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2006 archives
January
February
March
- March 1
Getting at the truth about Guantanamo Bay
Liberals have long said the terrorist detention facilities at Guantanamo Bay should be shuttered, but a panel at Heritage suggests their claims of human rights abuse are unfounded.
- March 7
The real danger to our ports
Testifying before the House Armed Services Committee last Thursday, Heritage national security expert James Carafano explained that port security, not the nationality of the port’s operators, should concern Congress.
- March 8
Survey: Conservatives support the war in Iraq
An overwhelming majority of conservatives polled favors keeping American troops in Iraq until the fledgling republic can defend itself, while an equally sizable majority opposes letting Washington set artificial timetables for withdrawal.
- March 10 | By Steve Forbes
Big government is bad government
With Getting America Right as our guide, we can make conservatives act like conservatives again. We can retake our government and make it behave as our Founders intended, with no more sorry excuses from people who claim to act in our name.
- March 14
Taxpayers want Congress to cut waste
The overwhelming majority of taxpayers surveyed by The Heritage Foundation believes that Congress is behaving irresponsibly with their tax dollars and that our elected leaders should adopt firm measures to reign in the waste.
- March 20
Securing the homeland
Secretary Michael Chertoff said he is working to reform the Department of Homeland Security to better protect America—with help from The Heritage Foundation.
- March 21 | By Norma Zimdahl
A ‘magnificent and important book’
A letter from member Norma Zimdahl to The Heritage Foundation about Heritage President Ed Feulner's new book, Getting America Right.
- March 23
Conservative Americans speak
Overwhelming majorities of conservatives polled by Heritage think America needs tax reform, improved border security, federal spending restraint, a strong national defense and a return to traditional morals.
April
- April 6
Lady Thatcher makes a surprise visit to Heritage
Former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher paid an unexpected visit to The Heritage Foundation yesterday after attending the funeral of her long time friend and ally, former Secretary of Defense Caspar Weinberger.
- April 11
Survey: Conservatives support originalism
Conservatives continue their firm support for judges who uphold the Constitution as it is written and avoid legislating from the bench, according to a new survey undertaken by The Heritage Foundation.
- April 13 | By Tom Roeser
Using new media to get a balanced press
The old media is dying, being forced out by new media like talk radio and blogs where conservatives retain an advantage, talk show host and Chicago Tribune columnist Tom Roeser said at Heritage’s Chicago Business Luncheon.
- April 26
The Massachusetts health care revolution
Heritage's Bob Moffit, one of the principal critics of President Clinton's 1993 health care proposal, explains the conservative reforms at the heart of Gov. Mitt Romney's health care reforms in Massachusetts.
- April 26
Conservative principles for Massachusetts
A number of conservative principles guided Massachusetts health care reform, Heritage's Stuart Butler tells MyHeritage.org, including individual choice and free enterprise.
- April 28
Young executives meet with Heritage experts
A group of Southern California executives known as the “San Gabriel Forty-Niners” visited The Heritage Foundation on Tuesday for a briefing with Heritage experts.
May
June
- June 15
Celebrating ten years of welfare reform
“The Heritage Foundation played a highly important and invaluable role” in the 1996 debate on welfare reform, Secretary of Health and Human Services Mike Leavitt said Tuesday at The Heritage Foundation. “It occurs to me how important it is that you’re still here” as an institution.
- June 16
The importance of freedom
If the free world is to win the war against radical Islamic terrorism, it must work to spread freedom to the Middle East, Israeli politician and former Soviet dissident Natan Sharansky said Thursday at The Heritage Foundation.
- June 19
Conservatives back traditional values
A new survey from The Heritage Foundation indicates that conservatives support traditional American values like limited government, rule of law and a strong national defense.
- June 23
24 and the perception of counterterrorism
The hit television program 24 is great entertainment but remains largely fictional, Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff, terrorism experts and the producers and cast of the show said Friday at a Heritage Foundation panel discussion moderated by talk radio host Rush Limbaugh.
- June 26
Heritage prompts action on missile defense
Heritage’s government relations staff arranged a meeting between key Congressional staffers and Heritage experts to discuss the importance of devoting more funding to research and development of missile defense technology. This meeting had an immediate impact.
