http://www.heritage.org/static/rss/political-thought.xmlPolitical Thought - The Heritage Foundationen-US© Copyright 2012info@heritage.orgRSS Generator {56BAEDE3-E370-4CFF-866E-01CDE48E26A6}http://www.heritage.org/sitecore/content/home/research/lecture/2012/01/a-constitutional-president-ronald-reagan-and-the-foundingRonald Reagan was guided by the principles of the American founding, especially the idea of ordered liberty.Thu, 26 Jan 2012 15:14:00 -0500{6434C897-0C22-4A77-B602-812F26886734}http://www.heritage.org/sitecore/content/home/multimedia/audio/2012/01/bromund-podcast-1-20-12In this week's Heritage in Focus podcast, Ted Bromund discusses "The Iron Lady," the new biopic of Margaret Thatcher. David Weinberger hosts.Fri, 20 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0500{F3434605-041D-45FA-909F-BB03A880C79B}http://www.heritage.org/sitecore/content/home/multimedia/audio/2011/12/istook929-vote-fraud-is-realIstook Voter FraudThu, 29 Dec 2011 00:00:00 -0500{F5A25FC4-A631-4F7E-8C87-B3008A716CC8}http://www.heritage.org/sitecore/content/home/multimedia/audio/2011/12/istook928-the-rules-in-primariesIstook Primary rulesTue, 27 Dec 2011 00:00:00 -0500{4E373E1B-B7C2-46B0-B752-C327970171A1}http://www.heritage.org/sitecore/content/home/research/lecture/2011/12/is-america-exceptionalAmerica shares many traits with other countries, but it also has characteristics that set it apart and give it a role to play and a national identity that no other country has. Most important are the founding ideas of classical liberalism, political democracy, and economic freedom. Wed, 14 Dec 2011 00:00:00 -0500{6546B7C6-9424-4E4E-9330-B8EEE8310AA8}http://www.heritage.org/sitecore/content/home/multimedia/audio/2011/11/istook905-thanksgivingIstook ThanksgivingWed, 23 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0500{8EB49738-3645-4DB5-9DC8-C8A9525D5070}http://www.heritage.org/sitecore/content/home/research/commentary/2011/11/what-happened-to-data-driven-education-reform"The path to real reform begins with the truth," stated Education Secretary Arne Duncan in 2009 during an education forum with the Data Quality Campaign. Sec. Duncan, who argues that policymakers should use "data to drive reform," strongly believes that education policy should be "framed by evidence."Tue, 15 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0500{AF2B73E6-24A7-4B55-8AFC-2BA4A7B6590F}http://www.heritage.org/sitecore/content/home/research/lecture/2011/11/saving-the-american-idea-rejecting-fear-envy-and-the-politics-of-divisionIn this major address at The Heritage Foundation, Congressman Paul Ryan dissects the real class warfare—a class of governing elites, exploiting the politics of division to pick winners and losers in our economy and determine our destinies for us—and outlines a principled, pro-growth alternative to this path of debt, doubt and decline.Tue, 15 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0500{C21CD3B3-DB2E-431C-9344-3A15210EC5FB}http://www.heritage.org/sitecore/content/home/multimedia/audio/2011/11/shaw-podcast-11-10-11In this week's Heritage in Focus podcast, Julia Shaw discusses the Occupy Wall Street movement and how it differs from the Tea Party. David Weinberger hosts.Thu, 10 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0500{300377F2-D20F-478C-BBB5-74C784B91767}http://www.heritage.org/sitecore/content/home/multimedia/audio/2011/11/scribecast-11-8-11In this week's Scribecast, producer Harmon Kaslow discusses the DVD release of Atlas Shrugged, Part 1, and his plans to make Part 2. Rob Bluey and Lachlan Markay host. Scribecast is the podcast of the Center for Media and Public Policy.Tue, 08 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0500{179307EA-5997-4939-B7A4-62EF968963C8}http://www.heritage.org/sitecore/content/home/multimedia/audio/2011/11/wapshott-podcast-11-3-11In this week's Heritage in Focus podcast, author Nicholas Wapshott discusses the conflicting views of economists John Maynard Keynes and Friedrich Hayek. David Weinberger hosts.Thu, 03 Nov 2011 01:00:00 -0400{445E42A4-5DDD-48D1-AFB9-8D65A989D0A9}http://www.heritage.org/sitecore/content/home/research/reports/2011/11/the-first-principles-of-ronald-reagans-foreign-policyA neo-Reaganite grand strategy