Trade, Tires, and Jobs
“Over a thousand Americans are working today because we stopped a surge in Chinese tires,” asserted President Obama in his State of the Union Address…. Read More
FACT CHECK: 10 Dubious Claims from Obama’s State of the Union
President Obama made a number of questionable statements in his State of the Union address on Tuesday night. Heritage experts took on some of the… Read More
Latin America Missing from the SOTU
Beneath the President’s bully pulpit in the House of Representatives last night must be a very thick carpet under which Barack Obama managed to sweep… Read More
PODCAST: State of the Union
In this week’s Heritage in Focus, Heritage director of communications, Rory Cooper, discusses the president’s State of the Union address. Click here to listen. What’s… Read More
Obama v. Obama: The President Takes Aim at Himself
Those who might have nodded off after the first hour of President Obama’s third State of the Union address were surely brought back to consciousness… Read More
Morning Bell: Obama’s State of Omission
Speaking last night from the U.S. Capitol, President Barack Obama described the state of the Union as he sees it — strong and getting stronger,… Read More
State of the Union: President Obama Glossed over Afghan War
In listening to the State of the Union, you would never know that the U.S. still has close to 100,000 troops fighting the Taliban in… Read More
The New Fairness
In his State of the Union, President Obama has once again donned the mantle of progressivism, but this time rather than the radical argument that… Read More
State of the Union 2012: Heritage Reaction Roundup
Before the Speech Begins – Emily Goff: Previewing tonight’s speech this past weekend, Mr. Obama said: “We can go in two directions. One is towards less… Read More
Morning Bell: State of Dysfunction
Tonight, Americans who tune in to the State of the Union will watch the work of a rhetorical master with a flair for illusion. President… Read More
News
Chart of the Week: Slow Job Growth Means a Slow Economic Recovery
President Obama will deliver his third State of the Union address on Tuesday night. According to a preview video released this weekend, the speech will… Read More
Green Jobs Cronyism and Cannibalism
To rephrase President Obama’s State of the Union theme: “This is our generation’s apparatchik moment.” Yes, he said “Sputnik” instead, but his actual agenda is… Read More
Message to the President: Expanding Medicaid Will Not Reduce Federal Spending
Last night in the State of the Union address, President Obama stated that “the only way to tackle our deficit is to cut excessive spending… Read More
The State of Medical Malpractice Reform in the Union
Forgive me if I seem skeptical of President Obama’s assertion last evening in his State of the Union address when he said that he was… Read More
Morning Bell: Losing the Future
Last night, in his State of the Union, President Barack Obama claimed, “We have to make America the best place on Earth to do business…. Read More
Reaction Roundup: Heritage Responds To The State Of The Union
Heritage members and fans are discussing President Barack Obama’s State of the Unions address at Twitter and Facebook right now. And here are just some… Read More
Speaker Boehner Honors School Choice
Parents across America who’d like to lift their children out of failing public schools can be grateful that the new leader of the House of… Read More
State of Disunion
President Obama has received criticism from yet another Supreme Court justice concerning his inappropriate and unprecedented chastisement of the Court during the State of the… Read More
The Case for Justices Staying Home
The New York Times highlighted a speech that Justice Clarence Thomas delivered at a Florida law school in which he defended the Supreme Court’s recent… Read More
VIDEO: You Asked for Health Care Ideas, Mr. President. Here Are Three.
President Barack Obama asked Congress not to “walk away” from health care reform in his State of the Union address and to send him ideas… Read More
Less Economic Freedom = Fewer Jobs for Americans
What does America’s declining economic freedom mean for you? It means that America will create fewer jobs. And that means that Americans will be poorer,… Read More
The Public is Not Buying the Spending “Freeze”
During his State of the Union address, President Obama talked about a proposed spending freeze (underwhelming, as it is) and how such action can save… Read More
The Truth About President Obama and Citizens United
I have to admit that if I had been sitting in the House chamber during President Obama’s State of the Union address, I would have… Read More
Obama’s Attempt to Revive Cap and Trade
President Obama gave his first State of the Union speech last night and while his delivery reminded many Americans of the man they saw on… Read More
SecurityNews
The President’s Anemic Speech on the State of National Defense
On foreign policy and national defense, President Barack Obama’s State of the Union Address was anemic. It brushed over key issues like Iran and terrorism… Read More
Defending Freedom In A Second-Hand Car
Yesterday, an Army General penned an op-ed about why the Army needs a new combat vehicle. Most Americans would be shocked to learn that many… Read More
A View From Inside The Chamber: The Best Seat In The House
I knew the state of the American people was all right even before President Obama walked into the well of the House of Representatives to… Read More
Reaction Roundup: Heritage Responds To The State Of The Union
Heritage members and fans are discussing President Barack Obama’s State of the Unions address at Twitter and Facebook right now. And here are just some… Read More
SOTU: A View From Inside The Chamber
Throughout his long speech, President Obama never acknowledged that Americans have been sending him a message or that he had bothered to listen. Instead, the… Read More
Budget Wars: Fighting for Defense
In his State of the Union address tonight, President Obama is expected to announce a freeze on federal spending with some notable exceptions including one… Read More
