May 9, 2008
Israel at 60
By Nile Gardiner
Few countries in modern times could claim the title "warrior nation". The United States and Great Britain definitely can, and Israel certainly qualifies for this ...
May 8, 2008
Democratic Party of Elites
By Michael Franc
Pundits have feasted on Barack Obama's recent musing that Pennsylvania's rural citizens "cling" to their religion and guns out of embittered economic desperation. Thus far, ...
May 8, 2008
London drama
By Helle Dale
You can call him Red Ken -- or the canary in the coalmine of British Labor politics. On Friday, that canary took a nosedive from ...
May 8, 2008
Don't fall for a "windfall" profits tax
By David W. Kreutzer
"Excess profits." That's what oil companies are earning, Barack Obama says -- and he's not alone. Recent earnings reports from these companies have set off ...
May 8, 2008
Soldiers, Civilians and 'The Great War'
By James Jay Carafano
Civil-military relations are back in the news. There could not be a better time for fresh views on this vital subject. Nancy Gentile Ford’s The ...
May 7, 2008
Food & Federal Fuel Follies
By Ed Feulner
"What could possibly go wrong?" That's what members of Congress probably thought when they started shoveling bigger subsidies at ethanol producers. Now, with food riots ...
May 7, 2008
Sarko Is No Reagan
By Nile Gardiner
When French voters swept Nicolas Sarkozy into the Elysee Palace in May 2007, he was hailed as a brave reformer, a radical free marketeer who ...
May 7, 2008
Out of the Shadows?
By Nile Gardiner
The Labour party's crushing defeat in last week's local elections for England and Wales marks the beginning of the end for New Labour and the ...
May 6, 2008
Lieberman-Warner Climate Change Bill
By Brian Darling
As millions of Americans prepare to spend their “stimulus” checks, the Senate is getting ready to debate what can be described as an enormous anti-stimulus ...
May 6, 2008
Protect the People, Not Just the Bears
By Ernest Istook
Just when we need it most, more of our domestic oil and gas may soon be put off-limits due to yet another overreaction to the ...
May 6, 2008
Tax Hike on the Horizon
By Israel Ortega
There are some days (Christmas, the Fourth of July) that people look forward to, and there are some we dread. April 15 -- the deadline ...
May 5, 2008
High Gas Prices: Fuel for Thought
By Ben Lieberman
When it comes to soaring gasoline prices, we need a federal government that does less.
May 5, 2008
Stop the housing bailout before it undoes all of us
By J.D. Foster
Bailouts, subsidies and slush funds: Such are the main ingredients of the housing bill now stewing in Congress.
May 5, 2008
Polar Bear Politics
By Robert Bluey
Talk about bad timing. Gas prices are spiking and U.S. energy policy is contributing to skyrocketing food costs, yet environmentalists apparently want to make it ...
May 3, 2008
Abstinence: In the "No"
By Rebecca Hagelin
Who could argue with the idea that, when it comes to sex education, our teenagers should be taught to say “no”? Considering what’s at stake ...
May 2, 2008
Flattop Follies: Navy cuts back on carriers
By Peter Brookes
Check this: After cutting the number of active aircraft carriers from 12 to 11 last year, the Navy is now requesting Congress' permission to go ...
May 2, 2008
Gasoline ignites political firestorm
By Ernest Istook
Gasoline prices have hit Washington like a Molotov cocktail. Gasoline prices,
It may be the biggest factor in this fall's elections, so Washington, ...
May 1, 2008
Examining a 'Nation at Risk'
By Ed Feulner
It's all too easy for lawmakers to throw cash at a problem. After all, they're spending somebody else's money. Take the way they've handled (or, ...
May 1, 2008
Enterprise, not laws, will solve foreclosure mess
By Ronald Utt
The collapse of the subprime mortgage market in late 2006 set in motion a chain reaction of economic and financial adversity that has spread to ...
