Last week, Pascal Lamy, chief of the World Trade Organization (WTO), gave a stark warning that rising protectionism is a serious threat to global economic recovery. Indeed, not too long ago, The Heritage Foundation’s Center for International Trade and Economics also counseled that “global trade freedom needs a boost.” We are unlikely to see a […]
Tomorrow, the government’s liberty-crushing mandate that has elicited widespread outcry and led a federal judge to grant a preliminary injunction against the rule for a for-profit business will officially take effect. On August 1, Obamacare’s preventive health services mandate will be implemented, and with it the Health and Human Services (HHS) anti-conscience mandate. After Wednesday, […]
Why do they need attacks right now the former bodyguard said? Al Qaeda is getting everything they want right now, without attacks. “Nasser Al-Bahri, Former Bodyguard of Osama Bin Laden: ” There Will Be Large-Scale Attacks against the West in the Near Future,” from MEMRI, July 18 (thanks to JAT): Following are excerpts from an interview with Nasser […]
Milton Friedman, who would be 100 years old today, is primarily remembered as a Noble Prize winner in economics. But for all his achievements in his chosen field, it is a very different accomplishment that may be his biggest legacy. Friedman is known by those in the defense field as the father of the all-volunteer […]
After years of delays and renegotiations, a free trade agreement between the United States and South Korea (KORUS) finally took effect four months ago. Some parts of the U.S. economy are already bearing sweet fruit. As of this year, cherry growers in Washington have shipped 368,000 boxes of fresh cherries to South Korea. Compared to […]
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Colorado federal District Court Judge and Carter appointee John L. Kane granted a preliminary injunction Friday on behalf of Hercules Industries in Newland v. Sebelius. The injunction secured by Newland’s attorneys at the Alliance Defending Freedom is the first to be ordered by a federal court judge in litigation surrounding the Health and Human Services […]
On July 30, the Senate is scheduled to vote on the nomination of Robert E. Bacharach to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit. But under a more than 30-year-old Senate procedure known as the Thurmond/Leahy Rule, during a presidential election year, the opposition party may block the confirmation of judicial nominees in […]
While big-city mayors crow like roosters to demonstrate who’s toughest on “Chick-fil-A values,” shredding constitutional free speech guarantees as they strut for the media, Heritage’s Jennifer Marshall helpfully shines some light on the chicken franchise’s impressive work to strengthen families. Of course, Chick-fil-A President Dan Cathy wasn’t making a speech or otherwise looking to ruffle […]
Be sure to check out the latest Heritage Libertad podcast. For the English version, click here. For the Spanish version, click here. In this month’s Heritage Libertad podcast, we are happy to welcome two of our colleagues to discuss the latest headlines including President Obama’s latest example of his imperial presidency by gutting the landmark […]
