White House Sends Confused, Unhelpful Message to NATO Allies on Afghanistan
The mixed messages coming from the Obama Administration last week on the future of combat operations in Afghanistan have left our allies confused, the Afghan… Read More
Chart of the Week: How Countries Compare on Economic Freedom
Heritage and the Wall Street Journal released the 2012 Index of Economic Freedom on Thursday, ranking 179 countries on 10 benchmarks that gauge their economic… Read More
PODCAST: Kim Jong-Un and North Korea
In this week’s Heritage in Focus, expert Bruce Klingner discusses all the latest surrounding North Korea and the death of Kim Jong Il. Click here… Read More
Chart of the Week: U.S. Debt on Track to Fuel Economic Crisis Like Greece
Greece continues to dominate the headlines as the country faces an increasingly dire economic situation and now political uncertainty as well. Prime Minister George Papandreou… Read More
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Top 10 Reads: September 22, 2011
Catching you up on clips, commentary and news of the day. Sign up for the daily email update from Scribe The Great $16 Muffin Myth… Read More
Heritage Libertad Radio: Jobs, Religion in America, More
Be sure to listen to last week’s Heritage Libertad radio show, both in English and Spanish. The show included segments on President Obama’s upcoming jobs… Read More
Global Public Opinion: Declining U.S., Rising China
According to a recent global survey, opinion of the United States continues to be generally favorable in most regions of the world, but it appears… Read More
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Emboldened al-Qaeda Branch Exploits Security Vacuum in Southern Yemen
President Ali Abdullah Saleh, although badly wounded, plans to return to Yemen on July 17 to celebrate the 33rd anniversary of his ascent to power…. Read More
America Outmatches China Economically (For Now)
China announced its economic results for the first quarter this morning. GDP was said to grow a strong 9.7 percent, while consumer inflation reached a… Read More
Pakistan Attack Plans – What Is Wrong With This Picture?
According to Reuters, “U.S. military leaders are reviewing options for a unilateral strike in Pakistan if there is a successful attack on American soil tied… Read More
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Iran’s Nuclear Program: Does the U.S. Have a Strategy?
On Sunday, The New York Times reported that Defense Secretary Robert Gates had sent a secret memo to the White House that warned that the… Read More
Time to Reverse Canada’s Sharp Competitive Edge against the U.S.
Early this year, the 2010 Index of Economic Freedom, the Heritage Foundation’s data driven policy guide, reported that our economy is no longer in the… Read More
On U.S.-Bound Cargo, Europeans Understand What Congress Doesn’t
Yesterday, the European Commission published a paper which looked at the U.S. mandate requiring scanning of 100 percent of the U.S. bound cargo containers. The… Read More
Rising Red Tape Erodes Economic Freedom in United States
Red tape – rules, regulations, restrictions and mandates imposed on America – rose alarmingly in 2009, mirroring the overall decline in economic freedom in the… 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
U.S. Can’t Lead on Economic Freedom When It’s Retreating
The news is out: the U.S. is falling behind on economic freedom. In the 2010 edition of the Index of Economic Freedom, the United States,… Read More
Video: Charles Krauthammer Speaks at Heritage on “The Age of Obama”
Dr. Charles Krauthammer, who described President Barack Obama’s first 12 months in office as “the year of living fecklessly,” spoke at The Heritage Foundation last… Read More
“Mostly Free” Means Fewer Jobs, Less Money for Millions in U.S.
This year’s Index of Economic Freedom contains the unsettling news that the United States has dropped out of the exclusive club of free economies and… Read More
Economic Freedom: The Key to Making Our Prosperity Enduring
The President asserted during a major speech in January: “One of the greatest contributions the United States can make to the world is to promote… Read More
The Obsessions of Hugo Chavez on Haiti Defy Logic
Venezuela’s President Hugo Chavez is a man consumed by an obsession. That obsession is the United States. The United States wants to assassinate him; steal… Read More
The U.S. Isn’t as Free as It Used to Be
The United States is losing ground to its major competitors in the global marketplace, according to the 2010 Index of Economic Freedom released today by… Read More
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Three Reasons to Support the U.S. India Civil Nuclear Age
Heritage’s Lisa Curtis explains why Congress must move quickly to implement the US-India Civil Nuclear Deal. The deal would stregnthen US-India relations. India is a… Read More