May 1, 2008
Still 'A Nation at Risk'
By Dan Lips
Twenty-five years ago, the National Commission on Excellence in Education released the landmark "A Nation at Risk" report. It documented widespread failure in American schools. ...
May 1, 2008
NATO allies put pressure on Russia
By Helle Dale
What do you do when confronted by a bully? The first lesson you learn as a child in the school yard is that reasoning and ...
May 1, 2008
Law of the Jungle
By Nile Gardiner
It is hard to believe the United Nations' reputation as an international peacekeeping organization could sink any lower, but it just has. The BBC's flagship ...
April 29, 2008
Mind the Homeland Security Gap
By James Jay Carafano
As agencies go, the Department of Homeland Security is still a toddler. Less than half a decade old, it has served under only one administration.
April 29, 2008
Federally Mandated Health Care Ahead?
By Brian Darling
Are we getting closer to socialized medicine? Some in the Senate are pushing for a bill to replace our current flawed health system with one ...
April 29, 2008
Blame Congress for soaring gas prices
By Ernest Istook
It's time for consumers to strike back against the real culprits behind rising gasoline and food prices.
April 28, 2008
Face the Nations: Handicapping the Players in a Multi-Power World
By James Jay Carafano, Ph.D.
Voters interested in keeping America safe, free and prosperous have a choice. Option No. 1: They can follow the presidential race, which may provide some ...
April 26, 2008
Weapons Wal-Mart
By James Jay Carafano
Intelligence officials yesterday briefed key members of Congress on evidence that North Korea was helping Syria build a nuclear reactor like the one that cranks ...
April 26, 2008
Drug policy, from scratch
By Charles Stimson
What would the ideal U.S. drug policy be? What would you keep and reject from current laws?
April 25, 2008
Should poor defendants have the right to counsel in civil cases? No.
By Andrew M. Grossman
In a nation where about one in every 100 workers is a lawyer—where lawyers tout low flat rates in the phonebook and no-risk contingency fees ...
April 25, 2008
Blood weed
By Charles Stimson
Would softening drug laws alleviate or worsen drug violence in the U.S. and Mexico? Charles "Cully" Stimson and Jacob Sullum debate.
April 24, 2008
Let Reagan Go?
By Rebecca Hagelin
I have one question for anyone who would have us "let Ronald Reagan go": Are you kidding?
April 24, 2008
The Second Time as Farce
By Nile Gardiner
If further proof be needed of the terminal decline of the United Nations as a world body that purports to advance human rights, look no ...
April 24, 2008
U.S. relations
By Helle Dale
In the course of presidential election politics, the present inevitably takes a beating. In the discussion of American global leadership, virtually no good news ever ...
April 24, 2008
Take your daughter to work, but talk about home
By Jennifer A. Marshall
April 24 marks the 15th anniversary of Take Our Daughters to Work Day. The Ms. Foundation launched the program in 1993 to introduce young girls ...
April 23, 2008
N-power is a fix for Utah energy woes
By Jack Spencer
Coined the Beehive State 160 years ago, Utah connects its beloved symbol with hard-working industry and pioneer virtues of thrift and perseverance. Considering the likely ...
April 23, 2008
Moving Forward to Secure the Border
By James Jay Carafano and Diem Nguyen
Secretary of Homeland Security Michael Chertoff has issued two waivers of laws hindering barrier construction and security improvements on the border with Mexico. The Department ...
April 23, 2008
Lee, Bush affirm strong bilateral partnership
By Bruce Klingner
The U.S.-South Korean summit meeting successfully emphasized the value of the bilateral relationship in maintaining peace and stability in Northeast Asia. Presidents Lee Myung-bak and ...
April 23, 2008
Raiding states' rights?
By Charles Stimson
Do federal raids of legal local marijuana dispensaries violate state sovereignty? Charles 'Cully' Stimson and Jacob Sullum debate.
April 22, 2008
Strengthening America's Military
Senator Clinton's "Solutions" would fail.
By Jim Talent
Senator Hillary Clinton recently gave a speech in Aliquippa, Pa., outlining her “solutions for strengthening America’s military.” She proposes a speedy withdrawal from Iraq regardless ...
