Scribecast: Sen. James Inhofe Says Global Warming Is ‘The Greatest Hoax’
In a new book out this week, Sen. James Inhofe (R-OK) traces the history of global warming hysteria and concludes it’s a downright hoax. He… Read More
National Standards: Costly in Dollars and Liberty Lost
Education Secretary Arne Duncan’s comments last week, in which he equated state lawmakers who question the Common Core national standards push with conspiracy theorists, are… Read More
The Wrong Adam Smith
If you are looking for a great example of a national leader who can’t get his priorities in order, look no further than Representative Adam… Read More
Edwin Meese III on the Death of James Q. Wilson
“Jim Wilson was one of America’s greatest thinkers, scholars, and patriots, as well as a good friend. He had a major influence on the modernization… Read More
President Responds to the Inaudible Cries for Higher Gasoline Prices
It appears the President studied economics with his textbook upside down. He proposes to raise taxes on oil companies in order to combat high gasoline… Read More
Durbin Amendment Damage Grows
Remember when last September Senator Dick Durbin (D–IL) claimed that his contribution to the Dodd–Frank financial regulation statue—“the Durbin Amendment”—would benefit consumers? Well, more evidence… Read More
Remembering James Q. Wilson
When President George W. Bush presented James Q. Wilson with the Presidential Medal of Freedom, our nation’s highest civilian award, he said that whatever the… Read More
Health CareNews
Medicare Rationing and Obama’s Unelected Board of Bureaucrats
Earlier this week, the House Energy and Commerce Health Subcommittee moved legislation forward that would repeal one of the most intrusive and unpopular parts of… Read More
More States Reconsidering National Standards Overhaul
Not so fast. That was the message from South Carolina leaders on Wednesday, concerned about their state’s involvement with the national standards education agenda. Despite… Read More
Morning Bell: Obama’s Hidden Tax Hikes
EXCLUSIVE: It could be said that President Obama has never seen a tax hike he doesn’t like — whether it’s letting the 2001 and 2003… Read More
News
Postmodern Memorial Will Strip Eisenhower’s Legacy
This week two more Congressmen, Dan Lungren (R–CA) and Aaron Schock (R–IL), joined the Eisenhower family in opposing Frank Gehry’s design for the Dwight D…. Read More
Lunch with Heritage Chat on Gas Prices
Gas prices are alarmingly high these days, and the administration is doing little about it. Click here to join us right now for our “Lunch… Read More
Obama Makes Fifth Attempt to Reduce Charitable Tax Deduction
Once again, President Barack Obama has proposed lowering the income tax deduction for charitable giving. In his proposed budget for fiscal year 2013, the President… Read More
Politico and Liberal Economists—Not Congress—Considering Tax Tradeoff
In a recent article titled “Hill Weighs Tax Trade-offs,” Politico reports that Congress is considering lowering the corporate tax rate and replacing the lost revenue… Read More
New START’s Fallout Keeps Failing to Make the U.S. Safer
According to Rebeccah Heinrichs, an adjunct fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, President Obama’s fiscal year 2013 budget request reveals that “that the… Read More
Video: Conscience Lost in Vast Verbal Oceania of Obamacare
Efforts to repel the Obama Administration’s attack on liberty of conscience suffered a setback today on the floor of the U.S. Senate, but in the… Read More
Heritage Staff Remembers Andrew Breitbart
As we mourn the sudden passing of Andrew Breitbart we wanted to take time to reflect our thoughts and memories of him. Heritage’s Ed Feulner… Read More
Point-By-Point: The Case Against Obamacare
Two years ago, Congress and President Obama rushed to pass the enormous 2,700-page health care law that most didn’t even have time to read. As… Read More
Protecting America from Online Radicalization and Homegrown Terrorism
When 22-year-old Zachary Chesser was sentenced to 25 years in federal prison this past year, many casual observers wondered aloud how a middle-class kid from… Read More
Senate Fails to Stop Obamacare from Fining the Good Samaritan
Today the U.S. Senate failed to save religious liberty from Obamacare’s collision course with freedom. The Senate blocked, by a vote of 51-48, a bipartisan… Read More
An Anonymous War
Anonymous, the shadowy hactivist group, may have just declared war on the United States. This raises questions: How would we know, and what does this… Read More
Tales of the Red Tape #27: Don’t Dress Grandma!
The bosses at the Department of Labor (DOL) have decided that federal wage and overtime provisions should not apply when grandma’s “companion” assists her with… Read More
Remembering Andrew Breitbart
It was with great sadness that I heard this morning Andrew Breitbart passed away from natural causes at the young age of 43. Our first… Read More
Obama Education Blueprint a Road Map to More Washington Control
On Monday, President Obama spoke to the National Governor’s Association (NGA), using the opportunity to reproach state leaders for not increasing education spending in their… Read More
Morning Bell: Two Centuries of Religious Freedom Rolled Back
Since 1791, when the Bill of Rights was formally adopted, America has enjoyed the legal protection of religious freedom, enshrined in the U.S. Constitution. Today,… Read More
PODCAST: Obamacare’s Anti-Conscience Mandate
In this week’s Heritage in Focus, Heritage expert Jen Marshall discusses the controversy over Obamacare’s anti-conscience mandate. Click here to listen. Is this issue about… Read More
Reducing National Security Cutter Fleet Threatens U.S. Sovereignty at Sea
In his recent budget request, President Obama cut funding for two Coast Guard National Security Cutters (NSC) that were slated to round out the fleet… Read More
Stimulus-Backed Solar Company Lays Off 70 Percent of Workforce
President Obama used a weekly address in July 2010 to tout his stimulus package’s support for the solar industry. One of the companies he mentioned… Read More
Rep. Sandy Adams Takes on NLRB, Seeks to Safeguard Employees’ Privacy
U.S. Rep. Sandy Adams (R-FL) is taking aim at a possible rule from the National Labor Relations Board that she believes infringes on the constitutional… Read More
Gut Ships and Planes, but Cybersecurity—Not So Fast
Futurists who applaud Obama for gutting conventional forces—ships, planes, and boots on the ground—and (allegedly) shifting to emerging, asymmetrical, or hybrid threats (pick your adjective… Read More
