Service Jobs Are Next to Go
If you meet Baxter, the latest humanoid robot from Rethink Robotics – you should get comfortable with him, because you’ll likely be seeing more of him soon. Rethink Robotics released Baxter last fall and received an overwhelming response from the manufacturing industry, selling out of their production capacity through April. He’s cheap to buy ($22,000), […]
Cyprus: Last-Minute Bailout Doesn’t Address Eurozone’s Underlying Systemic Issues
Patrick Pleul/dpa/picture-alliance/Newscom A last-minute accord struck early Monday morning between Cypriot authorities and International Monetary Fund and European Union officials is being hailed in Brussels as a breakthrough. In reality, the agreement simply papers over serious structural fractures within the eurozone and is likely nothing more than a temporary solution to long-term problems. The deal […]
The 30th Anniversary of SDI, President Reagan’s Visionary Idea
Benjamin Myers Photography Ronald Reagan’s Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI) speech in 1983 launched a program to eliminate the threat posed by a nuclear attack and set the groundwork for today’s missile defense system. On March 19, The Heritage Foundation and the George C. Marshall Institute co-hosted an event commemorating the 30th anniversary of this speech. […]
New Scandal Threatens Obama
Report confirms what well-placed sources have been saying. TEL AVIV – Has the White House been misleading the public by repeatedly denying it was coordinating arms shipments to the rebels in Syria, insurgents known to consist in large part of al-Qaida and other jihadist groups? Other top U.S. officials and former officials, including former Secretary […]
VIDEO: Heritage’s Ryan Anderson Debates Marriage with Piers Morgan, Suze Orman
How do you throw Piers Morgan off his game? Stick to the facts, remain civil and win the argument. Heritage’s Ryan Anderson did exactly that Tuesday night in a showdown with the liberal CNN host of “Piers Morgan Live” and guest Suze Orman. The show came on the day the U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments […]
Russia Conducts Unannounced Searches of Human Rights Groups
Newscom Russian law enforcement agents have conducted hundreds of unannounced searches of Russian non-governmental organizations (NGOs). Authorities have searched 600 organizations across the country since last week, according to media reports. An interagency law enforcement task force raided Amnesty International’s Moscow office in an unannounced inspection on Monday. Sergei Nikitin, the agency’s Russia director, called […]
Eurozone Crisis Creates Another Challenge for Merkel
Zick,Jochen/ZUMA Press/Newscom As opposition to the euro continues to build within the eurozone, Germany, the motor of the eurozone—frankly, the only thing holding it all together—is not immune. Recently, a new political organization has formed in Germany called Alternative for Germany. So far the group is only a collection of like-minded euro-skeptic German intellectuals with […]
Obama Plans to Spend $150 Million for Green Energy Projects (Because It’s Worked So Well Before)
Rainer Jensen/dpa/picture-alliance/Newscom Just what America needs: More taxpayer-funded green energy projects. The Department of Energy (DOE) and the U.S. Internal Revenue Service released plans to re-allocate more than $150 million in remaining manufacturing tax credits for “green” energy projects originally authorized by the 2009 American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (the stimulus bill), according to Recovery.gov. […]
Marriage: Children, Freedom, and a Crucial Debate
Those pressing the Supreme Court to overturn the federal Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) and California’s Proposition 8 essentially argue that marriage as we’ve always known it is not constitutional. But redefining marriage would make marriage about the desires of adults rather than the well-being of children. That was the takeaway from a media briefing […]
The Best Plan for Farmers and Ranchers: Free Trade
Newscom Congress is currently fighting over the future of U.S. farm programs. In 2011, taxpayers subsidized farmers to the tune of $10.4 billion in government payments. Imagine if the government had a way to increase payments to farmers while reducing taxpayer subsidies to zero. Such a policy exists. It’s called free trade. From 2004 to […]
Obamacare at Three Years: Increasing Cost Estimates
Newscom Today marks three years since Obamacare was signed into law, and taxpayers probably aren’t celebrating. Over the last three years, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) has revised its cost estimates for Obamacare’s new entitlements—the Medicaid expansion and exchange subsidies—many times, and they have more than doubled since 2010. The first estimate in 2010 pegged […]