April 22, 2008
Conservatives Must Be Aware of Liberal Agenda
By Brian Darling
Foreign Debt Relief. Last week the House passed the "Jubilee Act" to cancel debt for poor countries, a move that could cost Americans billions of ...
April 22, 2008
America on drugs
By Charles Stimson
What's the difference between drug legalization and decriminalization? What are the advantages and disadvantages of each? All week, Reason magazine's Jacob Sullum and attorney Charles ...
April 22, 2008
Protectionist Congress Losing Latin America
By James Roberts and Ray Walser
In American election years, a theme sure to grab the nation's attention is who "lost" a certain country. In 1952, it was "Who lost China?" ...
April 21, 2008
America's Perils in the Orient
By Peter Brookes
While the world seems ablaze with problems, no area or issue, including terrorism, will shape the course of the 21st century for good - or ...
April 21, 2008
Evangelicals...and Justice From All
By Ryan Messmore
When it comes to faith and politics, young evangelicals are getting a lot of attention these days. Several recent polls and a slew of new ...
April 20, 2008
Clinton and Obama Fail Economics Test
By Brian Riedl
Wednesday’s Democratic presidential debate between Sens. Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama featured pointed barbs, exchanges and one-liners. What it lacked was accurate and articulate statements ...
April 19, 2008
Tough Love
By Israel Ortega
The sky is falling. At least, that’s what politicians who make a living out of pandering to the fear of the masses would like for ...
April 18, 2008
Ethanol: The political fuel
By Ernest Istook
Can it be that not everything green is good? Take ethanol. It's now under attack from its old buddies, the environmentalists. Some other former friends ...
April 18, 2008
The Real World: Putin in Libya
By Ariel Cohen
Russian President Vladimir Putin began a two-day visit to Libya on April 16, the first by a Russian president to the formerly shunned country. The ...
April 17, 2008
Congress & The Mortgage Madness: Leave Things A-Loan
By Rebecca Hagelin
Americans are a compassionate people. Faced with media reports about the rising tide of foreclosures, it’s understandable that many feel tempted to applaud federal action ...
April 16, 2008
Sabotaging Colombia
By Helle Dale
With friends like these, who needs enemies? This thought might well have presented itself to President Alvaro Uribe of Colombia in the last few days, ...
April 15, 2008
Whither the "Special Relationship"?
By Nile Gardiner
Gordon Brown flies into Washington this week a day after the pope does. The timing is unfortunate for the dour British prime minister, whose D.C. ...
April 15, 2008
How Washington Will Spend Your Taxes in 2008
By Brian Riedl
When tax season rolls around, it’s only natural for taxpayers to wonder just what their hard-earned federal tax dollars pay for, anyway.
Washington will spend ...
April 15, 2008
Leadership event
By John J. Tkacik Jr.
U.S. leadership on human rights faces a severe test on Tibet. German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Nicholas Sarkozy have — despite Europe's burgeoning ...
April 14, 2008
War & Pieces
By Peter Brookes
New information continues to blast away at last November's controversial National Intelligence Estimate (NIE) on the supposed dormant state of Iran's nuclear weapons program, which ...
April 14, 2008
America Loses by Changing the Rules on Trade
By Terry Miller and Daniella Markheim
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's sudden desire to change the rules on trade agreements carelessly throws into doubt a process that has brought unprecedented economic prosperity ...
April 14, 2008
We'd rather have a Winston
By Nile Gardiner
The US sees the prime minister as lacking the stomach for a war on terror
April 14, 2008
Congress Preparing for Another Spending Binge
By Brian Darling
Congress is on the verge of passing a $50 billion version of the President’s Emergency Plan For AIDS Relief (PEPFAR). This bill would triple the ...
April 14, 2008
Halt the bailout express
By J.D. Foster
Bailouts, subsidies and slush funds: Such are the main ingredients of the housing bill now stewing in Congress.
