Heritage in the news: April 2006

April 3

• The spending problem will only get worse in the coming years, Brian Riedl tells USA Today
• America's special relationship with the UK could change after Tony Blair, Peter Brookes writes in The New York Post
• High energy costs could be offset by new drilling to tap giant offshore reserves, Ben Lieberman writes in The Washington Times

April 4

• With his oil money, Hugo Chavez may be more influential overseas than Fidel Castro ever was, Stephen Johnson tells The New York Times
• Heritage's James Swanson, author of Manhunt, embodies conservative values, Rebecca Hagelin writes in WorldNet Daily
• The Israeli elections suggest a rough road ahead in the Middle East, Ariel Cohen writes in Human Events
• Stephen Johnson explains in Human Events that Mexico can stop illegal immigration at its source with economic reforms
• CNN International cites Heritage's Index of Economic Freedom in discussing Hong Kong's economy
• Hugo Chavez is interfering in Peru's elections, Stephen Johnson tells Voice of America
• UPI reports on last Friday's energy security event at Heritage

April 5

• Defending earmarks as legitimate expenses means that lawmakers see federal spending as a way to win popularity contests, Brian Riedl tells Reason
• Inspecting all incoming cargo is the wrong way to secure ports since it focuses on unrealistic threats, James Carafano tells Bloomberg
• Stuart Butler explains the need for state innovation in health care to USA Today

April 6

• The Boston Globe notes Heritage's role in crafting Gov. Romney's health care reform
• WorldNet Daily previews Heritage's upcoming panel on al Qaeda's nuclear program
• Brian Riedl points out to The New York Times that military and security spending account for only 30% of spending increases in the last five years
• CNS News notes Ed Feulner's proposal for a new human rights organization
• Tom Delay was a strong advocate of conservative policies, but often at the expense of small government, Mike Franc tells The New York Times
• Stephen Johnson and Edwar Escalante note the populism in Peru's presidential elections in Human Events
• Russia's move towards authoritarianism explains its ties with China, Yevgeny Volk tells The Washington Times
• The government cannot afford to spend $23 billion on a Great Lakes project, Brian Riedl tells The Detroit News

April 7

• Gov. Romney's health care reforms are far from liberal and impose no new employer mandates, Ed Haislmaier tells The Boston Herald
• Mike Franc explains the incentives for illegal immigration in Human Events
• Kirk Johnson explains to Investor's Business Daily the impact of new welfare regulations
• The Senate's immigration compromise would offer amnesty to 10 million illegal aliens, Kirk Johnson writes in Human Events
• The American Spectator notes Heritage's role in Gov. Romney's health initiative
• Columnist Ralph Reiland uses Heritage's Index of Economic Freedom to explain France's labor riots in The Philadelphia Inquirer
• In The Kansas City Star, Ben Lieberman explains why regulations on gasoline lead to price hikes at the pump
• Azerbaijan's official news agency notes their foreign minister's visit to Heritage
• The Fredericksburg, VA Free Lance Star cites Heritage statistics on pornography and children
• Ron Utt explains why Amtrak funding is wasteful and debunks myths about the agency in the Fredericksburg, VA Free Lance Star

April 10

• Steve Johnson tells The Miami Herald that Peru's leftist presidential candidate is following Hugo Chavez's lead and blaming others for his nation's problems
• Americans should be worried about black-market Russian missiles, Baker Spring tells The San Francisco Chronicle
• Azerbaijan's Baku Today reports on Foreign Minister Mamedyarov's talk at Heritage
• The Jackson Daily News cites Brian Riedl's statistics on federal spending and taxes
• Few Republicans will be willing to publicly associate with Tom Delay, Mike Franc tells The Houston Chronicle
• The AP reports on Rep. Bishop's discussion at Heritage of federal land givebacks
• The Delaware News Journal notes Heritage's support for school choice
• Confrontation with Hugo Chavez won't help, Stephen Johnson tells The Orlando Sentinel
• Robert Rector tells The Augusta [GA] Free Press that poverty numbers don't account for federal aid programs
• Congress should keep job growth going by extending the tax cuts, James Sherk and Rea Hederman write in Human Events
• Peter Brookes writes on Townhall.com that the Bush administation has had some success fighting drug lords and rebels in Colombia
• America was right to withdraw from the UN human rights commission, Brett Schaefer and Nile Gardiner write in Human Events
• Christine Todd Whitman cites Heritage's budget numbers to explain why the GOP has lost its way in The Philadelphia Inquirer
• America should encourage growth in Latin America to stem illegal immigration, Stephen Johnson writes in The Pasadena Star-News
• Brian Riedl rebuts columnist Paul Krugman in a letter to The New York Times