- June 28
Understanding Communist brutality
The atrocities perpetrated by Communist governments against their own citizens can best be understood as “violence with a higher purpose,” scholar Paul Hollander told a Heritage Foundation audience today.
- June 29
After 50 years, the interstate highway program has earned an early retirement
Following the completion of the interstate highway system more than twenty years ago, America’s transportation problems have become increasingly local and regional in nature with the increased urbanization of the population. As a result, Washington officials have little to offer in the way of effective solutions to distant problems.
July
- July 7 | By Nathaniel Ward
Keeping on mission
At the year’s halfway point, MyHeritage.org has taken the time to measure Heritage’s progress in these important areas. We have compiled a report card, which will be regularly updated, that lists Heritage’s accomplishments in each policy area.
- July 12 | By Mike Mannina
Journey to Afghanistan
Terrorist attacks and insufficient economic infrastructure are threatening Central Asia’s youngest democracy. Heritage’s Mike Mannina set out to help ensure that Afghanistan will persevere.
- July 12 | By Nathaniel Ward
Rep. Hoekstra: Plug intelligence leaks and release the Iraq documents
The intelligence community should root out those who reveal classified national security programs to the media, Rep. Pete Hoekstra (R-MI) said Tuesday in Heritage’s Allison Auditorium.
- July 19 | By Nathaniel Ward
Conservatives and libertarians debate at Heritage
Conservatives and libertarians have much in common in their views on the size and scope of government, Jonah Goldberg and Nick Gillespie said yesterday at The Heritage Foundation.
- July 26 | By Nathaniel Ward
How and why to fight Hezbollah
The United States, Israel and the world would be well-served if Israel were to completely defeat Hezbollah in its current offensive in Lebanon, a panel of experts said today at The Heritage Foundation.
- July 31 | By Heather Hart
Heritage internships shape the next generation
Walking up the steps to the Supreme Court for a meeting with Justice Clarence Thomas sounds like something that only high-powered attorneys and well-connected politicians get to do. But I had this amazing opportunity in only my third week as an intern at The Heritage Foundation.
August
- August 3 | By Nathaniel Ward
Is Communism dead?
Conventional wisdom holds that Communism was defeated in 1989, when the Berlin wall came down, or at the very latest in 1991, when the Soviet Union collapsed. But a panel discussion yesterday at The Heritage Foundation served as a chilling reminder that fully a fifth of the world’s population continues to suffer under the Communist yoke.
- August 7 | By Nathaniel Ward
Heritage members: secure the border and rein in spending
Nearly three in four Heritage members who responded to a recent survey indicated that immigration reform should be a top priority, while almost two-thirds said controlling spending should be on the government’s to-do list.
- August 14 | By Carr Taylor
Heritage internships: more than a work experience
My experience this summer as a Heritage Foundation intern has been more than I would have thought possible in just ten weeks.
- August 22
New IRA law offers historic opportunity to advance conservative principles
Conservatives age 70 ½ or older have an exciting new way to support The Heritage Foundation—by making a tax-free gift directly from your IRA.
- August 22 | By Edwin J. Feulner
Maturity milestone
There it was at our staff meeting: the first birthday cake with the magic number 65 on top. They went with the big number candles, so they wouldn't have to bother lighting dozens of separate ones. Probably a smart move.
- August 30 | By Nathaniel Ward
Heritage expert gets the facts on Guantanamo Bay
At the invitation of the Department of Defense, Heritage national security expert James Carafano will visit the Guantanamo Bay terrorist detention facilities on Thursday.
August
- September 6 | By Nathaniel Ward
Heritage members: Control the borders, fight terrorism
In August, The Heritage Foundation polled its members to find out where they stand on the critical issues facing our nation as the November elections approach.
- September 21 | By Laura Ingraham
Why I support the American Values Initiative
Fortunately, conservatives have The Heritage Foundation to keep them on the straight and narrow.
- September 22 | By Steve Forbes
Let’s stop big-government liberals
This is a great time to be an American. But the principles that brought about today’s prosperity are under attack from the political left.