Bailouts to irresponsible borrowers, many ...
April 14, 2008
An Unexpected Ally?
By Israel Ortega
Now that the Eliot Spitzer administration is behind us, perhaps we can focus our attention again on tackling the most pressing issues facing New Yorkers. ...
April 13, 2008
Immigration Inertia
By James Jay Carafano
"I'm in favor of immigration," Rep. Gary Ackerman (D-N.Y.) once said. "But we also need rules." Most Americans probably agree. So why are sensible rules ...
April 11, 2008
The Real World: Iran – N.Korea with oil?
By Ariel Cohen
Amid chilling rhetoric reminiscent of Europe of the 1930s, Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has promised to give the West a "bloody nose" and "smash it ...
April 10, 2008
Liberals Push Big-Spend Farm and Budget Measures
By Brian Darling
Baseball’s not the only thing in full swing here in Washington. So is Congress’s post-Easter work period. And conservatives had better watch out for liberals ...
April 10, 2008
Dems Damn the Rules
By Brian Darling
Pelosi and Reid opened this Congress pledging a new openness and a respect for the rights of the minority party. Fifteen months later, their actions ...
April 10, 2008
Victims and villains
By Ernest Istook
The media have Mortgage Madness, and politicians have caught
April 10, 2008
Missile defense
By Helle Dale
The decision by NATO members last week in Bucharest to endorse American plans for a third missile-defense site located in Europe represents a huge step ...
April 9, 2008
Why We'll Still Need to Lead
By Kim R. Holmes
Conservatives should ask themselves one key question over the remaining months of the presidential campaign: What role should America play in the world?
April 9, 2008
Will your tax dollars go to mortgage cheats?
By Ernest Istook
These core teachings will be violated if Congress goes forward with plans to spend hundreds of billions to bail out people who lied to get ...
April 8, 2008
Lee stumbles out of the starting block
By Bruce Klingner
There's a saying in New England: "If you don't like the weather, just wait 10 minutes. It is sure to change." The same can be ...
April 8, 2008
Supply, demand and gasoline prices
By David W. Kreutzer
During the summer, television networks don't seem to discriminate in airing re-runs. The miserable shows get re-aired along with the good ones. Washington seems to ...
April 7, 2008
Costs will skyrocket as bureaucrats exert control over private health insurance
By Greg D'Angelo
Democratic presidential contender Barack Obama is mostly right when he says, "The reason people don't have health insurance isn't because they don't want it, it's ...
April 7, 2008
Separation anxiety
By Peter Brookes
While it was welcomed in some parts of the world — including Washington, London, Paris and Berlin — many other capitals viewed Kosovo’s declaration of ...
April 7, 2008
Keep Track of Crack Facts
By Andrew M. Grossman
A new federal law is letting thousands of federal convicts out of prison early, and no one is tracking who these felons are or what ...
April 3, 2008
Globalize NATO?
By Helle Dale
You have to wonder whether the leaders from the NATO countries, who will be convening Wednesday through Friday in Bucharest, will not feel just a ...
April 3, 2008
A Two-Tier Alliance
By Nile Gardiner
AS THE 26 leaders of the NATO Alliance gather in Bucharest this week for the organization's 59th summit, there will be simmering tensions between the ...
April 1, 2008
FISA Foes Fudge the Facts
By Andrew M. Grossman
It seems pretty simple: The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act is the law that U.S. intelligence experts use to sniff out foreign terrorists. Considering that it ...
April 1, 2008
And Now for the British Surge
By Nile Gardiner
As the battle between Iraqi security forces and Iranian-backed Shia militias raged in the port of Basra over the past week, British troops remained largely ...
April 1, 2008
A bear of a dilemma
By Ed Feulner
The drive from Washington, D.C., to Philadelphia isn't long, but it's certainly becoming expensive. On a recent weekend it cost me $65 to fill up ...
April 1, 2008
The Anti-Churchill
By Nile Gardiner
When British Prime Minister Gordon Brown visits the United States next month he is unlikely to receive as enthusiastic a welcome as his predecessor, Tony ...
