Stop the Presses: Putting Flashy Defense Spending Sound Bites in Context
In a report titled, “Long-Term Implications of the Fiscal Year 2010 Defense Budget,” the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) points out that this year’s Department of… Read More
In a report titled, “Long-Term Implications of the Fiscal Year 2010 Defense Budget,” the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) points out that this year’s Department of… Read More
Senator Tom Coburn (R-OK) has a radical alternative to raising the debt limit: spend less money. In an amendment introduced last week Senator Coburn proposed… Read More
According to multiple reports, President Barack Obama will announce a “spending freeze” in his State of the Union tomorrow night. While we definitely have our… Read More
This weekend three different White House advisers speaking on three different Sunday shows gave three different answers as to how many jobs President Barack Obama’s… Read More
The wheels have been falling off the global warming bandwagon well before Climategate and the recent hole-poking of the much trumpeted Intergovernmental Panel on Climate… Read More
Today in Washington, the Bipartisan Policy Center (BPC) launched its new Debt Reduction Task Force, chaired by former Sen. Pete Domenici (R-NM) and former OMB… Read More
How do you solve homelessness, obesity and global warming all at once? A green gym, of course: Cass Community Social Services (Cass) will further its… Read More
It is still far from clear what the White House’s new strategy to pass health care reform will be in the face of Scott Brown’s… Read More
This year’s Index of Economic Freedom contains the unsettling news that the United States has dropped out of the exclusive club of free economies and… Read More
Since President Barack Obama was sworn into office, the U.S. economy has shed 3.4 million jobs and the unemployment rate has risen to 10%. But… Read More
Days before President Obama plans to present his State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress, Osama Bin Laden sent his own… Read More
One of the loudest drumbeats in support of “Cap and Trade” legislation has been if the United States doesn’t tackle climate change with legislation we’ll… Read More
It seems every time you pick up a newspaper, the headline proclaims another military program cancelled. First, it was the F-22. Then it was missile… Read More
Picture the world in 1960 and imagine how much has changed over the past half century. Now picture the average classroom in 1960 and today. … Read More
First, hackers leaked e-mails and other documents from some of the world’s leading climate scientists detailing how they refused to share data, plotted to keep… Read More
Forget the war on terrorism, the war on drugs, even the war on poverty. President Obama seems to have declared a new war, a war… Read More
The vote looming in the Senate to raise the debt limit should serve as a wake-up call that federal spending is out of control. Instead,… Read More
When a Congressionally-mandated study released in 2008 found that President Bush’s favorite reading program was a failure, it was national news. An article by Greg… Read More
In order to secure the votes to pass a health care bill, Senate Democrats were forced to scrap the widely-unpopular public option. But before chalking… Read More
In the wake of the Massachusetts election on Tuesday night, liberals in Congress have once again embarked on a course to change the rules to… Read More
According to a Reuters report, French economy minister Christine Lagarde today applauded President Obama’s call for more regulation of the U.S. financial sector. “I am… Read More
This week’s election of conservative Sen.-elect Scott Brown (Republican) in a very blue Massachusetts has sent shock waves throughout the White House and congressional leadership…. Read More
The President asserted during a major speech in January: “One of the greatest contributions the United States can make to the world is to promote… Read More
Tuesday’s election in Massachusetts sent shockwaves across Capitol Hill as voters rejected the idea that the only true course for health reform was to raise… Read More
The “First Principles” on which this country were founded are the principles that the Heritage Foundation works to advance everyday. In today’s landmark U.S. Supreme… Read More
It’s a common refrain among progressives when criticizing free-market economic policy – “Conservatives are out of touch”. Conservatives don’t know how to create jobs, the… Read More
Calling for a necessary transition to a low carbon energy economy, 83 CEOs sent a letter to President Obama demanding movement on cap and trade… Read More
Other people are getting paid by the federal government so why shouldn’t we? That’s the sentiment coming from the forest industry over reducing carbon dioxide… Read More
Does marriage provide health benefits? According to the research, it does, but not according to many in Congress. Under the Senate-passed health care bill, couples… Read More