- September 25 | By Susan Brown
What is the President's Club?
I predict that many of you are already Heritage President’s Club members; you just have to get your paperwork and your checkbook caught up with reality.
- September 27 | By Margaret Thatcher
A note from Lady Thatcher
We are fortunate that in The Heritage Foundation we have an organisation committed to defending and restoring sound conservative principles. Heritage’s work in preserving those traditional values which have underpinned our society has been crucial in the past and remains vital for the future.
October
- October 4 | By Nathaniel Ward
Conservatives back secure borders
Last month, The Heritage Foundation polled thousands of conservatives on one of today’s most important issues: illegal immigration.
- October 5 | By John A. Baden, Ph.D.
Truth is stubborn indeed
A radical group with a strong statist bias tries to block judges from attending educational seminars. The group's attacks are orchestrated to intimidate judges who simply want to expand their intellectual horizons.
- October 25 | By Nathaniel Ward
At Heritage, Rice calls for hard line on North Korea and Iran
North Korea and Iran must both face the consequences of their nuclear proliferation activities and their continued threats to their neighbors, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said today at The Heritage Foundation in an address broadcast live on C-SPAN.
- October 26 | By Nathaniel Ward
The principles and facts of immigration
Immigration is a difficult issue for lawmakers to tackle. That’s why it’s vital that our leaders stick with basic principles and have all the facts when designing an immigration reform package.
- October 26 | By Nathaniel Ward
‘Redefining marriage in all but name’
“The long-awaited New Jersey decision displays the continuing legal threat to marriage and underscores the paramount need to amend the United States Constitution in order to protect that primary institution of society,” Heritage scholar Matthew Spalding explains.
- October 27 | By Nathaniel Ward
Committed to winning the war on terror
If America is to win the Long War against international terrorism, it will need the support of its citizens. A new survey conducted by The Heritage Foundation indicates that conservatives broadly back the Bush administration’s efforts to fight the war on terror both overseas and here at home.
- October 31 | By Nathaniel Ward
An imperfect solution for education
Unfortunately, writes Heritage visiting fellow Eugene Hickok, NCLB is not “the formula for what ails American education.” In truth, “it would be a mistake to think that No Child Left Behind delivers the education system we need.”
- October 31 | By Nathaniel Ward
Survey says: too much government
“In this present crisis, government is not the solution to our problem,” President Ronald Reagan said in his first inaugural address. “Government is the problem.” A quarter century later, a new poll from CNN finds that a solid majority of Americans continues to share the Gipper’s belief in limited government.
- October 31 | By Nathaniel Ward
Liberal myths about the troops
“The Heritage report refutes utterly the statement made by John Kerry yesterday at a rally for California Democratic gubernatorial nominee Phil Angelides,” columnist Michael Barone writes on his US News & World Report blog.
- October 31 | By Nathaniel Ward
The liberals’ ghoulish foreign policy
Just in time for Halloween, Heritage national security expert Peter Brookes provides a look at the scary liberal foreign policy agenda. If liberals take the reins of power in Washington, Brookes writes, “expect U.S. foreign and defense policy to veer sharply left, with little guiding philosophy beyond ABB—Anything But Bush.”
November
- November 2 | By Nathaniel Ward
Can a key American ally defend herself?
“Taiwan’s defenses are collapsing while China’s are expanding at breathtaking speed,” report Michael Needham and John Tkacik of Heritage’s Asian Studies Center.
- November 2 | By Nathaniel Ward
Time for spending restraint
“[E]ven as tax rates were coming down,” Heritage President Ed Feulner writes in The Chicago Sun-Times¸ “federal spending kept going up. This is the real fiscal problem facing America.”
- November 2 | By Nathaniel Ward
Refuting Sen. Kerry’s distortions
A recent Heritage Foundation paper directly refutes Sen. John Kerry’s assertion that those who do not succeed academically will end up “stuck in Iraq.” The media have taken note.
- November 7 | By Nathaniel Ward
Religion and participation in elections
A new finding from Heritage’s FamilyFacts.org highlights the importance of religion in fostering a strong civil society. Religious practice, the website reports, is correlated with participation in elections.