April 1, 2008
Do Americans today still need labor unions?
By James Sherk
Would you want to work for a company that treats all workers exactly the same, no matter how hard they work? What about one that ...
April 1, 2008
The Trade Two Step
By Israel Ortega
Have you learned the steps to the latest dance sweeping the halls of Congress and race for the White House? If you answered no, it's ...
April 1, 2008
Deficient Proposal
By Nile Gardiner and Sally McNamara
French President Nicolas Sarkozy is expected to unveil a series of proposals for rejoining NATO’s integrated military command structure at the Bucharest Summit on April ...
March 29, 2008
The Real World: OPEC, Master of Universe
By Ariel Cohen
Skyrocketing gasoline prices may be pushing the U.S. economy over the edge, but the oil-rich lords of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries oil cartel ...
March 28, 2008
Mismanaging the Mortgage Mess
By Ernest Istook
Bad decisions travel in pairs. Worse, they sometimes travel in mobs. Consider how government is overreacting to our mortgage mess -- proving the adage that ...
March 28, 2008
Pack Journalists Miss Iraq Story, Again
By Ken McIntyre
A brutal dictator cooperated with Islamist terrorists, including Osama bin Laden’s future No. 2 man. His own records show the dictator funded, trained and armed ...
March 28, 2008
Public Housing Coming to Your Neighborhood?
By Ernest Istook
Public housing may be coming to your neighborhood. Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-N.Y., is leading a movement to spend billions of tax dollars to buy homes ...
March 24, 2008
Perils From Across the Pond
By Peter Brookes
If asked, most Americans wouldn't say that Europe is going to be a big challenge for the next president, especially in comparison with the hotspots ...
March 21, 2008
French Government, Sarkozy a Disappointment
By Nile Gardiner
In the immediate years following 9/11, the news media could always rely on a leading French politician for a sneering, headline-grabbing quote on America’s supposedly ...
March 20, 2008
Progress in Iraq
By Helle Dale
What impact would a Hillary Clinton or Barack Obama victory have on U.S. foreign policy, a foreign journalist wanted to know. How would the world ...
March 20, 2008
Old McDonald Had a Scam
By Brian Riedl
Should Taxpayer continue subsidizing millionaires? That's the question Congress is mulling over as it considers reauthorizing farm subsidies doled out by the Department of Agriculture. ...
March 20, 2008
Pakistan Election Rewards
By Lisa Curtis
Extremists may insist that Muslims have no choice but to engage in violent struggle with the West. Last week's election in Pakistan, however, proves otherwise. ...
March 19, 2008
Illuminating incident
By Dani Doane
Last year Congress passed a bill aimed at reducing energy consumption. That's a laudable goal. Who doesn't want to save energy?
March 19, 2008
In Iraq, a "Surge" Of Success
By Ed Feulner
Are we succeeding in Iraq? Look no further than the front page of your daily newspaper. What had been a steady barrage of bad news ...
March 17, 2008
When the Music Dies
By Bruce Klingner
Music may soothe the savage beast, but it won’t change Kim Jong-il’s intransigence in the stalled Six Party Talks.
March 17, 2008
Politics Doesn't Stop-Even for National Security
By Israel Ortega
Picture this: Two terrorists abroad are communicating over email/IM plotting a potential strike in New York City and the surrounding areas. The government knows that ...
March 14, 2008
Special-Interest Sympathy
By Michael Franc
Lobbyists, we hear this presidential season, embody all that’s wrong with Washington. “For seven long years,” Hillary Clinton tells us, “we’ve had a government of, ...
March 14, 2008
The Case for European Missile Defense
By Peter Brookes
After seemingly endless rounds of talks with its Polish and Czech counterparts about fielding a missile defense system in Europe, the United States made some ...
March 14, 2008
The West is Winning in Iraq
By Nile Gardiner
As the fifth anniversary of the invasion of Iraq approaches, the United States has proved her critics wrong -- again. The U.S.-led surge in Iraq ...
