The Entitlement Crisis: At Least Congress Is Still Paying Attention
While the President’s FY2013 budget ignores the looming crisis of entitlement spending, the House and Senate Budget Committees, to their credit, are keeping their eyes… Read More
Blunt the Attacks on Religious Liberty: Repeal Obamacare
Congress recognizes more each day that the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, known widely as the Obamacare statute, interferes unconstitutionally with the liberty of… Read More
The Impact of Obamacare Video Series
During his 2012 State of the Union address, President Obama barely discussed his health care law. But that doesn’t mean Americans must remain in the… Read More
What to Do If Israel Attacks
What to make of the recent leaks that the Israelis are telling Washington, “If we attack, we won’t tell you first”? There is some speculation… Read More
Health CareNews
Senate to Vote Thursday on Blunt’s Conscience Protection Amendment
The U.S. Senate will consider legislation on Thursday that would prevent the Department of Health and Human Services from forcing religious employers and insurers from… Read More
Morning Bell: White House Wants to Keep Gas Prices High
With the national average of gas prices hitting $3.65 a gallon, nearing $6 in some parts of the country, and poised to head even higher,… Read More
South Carolina Resisting the National Standards Push
South Carolina legislators have introduced a measure to pull the Palmetto State out of the Common Core national standards. Senator Mike Fair, who introduced the measure,… Read More
Obamacare Mandate: Fighting for Our First Freedom All Over Again
Today, the House Judiciary Committee held a full committee hearing to investigate the Obama administration’s unprecedented overreach through the latest Obamacare mandate’s assault on religious… Read More
Obama – For Keystone or Against It?
The Obama Administration voiced its support Monday regarding TransCanada Corporation’s plans to construct the interstate portion of the Keystone XL pipeline that does not require… Read More
City Says “No!” to Multi-Million Dollar Handout from Uncle Sam
The city of Troy, Michigan, prides itself as being “The City of Tomorrow … Today,” but now it has another slogan to affix to its… Read More
Nuclear Reductions Should Not Be Driven by Numbers
“There are very solid grounds for re-evaluating our nuclear force structure,” writes Major General Paul Monroe (Ret.) in his recent Politico op-ed. He comes out… Read More
The Future Put on Hold
The Airborne Laser Test Bed (ALTB) was recently retired to Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Arizona, primarily due to the assertion that “the program’s proposed operational… Read More
Women Speak Out: Obamacare Mandate Tramples on Religious Liberty
Anyone who hasn’t heard the women’s voices speaking out against the Obamacare anti-conscience mandate over the past few weeks hasn’t been listening very well. Yesterday,… Read More
Wind Subsidies vs. Oil Subsidies
In sharp contrast to wind turbines, the wind lobby is spinning at 100 percent capacity—in order to keep the industry in the taxpayers’ pockets. Their… Read More
IPAB Spells Gloom And Doom For Medicare
Tomorrow, the Energy and Commerce Committee will mark up legislation to repeal Obamacare’s Independent Payment Advisory Board (IPAB). IPAB is a dangerous mechanism that puts… Read More
Morning Bell: How Chrysler Can Actually Help Detroit
Did you know that there are no Volkswagen manufacturing plants in the Detroit area? Or Mercedes-Benz? Or Kia? Or Hyundai? Or BMW, for that matter?… Read More
Obamacare’s Top 5 Broken Promises
Talking about his health care law, President Obama has said, “If you misrepresent what’s in this plan, we will call you out.” In keeping with… Read More
New Poll Shows Most Voters Want Lower Taxes, Even on the Rich
To hear liberals tell the tale, you might think that most Americans want to tax the pants off businesses and wealthy Americans, making them pay… Read More
Subsidies and Costs in the Solar Industry
According to Germany’s environment minister, Norbert Roettgen, “Solar is a success story made in Germany.” “Success” appears to mean having the world’s largest amount of… Read More
White House Fantasies on “Nuclear Zero”
Rose Gottemoeller, Acting Undersecretary for Arms Control and International Security, has reiterated the Administration’s commitment to nuclear arms control at the Getting to Zero Conference… Read More
Misguided: Tapping the SPR Just to Do “Something” About High Gas Prices
Democrats are urging President Obama to tap the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) to avert “potential danger to the economy” and improve “the [P]resident’s reelection chances,”… Read More
New York Times Flip Flops on Nominee Filibuster
In an editorial last month, The New York Times argued that the Senate should adopt President Obama’s plan requiring the Senate to vote on judicial… Read More
PODCAST: John Taylor On Returning Economy to Prosperity
In this special Heritage podcast, listen to distinguished Stanford economist John Taylor discuss his new book, First Principles: Five Keys to Restoring America’s Prosperity. PODCAST:… Read More
Morning Bell: Obama Doctrine Failure
Three years ago, President Barack Obama set forth to recast American foreign policy in an image of his own design. It was one in which… Read More
Slashing Defense Budget Puts Nation at Increased Risk
Heritage’s James Carafano recently wrote that President Obama’s proposed defense cuts are tantamount to a gift to America’s enemies. These cuts reduce America’s military capabilities… Read More
Obamacare: Pay No Attention to Mandate Behind Curtain of Spin
In yet another slight to rule of law, the Obama Administration has asked a federal court to put a press conference pronouncement above official regulation…. Read More
Heritage Expert’s New Book Addresses Battle for the Internet
Today we have access to vast amount of information at the click of mouse but are also faced with those who seek to steal secrets,… Read More
Thousands More Oppose Obamacare Mandate’s Religious Liberty Violations
More than 2,500 Christian leaders have signed a letter opposing Obamcare’s anti-conscience mandate. The letter’s release adds to the most recent furor over the rule’s… Read More
SecurityNews
Obama Doctrine Leaves World Less Safe
In his State of the Union address, President Obama declared that “America is back.” Examining Obama’s foreign policy efforts, however, this statement seems doubtful. To… Read More
End—Don’t Extend—the Wind Energy Tax Credit
The Hill reports that a bipartisan group of Senators is urging lawmakers to extend the wind energy production tax credit, which is scheduled to expire… Read More