April 11

• Newsweek notes Heritage's role in crafting Gov. Romney's health care plan
• Ed Haislmaier's health insurance exchange idea is a good model for other states, National Review's Ramesh Ponnuru writes
• Wages are likely to increase as the economy expands, Rea Hederman tells The Christian Science Monitor
• Brian Riedl tells Canada's Maclean's that President Bush has spent faster than any president since FDR
• In The Wall Street Journal, Gov. Mitt Romney credits Heritage with devising the insurance exchange mechanism in the Massachusetts health plan
• Hispanic Business uses Heritage numbers to paint a dire picture of federal spending
• Hurricane Katrina created opportunities for real reforms in Louisiana, Mike Franc tells The Colorado Daily
• The Bush administration seeks to "calm the waters" but leave intact the military threat against Iran, Nile Gardiner tells The Houston Chronicle

April 12

• Medicare Part D was "a stunning act of fiscal irresponsibility", Bob Moffit tells The CS Monitor
• Helle Dale looks at liberals' attempts to smear President Bush in The Washington Times

April 13

• Innovation comes from individuals, not bureaucrats, Ed Feulner writes with Newt Gingrich in The Manchester Union-Leader
• In The Philadelphia Inquirer, James Carafano lays out America's options on Iran, including military strikes, beefed up homeland security and missile defense
• The AP reports on Heritage's presence at the Massachusetts health care signing ceremony
• The Massachusetts health care reforms aren't perfect but they enact important market reforms, Bob Moffit tells The Washington Times
• Corporate subsidies are bad for America, Ed Feulner writes in The Chicago Sun-Times
• "The notion that somehow a nation is only at war if everyone is growing a victory garden is silly," James Carafano tells the AP
• The Massachusetts plan can serve as a model for other states, Ed Haislmaier writes in Human Events

April 14

• Brian Riedl explains in The Washington Times how the federal government spends (and misspends) your tax money
• Development block grants are small enough that nobody really depends on them, Ron Utt tells The Baltimore Sun
• Ed Haislmaier tells The Boston Globe that much of the Massachusetts health care reform, like the vetoed business tax, is symbolic politics
• Peter Brookes explains China's new interest in Africa in The Weekly Standard

April 17

• The federal government wasted homeland security money on expensive sensors that don't work, James Carafano tells The Washington Post
• The New Hampshire Postsmouth Herald cites Ed Feulner on budget problems
• Ethanol subsidies are a waste of food and taxes, Ben Lieberman tells The Austin American-Statesman
• Investments like 401(k)s mean citizens have a stake in the country's success, Bill Beach tells The Washington Times
• Dan Mitchell asks why America can't fix its tax code in the Salt Lake Tribune
• John Tkacik tells The Australian that President's Hu's visit to Washington may accomplish little of substance
• Welfare reform reversed the increase in illegitmacy rates, Robert Rector tells City Journal
• Peter Brookes writes in The New York Post that Presidents Bush and Hu may not discuss substantive issues during their upcoming meeting
• Phillipines President Gloria Arroyo is increasingly acting like a dictator, Dana Dillon writes on FoxNews.com

April 18

• ABC News cites Heritage's estimates about how farm subsidies are distributed
• Entitlements will force taxes and spending to European levels, Brian Riedl tells Human Events
• Stephen Johnson explains in Business Week why economic reforms abroad are important to immigration reform (subscribers only)

April 19

• New OMB director Rob Portman is facing a dire budget situation, Brian Riedl tells Knight-Ridder
• Human Events cites Heritage's Index of Economic Freedom in an article on the incentives for illegal immigration
• CNS News cites John Tkacik on Iran's ties with China
• Peter Brookes' Weekly Standard column on China's President Hu is cited in The Australian
• Any immigration reform must result in national cohesion and rule of law, Helle Dale writes in The Washington Times
• In a few years, China's submarine fleet could outnumber America's five-to-one, John Tkacik tells The Wall Street Journal
• The railroad to nowhere is the largest earmark ever, Ron Utt tells The Christian Science Monitor

April 20

• UPI notes Heritage's event on China's new submarine fleet
• The Baltimore Sun explains Heritage's involvement in Maryland health care reform
• Brian Riedl tells Bloomberg that politicians don't find it hard to increase spending in election years
• James Carafano says any replacement for Secretary Rumsfeld would have the same policies, Reuters reports
• The health plan for federal employees offers a lot of consumer choice, Bob Moffit tells the AP
• Peter Brookes writes in National Review that China's Hu may not be as interested in partnership as he says