March 13, 2008
Treading a Foreign Policy Tightrope
By Ed Feulner
After so many debates, primaries and stump speeches, it's difficult to believe Election Day is still eights months away. But it's probably good that political ...
March 13, 2008
Playing Fast and Loose with Free Trade
By Helle Dale
The longer the Democratic primaries go on, the more we learn about Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama. This is obviously a very useful process. During ...
March 12, 2008
Paying the Price to Wipe Out the Enemy
By Rebecca Hagelin
The headline in my local weekly paper was strikingly idiotic:“Ending War through Diplomacy"
March 10, 2008
Disorder in the Court
By Andrew M. Grossman
"Fool me once, shame on you; fool me twice, shame on me," is an old saw, but there’s wisdom in it.
March 10, 2008
South Asia: Cauldrons of Chaos
By Peter Brookes
The next occupant of the White House better have an iron grip on the national-security challenges facing the United States in the geopolitical hotbed of ...
March 10, 2008
The Cyber Challenge
By Peter Brookes
It is no secret that modern warfare is increasingly dependent on advanced computers — and no country’s armed forces are more reliant on the digital ...
March 8, 2008
Prize in Eurasian Game
By Ariel Cohen
The Russian presidential election in which Dmitry Medvedev — Vladimir Putin's choice as his successor — was confirmed by the vast majority of Russian voters ...
March 8, 2008
35 Years of Achievements
By Israel Ortega
For many, “conservatism” is a dirty word. It brings to mind an image of a stubborn, rich, greedy businessman trying to exploit others. At least, ...
March 8, 2008
Health Care Solutions
By Robert E. Moffit
People will suffer needlessly and die before their time if lawmakers don’t fix the health care system.
That’s not clownish propaganda from lefty filmmaker ...
March 7, 2008
The Real World: From Sderot to Jerusalem
By Ariel Cohen
The terrorist who attacked Merkaz HaRav Yeshiva at around 8:30 Thursday night, murdered eight religious students and wounded at least 10, sent a message to ...
March 7, 2008
The Korea-U.S. FTA: Greater Partnership for the Future
By Anthony B Kim
About two years ago, Washington and Seoul jointly announced their intention to negotiate a free trade agreement (FTA).
March 5, 2008
Preserving "Liberty's Best Hope"
By Rebecca Hagelin
Listening to more than a few liberals, you'd think that the biggest problem in the world today is the United States. The "blame America first" ...
March 4, 2008
The Moral Costs of Socialized Medicine
By Connie Marshner
There are moral costs in socialized medicine. Anyone who considers Canada's health system a role model for the U.S. should consider the case of Samuel ...
March 3, 2008
A Crack-Job on Jail Sentences
By Charles Stimson
Unless Congress acts quickly, on March 3 thousands of convicted felons will be allowed to petition federal judges to get out of jail early.
March 1, 2008
Why Tax Cuts Still Matter
By William W. Beach
Once again, presidential politics has turned to tax policy.
The candidates are debating not only whether the sluggish economy justifies another round of tax ...
March 1, 2008
Managing Mayhem: The Future of Interagency
By James Jay Carafano
The U.S. Sentencing Commission recently issued new guidelines that make retroactive revised sentences for crack-cocaine possession. But all stakeholders in the criminal justice system — ...
March 1, 2008
Prince Harry The Hero Puts Europe to Shame
By Nile Gardiner
The revelation that Prince Harry has been courageously serving in Afghanistan for nearly three months (under a media blackout) should be applauded by all who ...
March 1, 2008
Management Reshuffle?
By Ariel Cohen
Last December Russian President Vladimir Putin chose Dmitry Medvedev, a first deputy prime minister, to succeed him in the country's presidency. March 2 presidential elections ...
February 29, 2008
A New National Strategy for Korea
By Bruce Klingner
The United States welcomed the election of Lee Myung-bak, who they expect to improve strained relations with Washington, implement a more pragmatic policy toward North ...