offers the surest guide for restoring and sustaining American greatness in the 21st century. It incorporates the principles of the Founding without slighting the perennial imperatives of power and geopolitics. It inoculates us from the pessimism of unrealistic realists, who underestimate the possibility of provisional justice, and the dangerous illusions of idealists, who underrate the obstacles to achieving it in international politics. It can facilitate the expansion of stable liberal democracy and economic prosperity, thereby minimizing the number and gravity of the threats the United States faces. Its commitment to American exceptionalism and American military preeminence not only enhances deterrence, but reduces the blood, toil, tears, and sweat of the wars that the United States must fight. And it contrasts favorably with any other plausible alternative, be it unrealistic realism, liberal internationalism, isolationism, or utopian versions of neoconservatism unconstrained by geopolitical imperatives.Tue, 01 Nov 2011 12:08:00 -0400{2638F6F0-FAFD-47F7-9308-746C29BC959B}http://www.heritage.org/sitecore/content/home/research/commentary/2011/10/tuition-loan-nightmare-on-occupy-wall-streetThe Occupy Wall Street movement continues to push a list of wild demands: the end of capitalism, no more wars, and free college tuition. This movement seems like one of those out-of-control monsters in a bad Halloween movie.Mon, 31 Oct 2011 01:00:00 -0400{D0863255-24FC-4B8C-B339-65406A26651D}http://www.heritage.org/sitecore/content/home/research/commentary/2011/10/class-warfare-liteSenate Democrats tossed aside President Obama’s stimulus plan last week, and will force a vote this week on a different version of it. Some choice, though: It’s Class Warfare vs. Class Warfare Lite.Mon, 10 Oct 2011 01:00:00 -0400{09227B75-805C-481E-B61E-20482AFEE203}http://www.heritage.org/sitecore/content/home/research/commentary/2011/10/steve-jobs-and-american-exceptionalismSteve Jobs, who died Wednesday at the too-young age of 56, was a living refutation of all what liberals constantly tell us about our country — that we're falling behind others and live now in a "post-American world," as one of Barack Obama's favorite books puts it in its title.Sun, 09 Oct 2011 01:00:00 -0400{D1861D9C-4E16-4767-942E-F21B3965AB5B}http://www.heritage.org/sitecore/content/home/multimedia/audio/2011/10/istook871-occupying-wall-streetIstook Occcupy WallstreetWed, 05 Oct 2011 01:00:00 -0400{1E853394-E208-4D5A-B19D-C53568C340F4}http://www.heritage.org/sitecore/content/home/research/commentary/2011/10/might-blue-america-have-a-red-geneThe liberal coalition may not be as liberal as you'd expect. According to the most recent "Battleground Poll" from the George Washington University and Politico, there are some surprisingly large reservoirs of conservatism among many voter groups typically viewed as card-carrying members of the liberal voting bloc.Sat, 01 Oct 2011 01:00:00 -0400{FB80E972-EBCC-4FB9-B8DC-550E4BE57B85}http://www.heritage.org/sitecore/content/home/research/commentary/2011/09/blue-americas-red-geneThe liberal coalition may not be as liberal as you’d expect. According to the most recent “Battleground Poll” from the George Washington University and Politico, there are some surprisingly large reservoirs of conservatism among many voter groups typically viewed as card-carrying members of the liberal voting bloc.Fri, 30 Sep 2011 01:00:00 -0400{27123F42-9C35-47A3-B35F-AE8A04E2B7C0}http://www.heritage.org/sitecore/content/home/research/commentary/2011/09/the-challenge-of-constitution-dayDeclaring your independence is risky, but it’s relatively simple. Figuring out how to function as an actual nation is more complex. That’s why some of the brightest American minds came to Philadelphia in 1787 to write the Constitution of the United States. Thomas Jefferson called their meeting “an assembly of demigods,” and who can disagree? The ensuing debate produced the remarkable document that still guides our nation 224 years later. Mon, 12 Sep 2011 01:00:00 -0400{DD76EFB8-1C90-487D-ADCB-863DC4482606}http://www.heritage.org/sitecore/content/home/multimedia/audio/2011/09/istook853-college-musical-chairsIstookFri, 09 Sep 2011 01:00:00 -0400