Morning Bell: How about a National Obamacare Waiver?
If you knew a dangerous virus was about to hit America and that you could beg the government for a vaccine, you’d probably do it,… Read More
If you knew a dangerous virus was about to hit America and that you could beg the government for a vaccine, you’d probably do it,… Read More
In a speech at the Economic Club of Chicago yesterday, Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) laid out his “Path to Prosperity” 2012 budget proposal. Ryan also… Read More
Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke has delivered yet another ominous prediction about Dodd–Frank fallout, telling the Senate Banking Committee last week that government dictates on… Read More
Earlier this year, the last veteran of World War I died at the age of 110. It’s hard to believe, but in the coming years,… Read More
Last week, the American Society of Magazine Editors’ awarded writer Scott Horton with their National Magazine Award for Reporting. The problem is, his story was… Read More
When Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) said of Obamacare, “[W]e have to pass the bill so that you can find out what is in it,” apparently… Read More
In this week’s Heritage in Focus, economic policy director Alison Fraser takes us through Heritage’s budget plan to save the American Dream. Make sure to… Read More
SecurityNews
The United States is increasingly relying on the Russian Federation for supplying U.S. forces stationed in Iraq and Afghanistan. This is because the U.S. does… Read More
Those who fail to learn from history are doomed to repeat it. Yet when it comes to education, that’s one lesson the federal government hasn’t… Read More
Earlier today, President Obama delivered a commencement speech to students graduating from Booker T. Washington High School in Memphis, Tennessee. Booker T. Washington high school… Read More
President Obama has often said that we need more oil and gas drilling in the United States, but rarely have the Administration’s actions matched his… Read More
On Saturday, Speaker of the House John Boehner (R–OH) delivered the commencement address at the Catholic University of America. In advance of his speech, a… Read More
People who believe the United States no longer manufactures anything need to check out the newest Consumer Reports “Best Cars” list. The magazine recently selected… Read More
Remember the movie “Top Gun”? The film is 25 years old, but the military technology that played a starring role in the plot is even older…. Read More
Economist Walter Williams knows that minimum wage laws are hurting poor, African-American teenagers and his new book, “Race and Economics: How Much Can Be Blamed… Read More
How’s this for transparency in the White House? Last week, the House joint Oversight and Small Business Committee held a hearing on a proposed Obama… Read More
SocietyNews
Nineteen Chinese pastors have joined together to send a remarkable petition to the National People’s Congress on behalf of one of Beijing’s largest underground churches…. Read More
Senate Analysis: After 7 weeks of working on the Small Business bill, Senator Reid is finally moving on to other items – like taxing oil… Read More
The United States today hit an all-time high debt, passing $14 trillion, according to Associated Press reports. And with $45,300 of debt for every man,… Read More
America was victorious in killing Osama Bin Laden but the war against terrorism wages on. Congresswoman Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA), Vice-Chair of the House Republican… Read More
The California hotel workers union is pushing a bill that requires all hotel mattresses to have fitted sheets instead of flat sheets. They argue that… Read More
On Tuesday, May 10, 2011, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services released a report on the uninsured population and their ability to pay… Read More
The just released 2011 Medicare trustees report does not contain any big surprises. Much of what the trustees say in this report they have said… Read More
Yesterday, members of the House Armed Service Committee, under the leadership of Representative Michael Turner (R–OH) increased the funding for the Ground-Based Midcourse Defense (GMD)… Read More
It’s 1776 all over again, as former Homeland Security Assistant Secretary Stewart Baker quips. This time, however, we are not talking about unjust taxes or the… Read More
Over the past few months, the House Education and the Workforce Committee has been conducting a series of hearings to examine the impact of the… Read More
How Will This Report Affect the Social Security Debate? The debate about whether Social Security faces a problem and needs to be fixed is over…. Read More
Rewarding failure is a fundamental precept of The Bureaucratic Code, which helps to explain why government’s regulatory powers grow in spite of its incompetence. Examples… Read More
Syria’s embattled Bashar al-Assad regime has pulled no punches in its ruthless repression of Syria’s long-suffering people. With the exception of Muammar Qadhafi’s Libyan regime,… Read More
A chart created by the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (CBPP) has been circulating among liberal bloggers such as Ezra Klein, James Fallows, and… Read More
