Google Hangout on Right to Work in Michigan
Join us on Friday, December 14, at noon ET for our “Lunch with Heritage” Google+ Hangout. We will be hosting a panel discussion on what… Read More
A123: It’s Not China’s Government That’s The Problem
China’s largest auto-parts maker just won the bidding for A123 Systems, the bankrupted electric car battery company. It’s time to back the car up and… Read More
Saving Medicare: New Legislation from Retiring Congressman Herger
Retiring House Ways and Mean Health Care Subcommittee chairman Wally Herger (R–CA) has introduced the most complete and detailed major Medicare reform proposal in a… Read More
BioWatch Early Warning System Should Be Continued
Despite serving as the U.S.’s only defense against biological weapons, the BioWatch program is on the cutting board because of high cost and a large… Read More
VIDEO: How Harry Reid’s Power Grab Would Harm the Senate
Senator Roy Blunt (R-MO) visited The Heritage Foundation Tuesday to underscore the importance and tradition of Senate rules and warn against the blatant power grab… Read More
Big Chemical: For Natural Gas Exports Before They Were Against Them
As the country waits with bated breath for the Obama Administration to belatedly approve nearly a dozen natural gas export projects, big chemical companies are… Read More
SecurityNews
Morning Bell: North Korea Threatens with Successful Missile Launch
North Korea successfully launched a missile early Wednesday—a big step toward achieving the capability to hit targets in the United States. Under the transparent public… Read More
Tax Increases Won’t Solve Washington’s Spending Problem
“We make some tough spending cuts on things that we don’t need; and then we ask the wealthiest Americans to pay a slightly higher tax… Read More
Health CareNews
Not-So-Safe Harbor: Court Allows Archdiocese’s HHS Mandate Challenge to Proceed
For the first time, a federal court has permitted a Health and Human Services (HHS) mandate challenge by a religious nonprofit organization to go forward…. Read More
Energy: America Delays, China Advances
The Canadian government just approved the $15.1 billion acquisition of integrated oil and gas producer Nexen by China’s third-largest oil company, state-owned China National Offshore… Read More
The Death Tax: A Family Business Story (VIDEO)
Pursuing the American dream is tough enough these days without having to worry about losing it all in the end. “It’s a weight on your… Read More
Trade Deficit Increase Not Necessarily a Bad Thing
The U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) announced today that imports and exports both declined in October while the overall trade deficit increased. Reactions to… Read More
Overcriminalization: Jail Time for Charging a Cell Phone, Drying Clothes
Did you know that you could be put in jail for charging your cell phone? Or for hanging your clothes out to dry? These are… Read More
Morning Bell: Unions Losing in Their Last Stronghold
This is the week that Michigan’s workers will finally be freed from forced unionization. After decades of United Auto Workers control over the struggling American… Read More
Do We Need a New Law to Make Stealing Illegal?
Everyone agrees that stealing should be a crime. Theft has been an offense in every society that has recognized property rights. Theft was a crime… Read More
Liberal Welfare State in Decline
Even as the country deals with the crisis of the “fiscal cliff,” there’s another crisis waiting in the wings. “The second act will occur early… Read More
New Website Gives Support to Pennsylvania Teachers
Freetoteach.org, a new website created by the Pennsylvania-based Commonwealth Foundation, helps Pennsylvania teachers understand education unions and their rights when it comes to joining a… Read More
U.S. Should Export Natural Gas
A long-awaited report on natural gas exports was finally released by the Department of Energy (DOE) last week. Unsurprisingly, it concluded that exporting natural gas… Read More
EnergyNews
Morning Bell: Stop Meeting with the U.N. on Climate Change
Two days ago, the 18th United Nations conference on climate change wrapped up. As they did at the previous 17 conferences, developing nations demanded that… Read More
Cloakroom: The Waiting Continues
House Cloakroom: December 10 – December 14 Analysis: The waiting game continues here in Washington as the talks over the fiscal cliff continue. The House… Read More
How Conservatives Reach Out to Hispanics: Heritage Libertad Radio
How can conservatives connect with Hispanics? What exactly is religious liberty? These are just two of the many questions answered in this month’s installment of… Read More
Former Prisoners Help Kids Get to School Safely
As the winter sun rises, a cadre of men walks a familiar route from school to school within some of the most poverty-stricken, crime-plagued neighborhoods… Read More
Surprise, Surprise: Report Finds Homeland Security Wasting Money
In his oversight report, “Safety at Any Price: Assessing the Impact of Homeland Security Spending in U.S. Cities,” Senator Tom Coburn (R–OK) highlights several examples… Read More
Health CareNews
Americans Recognize Obamacare’s Religious Liberty Problem
Americans see the problem with the religious liberty violation at the leading edge of Obamacare implementation, according to a new poll released by Rasmussen Reports… Read More
LawNews
Supreme Court to Hear Defense of Marriage Act Challenges: Legal Analysis
It’s official: The Supreme Court announced today that it will take up the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) this term. This was hardly unexpected. As… Read More
10 Things Americans Spend More on Than Elections
The $6 billion tab of 2011-12 election cycle political expenditures had barely been tallied before anti-free speech groups began calling for additional campaign finance reforms…. Read More
Pearl Harbor: Lessons for Missile Defense Today
On this day 71 years ago, the U.S. was attacked by the Empire of Japan. At the time, U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt declared it… Read More
Obamacare May Hike Your Pet’s Health Care Bills
American health care consumers aren’t the only ones who will be hit by slated Obamacare tax hikes. Medical bills for their pets may go up… Read More
Death Tax: Why Should the Government Get “Something for Nothing”? (VIDEO)
The federal estate tax, better known by its more accurate moniker the “death tax,” is poised to rise to 55 percent with just a $1… Read More
A Rare Showing of Bipartisanship
Yesterday, in a rare showing of bipartisanship, the lame-duck Senate passed the Russia and Moldova Jackson–Vanik Repeal Act of 2012 by a vote of 92–4…. Read More
