As part of our countdown to the new year, here are Heritage’s top five must-see charts of 2013. 5. What If a Typical Family Spent Money Like the Federal Government? While middle-class families are still plagued by a sluggish recovery in the Obama economy, this is what their finances would look like if they spent […]
Merry Christmas! I hope this day reminds you of the bounty that God has blessed us with. I hope it prompts you to pass on that grace to the people in your life, as well as to others who may cross your path. As you celebrate, I wanted to share a few Christmas greeting cards […]
Credit: KAREN BLEIER/AFP/Getty Images/Newscom The Obama administration is urging its supporters to make the most of the holidays by turning family dinners and other social gatherings into platforms for boosting enrollment in Obamacare. Supporters can even log on to a working website for talking points that can help them push loved ones including those who, […]
According to news reports, a government security expert at the heart of Healthcare.gov told Members of the House Oversight Committee that she informed HHS that the website was too dangerous to use. In the days leading up the Obamacare rollout, Teresa Fryer, the Chief Information Security Officer at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services […]
(CNSNews.com) – “Even as the economy creates jobs, too many Americans find themselves on the sidelines watching as the rich get richer, the poor get poorer and the middle class are getting squeezed and squeezed,” Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) said on Thursday. “There is no greater challenge this country has than income inequality. […]
Yao Dawei/ZUMA Press/Newscom In 1962, the Beatles auditioned for Decca Records. Pope John XXIII excommunicated Fidel Castro. And China invaded India. More than 2,000 died in the harsh mountain combat. A self-declared “non-aligned” power, India never expected to be attacked by a Cold War protagonist. Unprepared, New Delhi threw ground troops into the fight, but […]
Attacking capitalism never seems to go out of style. Over the past 100 years, few institutions have been attacked so fiercely, so falsely and so foolishly. Yet capitalism’s resilience continues. Governments based on the idea that capitalism is evil and that the state can create wealth by controlling an entire economy have risen and fallen […]
Residents of Juba arrive at the U.N. compound, where they sought shelter. (Photo: TONY KARUMBA/AFP/Getty Images/Newscom) South Sudan is dangerously close to becoming embroiled in a civil war. Rival factions within the national army clashed in the capital, resulting in an attempted coup at the beginning of the week. Two Indian U.N. peacekeepers have been […]
infuslv-07/INFphoto.com/Newscom Late last week, a federal judge in Utah struck down part of the state’s law that criminalizes polygamy. The challenge was brought by Kody Brown of the television show Sister Wives. Brown is a polygamist who has one legal wife and three other wives by “spiritual union” based on their religious beliefs. Polygamy is […]
Ricardo Maldonado Rozo/EFE/Newscom This week on the big screen, martial arts master Jason Statham tangles with James Franco in Homefront. Statham’s on-screen backstory? He’s a British Interpol agent who retires to rural Louisiana, where he runs afoul of Franco and his gang. As a story, it’s not bad. But as a depiction of Interpol, it’s […]
