Morning Bell: Can Obamacare Get the Young Blood It Needs to Live?
What would it take to get you to enroll in Obamacare? A folksy song? A celebrity endorsement? An ad in a porta-potty? Taxpayer money may… Read More
Reckless Government Spending Isn’t Funny, But This New Sitcom Is
Do you think the federal government spends too much money? The answer is pretty obvious — and not a laughing matter. But the group Bankrupting… Read More
Occupy Wall Street Occupies the White House
The Occupy Wall Street Movement may be dead as a doornail, but its spirit is alive and well in the White House. Only a few… Read More
Government Investigation Reveals Inadequate Security at U.S. Embassies
Recent testimony has revealed the fragile nature of the security of many American embassies. State Department officials Gregory B. Starr and Bill A. Miller testified… Read More
Obamacare Continues to Cut Workers Hours
A Washington Post front-page story reported what many of us already know: The employer mandate in Obamacare is causing employers to cut workers’ hours as… Read More
The Royal Baby and Class-Based Health Care
On Monday, Duchess Kate gave birth to royal baby Prince George in a private suite in the posh Lindo Wing of St. Mary’s Hospital for… Read More
Reid Throws Major Roadblock in Front of Tax Reform
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D–NV) has just thrown a roadblock in front of tax reform that could stall the strong momentum that has been… Read More
SecurityNews
TSA PreCheck Expansion: A Step in the Right Direction
In a welcome move, the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) recently announced that it is expanding the pre-screening program known as PreCheck to the general public…. Read More
What’s More Dangerous—a Sharknado or an EMP Attack?
The SyFy channel’s newest original movie, Sharknado, took social media by storm earlier this month and continues to gain traction (a sequel is in the… Read More
Animated Squirrels, Prunes, and Doggie Hair Gel: Your Tax Dollars at Work
The federal government has spent more than $3 billion over the past 35 years to help multinational agriculture businesses with their overseas marketing. Taxpayers pay… Read More
GUEST POST: 10 Years of Mixed Results from Homeland Security
This year marks the 10th anniversary of the creation of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). DHS was established to help prevent terrorist attacks within… Read More
SocietyNews
Family Fact of the Week: Americans Have Religious Liberty Every Day of the Week
What days should Americans be able to live out their religious beliefs? Is religious liberty limited to church on Sunday or synagogue on Saturday? Or… Read More
Why Is This Immigrant So Fired Up Against Amnesty?
It was 1988. Virginia Prodan had no money, spoke no English, and had two children with a baby on the way. But she was finally… Read More
Health CareNews
Morning Bell: 3 Whoppers from Obama’s Big Economic Speech
President Obama sure was excited about his speech yesterday. He talked for more than an hour in sweeping, grandiose terms about everything that’s happened since… Read More
NSA, Immigration, and Obamacare: Here’s What You Missed from Conversations with Conservatives
Conservative members of Congress gathered Wednesday to talk with national press and bloggers about defunding Obamacare, the farm bill, immigration reform, and the National Security… Read More
Keystone Pipeline: Shaheen–Portman Bill the Wrong Place for a Keystone Amendment
The Heritage Foundation has already made the case that the Shaheen–Portman energy efficiency bill promises only more federal intervention and corporate welfare. Adding an amendment… Read More
Climate Change: What’s Happening?
President Obama reiterated his Administration’s commitment to addressing climate change in his Galesburg speech today, calling carbon dioxide “dangerous carbon pollution.” But just how dangerous… Read More
What Everyone Ought to Know About Breadwinner Moms
Watch live streaming video from heritagefoundation at livestream.com The Heritage Foundation and the Independent Women’s Forum hosted “Breadwinner Moms: Truth Behind the Trend” yesterday to… Read More
ANALYSIS | Obama’s Economic Speech: Another Summer Rerun
President Obama traveled to Illinois today to give the same tired, worn-out economic speech he’s been giving for almost five years now. Rather than offering… Read More
GUEST POST: Unconventional Warfare: The Forgotten Threats
On April 15, our nation was the victim of a terrorist attack at one of our most celebrated sporting events, the Boston Marathon. Citizens from… Read More
Great Green Fleet = Big Red Ink
It seems that Washington has a mandate, subsidy, or loan program for every bad idea. Today’s example is military biofuels. Just this spring, the Defense… Read More
VIDEO: Rubio Gives 5 Reasons to Defund Obamacare
“There are people in Washington that love to say, ‘We’re against Obamacare.’ How can you be against Obamacare but vote for a budget that funds… Read More
Why Florida Police Shouldn’t Have Arrested a Gator for Barking at a Dog
Most people would agree that deliberately interfering with ongoing police investigations should be illegal. In that light, the news that University of Florida linebacker Antonio… Read More
Sexual Assault in the Military: Fix the Right Problem
Some conservatives have joined Senator Kirsten Gillibrand’s (D–NY) effort to remove the chain of command from cases of sexual assault in the military. They give… Read More
3 “Kitchen Table” Topics for Obama’s Speech Today
President Obama says he’s ready to get back to the “kitchen table” issues we’re all talking about. After months of focusing on gun control, amnesty… Read More
Are You Getting Fooled by Obama? Check These 5 Pictures and Find Out
Organizing for Action, President Obama’s campaign group, is good at what it does. Its activists know how to get people fired up about President Obama,… Read More
Why Don’t We Have Free Trade with Every Country?
With a July 31 expiration date fast approaching, both the House and Senate last week introduced legislation that would extend free trade preferences to developing… Read More
How Government Shut Down the Chinatown Bus
The federal regulatory apparatus has made Americans poorer and less safe, and it has eliminated hundreds of jobs by shutting down 41 bus companies in… Read More
Coal Ash Bill Empowers States
The House will soon consider Representative David McKinley’s (R–WV) Coal Residuals Reuse and Management Act (H.R. 2218), which would block the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)… Read More
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A Backdoor Path to Amnesty?
Members of Congress have debated various versions of the DREAM Act more than 30 times over the past dozen years. They’ll do so again today,… Read More
