Critics of a study the Heritage Foundation released yesterday looking at the costs of amnesty for illegal immigrants have done something strange — they’ve attacked us for not doing the study they wanted us to do. It is odd that so many politicians and outsiders feel that they should decide what an educational institution such as Heritage should and shouldn’t…

The United States has always been a nation of immigrants, at our best when welcoming to our shores those who "yearn to breathe free." Indeed, immigration has had many positive effects on our economy and society. We have successfully, if not perfectly, lived out our motto of "out of many, one." We have had a culture and limited government that encouraged individual…

The smallest and most fundamental form of government is the family and it is falling apart. Americans across the political spectrum are beginning to recognize it. President Obama, in this year's State of the Union address, said he wanted to work to "strengthen families by removing the financial deterrents to marriage for low-income couples, and doing more to encourage…

In his second inaugural address, President Obama talked about doing things "together." "Together we resolved that a great nation must care for the vulnerable, and protect its people from life's worst hazards and misfortune," he said. The president is right that we all need help from time to time, and we must care for our most vulnerable. But when he says "a great nation…

Americans have witnessed tremendous environmental improvements over the past several decades. At the same time, they have enjoyed greater economic prosperity. These parallel developments counter popular perception, which suggests that increases in population size and economic growth are inherently at odds with environmental quality. In other words, U.K. broadcaster Sir…

Gallup polls recently confirmed that most Americans think the government is trying to do too many things (54 percent) and that it shouldn’t promote traditional values (52 percent). Should we cheer these libertarian sentiments? Yes and no. Government, particularly the federal government, is too big and arrogant, always asserting that it knows best. Washington even…

Such was the last word and prayer of William Tyndale, first translator of the New Testament into English. Tyndale was strangled and burned at the stake in pre-Reformation England in 1536 because he would not bow to the will of King Henry VIII in religious matters. Today a company bearing Tyndale's name is asking God to open President Obama's eyes to his trampling of…