Charities, Businesses Lead Recovery Efforts After Pennsylvania Flooding
Hurricane Irene and Tropical Storm Lee may have ravaged northeastern Pennsylvania with floodwaters, but displaced people have found aid and comfort in the relief provided by private charities and businesses. A recent New York Times story described affected people’s disillusionment with the federal government’s ability to dispense disaster relief aid through FEMA. “Uprooted and desolate, […]
Free Trade Agreements Are A Win for Prosperity
Free trade agreements (FTAs) have economically benefited nations the world over since their inception. Poverty rates in countries with low trade barriers are significantly lower, and data in The Heritage Foundation’s Index of Economic Freedom demonstrate that free trade also leads to higher incomes, more jobs, and greater equality. That’s why it’s vitally important to […]
24 Dead as Egyptians Riot in Cairo
CAIRO — Flames from molotov cocktails lit up downtown Cairo, where massive clashes raged Sunday, after Islamist attacked yet another Christian Church. At least 24 people were killed and more than 200 injured in the worst sectarian violence since the uprising that lead Hosni Mubarak in February after riots and pressure from Obama for him […]
Too Dumb to Fail
(NY Post) A low-performing Manhattan high school that was granted up to $6 million in extra funds to undergo a “transformation” has found the secret formula for success: Dumb down the requirements for students to pass. At Washington Irving HS, near Union Square, administrators have approved new grading policies that give failing kids credits toward […]
Pakistan, U.S. Ally No More
The United States cannot afford to indulge Pakistan’s support for terrorism any longer. The risks of sticking with the status quo are greater than the risks of adopting a tougher approach. By Peter Tomsen How are insurgents able to continue launching deadly attacks in Afghanistan 10 years into the U.S.-led war there? Part of the […]
Obama Administration to be Issued Subpoenas
WASHINGTON (AP) — The chairman of the House oversight committee said Sunday that he could send subpoenas to the Obama administration as soon as this week over weapons lost amid the Mexican drug war. Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif., suggested on “Fox News Sunday” that Attorney General Eric Holder knew about the gun trafficking operation known […]
House and Senate Cloakroom: October 10 – October 14
House Cloakroom: October 10 – October 14 Analysis: The major issues facing the House this week will be three free trade agreements with Colombia, Panama and South Korea and Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA). These free trade agreements had been held by the Obama Administration since they came into office in 2009 and were finally sent to […]
The Justice Department Plays a Losing Hand—Again
The Department of Justice (DOJ) filed an appeal today with the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals of a federal district court’s decision refusing to issue an injunction against major portions of Alabama’s new immigration law. On September 28, Judge Sharon Blackburn upheld most of Alabama’s law, including a requirement that police officers check the immigration […]
Saving America: Start with the Basics
Our country is at a tipping point, yet the last thing we need to do is start anew. “We don’t need to remake America or discover new and untested principles,” says Heritage’s Matt Spaulding. At times like these, we should return to our First Principles, which provide us with the wisdom and guidance we need […]
Scribecast: John Fund Explains Why Voter ID Laws Benefit Minorities
Former President Bill Clinton recently compared voter identification laws to Jim Crow-era statutes that suppressed the black vote after the Civil War. “There has never been in my lifetime, since we got rid of the poll tax and all the Jim Crow burdens on voting, the determined effort to limit the franchise that we see […]
Hugo Chavez, Occupy Wall Street, and Double Standards
Hugo Chavez hates Wall Street, ground zero for “savage capitalism.” Daily he dreams of bear markets bringing the U.S. economy crashing down. He certainly likes the Occupy Wall Street movement. It is tailor-made for advancing Chavez-style “participatory democracy.” Little wonder he has dispatched his star propagandist to New York. Eva Golinger, described as “a Venezuelan-American […]
