Navigating the Numbers
You know the expression “The numbers don’t lie”? Well, after you spend a few minutes perusing The Heritage Foundation’s new “2008 Federal Revenue and...
Physicians, Do No Harm
The headlines rightly call the medical research “outrageous and abhorrent,” a “horror” perpetrated on vulnerable people. U.S. government experiments in the 1940’s (run by...
Putting patients in the game
Imagine selecting your own health plan, rather than simply accepting the one your employer picks for you. Picture a plan that you own—that follows...
Encouraging Thrift Just Makes Cents
Ask 10 people to define capitalism. Chances are, eight or nine will stress the importance of buying things.
They’re making a common mistake—equating capitalism with...
Wealth and Freedom Go Hand In Hand
It’s a question that has perplexed politicians, philosophers and philanthropists for generations: Why are some countries rich and others poor?
Some say it’s a matter...
Video game violence and our sons
“Life is like a video game. Everyone has to die sometime.”
If you spent part of your youth playing “Pac-Man” and “Space Invaders,” such...
Never underestimate the power of a mother
A lot has been said about the influence of moms throughout history - everything from, “The hand the rocks the cradle, rules the world,”...
More than merely “off course”
Imagine, for a moment, you’re back in 2000. A visitor from the present day arrives and tells you that Washington is spending almost $22,000...
The Justice Speaks
“I wept beyond tears, slipping into the barren, rhythmic heaves of a body seeking something more.”
The poetic words of inconsolable grief were penned by...
Getting rid of reckless spending
I’ve never been more thankful or proud to work at The Heritage Foundation than I was on Thursday, Oct. 20. That was the day...
The Suffering of “Secret Believers”
For many people around the world, religious freedom is an alien concept. No “First Amendment” protects them. No tradition of religious liberty permits them...
Becoming a Force For Good
What makes The Heritage Foundation one of the most famous and widely quoted nonprofit companies worldwide? Having a top-notch staff to promote public policies...
The Link Between Freedom and Prosperity
If there’s one thing the American experiment proves, it’s the power of freedom to transform lives. If you let people control their own destinies,...
Congress and the Mortgage Madness: Leave Things A-Loan
Americans are a compassionate people. Faced with media reports about the rising tide of foreclosures, it’s understandable that many feel tempted to applaud federal...
Teen Sex and Insanity
Just when you thought liberal punditry couldn’t get any wackier, Newsweek columnist Anna Quindlen reveals yet a new level of insanity and calls for...