Can Asia’s Biggest, Baddest Economy Conquer the U.S.?
China (GDP: $5.9 trillion) overtook Japan ($5.5 trillion) as Asia’s largest economy in 2010. Despite its rapid growth and much larger population, however, China’s economy… Read More
Sequestration Hits Close to Home: Defense Support to Civil Authorities in Danger
The Heritage Foundation hosted its Homeland Security 2012 Conference on Wednesday. Several distinguished speakers warned that defense disaster response support to civil authorities is threatened… Read More
Britain Is Right: No Asylum for Assange
Early on August 16, Ecuador’s foreign minister, Ricardo Patino, announced that his country is granting WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange political asylum—that is, if he can… Read More
Morning Bell: Wind Energy Subsidies Are As Useful As VHS Tape Subsidies
The wind production tax credit is set to expire at the end of this year, which has the industry crying out for continued subsidies. Heritage’s… Read More
Fareed Zakaria’s Poverty of Ideas
Globe-trotting journalist Fareed Zakaria is on suspension from his posts at CNN and TIME magazine after he admitted to plagiarizing sections of a column on… Read More
National EMP Awareness Day
Ever hear of National EMP Awareness Day? Most of your leaders in Washington haven’t either, and that’s why all of us may be in grave… Read More
Heritage Intern Award Winners: Our American Heritage
Each semester, we bring together more than 60 young leaders from across the country to participate in our internship program in D.C. They are given… Read More
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Debating Same-Sex Marriage
Civil, substantive arguments on the nature and purpose of marriage can sometimes get lost in rancorous rhetorical crossfire over the definition of the institution. John… Read More
Obama Administration Already Tossed the Food Stamp Work Requirement
The Obama Administration sure is getting defensive about its recent action to waive all work requirements in the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) cash… Read More
Budget Deficits vs. Exports
The federal government recently announced that it is expected to run a budget deficit of more than $1 trillion for the fourth straight year. One… Read More
Morning Bell: This Threat Seems Fictional, but It’s a Real Danger
What happens to our society if we lose all electricity? A new TV show premiering next month, Revolution, will explore that question. It will be… Read More
Family Business Sticks to Principles, Challenges Obamacare Mandate
The Obama administration’s anti-conscience mandate went into effect at the beginning of this month, and private business owners are now required to cover contraceptive care… Read More
Rural Utilities Create Zero Jobs With $47 Million in Stimulus Funding
A stimulus program designed to create jobs by funding rural utility projects has created only about 12% of the jobs projected at the outset of… Read More
Heritage Intern Award Winners: A “Path to Prosperity” for Our Generation
Each semester, we bring together more than 60 young leaders from across the country to participate in our internship program in D.C. They are given… Read More
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VIDEO: The Bloggers Briefing with U.S. Civil Rights Commissioners
The U.S. Supreme Court will wade into the contentious debate over racial discrimination when it hears Fisher v. University of Texas this October. Two members… Read More
Morning Bell: Taxpayers’ Auto Bailout Losses Mounting
Taxpayers will lose even more on the auto bailout than previously thought, as the Treasury has just revised its estimate upward to $25 billion. This… Read More
1,788 Students Receive D.C. Opportunity Scholarships
More school children in Washington, D.C., will benefit from school choice this fall, thanks to the D.C. Opportunity Scholarship Program (DCOSP). Nearly 1,800 low-income students… Read More
Back to School: Education Reform in North Carolina
North Carolina families will see some changes as they go back to school this fall thanks to education reforms put into place earlier this year…. Read More
Morning Bell: Facing the Medicare Debate Head-On
Quick quiz: Who said this about Medicare? “With an aging population and rising health care costs, we are spending too fast to sustain the program…. Read More
Film Honoring World War II Veterans Aims for World-Record Premiere
More than 30,000 people are expected to attend tonight’s screening of “Honor Flight” at Milwaukee’s Miller Park, which would break the world record for a… Read More
Ethanol Mandate Ignores the Free Market
In the midst of one of the most severe droughts on record, Washington’s ethanol mandate is making the corn shortage even worse. Markets have responded… Read More
Public-Private Partnerships Offer Smart Alternative to Sweeping Defense Cuts
There is little disagreement that looming cuts in the defense budget set to take place in January are ill-advised, though there is intense debate over… Read More
Morning Bell: ‘Pizza Tax’ Only a Hint of Obamacare’s Costs
Papa John’s Pizza founder John Schnatter spurred new outrage over Obamacare when he said recently that the law will hike pizza prices. But his business… Read More
Obamacare Mandate Harms the Poor: A Case Study of Catholic Charities
Ruby was unable to pay her rent and had been evicted from her apartment. Now she was drenched in the rain. “I was sitting out… Read More
The American People Want Obamacare Repealed
After the Supreme Court ruling that upheld most of his health care law, President Obama claimed that the decision was a “victory for people all… Read More
Don’t Expand Medicaid—One-Third of Doctors Are Already Opting Out of It
A new study reveals that nearly one-third of doctors nationwide are unwilling to accept new Medicaid patients. The reason is that the government doesn’t pay… Read More
Online Chat on the Middle East and Syria
Tensions are again rising in the Middle East. Problems are mounting in Syria, Iran, Egypt, Yemen, and Israel. Click here to join us right now… Read More
Sequestration: White House Sounds the Alarm
Administration officials recently spoke publicly for the first time about specifically how sequestration would undermine military readiness. Testifying before the House Armed Services Committee, Deputy… Read More
Even If Transparent, Sequestration Still a Bad Policy
Yesterday, President Obama signed the Sequestration Transparency Act into law. It requires the Administration to detail how the mandated defense cuts of sequestration will be… Read More
Morning Bell: Higher Gas Prices Add to Economic Slump
Unemployment is at 8.3 percent. The economy is sputtering at 1.5 percent growth. Food prices are rising due to drought conditions across the country. And… Read More