- November 7 | By Nathaniel Ward
Sentenced to death
The implications of Saddam Hussein's verdict “will reverberate far beyond Iraq,” Heritage national security expert Peter Brookes tells National Review Online.
- November 7 | By Nathaniel Ward
Is low turnout the problem? Or is it a symptom of the problem?
The Associated Press has released a new analysis of why American voter turnout is lower than in some other countries. The article points out that measures to make voting more convenient, like early voting or no-excuse absentee ballots, haven’t worked to increase turnout.
- November 7 | By Nathaniel Ward
Unions want unfair elections
“[O]ne of organized labor’s highest priorities has received very little public attention,” Heritage economist James Sherk writes. “Labor officials want Congress to abolish secret ballot elections in union organizing drives.”
- November 7 | By Nathaniel Ward
The case for voter identification
Something has to be done if we are to ensure the integrity of our nation’s elections. As Heritage President Ed Feulner argued in May, “A good first step would be to require every voter to show a photo ID.”
- November 7 | By Nathaniel Ward
America votes
Voters go to the polls today to decide the makeup of Congress and much more.
- November 9 | By Nathaniel Ward
Changing of the guard in the Pentagon
James Carafano outlines many issues that the new Secretary of Defense will have to address.
- November 9 | By Nathaniel Ward
Conservative ideas on the ballot
Conservative policies fared relatively well on Tuesday’s ballot, and some liberal initiatives also succeeded.
- November 9 | By Nathaniel Ward
A turn to the left—or is it?
While many of the Democrats who won election on Tuesday are avowed leftists, a sizeable number of the freshman Democrats will be far more conservative. This is certainly good news for the conservative movement.
- November 9 | By Nathaniel Ward
Rep. Blunt: We must return to conservative principles
Republicans must rededicate themselves to conservative values, House Majority Whip Roy Blunt (R-MO) explained this afternoon at The Heritage Foundation.
- November 9 | By Nathaniel Ward
The election’s upside for conservatives
Liberals and their allies in the media have been quick to describe Tuesday’s election as a defeat for conservatives and a rejection of conservative policies on both domestic and international issues. They’re wrong.
- November 14 | By Nathaniel Ward
A unique Heritage television appearance
Freida Warren, Heritage’s long-time receptionist, always draws a smile from visitors and staffers alike. That's why she was profiled recently on Washington's NBC 4.
- November 14 | By Nathaniel Ward
Other highlights of the President’s Club meeting
Tony Snow, Rep. Dan Lungren (R-CA), the Gatlin Brothers and more round out Heritage's fall President's Club meeting.
- November 14 | By Nathaniel Ward
A special message from Lady Thatcher
The former British Prime Minister and Heritage Patron makes an appearance by video at the President's Club meeting.
- November 14 | By Nathaniel Ward
The morality of taxes
The issue of taxation is more than simply a money issue, Heritage Trustee Steve Forbes told a gathering of Heritage’s Executive Committee during the President’s Club meeting yesterday.
- November 14 | By Nathaniel Ward
Returning to Reagan’s principles
Economists Larry Kudlow and Arthur Laffer make the case for limited government and low taxes, the very principles that guided Ronald Reagan.
- November 16 | By Nathaniel Ward
Getting Heritage research into the right hands
It’s not enough that Heritage’s experts simply publish their papers. We need to ensure that decision-makers in government and the private sector see our research.
- November 16 | By Nathaniel Ward
Feulner awarded freedom prize
The Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation on Tuesday awarded Heritage President Ed Feulner the Truman-Reagan Medal of Freedom.
- November 16 | By Nathaniel Ward
More and more pork
“Congress’s pork gravy train rolls on despite promises to slow or stop it,” Heritage budget analysts Brian Riedl and Michelle Muccio report.
- November 16 | By Nathaniel Ward
Milton Friedman, RIP
Free-market economist Milton Friedman died today at age 94. His pioneering work helped make the conservative movement what it is today.
- November 20 | By Nathaniel Ward
Happy Thanksgiving
“In America, throughout its history, religion has flourished—and so has liberty,” Heritage’s Matthew Spalding wrote in celebration of Thanksgiving three years ago.