February 29, 2008
Land of the free and home of the victims
By Ernest Istook
I wish I were a victim. Then people would give me things, and government would take care of me.
That's a dominant message on the ...
February 29, 2008
Osama bin London
By Nile Gardiner
The conviction in London this week of the Muslim fanatic known as “Osama bin London” and five of his followers is a significant blow to ...
February 29, 2008
Bill Buckley: The Founder of the Movement
By Lee Edwards, Ph.D.
Bill Buckley was the founder of the modern conservative movement. Others clearly made major contributions -- Russell Kirk, Milton Friedman, Barry Goldwater, Ronald Reagan of ...
February 28, 2008
Darfur First
By Helle Dale
It is not often that one has occasion to applaud political pronouncements coming out of Hollywood. It is usually enough to turn your opinion in ...
February 27, 2008
Big Labor & The Truth About Colombia
By James Roberts
Delays in approving the U.S.-Colombia free trade agreement is workers and their families in the United States and Colombia.
February 27, 2008
Mullahs in Space
By Peter Brookes
As the world continues to hem and haw about Iran's "peaceful" nuclear program, Tehran continues, slowly but surely, to present clues as to its likely ...
February 26, 2008
In Defense of Defense Spending
By James Jay Carafano
President Bush's proposed defense budget for next year - an inflation-adjusted $515 billion - stands as the most dollars ponied up for the Pentagon since ...
February 26, 2008
Green Light on Terrorism
By Andrew M. Grossman and Robert Alt
Ordinarily, we wouldn't alert international terrorists that the United States is easing its efforts to detect and dismantle their plots. But since Congress has already, ...
February 26, 2008
Ethanol policy threatens to starve the world
By Ernest Istook
These are leading causes of hunger, according to the United Nations. Soon we may add another. Ethanol.
February 25, 2008
Congress Operates in the Dark Ages
By Robert Bluey
A congressional Web site devoted to spending reform may soon fall victim to a nearly 10-year-old House rule governing online activity. If the Web site ...
February 25, 2008
Public broadcasting should at last spread wings, fly
By Ken McIntyre
Taxpayer-funded public broadcasting has been around almost as long as “60 Minutes.” No wonder it seems part of the family.
February 20, 2008
Dubya's Different Take on Africa
By Brett D. Schaefer and Anthony B Kim
President Bush's trip to five African nations (Benin, Tanzania, Rwanda, Ghana and Liberia) is the culmination of seven years of efforts to improve US relations ...
February 20, 2008
Heritage at 35: A Track Record of Success
By Rebecca Hagelin
Seen any liberals wearing black armbands lately? It wouldn’t surprise me. You see, it was 35 years ago this month that The Heritage Foundation opened ...
February 19, 2008
The Reid Doctrine
By Mike Franc
Back in December 2006 with his stint as Senate minority leader still fresh in mind, soon-to-be Majority Leader Harry Reid (D- Nev.) offered an olive ...
February 16, 2008
The Real World: U.S. Intel on Russia, Iran
By Ariel Cohen
What does the U.S. intelligence community really know about the Russian-Iranian axis? On Feb. 5, John Michael McConnell, Director of National Intelligence presented his Annual ...
February 16, 2008
Russia's deja vu parade
By Ariel Cohen
As Yogi Berra once said, "This is deja vu all over again." On May 9, heavy military equipment will once again roll down Moscow's Red ...
February 15, 2008
A Heritage of Conservative Victories
By Ed Feulner
Ask a conservative to name landmark dates in political history, and Jan. 20, 1981 (President Reagan’s inauguration) would be high on the list. So would ...
February 14, 2008
Islam, Britain
By Helle Dale
With all the elegance of a bull in a china shop, Rowan Williams, Archbishop of Canterbury, last week made a foray into the difficult subject ...
February 13, 2008
Saving the Sailors: Greens vs. National Defense
By Peter Brookes
In spite of a presidential waiver, last week US District Judge Florence-Marie Cooper re-issued a January injunction against the Navy's use of active sonar in ...
