Morning Bell: Ready for A Debit Card Tax?
Use a debit card? Now it’s really going to cost you. Bank of America announced last week that it will begin charging customers $5 per… Read More
Making It Easy to Remember America’s First Principles
Knowing America’s history well is one of the first steps to becoming a well-rounded and knowledgeable conservative. It’s not always easy to remember the many… Read More
National Organization for Marriage Announces New Marriage Anti-Defamation Alliance
The National Organization for Marriage recently announced the launch of a new project called the Marriage Anti-Defamation Alliance. This vital project responds to growing concerns… Read More
Here Comes the Durbin Tax
As if further evidence actually is needed, Bank of America on Thursday demonstrated yet again how government price controls inevitably harm consumers—and low-income consumers the… Read More
SecurityNews
Awlaki Death: Another Blow to al-Qaeda
According to media reports, Anwar al-Awlaki, the Yemeni-American Islamist radical who played an increasingly influential role in the al-Qaeda network, was killed in a CIA… Read More
Mr. Carney, Stop Misrepresenting Heritage’s Position
We understand that the White House is experiencing some difficulties of late across many fronts—the Solyndra scandal and Operation Fast and Furious are two issues… Read More
Obama’s Economic Advisers Warned of Green Jobs Agenda’s Pitfalls
A pair of years-old anecdotes, recently revisited, show that top economists in the White House and Obama’s cabinet expressed serious doubts about the White House’s… Read More
Recent Terror Arrest Underscores Need to Think Outside the Box
The recent arrest of Rezwan Ferdaus marked yet another turn in the ever-shifting struggle to protect the American homeland from Islamist-inspired acts of terrorism. The… Read More
Morning Bell: The Solyndra Legacies
The Obama Administration has been knee-deep in scandal after green energy “model” Solyndra went bankrupt less than two years after receiving a $500 million loan… Read More
Online Chat on Obamacare and the Supreme Court
A lot of news was made this week when the National Federation of Independent Business filed a petition to the Supreme Court appealing the 11th… Read More
Maine Conservatives Leading the Way on Welfare Reform
Proving they are serious about mitigating their citizens’ dependence on government welfare programs, conservative members of Maine’s state legislature continue to push the state towards… Read More
States Need Comprehensive Education Reform, Not Waivers with Obama’s Strings Attached
While the House is moving to put greater control of education into the hands of parents, the Obama Administration is working to tighten the federal… Read More
Japan and Philippines Strengthen Strategic Partnership
Philippine President Beningo Aquino III and Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda, who just returned from a week of high-level dialogues at the U.N. headquarters in… Read More
Morning Bell: Obamacare’s Soaring Price Tag
On January 21, 2009, Barack Obama stood on the steps of the U.S. Capitol and, in his inaugural address, pledged to America that he would… Read More
On “Costless” Benefits for Public Workers
In our work on public sector compensation, Andrew Biggs of the American Enterprise Institute and I have routinely counted enhanced job security as a benefit… Read More
Kudrin’s Dismissal Projects Future Instability in Russia
On Monday, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev forced Finance Minister Alexei Kudrin to resign. Medvedev’s harsh treatment of Kudrin was a response to the statement Kudrin… Read More
Federal Judge Upholds Part of Alabama Immigration Law
There is more good news today in the fight against illegal immigration at the state level (and bad news for the Obama Administration’s policy against… Read More
Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) Outlines a New Paradigm for Health Care Reform
Yesterday, Representative Paul Ryan (R–WI) shared his outlook for repealing and replacing Obamacare. Ryan pointed out that rising health care costs not only make insurance… Read More
EPA’s CO2 Regulations are What’s “Comically Wrong”
The Environmental Protection Agency called a Daily Caller report “comically wrong” this morning. That is an interesting analysis given that the EPA’s hideously bad global… Read More
Health Insurance Continues Unaffordable Trend After Obamacare
This week, the Kaiser Family Foundation and the Health Research and Educational Trust released a major survey on employer-sponsored health benefits in the United States…. Read More
Scribecast: Chris McDaniel on His Anti-Bailout Ford Ad
What was designed as a “man-on-the-street” style commercial for Ford Motor Co. turned into a potent political statement when F-150 owner Chris McDaniel, asked… Read More
States Should Return Obamacare Grants, Pursue Own Health Care Reforms
Many state lawmakers are concerned that if their states accept Obamacare grant funding, they will be implementing policies counter to the states’ best interests. In… Read More
Look Before You Regulate: Measuring the Costs of Financial Rules
You would think that any regulation that could affect a major part of the economy and cost industry and/or consumers millions of dollars to comply… Read More
Obamacare Has Arrived in the Supreme Court
The National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB) stole a march on the Obama Administration this morning by filing a petition with the U.S. Supreme Court… Read More
Experts Confident in Ballistic Missile Defense Testing Program
Two experts in missile defense—Lieutenant General Henry A. Obering III (ret.), former director of the Missile Defense Agency (MDA), and Rebeccah Heinrichs, an adjunct fellow… Read More
Military Commissions Just Became More Transparent
The Office of Military Commissions quietly launched a new website this past Monday that was a year in the making. Located at www.mc.mil, it is… Read More
Almost 40 Million “Missing” Girls Later, China’s One-Child Policy Is 31
Sunday marked the anniversary of an oppressive law that has resulted in almost 40 million “missing” women and some of the most egregious human rights… Read More
Morning Bell: Time for Action on Pakistan
The Obama Administration is quickly trying to contain the damage in another potential foreign policy debacle, this time with nuclear-armed Pakistan. Last week, Admiral Mike… Read More
FEMA Funding: What Did Harry Reid Know and When Did He Know It?
By the time Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) took to the floor Monday to berate Republicans for supposedly blocking emergency disaster aid, the Federal Emergency… Read More
Heritage Radio: Hugo Chavez, Member Questions, More…
In last week’s Heritage Libertad Radio Show, our team covered a range of topics. Listen in Spanish or English. The English segment kicked off with… Read More
