Heritage in the news: June 2006

June 1

• Federal spending is growing at a record pace, Rea Hederman tells The Los Angeles Times
• Edwin Meese has joined a key Iraq policy advisory group, The Washington Post reports
• President Bush's secrecy rules are no break from the past and are essential to national security, Todd Gaziano writes in The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
• Russian business is non-competetive and relies on massive subsidies, Yevgeny Volk tells Knight-Ridder
• Mark Schmitt of the liberal New America Foundation attacks Robert Rector's immigration and other research at TPM Cafe
• Brian Riedl tells The Wall Street Journal that simple spending reforms can balance the budget in a few years (subscribers only)
• The Washington Times cites Lamar Alexander's presentation on the racist Hawaii bill at Heritage
• The new Iran policy is a calculated risk, James Phillips tells The Houston Chronicle
• Columnist Rich Lowry cites Robert Rector's work in The Salt Lake Tribune
• The economy is strong and will probably remain so regardless of who's in charge of Treasury, Dan Mitchell tells CNS News
• Iran may see the new talks as a sign of weakness or a way to exploit divisions, Jim Phillips tells CNS News
• Russia is using its economic power to blackmail Belarus, Yevgeny Volk tells Radio Free Europe

June 2

• The Hawaii Reporter runs Ed Feulner's column on the racist and unconstitutional Hawaii "self government" bill
• The Raleigh News & Observer cites Robert Rector's immigration work
• The Billings Gazette highlights a campaign ad that cites Heritage's immigration research
• Cuba allows offshore drilling while Florida and California don't, Ben Leiberman writes in The Hartford Courant
• A dismissed Russian prosecutor was never seen as trustworthy, Yevgeny Volk tells the AP
• America is facing a tremendous challenge from foreign spies, Peter Brookes writes on Townhall.com
• Japan lags behind other countries in its involvement in Central Asia, Ariel Cohen tells Voice of America
• The Wheeling [WV] Intelligencer cites Heritage's immirgation research
• Fox News turns to Heritage's statistics in an article on protecting marriage
• The Senate immigration bill is "horrendous" and will impose tremendous costs on society, Robert Rector tells The Washington Post
• Heritage's figures on the growth of federal spending are cited in The American Spectator
• China will continue its military buildup in secret, John Tkacik tells The Washington Times
• Conservatives in Congress are being thwarted by a coalition of "moderate" Republicans and liberal Democrats, Mike Franc writes in Human Events
• In its editorial on immigration reform, The Concord Monitor cites Heritage's immigration projections

June 5

• Sen. Feingold notes Heritage's involvement in health care reform in an interview with The Washington Post
• Sen. Sessions cites Heritage's death tax research in his op-ed on repeal in The Washington Post
• Ariel Cohen discusses the problems with encouraging "micro-states" in The Christian Science Monitor
• Military relations with Vietnam is another step on the way to normal relations, Dana Dillion tells Reuters
• Why is nobody looking at the cost of immigration reform? Robert Rector asks in Human Events
• Some Senators dispute Heritage's immigration estimates but claim ignorance of the real numbers, Human Events reports
• It makes sense that more special interest money goes to staffers than to Congressmen, Mike Franc tells MarketWatch.com
• The FBI has a long way to go before it can effectively fight terrorism, Peter Brookes writes in The New York Post
• The LA Daily News cites Heritage's numbers on immigration
• Robert Rector debunks criticism of his immigration paper in The Washington Times
• Cuba does a better job than America of exploiting offshore oil, Ben Lieberman writes in The Washington Times
• The Honolulu Advertiser reports on Heritage's event on the racist Native Hawaiian bill
• The Dallas Morning News cites Heritage's immigration estimates
• There's little support in Congress for fundamental earmarking reform, Ron Utt tells The Naples News
• Tom Delay was a very effective whip on close votes, Mike Franc tells the AP
• The Shenandoah, VA Daily News Record cites Heritage's immigration numbers
• The Russia-China Shanghai organization is presenting itself as an alternative to NATO, Yevgeny Volk tells The Toronto Star

