Washington Needs Budget Sense
Budget Sense, a bi-weekly newsletter from The Heritage Foundation, delivers the most recent developments in the struggle to bring America’s fiscal house in order and… Read More
Let the User Beware: You’re Responsible for Your Cybersecurity
It is said that a wise man learns from the mistakes of others. If that is the case, the U.S. would be wise to learn… Read More
White House Won’t Disclose Cost of Obama’s Promotional Videos
The White House is being very tight-lipped about a staffer who produces videos designed to paint President Obama and his policies in a positive light…. Read More
Family Fact of the Week: Parents, Pop Culture, and Early Teen Sex
Parents instinctively know that the over-sexualized culture promoted by Hollywood is not healthy for their teens. A recent study in the academic journal Psychological Science… Read More
North Korea to Olympians: No Medals Means Labor Camp
What if not winning a gold medal in the Olympics meant being cast out of society and forced into a labor camp when you returned… Read More
Morning Bell: Obama Denies Gutting Welfare Reform
The Obama Administration came out swinging against its critics on welfare reform yesterday, with Press Secretary Jay Carney saying the charge that the Administration gutted… Read More
Syrian Hackers Undermine Media Integrity
On August 3, the Syrian Electronic Army hacked into Reuters’s blogging site and published a fake interview with a Syrian rebel leader, saying his troops… Read More
Global Zero Nuclear Proposal Would Make U.S. More Vulnerable
The Global Zero Nuclear Policy Commission Report recently proposed that the United States cut the total number of its nuclear warheads to 900 from today’s… Read More
NJ’s Christie Signs Teacher Tenure Reform into Law
Legislators in New Jersey recently dealt a heavy blow to the oldest teacher tenure law in the nation. State Senator Teresa Ruiz (D–Essex) spent two… Read More
Gibson Guitar: Settling Away Bad Publicity
It’s another August in Washington. It’s hot and humid. Most people not already at the beach are indoors watching the Olympics or in the water… Read More
The SAFE DOSES Act: A Redundant Law and an Empty Gesture
The SAFE DOSES Act, which just passed the House, makes stealing medical equipment a federal crime punishable by up to 30 years in prison and… Read More
When It Rains in Oregon, the State Owns the Raindrops
Who owns the rain? That sounds like a silly question, but the answer may surprise you. If you live in Oregon, Oregon does. So what… Read More
Department of Education Knows Best: Washington’s Idea of Flexibility in Education
Don’t worry. The Department of Education says we can trust that the Obama Administration’s No Child Left Behind (NCLB) waiver plan is the best solution… Read More
Cybersecurity Laws Shouldn’t Be Made by Executive Fiat
Last Friday, Heritage’s Steve Bucci wrote a piece on the defeat of the cybersecurity legislation in the Senate and called for President Obama to respect… Read More
Welfare Work Requirements Respect Human Dignity
The Obama Administration has effectively gutted the work requirements of the bipartisan welfare reforms of 1996. In doing so, it is trampling on the central… Read More
Morning Bell: The Middle Eastern Time Bomb
Four years of President Obama’s foreign policy are having their full effect. After squandering time in sham “negotiations” with Iran and Palestine and abandoning Iraq… Read More
Utah Takes First Step in Regaining Control of Education
When the fight for control over what is taught in American schools is won, Utah will be remembered for having fired the shot heard ’round… Read More
You Can Build That—with the Help of the Market
President Obama’s “You didn’t build that” comment has drawn much attention. The reactions from both the President’s defenders and his critics illustrate a profound misunderstanding… Read More
Amtrak Records $834 Million Loss on Food Sales Over Past Decade
Amtrak spent $1.70 for every dollar it earned on food and beverage sales last year, leading to a loss of $84.5 million on the service,… Read More
News
Morning Bell: Solyndra Revelations Show It’s Time to Close the “Bank of Washington”
“The Bank of Washington continues to help us!” bragged Solyndra CEO Chris Gronet in emails released last week. An investigation by the House Energy and… Read More
Indiana Superintendent: Obama Administration Nationalized Common Core Standards
At a Tea Party gathering last month, Indiana Schools Superintendent Tony Bennett expressed his concern with the growing federal overreach of Common Core education standards…. Read More
With Marriage on Ballot in Four States This Fall, Prop 8 Supporters Seek Supreme Court Review
Earlier this week, supporters of Proposition 8, the 2008 California marriage amendment, asked the U.S. Supreme Court to uphold the freedom of California voters to… Read More
Idealistic Nuclear Reductions Detrimental to U.S. National Security
The Global Zero Nuclear Policy Commission Report, endorsed by retired Marine Corps General James Cartwright, is calling for dramatic reductions in the number of U.S…. Read More
Family Fact of the Week: One in Four Babies Born to Cohabiting Women
The percentage of babies born to cohabiting women has jumped substantially in the last 10 years, according to new data from the National Center for… Read More
Panetta Attempts to Reassure and Restrain Israel on the Iran Nuclear Issue
After more than three years of downplaying the military option, the Obama Administration has shifted gears and become more hawkish on the Iran nuclear issue… Read More
Morning Bell: Has Any Administration Policy NOT Killed Jobs Lately?
Congress has headed off for its long vacation-and-campaign season, fleeing Washington as the unemployment rate rises. According to the Labor Department’s July jobs report, the… Read More
Economic Freedom: The Freedom to Choose
A recent Pew Research Center study, The American-Western European Values Gap, shows that the U.S. is unique in its percentages of: People who believe that… Read More
Administration Jeopardizes Export Control Reform Through Ill-Timed Waiver
An ongoing sale of communications satellites to a Hong Kong–based company is attracting a great deal of attention at the moment. Space Systems/Loral, a major… Read More
Operation Fast and Furious: The Buck Stops…Well…Somewhere Else
Senator Charles Grassley (R–IA) and Representative Darrell Issa (R–CA), the ranking members on the Senate Judiciary Committee and the Chairman of the House Committee on… Read More
The Future of Marriage: Who Decides?
“Who gets to make the decision about restructuring and redefining the basic cell of the civil order?” asked University of St. Thomas law professor… Read More
