Health Spending Down—Because People Are Avoiding Care
The Office of the Actuary at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) recently published its annual estimate of U.S. health spending in the… Read More
Falsehoods Abound in Case of California High-Speed Rail
Last week, the independent California High-Speed Rail Peer Review Group recommended that the state legislature not proceed with funding the proposed Los Angeles–San Francisco project…. Read More
A Not-So-Happy New Year for the Entrepreneur in 2011
Last week, The Heritage Foundation co-hosted the launch of the 2012 Global Entrepreneurship and Development Index (GEDI), a new tool giving insight into the effect… Read More
Morning Bell: Obama’s Arrogant Authoritarianism
Last week, President Barack Obama took the latest step on his road toward an arrogant, new authoritarianism with four illegal appointments that entirely trampled on… Read More
Ohio Earthquakes Spark Drilling Controversy
Youngstown, Ohio, had a rockin’ New Year’s Eve, but not the kind it hoped for—a 4.0 magnitude earthquake shook the city just one week after… Read More
Defense Strategic Guidance Lacks Strategic Thinking on Nuclear Weapons
The Obama Administration just rolled out its Defense Strategic Guidance (DSG), which outlines priorities of the U.S. military after the Budget Control Act of 2011…. Read More
PODCAST: Economic Resolutions for 2012
In this week’s Heritage in Focus, economist Bill Beach discusses 2011’s economic misteps and how to readjust economic principles to guide policy in 2012. Click… Read More
VIDEO: The Reality of America’s National Debt
America’s total debt now tops $15.2 trillion—the size of the entire economy. While this is a real concern, the greater problem is the growth of… Read More
NFL Players’ Union Opposes Right-to-Work
The NFL Players Association just came out against Indiana’s proposed right-to-work law. This is not too surprising: Even the poorest NFL player makes $390,000 a… Read More
Three New Year’s “Edu-lutions” for Policymakers
Like the rest of us, state and local policymakers across the country probably made New Year’s resolutions to eat healthier, exercise more, and finish those… Read More
Heritage Mourns Loss of Tony Blankley
Heritage Foundation President Edwin J. Feulner today issued the following statement on the death of former Heritage Fellow Tony Blankley: Tony Blankley was a man… Read More
A Decade After No Child Left Behind, Time for a Right Turn in Education
No Child Left Behind (NCLB) turned 10 yesterday, and the anniversary is a good time to assess the toll of federal education intervention and to… Read More
Sackett v. EPA: Supreme Court Takes Up Property Rights Case
Today the Supreme Court will hear oral argument in Sackett v. EPA, one of the most important property rights cases to reach the Court in… Read More
Morning Bell: Can America Defend Itself?
The Iranian threat yet again finds itself on the front page of America’s newspapers this morning, this time with news that the rogue regime has… Read More
Wage and Price Stickiness and Economic Recovery
In a weak economy, the government should not erect barriers to hiring. But two government policies have hindered the already slow recovery: increases in the… Read More
An Abuse of Power: President Obama’s “Recess” Appointments
President Obama’s stunning appointments of Richard Cordray to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and of three more bureaucrats to the National Labor Relations Board has… Read More
CFPB ‘Invitations Coordinator’ May Get More Than $100,000 Per Year
In the midst of the administration’s efforts to drastically reduce the nation’s military personnel and hike pay for government employees comes this gem: the Consumer… Read More
America Safer Under Obama? Not a Chance.
Yesterday at the Pentagon, President Obama offered up his revisionist view of the past three years of history in order to make the claim that… Read More
Worse Than Somali Pirates: Disappointment in Burma
After watching as Burma released a mere handful of political prisoners—between 11 and 30, according to various reports, all of whom had very little time… Read More
Turkey Gets It, Acquires F-35s. Obama Administration Doesn’t.
The Turkish government understands what the Obama Administration does not: Acquiring the American-made F-35 fighter jet is the most effective way to claim supremacy of… Read More
Morning Bell: Beneath Growth, a Sea of Poison
Today’s jobs report from the Department of Labor was encouraging news for the U.S. economy. It shows that 200,000 jobs were created and the unemployment… Read More
Obama’s NLRB ‘Recess’ Appointees Circumvent Background Checks
Two of President Obama’s “recess” appointments will begin their tenure at the National Labor Relations Board without having undergone background checks required of all nominees… Read More
Online Chat on SOPA
The Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA), along with the companion legislation in the Senate, IP Protect, is still in front of Congress. The bill has… Read More
News
Ethnic Violence in South Sudan Threatens Stability
Internal ethnic strife, a deep-rooted but often overlooked challenge facing newly independent South Sudan, has recently emerged as a threat to the country’s stability. Last… Read More
Occupy D.C. Protesters Flee Camps Amid Cold Weather, Rat Sightings
The tents still occupy two parks in Washington, D.C., but there are fewer people living in them as protesters with the Occupy movement flee for… Read More
Iranian Threats Reflect Intensifying Confrontation over Its Nuclear Program
Iran’s Islamist dictatorship has escalated its bellicose rhetoric in recent days, boasting about its ability to disrupt oil exports from the Persian Gulf and warning… Read More
Morning Bell: Obama’s Tyrannical Abuse of Power
Standing behind a podium on a stage just outside Cleveland, President Barack Obama delivered a speech yesterday that will reverberate throughout history. No, its lasting… Read More
Members of Congress React to Obama’s Abuse of Power
The White House announced today that President Barack Obama plans to attempt a “recess appointment” of Richard Cordray to direct the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, in… Read More
Congress Needs to Fix Itself in 2012
Congress owes America better start for 2012, and not to repeat the way it ended 2011. Even if the Senate is hopelessly dysfunctional, the House… Read More
A Tyrannical Abuse of Power: Obama Attempts to Appoint Cordray to CFPB
In a revelation that is quite shocking to anyone who knows anything about the 100-plus years of precedent on the recess appointment power or the… Read More
