VIDEO: National Academic Standards Pose Threat to Local Control of Education
One by one, all but seven states have succumbed to pressure to adopt national academic standards. But in a recent bid to retain local control,… Read More
One by one, all but seven states have succumbed to pressure to adopt national academic standards. But in a recent bid to retain local control,… Read More
The French Institute of Public Opinion recently asked people in several countries whether the market system and capitalism work quite well and should be retained… Read More
Aiding and abetting the solar and wind energy industries in their continuing efforts to mislead the American people, Energy Secretary Steven Chu called for a… Read More
“It is difficult to imagine that a nation which began, at least in part, as the result of opposition to a British mandate giving the… Read More
President Obama’s oil spill commission spent six months examining the “root causes” of the Gulf disaster, yet never inspected the failed blowout preventer — the… Read More
Today’s decision by Judge Vinson is another stinging defeat for the administration in its defense of Obamacare. Defenders of the health care bill had tried… Read More
Reports that Americans are becoming increasingly hostile to trade are greatly exaggerated. The French Institute of Public Opinion (IFOP) recently polled people in several countries… Read More
Last Thursday, Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner sent a letter extolling the impact of Obamacare on small business. Geithner touted small business tax credits and the… Read More
Last week, The Washington Post pointed out one near-fatal flaw to Obama’s plans for subsidizing green energy and electric cars: snowstorms. On Wednesday a snowstorm… Read More
Last week served up another dose of reality for Obamacare supporters. In addition to House committee hearings that exposed the negative effects of the new… Read More
Hundreds of Egyptians determined to drive President Hosni Mubarak from power spent all last night in Tahrir Square to keep the military from taking over… Read More
Analysis provided by Heritage Action for America House Cloakroom: January 30 – February 5, 2011 Next week the House will not be in session in… Read More
In his State of the Union address to Congress, President Obama acknowledged the problems of massive deficit spending and mounting debt and offered a general… Read More
Like high school or college graduation, the end of National School Choice Week marks the commencement of a nationwide push for parental control over education…. Read More
The final version of the Interim Report by the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights on the investigation of the New Black Panther Party voter intimidation… Read More
The President has been co-opted by the tea party!” declared Senator Paul Rand (R-KY) to a boisterous crowd of tea party activists that braved the snow to… Read More
Speaking before a new Congress in his State of the Union address, President Obama gave an alternative suggestion for Congress now that cap and trade… Read More
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Today, America marks the 25th anniversary of the space shuttle Challenger tragedy. On January 28, 1986, America lost seven brave explorers – Dick Scobee, Michael… Read More
To rephrase President Obama’s State of the Union theme: “This is our generation’s apparatchik moment.” Yes, he said “Sputnik” instead, but his actual agenda is… Read More
This Wednesday morning at 10 am, after serving nine days of a 10-day sentence, Kelley Williams-Bolar was released from the Summit County Jail in Akron,… Read More
The release of the final report(s) of the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission (FCIC) brings to mind the story of several blind men trying to describe… Read More
On Wednesday, the House Budget Committee convened a hearing to explore the fiscal consequences of Obamacare. Lawmakers heard from Richard Foster, Chief Actuary at the… Read More
Join our live chat with Heritage’s Director of Communication Rory Cooper. We will answer your questions about conservative solutions to Obama’s proposals that were laid… Read More
Making his case for cuts in defense spending,The Washington Post‘s David Ignatius wrote yesterday: Trimming the defense budget is one of the hardest tasks in… Read More
Good teachers, high academic standards, location and even the quality of extracurricular activities are all factors that go into choosing the right school. But for… Read More
Major Chicago pharmaceutical company Abbott Laboratories will be forced to cut 1,900 jobs (more than 2% of their entire workforce) it announced late yesterday afternoon. As… Read More
The U.S. on Monday officially removed export controls on several Indian space and defense-related organizations, signaling a new era in U.S.–India nonproliferation cooperation. By removing… Read More
Today, the color-coded threat system, officially known as the Homeland Security Advisory System, will be nixed by Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano. She should be… Read More
In his Tuesday State of the Union address, President Barack Obama said Americans must “understand [that] if we don’t take meaningful steps to rein in… Read More
On the heels of President Obama’s State of the Union address last night, which was fairly heavy on education policy, this morning Speaker of the… Read More
