Morning Bell: Occupy Wall Street Gets More Violent
The true colors of the Occupy Wall Street movement are starting to shine through, both in actions and affiliations. The picture that is developing is… Read More
Poverty Measure a Gimmick to Equalize Incomes
The Census Bureau’s new poverty measure is another tool in President Obama’s endless quest to “spread the wealth.” Although the media portray it as a… Read More
Meet the Radical Group Handling ‘Occupy Wall Street’ Finances
Shortly after the Occupy Wall Street protests gained national attention, donations from supporters began pouring in. Lacking the infrastructure to manage the hundreds of thousands… Read More
Courting Disaster: Two Gaping Loopholes in the Debt Deal That Will Drive Up Spending
Among the more egregious failings of the Budget Control Act (BCA)—the proxy fiscal plan spawned by the summer’s debt ceiling debate—are a pair of gaping… Read More
Income Inequality vs. Wealth Inequality
Recently, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released its latest statistics on income inequality. Economists, bloggers and others have been furiously debating their implications. Over at… Read More
The Death of Colombia’s Guerrilla Prince
The armed forces of Colombia have scored a major battlefield victory. They finally hunted down, confronted, and killed the leader of the narco-terrorist Revolutionary Armed… Read More
Morning Bell: Straight Talk for the Super Committee
It has been 12 months since the American people spoke resoundingly at the polls against overtaxing, overspending, and overborrowing, but memories can be short in… Read More
New York Times: Census Bureau’s Poverty Measure “Flawed”
In September, the Census Bureau reported that 46.2 million Americans are living in poverty, a steep increase from the previous year’s report of 43.6 million…. Read More
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Draconian Defense Cuts Will Reduce Safety
There are many ways to balance a budget. Most of us, for example, spend 30 percent or more of our income on housing. Skipping mortgage… Read More
Harvard Students Channel ‘Occupy’ Movement, Protest Economics Class
Protests that began on Wall Street and spread to cities across America have now reached the pristine halls of Harvard. That’s right, the country’s oldest… Read More
Suicide Blast in Somalia Raising Concerns at Home
Following a devastating suicide blast earlier in the week in Somalia’s capital city of Mogadishu, leaders from the regional terror group al Shabaab issued a… Read More
Morning Bell: Obama Spins His Wheels; Economy Stuck in First Gear
No news is good news–except when it means that the story about America’s slow-moving economy remains the same. A new report this morning from the… Read More
House Panel Hears How HHS Mandate Tramples on Conscience Rights
Yesterday, the House Energy and Commerce subcommittee on Health held a hearing asking the question, “Do New Health Law Mandates Threaten Conscience Rights and Access… Read More
Small Town Bucks the Economic Trend with Energy Production
As goes Williston, North Dakota, so goes the nation? That’s probably not a phrase you’ve heard before, but if we opened access to our domestic… Read More
Michigan Pre-Republican Presidential Debate Reception and Townhall
The Heritage Foundation and The Mackinac Center for Public Policy are hosting a Michigan Pre-Republican Presidential Debate Reception and Townhall on Wednesday, November 9, 2011, from 5:00 p.m…. Read More
Morning Bell: Debunking Obama’s Latest Jobs Myth
Imagine a high-speed train zooming down hundreds of miles of glistening train track stretching across sunny California, connecting Anaheim to San Francisco. It’s a bullet… Read More
Face the (Family) Facts
FamilyFacts.org has increasingly become a trusted hub for policymakers and researchers searching out the latest charts and social science research on family, religion, and community… Read More
Podcast: Keynes vs. Hayek
Make sure to listen to a recent radio interview with Nicholas Wapshott, author of the new book, “Keynes Hayek: The Clash That Defined Modern Economics.”… Read More
Morning Bell: Obama’s Student Loan Gift to Occupy Wall Street
In the 2008 election, Senator Barack Obama reached out to young Americans with a fresh message that appealed to their dissatisfaction with the nation’s political… Read More
The Big Issues Behind the Obamacare Challenge
“Are you serious? Are you serious?” then-Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D–CA) famously replied when asked where, specifically, the Constitution granted Congress the authority… Read More
Book Review: Democracy Denied
In his new book Democracy Denied, Phil Kerpen, vice president at Americans for Prosperity, unravels the extraordinary power grab by the Obama Administration with startling… Read More
CLASS Dismissed: Long-Term Care Program Examined in Hill Hearing
The House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigation and Subcommittee on Health held a hearing last week on the future of the unsustainable,… Read More
National Security Debate Moves to Nov. 22
The Heritage Foundation, the American Enterprise Institute and CNN are pleased to announce that the presidential debate on foreign policy and national security co-hosted by… Read More
Nuclear Weapons Worth More Than the U.S. Is Spending
A recent New York Times editorial is turning one of the significant nuclear weapons’ benefits for the U.S. national security on its head, charging that… Read More
Back-Door Amnesty? DHS’s Deportation Claims Questioned
On October 18, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) director John Morton announced the removal of the largest number of illegal immigrants in the ICE… Read More
Morning Bell: The Truth About Public School Teacher Pay
Last winter, New Jersey Governor Chris Christie (R) traveled his state, holding a series of townhalls in which he touted a significant but politically unpopular… Read More
Welfare Dependence Keeps Growing
According to a recent Wall Street Journal article citing 2010 data from the U.S. Census Bureau, nearly half (48.5 percent) of America’s population now lives… Read More
Love Conquers All…Except Obamacare
Thanks to Obamacare, Americans looking to tie the knot may find that it’s a lot cheaper to stay single. Last week, the House Oversight Committee… Read More
Poor Student Achievement Shows Centralized Education Policy Has Failed
Tomorrow, the highly anticipated math and reading scores of our nation’s 4th and 8th graders will be released as part of the 2011 National Assessment… Read More
Washington’s Halloween Tricks for Education
Just in time for Halloween, big government education advocates are rolling out frightening new education policies. On the K-12 front, Senators Tom Harkin (D–IA) and… Read More
