Aerial view of Capitol Hill

Why They Marched, in Their Own Words

Despite temperatures in the teens and wind chills below zero, people from across the country marched in Washington, D.C., yesterday, to speak up for life. They had different backgrounds—from the 15-year-old who said he “would do anything to support this cause” to the man who was conceived when his mother was raped: “I’m here today […]

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Do Pro-Lifers Have a Place in New York? Cuomo’s Comments Spark Backlash Days Before March for Life

Gov. Andrew Cuomo (Credit: Sharkpixs/ZUMApress/Newscom) Hundreds of thousands of people will make their way to nation’s capital for the 41st annual March for Life this week. New Yorkers plan to use the occasion to criticize Governor Andrew Cuomo (D-NY), whose controversial comments about pro-lifers have set off a firestorm. Last week, Cuomo attacked “extreme conservatives” […]

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Heritage Experts Weigh In On Massive Omnibus Spending Bill

Increases funding for Head Start and Early Head Start by $612 million, to $8.6 billion. Head Start has been evaluated by the Department of Health and Human Services and deemed ineffective at improving child outcomes on numerous measures. In December 2012, the HHS released a highly anticipated evaluation of the program. The scientifically rigorous evaluation […]

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Obama’s use of executive power faces reckoning at Supreme Court

The boundaries of executive power of the president are at stake Monday as the Supreme Court considers whether President Obama violated the Constitution during his first term. Oral arguments slated for Monday will center on a trio of recess appointments to the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) that were deemed unconstitutional by lower courts. If […]

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Threats to America in 2014

Americans will die on American soil in large numbers. So predicted the Hart-Rudman Commission seven months before the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. No commissioner felt good about it getting it right. But the purpose of identifying “black swan” events before they happen is to give our leaders a chance to prevent them. Here are some […]

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Volgograd Terror Wave Threatens Sochi Olympics, Russian Civic Peace

RIA Novosti/Xinhua/Photoshot/Newscom Russia’s holiday cheer was shattered by brutal suicide bombings on December 29 and 30 in the city of Volgograd that killed at least 31 people. Many experts believe that the bombings, which come just weeks before the opening of the Winter Olympics in Sochi, are an attempt by North Caucasus Islamist insurgents to […]

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