Government imposition of widespread lockdowns in response to the COVID-19 pandemic have produced profound economic dislocations. Congress has sought to mitigate this economic damage by enacting a series of bills that have raised federal spending, deficits, and debt to extraordinary levels. Current deficits and debt are instructive, but insufficient, measures of a government’s financial sustainability. 

This anniversary of the Tiananmen Square protests is especially ominous. It comes during the collapse of the “one country, two systems” framework that preserved liberty and prosperity in Hong Kong since 1997. Vigils commemorating the events of Tiananmen Square have even been outlawed. It’s being commemorated against the backdrop of the Chinese Communist Party’s gross mishandling of the response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Light a candle with us as we vow that we will never forget the sacrifice the students of Tiananmen Square made for freedom and democracy 31 years ago.

Due to the overbroad use of the term “terrorist,” the word itself has largely lost its meaning, resulting in a political and public disagreement on which organizations, if any, should be labeled terrorist, and why. The term appropriately applies to Antifa.

Heritage visiting fellow, Kiron Skinner joined Fox News today to talk about the protests and riots sweeping the country following the death of George Floyd, the unacceptable violence taking place during the riots, and what President Trump must do to bring the nation together.