June 6

• Government regulation has made refining gasoline more expensive, Ben Lieberman writes in Spero News
• Heritage's Robert Rector "has over the years done some of the most incisive analysis of census and other statistical data," columnist Thomas Sowell writes
• The Oswego County [NY] Business talks to Ed Haislmaier about Massachusetts health care reforms
• The Hill cites Heritage's objections to the Hawaii legislation
• Extreme Nano reports on Heritage's event on robots
• A spending commission could be a workable way to force reductions in federal spending, Stuart Butler tells The Richmond Times-Dispatch
• The Wheeling News-Register again cites research from the "prestigious Heritage Foundation" in an editorial
• In WorldNetDaily, Heritage's Rebecca Hagelin notes an astonishing lack of classics and a plethora of dubiously moral books on the ALA's summer reading list
• Heritage's Daniel Mitchell provides a list of recommendations for the new Treasury Secretary in The Philadelphia Inquirer

June 7

• Congressional actions on free trade contribute to confusion over its benefits, Daniella Markheim explains on FoxNews.com
• The State Department, not Congress, should take the lead on the visa waiver program, Helle Dale write in The Washington Times
• Inclusion of Russia in the organization of first-world nations may have been premature, Ed Feulner writes in The Chicago Sun-Times
• The Harrisonburg Daily News Record cites Heritage death tax research in its editorial
• The Minot [ND] Daily News cites Heritage's immigration research
• Ed Meese and Todd Gaziano explain the racist Hawaii bill in Human Events
• John Hulsman tells the State Department's Washington File that NATO has been a political alliance as well as a military one
• Mother Jones notes Heritage's response to the Haditha incident
• The military will act to punish the Haditha Marines if they are found culpable, Baker Spring tells Military.com
• Despite laws designed to prevent it, failing schools continue to multiply, Dan Lips writes in Human Events
• The American Spectator notes Rep. Pence's immigration speech at Heritage
• The American Spectator cites Balbina Hwang's support for including South Korea in the visa waiver program
• Columnist Dana Milbank notes Heritage's support for traditional marriage in The Washington Post
• Heritage's immigration estimates are cited in The Modest Bee
• UPI reports on Heritage's event on the use of robots in the military

June 8

• Peter Brookes explains the importance of Zarqawi's death in National Review Online
• Congressmen can bring useful knowledge to privately-funded trips, Mike Franc tells The Hill
• Hawaiian tax dollars are being spent to lobby Congress on a race-based and unconstitutional bill, Tim Chapman writes on Townhall.com
• Iran is threatening to use oil as a weapon, Peter Brookes writes in The New York Post
• FrontPage Magazine reports on Rep. Pence's immigration talk at Heritage
• Single-payer care is clearly not the solution to the health care crisis, Bob Moffit tells the Wilmington, DE News Journal
• The Hawaii Reporter notes Heritage's research on the unconstitutional and racist Hawaii bill
• Russia's Kommersant notes Ariel Cohen's surprise at the difference between Russia's words and deeds

June 9

• Zarqawi's death bodes well for American success in the war on terror, Nile Gardiner writes in Human Events
• Forbes cites Heritage's estimate of al Qaeda's losses since September 11
• Somalia may become the next safe-haven for al Qaeda, Peter Brookes writes on National Review Online
• In National Review, Stephen Johnson offers advice for Alan Garcia, who recently beat out a populist demagogue to become Peru's president
• The St. Louis Post-Dispatch and the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review run Peter Brookes' column on Chinese spies
• Balbina Hwang discusses the upcoming South Korean trade talks with The Asia Times
• Zarqawi's death may not bring an immediate respite from Iraqi violence, James Carafano tells The St. Louis Post-Dispatch
• Recent lopsided decisions by the Supreme Court won't have much impact on controversial cases like abortion, Todd Gaziano tells World Magazine
• The Bush administration's Iran deal looks more and more like Clinton's North Korea agreement, Jim Phillips tells World Magazine
• Human Events again reports on Rep. Pence's immigration lecture at The Heritage Foundation
• Companies that today favor "net neutrality" rules, like Google, could become targets of future anti-corporate regulations, James Gattuso warns ZDNet
• The Communist People's Weekly World cites Dick DeVos's talk at Heritage about school choice

June 12

• The Shanghai Cooperation Organization will be trouble for the United States, Peter Brookes writes in The New York Post
• Columnist Jack Kelly cites Peter Brookes in his column on Zarqawi in The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
• Heritage's opposition to the expensive and narrow Dream Act is noted in The Sarasota Herald Tribune
• Massachusetts health care reform applies the Car Max model to health care, Ed Haislmaier explains to The Dallas Morning News
• Even liberals are aware of the dangers posed by overspending, Stuart Butler tells The Wall Street Journal
• Ariel Cohen tells Qatar's Gulf Times that Russia is sending the wrong signals with its squeeze on foreign oil companies
• The Washington Post notes Heritage's influence on the Medicaid reform movement
• James Carafano tells Australia's ABC television that Zarqawi's betrayal to the Americans signals a shift in Iraqi opinion on terrorists
• The government has a poor track record for funding energy research, Ben Leiberman tells The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
• Many farmers liquidate their assets before dying to avoid paying the death tax, Bill Beach tells The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