February 13, 2008
House Does Terrorism Tap Dance
By James Jay Carafano
The day after the Pentagon announced it would be charging six of the detainees held at Guantanamo Bay with crimes (including plotting the 9/11 strikes ...
February 12, 2008
Israel vs. Iran: 1st Strike Strategies
By Peter Brookes
In late December, Tehran crowed that its 1,000-megawatt Bushehr nuclear plant, supposedly meant to produce peaceful nuclear energy, would be “online” as early as this ...
February 12, 2008
Maritime Defense: A Sinking Feeling
By Edwin Feulner
Even the strongest military powers are often paralyzed by an age-old weakness: They tend to focus on past threats rather than on future ones.
February 12, 2008
A Wish List for 2008
By James Roberts and Ray Walser
In 2007, parts of Latin America continued to backslide toward leftist, authoritarian political rule. However, mixed into the record were many positive developments for democracy ...
February 12, 2008
Future Combat Systems: Dispelling Widespread Myths of the US Army's Primary Modernization Program
By Mackenzie Eaglen and Oliver Horn
A year into the invasion of Iraq, then-Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld visited Iraq-bound soldiers in a remote desert camp somewhere in Kuwait. With the ...
February 11, 2008
The Link between Economic Opportunity and Prosperity
By Israel Ortega
What accounts for the economic success of some countries and the shortcomings of others? Why do some countries boast high per-capita income while in others ...
February 9, 2008
Fiscal Action Now
By Mike Franc
“Every member in this chamber,” President Bush said during last month’s State of the Union address, “knows that spending on entitlement programs like Social Security, ...
February 9, 2008
The Real World: Iran's space rocket launch
By Ariel Cohen
On Feb. 5, just a few days before the 29th anniversary of the Iranian Revolution, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad ordered the launch of a ballistic rocket ...
February 8, 2008
Standards must be urgent priority to keep nation secure after 9/11
By James Jay Carafano
Members of the 9/11 Commission suggested it. Twice, Congress passed laws requiring it. Yet, more than six years after the 9/11 attacks, America still lacks ...
February 7, 2008
New Hope for Zimbabwe
By Tom Woods, Roger Bate, and Marian L. Tupy
Zimbabwe's economic meltdown and political repression just keep accelerating. Four million Zimbabweans have now fled the country, and most of the 8 million remaining there ...
February 7, 2008
Nuclear energy: Power play
By Jack Spencer and Nicolas Loris
Maryland's Allegheny Energy recently mailed two compact fluorescent light bulbs to each of its customers. Imagine the indignation when those customers noticed a $12 charge ...
February 7, 2008
Forward Progress
By Helle Dale
Last week brought the good news that an unfortunate dispute between the United States and one of its best allies in Europe found the promise ...
February 7, 2008
GITMO's Secret Chamber
By James Jay Carafano
Since 9/11, the biggest disaster of the long war on terrorism has been the Bush administration's response to concerns about its wartime detention policies. This ...
February 6, 2008
Missile Defense Delay Undermines Security
By Peter Brookes
The US and its allies are leaving themselves dangerously vulnerable to attack if they fail to implement the ballistic missile defense system that has been ...
February 6, 2008
The Other State of the Union
By Mike Franc
His State of the Union address began with a focus on our government’s foremost responsibility -- national security. This, the first of many bold policy ...
February 5, 2008
Congress Will Send Billions To Tax Cheaters
By Ernest Istook
Cheaters never win? They’ll win billions from the “economic stimulus” package that’s rushing through Congress. Over five million people who file phony tax returns can ...
February 2, 2008
The Real World: Olmert's Reprieve
By Ariel Cohen
Amid a rare Jerusalem snowstorm the Winograd Commission, named after its chairman, retired Tel-Aviv district court president judge Eliyahu Winograd, has finally publicized its much-expected ...
February 1, 2008
Nuclear Safety Paranoia
By Jack Spencer