April 21

• Dan Mitchell tells The Christian Science Monitor that Congressional overspending and Iraq worries are driving down economic confidence
• The Senate's amnesty bill would cost taxpayers $29 billion over five years and $59 billion over its first decade, Mike Franc writes in Human Events
• Ed Feulner explains America's most important principles to National Review

April 24

• “Farm subsidies are America’s largest corporate welfare program,” Brian Riedl tells The Boston Herald
• Columnist Veronique de Rugy cites a Heritage study on terrorism prevention in The Dallas Morning News
• America's debt, including owed entitlements, is $375,000 per worker, Alison Fraser explains in The Kansas City Star
• Congress will probably add pork to the emergency spending bill, Brian Riedl tells Gannett News
• The Director of National Intelligence has a thankless, bureaucratic but important job, Peter Brookes writes in The New York Post
• The Rockingham [NH] News cites Ed Feulner on the crisis on federal spending
• Sunshine and transparency are the best ways to reform earmarks, Ron Utt writes in The Washington Times
• Lawmakers are confident that President Bush will never veto even outlanding spending, Brian Riedl tells USA Today

April 25

• Peter Brookes gives the facts about the CIA leaker to Real Clear Politics
• The Fredericksburg Free Lance-Star cites Heritage's figures on the federal budget expansion
• Brian Darling explains to The Hill that conservatives are very unhappy with pork-barrel spending; Brian Riedl discusses pork politics in the same article
• In The New York Times, Brian Riedl questions why some pork projects are being classified as emergency spending
• Passing the emergency spending bill as-is would signal unwillingness to reform pork, Brian Riedl tells The Los Angeles Times
• The Washington Post notes Heritage's involvement in anti-pork efforts

April 26

• The Boston Globe says Gov. Romney stresses "the role the conservative Heritage Foundation played in conceiving some parts of the plan" to reform health care
• Ed Feulner decries wasteful spending like the "railroad to nowhere" in The Chicago Sun-Times
• Brian Riedl tells Stephens News that lawmakers might add still more spending to their "emergency" bill
• The New Orleans Times-Picayune says Louisiana lawmakers are considering a Heritage-designed free-market health care system
• Columnist Betsy Hart cites Ron Utt on the "human footprint" in America in Jewish World Review
• Brian Riedl writes in The Washington Times that "lawmakers have surrendered any pretense of spending restraint"
• Pete duPont cites Heritage's spending analysis in The Wall Street Journal
• Not filling the Strategic Petroleum Reserve will do little to help oil prices, Ben Lieberman tells The International Herald Tribune
• Qatar's Gulf Times cites Heritage's research on the Philippines' president
• Buffalo News cites Rober Rector's opposition to "reverse-income tax" reforms

April 27

• Human Events reports on Border Patrol Chief Aguilar's talk at Heritage
• Reason magazine cites last year's energy war discussion
• CNS News reports on the Iraqi finance minister's talk at Heritage yesterday
• The San Francisco Chronicle notes the correlation between Heritage's call for a spending bill veto and President Bush's veto threat
• The farm bailout in the emergency spending bill has no economic justification, Brian Riedl tells The Los Angeles Times
• Ronald D. Utt and Brian Riedl call on Congress and the President to cut the "railroad to nowhere" in Human Events
• America must expand its ballistic missile defense capabilities, Baker Spring writes in Human Events
• The Sarasota, FL Herald-Tribune notes Heritage's opposition to the emergency spending "free-for-all"

April 28

• America is improving relations with Iran's neighbors, Ariel Cohen tells The Christian Science Monitor
• Windfall taxes actually increased reliance on foreign oil when they were last used, Ben Lieberman explains in The Christian Science Monitor
• The Nation cites Heritage's support for Israel
• Mike Franc writes in Human Events that Congress' refusal to adopt a reasonable energy policy threatens our national security
• The Washington Times reports on Rebecca Hagelin's discussion of media influence on children
• Bill Beach tells The Canton Repository that investors are more conservative than those with no stake in society
• Columnist Deroy Murdock cites Heritage's Kirk Johnson's numbers on Katrina spending in National Review
• Sen. Coburn is doing taxpayers a favor with his actions against big spending, Brian Riedl writes in National Review
• Mother Jones discusses Heritage's opposition to entitlements