- November 20 | By Nathaniel Ward
Families matter
As American families gather this week, it’s worth remembering just how important the family is to our society.
- November 20 | By Nathaniel Ward
A new look for Heritage.org
Heritage.org, our website whose markets include Congress, the administration and the media, underwent a facelift over the weekend.
- November 20 | By Nathaniel Ward
The military turns to Heritage
Heritage’s research continues to make a splash where it matters most.
- November 20 | By Nathaniel Ward
Britain must not cut and run
Prime Minister Blair “is right to reject calls for a British withdrawal from Iraq,” Nile Gardiner argues in a new paper.
- November 20 | By Nathaniel Ward
Don’t throw even more money at education
Liberals in Congress have been quick to attack President Bush for allegedly under-funding education. In truth, spending too little on education has hardly been one of this administration’s flaws.
- November 28 | By Nathaniel Ward
Why a draft is wrong
Rep. Rangel wrote that he will once again call for a new military draft, which would include both men and women between the ages of 18 and 42. This is a terrible idea that would weaken our military during wartime.
- November 28 | By Nathaniel Ward
The success of free enterprise
Ours is “a much more messy, unpredictable economy” than that of the 1970s and America is better off for it.
- November 28 | By Nathaniel Ward
Heritage sets the record straight in the media
Even as Rep. Rangel repeats his distortions about the troops, Heritage is working overtime to ensure the media have all the facts.
- November 28 | By Nathaniel Ward
Rep. Rangel: Wrong on the facts, wrong on the draft
The Left can’t seem to stop getting the facts wrong on the military. Rep. Charles Rangel (D-NY) has come out with another whopper.
- November 28 | By Nathaniel Ward
Debunking the myths
As Heritage’s Tim Kane reports, the old liberal canards that Rep. Rangel repeats are completely false.
- November 30 | By Nathaniel Ward
Going forward in Iraq
Heritage's experts look at what President Bush should discuss with Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al Maliki.
- November 30 | By Nathaniel Ward
Free-enterprise economies vs. welfare-state economies
Writing on FoxNews.com, Heritage economist Tim Kane debunks Jeffrey Sachs’ contentions about the superiority of the Scandinavian economic model.
- November 30 | By Nathaniel Ward
Strengthening citizenship
The Heritage Foundation was instrumental in ensuring the new citizenship test will strengthen American values.
December
- December 5 | By Nathaniel Ward
John Bolton resigns
A staunch defender of American’s values and interests has resigned his office.
- December 5 | By Nathaniel Ward
More dependence on government
A Heritage study on how much Americans rely on the government to get by “found that dependence on government has grown steadily and at an alarming rate in recent years.”
- December 5 | By Nathaniel Ward
What ails our country
“In 2006, our country is again gripped and increasingly bound by tyrants—not regents and despots from afar, but by cancerous growths from within,” entertainer and best-selling author Pat Boone said last week at The Heritage Foundation.
- December 5 | By Nathaniel Ward
Rebuilding the Reagan coalition—state by state
One of The Heritage Foundation’s most important missions is taking conservative reform to the states.
- December 5 | By Nathaniel Ward
Heritage in Chicago
Nearly 300 Chicagoans braved single-digit temperatures to attend the seventh annual Chicago Business Luncheon.
- December 7 | By Nathaniel Ward
Going forward in Iraq
While the Iraq Study Group report breaks little new ground, it helps clarify the debate on how to prevail in Iraq.
- December 7 | By Nathaniel Ward
The new Secretary of Defense
Secretary of Defense Robert Gates focused on the right issues during his confirmation hearings this week.
- December 7 | By Nathaniel Ward
No room for ‘negotiation’
Government ‘negotiation’ of Medicare prescription drug prices would hurt consumers and may not save costs.
- December 12 | By Nathaniel Ward
A decade of failure at the UN
“A thinly veiled parting shot at U.S. foreign policy delivered by an embittered U.N. leader seething with self-righteous indignation and resentment.”
- December 12 | By Nathaniel Ward
Remembering Jeane Kirkpatrick
A champion of international freedom, a firm defender of America’s foreign policy and a true patriot passes away.
