woman of character, leadership and a convicted spirit. A woman dedicated to individual freedom. The Heritage Foundation is proud of our… Read More
Jim DeMint on Margaret Thatcher: “The World Has Lost One of Its Greatest Champions of Freedom”
Heritage has lost one of her greatest friends, and the world has lost one of its greatest champions of freedom. Margaret Thatcher led Great Britain… Read More
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Heritage Mourns Loss of Lady Margaret Thatcher, “Intrepid Warrior for Freedom”
Great Britain and the world have lost a great leader. The Heritage Foundation, like all of America, has lost a faithful ally. And, speaking personally,… Read More
Kristol and Gillespie: Time to Get Serious on Missile Defense
On Fox News Sunday’s panel discussion on the North Korean situation, Republican strategist Ed Gillespie voiced concerns over the Obama Administration’s having “flipped on missile… Read More
Morning Bell: Farewell from Ed Feulner
Dear friends, Today is my last day as president of The Heritage Foundation, and I want to write you one last note in that capacity…. Read More
Reagan’s Inspiring Words on Defense: “Peace through Strength”
Thirty years ago, President Ronald Reagan put forth a vision to reduce the danger of nuclear war by launching the Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI). Representative… Read More
The 30th Anniversary of SDI, President Reagan’s Visionary Idea
Ronald Reagan’s Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI) speech in 1983 launched a program to eliminate the threat posed by a nuclear attack and set the groundwork… Read More
Morning Bell: The Difference One Man Makes
Who has been the most consequential conservative of the past four decades? We could say Ronald Reagan, the indomitable optimist who won two landslide presidential… Read More
Morning Bell: What Reagan Knew About Missile Defense
It would take only 33 minutes for a missile to reach the U.S. from anywhere in the world. That’s a sobering thought when North Korea… Read More
Valentine’s Day Advice from Ronald Reagan
In 2004, Kiron Skinner, Annelise Anderson, and Martin Anderson released Reagan: A Life in Letters, a best-selling selection from the more than 10,000 letters that… Read More
Reagan’s Legacy: “The Sacred Value of Human Life”
Yesterday we celebrated Ronald Reagan’s 102nd birthday. A little-known fact about President Reagan is that he is the only sitting president to have ever published… Read More
VIDEO: Rand Paul on the Rise of Islamic Radicalism
How can American foreign policy meet the challenge of radical Islam? By adopting the principles America used to win the cold war, said Senator Rand… Read More
Ronald Reagan at 102
Barack Obama frequently reminds Americans that he took office during difficult economic times. But he’s certainly not the first president to have done so. What… Read More
Reagan’s Legacy: Economic Freedom
In his January speech, the President spoke eloquently: “One of the greatest contributions the United States can make to the world is to promote freedom… Read More
Rand Paul on Restoring the Founders’ Vision of Foreign Policy
Since his upset victory in 2010, Senator Rand Paul has made headlines with his independent views. Heritage’s Jackie Anderson recently sat down with the Kentucky… Read More
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Presidential Speeches Quiz: Who Said It?
Barack Obama has compared himself to many Presidents. First he ran as Abraham Lincoln reincarnated. He even appealed to the spirit of Ronald Reagan. Then… Read More
No, the Obama Doctrine Is Not the Reagan Doctrine
In the realm of foreign policy, President Obama’s a second Ronald Reagan, or so says James Joyner, the managing editor of the Atlantic Council. This… Read More
President Reagan on Trade, Peace, and Prosperity
As President Obama crafts his 2013 trade agenda, he should look to the words of Ronald Reagan for inspiration: Free trade serves the cause of… Read More
Top 10 Heritage Videos of 2012
Videos once again played an important role in 2012 as campaigns, policy organizations and individuals sought ways to break through the saturated media environment with… Read More
Top 10 Heritage Images of 2012
Instagram sold for $1 billion in April, remarkable news for a company that wasn’t even around two years earlier. Meanwhile, sites like Pinterest and Tumblr blossomed…. Read More
Heritage Mourns Loss of Judge Bork
Former federal judge and Supreme Court nominee Robert H. Bork died this morning at the age of 85. Bork served as U.S. solicitor general and a… Read More
Pearl Harbor: Lessons for Missile Defense Today
On this day 71 years ago, the U.S. was attacked by the Empire of Japan. At the time, U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt declared it… Read More
Jim DeMint to Become Heritage’s Next President
Senator Jim DeMint (R-SC) will leave the U.S. Senate next year to become president of The Heritage Foundation, succeeding Edwin J. Feulner, the man who… Read More
Bipartisan Tax Reform? It Happened in 1986
Whenever Washington leaders start talking about the economy, they like to refer to deals and legislation from years past. In the latest fiscal cliff talks,… Read More
Time to Boost Free Trade Closer to Home
America’s free trade agreements in Latin America are a major opportunity. But even though the new U.S.–Panama free trade agreement went into effect on October… Read More
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Morning Bell: Today Is Your Day—Vote, America
In urging the delegates to a New York convention to ratify the U.S. Constitution in 1788, Alexander Hamilton emphasized the principal strength of the new… Read More
Morning Bell: The Next President and the Supreme Court
Every vote counts. And this year, it could count double. One vote could decide both the immediate election and the course of constitutional law for… Read More
FEMA Disaster Website Suddenly Less Transparent
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has been out of control in its disaster declarations, and the Obama Administration has issued more of these than… Read More
Echoes of 1980
For those old enough to remember 1980, the current campaign can seem mighty familiar. Back then, for example, the presidency of Jimmy Carter was besieged… Read More
Eisenhower, Goldwater, and Reagan on GOP Foreign Policy
In an election year dominated by worries about jobs and the economy, it’s easy to forget that the president’s major constitutional concern is supposed to… Read More
