President Obama’s Middle East Trip Underscores Need for Economic Freedom
President Obama is in the Middle East this week, two years and three months after Tunisian street vendor Mohamed Bouazizi unleashed the Arab Spring by… Read More
LawNews
Is the Government Reading Your E-Mail?
Should the contents of your e-mail messages be protected from unwarranted law enforcement scrutiny to the same extent as your physical letters sent through the… Read More
Obamacare at 3 Years: Unrealistic Expectations for ACOs
Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs)—a concept that a group of doctors and hospitals will work collectively to manage the care and costs of Medicare patients—were expected… Read More
Eliminate the Ineffective SNAP Employment and Training Program
Senator Pat Roberts’s (R–KS) amendment to the Senate’s budget plan (S.Con.Res. 8) to eliminate funding for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program’s (SNAP) Employment and Training… Read More
Obamacare at Three Years: One Entitlement Repealed, Two to Go
When the same Congressmen who voted for Obamacare vote to repeal a provision of it, it’s obvious that provision must be totally unworkable on every… Read More
SecurityNews
North Korea Ups the Ante with Cyber Attack
On Tuesday, several South Korean banks and television broadcasters were taken offline due to a “pretty massive” cyber attack. For the most part these attacks… Read More
SocietyNews
Redefining Marriage Threatens Religious Liberty
Religious liberty doesn’t stop at the church doors. The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty, the nonpartisan public-interest law firm dedicated to protecting the free expression… Read More
Carbon Tax: Still a Bad Idea
An anti-carbon tax amendment will likely be considered as the Senate attempts to pass its first budget in four years. While it has been made… Read More
Senate Budget Tax Plan: Slowing Opportunity for Americans to Grow Income
Senator Patty Murray’s (D–WA) budget tax plan directly calls for $975 billion in new tax increases over the next decade. Indeed, the Senate budget is… Read More
Carbon Tax: Australia’s Experience Is a Chance for the U.S. to Get It Right
“This is the most effective and efficient way to drive innovation to find better, less-polluting ways of producing power, goods and services,” Australian Treasurer Wayne… Read More
SocietyNews
International Jurists: Marriage Is Between a Man and Woman
The United States Constitution should be interpreted without appeal to foreign law or international norms. In his dissenting opinion in Atkins v. Virginia, Justice Antonin… Read More
Obamacare Pre-Existing Conditions Coverage: Low Enrollment, High Costs
One of Obamacare’s main selling points during the health care reform debate was the need to provide insurance coverage to those with pre-existing conditions—but like… Read More
$123,000 Department of Education Salary in the Time of Sequester
What pain has sequester wrought at the federal Department of Education? Apparently, not much. The 4,200-person agency has just hired a new “executive director of… Read More
House Makes Case for Improving Foster Care and Adoption
Today, many foster children languish in a system that can often become a “trap door” rather than a means to a stable home. The House… Read More
Homeland Security: Streamline America’s Domestic Enterprise
Today, the U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations is holding a hearing titled, “Counterterrorism Policies and Priorities: Addressing the Evolving Threat.” The hearing has just… Read More
LawNews
Supreme Court Strikes a Blow to State Court Bias
In a unanimous opinion yesterday by Justice Stephen Breyer in Standard Fire Ins. Co. v. Knowles, the Supreme Court concluded that plaintiffs’ attorneys can’t evade… Read More
The RSC Budget: A First Look
The Republican Study Committee (RSC) has proposed a budget that balances in just four years while holding tax revenue at near its historical average. It… Read More
WATCH: Conversations with Conservatives at 11:30 a.m. ET Today
Today at 11:30 a.m. ET a group of free-market and liberty-minded members of Congress will meet on Capitol Hill to discuss the most important issues of… Read More
Health CareNews
Morning Bell: A Stark Choice for America’s Budget
For the first time in four years, the U.S. Congress is engaged in a full-throated budget debate. Take a moment for at least a quiet… Read More
Obamacare at Three Years: Failing Small Businesses
One of Obamacare’s many failures is the temporary small business tax credit, which is intended to encourage small employers to offer health insurance to their… Read More
Heritage Honors Dr. William Van Cleave
Today, The Heritage Foundation commemorates and honors Dr. William Van Cleave, who passed away on Friday. Dr. Van Cleave, former Marine, was an astute champion… Read More
Ways and Means Small Business Tax Reform Proposal a Positive Step
Under the leadership of Chairman Dave Camp (R–MI), the House Ways and Means Committee released draft legislation for improving the tax treatment of small business…. Read More
Retirement: Delaying It Brings Many Benefits
Too many healthy seniors retire early at a loss to their wealth and to society. Meanwhile, Social Security is in dire need of reform. Delaying… Read More
DOE Sitting on Taxpayer Dollars Due to Negative Publicity
Despite billions of dollars in unused loan authority remaining under the Department of Energy’s (DOE) Loan Programs Office, negative publicity surrounding the loan guarantee programs… Read More
How Not to Negotiate with Russia: The Missile Defense Fiasco
Russia’s objections to U.S. missile defense development and deployment have been on the agenda of consecutive American Administrations starting with Ronald Reagan in the 1980s…. 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
SocietyNews
Ideology, Not Science, Behind Redefining Marriage
Severe flaws and limitations exist in the scientific research into the relatively new phenomenon of same-sex parenting, argue preeminent political scientists Leon R. Kass and… Read More
NYC Teen Pregnancy Ads Should Focus on Why Marriage Matters
New York City has a new ad campaign to prevent teen pregnancy, which has stirred up quite the controversy. Featuring faces of distraught babies, the… Read More
SecurityNews
Central al-Qaeda May Be Wounded but Terrorist Threat Remains
On March 12 the Director of National Intelligence (DNI) released a report on the “Worldwide Threat Assessment of the US Intelligence Community.” The report stated… Read More
House Votes to Restore Welfare Work Requirements
On March 13, the House voted to restore the work requirements that the Obama Administration attempted to gut from the 1996 welfare reform law. The… Read More
