EconomyNews
Speed Cameras Make a Comeback in New Mexico’s Capital
SANTA FE, N.M.—A lot of people just don’t like traffic cameras. Two years ago, a 65-year-old Santa Fe man received the nickname “Speedcam Commando” after… Read More
SecurityNews
Montel Williams Lashes Out at Washington Over Veterans’ Care
Former talk-show host Montel Williams, a retired U.S. Marine and Navy veteran, delivered an emotional speech slamming the Obama administration and lawmakers in Congress for… Read More
EconomyCommentary
Obamanomics Cost Now Tops $5,000 Per Family
This morning’s depressing revised calculation of the growth of the economy in the first quarter of 2014 (-1.0 percent) makes it official: The Obama expansion… Read More
SecurityNews
Romney: Veterans Hospitals Need Competition, Standards
Mitt Romney lent a private-sector management perspective to the health care scandal at the Department of Veterans Affairs in an appearance last night on “The… Read More
SocietyCommentary
Gun Control Can’t End Evil
Mass shootings in southern California last week are bringing up many of the same arguments the country heard after similar atrocities in Columbine, Aurora, and,… Read More
EnergyCommentary
Obama Is Bypassing Congress Again. This Time It’s Going to Cost You.
Next week, the Obama administration is planning to unveil a climate action plan that it intends to implement without legislative approval. It’s a creative approach… Read More
SocietyNews
Three News Reporters Join Lineup of The Daily Signal
The Daily Signal, the multimedia news organization of The Heritage Foundation, has hired two reporters and a news producer in advance of a June 3… Read More
SecurityNews
On Overseas Trip, Ted Cruz Lends Support to Israel, Ukraine
He walked Independence Square in Kiev, the site of months of turmoil, and spoke with leaders of the protest movement, many of them college-aged. He visited… Read More
SecurityNews
This Congressman Says America Must Lead With ‘Capability’ and ‘Will’
As President Barack Obama issued a broad defense of his foreign policy, arguing for restraint and coalition-building, Rep. Mac Thornberry, R-Texas, speaking at The Heritage… Read More
SecurityNews
Foreign Policy Leaders Slam Obama’s Afghanistan Troop Withdrawal
A day after President Obama announced he will withdraw all American troops from Afghanistan by the end of 2016, Council on Foreign Relations President Richard… Read More
EnergyAnalysis
The Obama Administration’s Hypocritical Environmental Policy
Congress and the federal government have enacted policies and made decisions in the name of protecting the environment. The problem is, now those decisions have… Read More
Health CareAnalysis
Nevada Gives Up on $91 Million Obamacare Exchange
Nevada has become the latest state to announce it will concede Obamacare exchange enrollment responsibilities to the federal government via healthcare.gov. Nevada became the third… Read More
EnergyAnalysis
EPA Gives Grants for Global Warming Poverty
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Gina McCarthy announced yesterday nearly $9 million in university research grants to study cleaner cookstoves and fuels that “improve air… Read More
EconomyAnalysis
Gender Does Not Affect Gender Pay Gap
We’ve probably all heard the expression “You get what you pay for.” This rings true for employers as well regarding the “gender pay gap.” As… Read More
SecurityNews
Heritage’s Gardiner: Obama Isn’t Addressing How to Prevent Al-Qaida From Flourishing in Afghanistan
On CNN this morning, Nile Gardiner argued that President Obama’s West Point speech failed to address what strategy the United States would use to make… Read More
SecurityNews
Why Obama’s Afghanistan Withdrawal Has Bill Kristol So Upset: ‘I Find It Sickening’
Bill Kristol is no fan of President Obama’s decision to withdraw U.S. troops from Afghanistan. He made it quite clear on CNN’s “Crossfire” during a… Read More
SecurityAnalysis
Fighting Boko Haram Does Not End With Finding the Girls
It has been more than six weeks since nearly 300 Nigerian girls were kidnapped by the terrorist group, Boko Haram. Over the weekend, some media… Read More
EconomyNews
Study: Cronyism Increasingly Lucrative for Politicians and Businesses
Multibillion-dollar “economic development” deals are steadily shifting wealth from taxpayers to large corporations, state by state, according to a new study. Researchers from George Mason… Read More
EconomyAnalysis
Permanent ‘Bonus Depreciation’ an Important Move Toward Tax Reform
The present tax system is biased against savings and investment in many ways. One of the most important is that, unlike other expenses, businesses must… Read More
SecurityCommentary
Top 5 Things President Obama Should Do Today
Only some of each president’s speeches are billed as “major,” and today’s is one of them for President Obama. His commencement address at West Point… Read More
EducationAnalysis
The Obama Administration’s Absurd Battle Over School Meal Programs
“Well, who you gonna believe, me or your own eyes?” This Marx Brothers quote from “Duck Soup” is effectively the mantra of the Obama Administration… Read More
EconomyNews
The One Policy That Would ‘Devastate’ Restaurants, According to Carl’s Jr. CEO
The chief executive of CKE Restaurants—parent company of Carl’s Jr. and Hardee’s—says the Obama administration is anti-business and the outlook isn’t getting any better. “Basically,… Read More
SocietyNews
Mark Steyn Thinks Obama Could Use Pen, Phone to Free Sudan Mom
As U.S. officials and bureaucrats depict the wife of an American citizen’s plight in Sudan as outrageous, delicate and complicated, conservative commentator Mark Steyn proposes… Read More
SecurityAnalysis
Obama Just Set a New Timeline for Withdrawing Troops from Afghanistan. Why That’s a Mistake.
Once again President Barack Obama is trying to split the difference with his military commanders. On the positive side of the ledger, he has acceded… Read More
SecurityNews
14 Heroes Worth Honoring
Our nation’s biggest heroes are alive in the hearts of our people. Through stories and photography passed down from generation to generation, your grandfather’s heroism… Read More
EconomyAnalysis
Thomas Piketty’s Questionable Data
Thomas Piketty made some questionable choices in adjusting and presenting the data that underlies his bestselling economics tome, “Capital in the Twenty-First Century.” Chris Giles,… Read More
EconomyAnalysis
Ways and Means Committee Following Right Approach on Tax Extenders
The House Ways and Means Committee this week will mark up bills to extend permanently certain provisions in the tax extenders—a group of roughly 50… Read More
EconomyCommentary
The Economic History Lessons We Never Learned
Are conservatives going to allow liberals to rewrite the history of the Great Recession, just as they so successfully did in writing the fictitious account of the Great… Read More
EducationAnalysis
This Policy Could Help Parents Afford College
There is a way parents can afford to send their kids to college without emptying their savings accounts. Currently, college is a major expense on… Read More
EconomyNews
Seeing Green, Local Governments Rebuff Efforts to Turn Off Red Light Cameras
Red light cameras have generated millions in revenue for towns and cities across the country, but they’ve brought plenty of controversy, too. More than 500… Read More