- December 12 | By Nathaniel Ward
Celebrating the first president
Mount Vernon "revitaliz[es] Washington’s role in American history [and] focus[es] America on the contributions and character of Washington and the other Founders."
- December 12 | By Nathaniel Ward
Heritage launches television studio
Last week, The Heritage Foundation began broadcasting from its brand-new state of the art-television studio.
- December 14 | By Nathaniel Ward
Ed Meese: A fair immigration proposal
The former attorney general answers the question, What would Ronald Reagan do to solve the problem of illegal immigration?
- December 14 | By Nathaniel Ward
Heritage’s impact on the military
The Heritage Foundation continues to influence those who make America’s military policy. Two recent developments demonstrate why this is true.
- December 14 | By Nathaniel Ward
Religion and good behavior
Not all teens get into the same kinds of trouble—and religion and family structure play a vital role in how this plays out, according to new data compiled by Heritage’s FamilyFacts.org.
- December 19 | By Steve Forbes
Why tax cuts matter
Steve Forbes' November 13 address to members of The Heritage Foundation’s Executive Committee at the fall 2006 President’s Club meeting.
- December 19 | By Larry Kudlow
Fiscal conservatism after the 2006 elections
Larry Kudlow' November 13 address to members of The Heritage Foundation’s Executive Committee at the fall 2006 President’s Club meeting.
- December 19 | By Aurthur Laffer
The four pillars of Reaganomics
Aurthur Laffer' November 13 address to members of The Heritage Foundation’s Executive Committee at the fall 2006 President’s Club meeting.
- December 19 | By Nathaniel Ward
Why religion matters
A steadily growing body of evidence from the social sciences demonstrates that regular religious practice benefits individuals, families, and communities, and thus the nation as a whole.
- December 19 | By Nathaniel Ward
Free enterprise at the World Bank
International organizations are typically rather one-sided in their policy prescriptions, but one organization recently broke the mould.
- December 19 | By Nathaniel Ward
Religion and charity
Faith plays a very direct role in determining who’s prone to make charitable gifts, author Arthur Brooks explained yesterday in The Heritage Foundation’s Lehrman Auditorium.
- December 19 | By Nathaniel Ward
Remembering LBJ’s real legacy
Heritage education expert Dan Lips explains that conservatives have every reason to support renaming the Department of Education headquarters for Lyndon Johnson.
- December 19 | By Nathaniel Ward
Gutting the pork
Incoming House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) has pledged to eliminate 10,000 earmarks from the bills laying out this year’s budget.
- December 21 | By Nathaniel Ward
The failures of government-run health care
There are tremendous problems with the sort of one-size-fits-all, single-payer health care system favored by liberals.
- December 21 | By Nathaniel Ward
Iraq panel is wrong on Israel
Heritage Middle East expert Jim Phillips takes a look at one of the Iraq Study Group’s more bizarre recommendations and finds it seriously wanting.
- December 21 | By Nathaniel Ward
Remodeling the UN
The United Nations has in many ways failed in its mission to reaffirm “fundamental human rights,” Heritage President Ed Feulner writes in The Chicago Sun-Times.
- December 28 | By Nathaniel Ward
Remembering President Ford
“During his service as the 38th president of the United States,” says Heritage President Ed Feulner in a statement, “Gerald Ford helped bind the wounds that had torn our nation apart.”
- December 28 | By Nathaniel Ward
Lessons from the last Congress
Heritage Vice President for Government Relations Mike Franc looks at conservative successes and what ill-conceived policy disasters they avoided—and what lessons they can draw.
- December 28 | By Nathaniel Ward
A Congressional agenda for 2007
“If the new Democrat majority has resolved to maintain its narrow hold on power, it will need to address three topics,” Ed Feulner writes.
- December 28 | By Nathaniel Ward
Increasing the size of the military
President Bush's policy of increasing the size of the military is a prudent one, Mackenzie Eaglen explains.
- December 29 | By Nathaniel Ward
National survey on a conservative America
Conservatives overwhelmingly support policies which make America safe, strong and prosperous and which uphold traditional values like free enterprise and self-reliance.
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