PODCAST: Heritage 2011 Budget Chart Book
In a new Heritage in Focus, Heritage research assistant Emily Goff discusses our 2011 Budget Chart Book which shows in vivid detail the severity of America’s spending crisis. Listen to the full interview here. In this podcast, Goff offers solutions to prevent us from worsening our fiscal situation. In addition, she tackles other burning questions […]
Not Stealing Palestine but Purchasing Israel
by Daniel Pipes National Review Online June 21, 2011 Zionists stole Palestinian land: that’s the mantra both the Palestinian Authority and Hamas teach their children and propagate in their media. This claim has vast importance, as Palestinian Media Watch explains: “Presenting the creation of the [Israeli] state as an act of theft and its continued […]
EU Should Get Its Own House in Order
After three years, British citizen Andrew Symeou has been found not guilty by a Greek jury of fatally attacking another British vacationer on the island of Zante. However, this is no ordinary judicial outcome, for Andrew Symeou has endured injustices far beyond being falsely accused of murder. Two years ago, Symeou was taken from his […]
Why Ethanol and Natural Gas Don’t Deserve Subsidies
Two of the energy subsidy debates in Washington focus on tax credits for the ethanol and natural gas industries. The growing opposition to the $6 billion ethanol blender’s tax credit became quite clear when the Senate voted 73–27 to remove the subsidy—even though the credit is set to expire at the end of the year. […]
Foreclosure Mess May Take 60 Years to Clean Up
(NY Times) The sheer number of foreclosures is bogging down the foreclosure process to the extent that — at the present pace—it may take more than 60 years in some states to complete all the pending cases in some parts of the country. In New York State, it would take lenders 62 years at their […]
Our National Portrait: The Great Seal of the United States
The decision to adopt a national seal was made on July 4, 1776, the same day that the Continental Congress declared America’s independence from Great Britain. As a practical matter, America needed an official emblem to affix to diplomatic and official documents in order to signify its sovereignty as a new nation. And yet our […]
Turkish-Syrian Tensions Flare Anew
by Daniel Pipes June 19, 2011 Cross-posted from National Review Online Only 13 years ago the Turkish and Syrian governments came close to war, a culmination of long-existing tensions over borders, terrorism, water, contending alliances, and domestic factors. From an account of mine about the mood in October 1998: On Friday, [Oct. 2,] the Turkish […]
The U.S Is Having A Catastrophic Nuclear Emergency?
Here’s an interesting report from Pakistan’s daily newspaper The Nation. It cites a Russian regulatory agency as saying that the US is currently having a major nuclear emergency at the flooded plant in Nebraska and that the Obama Administration is trying to cover it up. The Russian report describes the Nebraska situation as one of […]
Free Dinners with President Obama!
Millions of Americans probably received this week’s email from President Obama, inviting them to send money and be registered to win a free dinner with the President. Heritage’s Ernest Istook took it as a personal invitation to be one of four people to be chosen. And upon reading the fine print, he found he doesn’t have to […]
Shocking Study Results Reveal Moral Imperative to Fix Medicaid
This week, The New York Times highlighted a study on Medicaid, the federal–state partnership to provide health care to the poor and disabled, and its failure to offer enrolled children access to care. The researchers used a “secret shopper” technique to see how many specialists in Cook County, Illinois, turned away children with Medicaid compared […]
Father’s Day Podcast: Why Dads Are So Important
This Father’s Day, take a moment to stop and consider why dads play such an important role in ensuring a children’s well-being and, subsequently, the stability of society. In a new Heritage in Focus, Heritage fellow Ryan Messmore discusses the importance of fathers to strong families and a healthy civil society. Listen to the full podcast, […]
