QDR: An Opportunity for the Pentagon and Congress
The Department of Defense is currently preparing to conduct a Quadrennial Defense Review (QDR). The end goal of this process is the production of a… Read More
Louisiana Unions Fight School Choice, Opportunity for Children
Friday was a sad day for Louisiana students. In response to a suit brought by education unions, a district court ruled that the Louisiana school… Read More
SocietyNews
Children of Same-Sex Unions: New Research on Family Stability and Structure
Primary schoolchildren in married heterosexual households are 35 percent more likely to make typical school progress than peers in same-sex households, according to a new… Read More
Morning Bell: What IS the Fiscal Cliff?
With just a few weeks left in 2012, all eyes in Washington are on Capitol Hill and the “fiscal cliff” negotiations. As usual, Congress and… Read More
Helping the Poor and Addicted Turn Their Lives Around (VIDEO)
Strong marriage and family relationships are crucial to fighting poverty. This was the message shared by grassroots leaders at an anti-poverty conference sponsored by The… Read More
Cloakroom: Hurry Up and Wait
House Cloakroom: December 3 – December 7 Analysis: The House has returned from its Thanksgiving vacation, when Members undoubtedly ate well and enjoyed numerous football… Read More
Ethanol: List of Mandate’s Victims Keeps Growing
Bring a rancher, a motorcyclist, a governor, a poultry producer, a gas station manager, and a restaurant owner together around a table, and they probably… Read More
Farm Subsidies Hurt the Poor Worldwide
Got milk? The European Parliament sure does. European dairy farmers were in Brussels this week to protest proposed changes in dairy regulations. Protestors doused the… Read More
Defense Budget: Military “Experts” Seem to Have Short Memories
A recently released report from the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments, “Strategic Choices: Navigating Austerity,” argues that allowing some hollowing out of our military… Read More
Virginia’s Uranium Working Group Releases Report
The Uranium Working Group (UWG)—established by Governor Bob McDonnell (R–VA) to help Virginia state legislators determine the regulatory requirements for uranium mining—released its final report… Read More
Green Graveyard: ReVolt Technology Bites the Dust
Bringing the number of tombstones in Heritage’s Green Graveyard to 20 is ReVolt Technology, a Portland-based company, which specialized in developing zinc-air flow battery systems…. Read More
Defense Budget: Getting the Assumptions Right
Earlier this year, the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments conducted an exercise that purported to show how a smaller defense budget wouldn’t be so… Read More
Production: Obama Administration Praises Lackluster Oil and Gas Lease Sale
Yesterday marked the first oil and gas lease sale of the Obama Administration’s five-year program for the Outer Continental Shelf. The federal government raked in… Read More
Fiscal Cliff: Will Obama Stop Kicking the Can Down the Road on Entitlements?
Even with the President’s desired tax hikes, publicly held debt would rise by $7.7 trillion in 10 years under the President’s budget. That’s right: Our… Read More
Morning Bell: 6 Fixes to America’s Fiscal Crisis
President Obama made his first offer to congressional Republicans yesterday in negotiations over the “fiscal cliff”—an economic catastrophe of tax hikes just a few weeks… Read More
Health CareNews
Lesson for Warren Buffett: British Millionaires’ Response to Tax Increases
As the fiscal cliff approaches, Congress and President Obama continue to debate tax increases, even though spending is the problem. Investor Warren Buffett recently opined… Read More
Lunch with Heritage Google+ Hangout on the Fiscal Cliff
While we are poised on the edge of a “fiscal cliff,” there are things the President and Congress can do to move us away from… Read More
Prevention of Airline Carbon Taxes Should Be a Model for Carbon Regulations
President Obama recently signed legislation that prevents the European Union (EU) from taxing U.S. airline emissions for planes that travel to and from EU countries…. Read More
Family Fact of the Week: Teens Need Parental Involvement, Not “Emergency Contraception”
A new policy statement from the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) has some parents and physicians concerned—and rightly so. The statement recommends that pediatricians counsel… Read More
Liberal Stealth Groups Paved Obama Win
More than 4 million people who voted for Barack Obama in 2008 did not vote this year. But by applying new voter science, Obama nudged… Read More
EconomyNews
Morning Bell: The Danger of International Internet Regulation
Regulating the Internet is something Americans have resisted here at home. Now that fight is going global. The United Nations—of course—has an agency that oversees… Read More
It’s a Bird! It’s a Plane! It’s the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter!
On November 15, the 33rd Fighter Wing of the U.S. Air Force successfully completed training and flying exercises in its operational utility evaluation (OUE) for… Read More
Can the President Raise the Debt Ceiling by Himself?
As the federal government once again approaches the debt ceiling, partisans are again pulling out the heavy artillery: Don’t bother negotiating with Republicans on taxes… Read More
Beware the Zombie Congress
With a whopping 92 members of Congress retiring or defeated in November’s elections, the new lame duck session will feature a host of members who… Read More
Mother of 3-Year-Old Fined $2,500 for Toddler’s “Public Urination”
Justice is flowing like a river for an Oklahoma mom. A Piedmont police officer was fired for writing an excessively hefty fine for her three-year-old’s… Read More
U.S. Carbon Tax to Shovel Dollars to U.N. Bureaucrats?
It appears there will be an international dining section for hogs at the carbon-tax trough. Any new tax that promises hundreds of billions of dollars… Read More
Watch: “Honor Flight” Filmmakers at The Bloggers Briefing
This summer the documentary “Honor Flight” drew an audience of 28,422 to Milwaukee’s Miller Park, breaking the Guinness World Record for the largest film screening ever…. Read More
Iron Dome and U.S. Takeaways for Missile Defense
In the past two weeks, the terrorist organization Hamas launched about a thousand ballistic missiles on Israel. Since then, the Iron Dome short-range missile defense… Read More
Morning Bell: 4 Reasons Warren Buffett Is Wrong on Tax Hikes
Let’s talk taxes. In a New York Times op-ed yesterday, famed investor and Berkshire Hathaway CEO Warren Buffett once again argued that the wealthy should… Read More
Health CareNews
Some Obamacare Legal Challenges Are Alive and Well
On Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court, in granting a petition for rehearing in Liberty University v. Geitner, vacated the U.S. Fourth Circuit’s prior dismissal of… Read More