June 13

• Entitlement spending will force either higher taxes, bigger cuts or bigger debts, Brian Riedl tells IBD
• The prescription drug bill solved the wrong problem the wrong way, Bob Moffit writes in The St. Paul Pioneer-Press
• Ariel Cohen writes in The Washington Times that the Shanghai Cooperation Organization is increasingly anti-American

June 14

• Columnist Peter Ferrara cites Heritage's work on an entitlement commission on National Review Online
• Medicare's problems will only grow worse with time, Bob Moffit writes in The Washington Times
• Recent successes in Iraq could help change the tone of the debate in Washington, Helle Dale writes in The Washington Times
• Scripps-Howard cites Heritage's spending numbers
• Pundit Pat Buchanan calls Robert Rector's immigration report the coup de grace on immigration reform in The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
• The Washington Times reports on Secretary Leavitt's marriage and welfare speech at Heritage
• The Salt Lake Tribune also reports on Sec. Leavitt's talk
• President Bush's trip to Iraq was a good photo-op but may not have lasting impact, John Hulsman tells The Baltimore Sun
• Congress may finally be listening to America on its wasteful spending practices, Ed Feulner writes in The Chicago Sun-Times
• America faces a challenge from the Shanghai alliance, Ariel Cohen writes in Spiro News
• It's hard to discuss the impact of the secret NSA wiretap program precisely because it's secret, Todd Gaziano tells UPI
• Federal officials need to know what's going on during a disaster if they are to remain credible, James Carafano tells The Federal Times
• The Bush administration is unique in being able to stick to its guns during a scandal, Lee Edwards tells the AP

June 15

• The Byrd anti-dumping measure discourages free trade, Ed Feulner tells Iowa Farmer Today
• The Washington Post and The Shreveport Times report on lawmakers' trips with The Heritage Foundation
• Forward magazine reports on Robert Rector's immigration estimates
• Senior Journal notes Bob Moffit's analysis of the Medicare drug plan
• TV host Lou Dobbs notes Heritage's estimates of immigration's financial impact on CNN.com
• David Muhlhausen explains the FBI's crime statistics and cautions against hasty responses on National Review Online
• The political fallout of Rep. Pence's immigration compromise may hurt him, Tim Chapman writes on Townhall.com

June 16

• Maintaining a strong economy is essential for national security, Daniella Markheim writes in Human Events
• A Senate proposal to tax more ex-pat income may have broad support, Dan Mitchell tells The International Herald-Tribune
• It tells you something when a $94.5 billion increase in spending can be considered a victory for fiscal restraint, Brian Riedl writes in National Review
• America is practising Vietnamization in Iraq, which is not necessarily a bad thing, James Carafano tells UPI
• Congress should stop the delays that have plagued missile defense rollout, Baker Spring writes in Human Events
• Mike Franc notes the string of small successes for conservatives on spending in Human Events
• The Winston-Salem Journal cites Ben Lieberman's report on Cuban offshore drilling
• Regulations are holding up Katrina relief, Alison Fraser writes in Human Events
• The UN could do much more to stop the humanitarian crisis in Burma, Dana Dillon writes in Human Events
• The Washington Times notes Heritage's immigration estimates
• The SCO has become a powerhouse with anti-American attitudes, Ariel Cohen tells The Austin American Statesman

June 19

• Homeland Security grants shouldn't be used to pay for local responsibilities, James Carafano tells The Wausau Daily Herald
• America needs to adopt a layered approach to security, James Carafano tells The Christian Science Monitor
• Michael Franc tells The Los Angeles Times that it raises eyebrows when local governments hire DC lobbyists
• Felipe Calderon would be more in line with administration interests as Mexico's president, Stephen Johnson tells The Los Angeles Times
• The Rocky Mountain News cites Heritage's spending figures in its editorial
• A proposal for health care record-sharing is on the mark, Ed Haislmaier writes in Human Events
• Tim Kane lays out four goals for the new USTR in Human Events
• America should consolidate its ties with Uruguay now, Stephen Johnson and Ana Eiras write in The Latin Business Chronicle
• Nicaraguans might not want to become vassals of Hugo Chavez, Stephen Johnson tells The Latin Business Chronicle
• The Indianapolis Star asks why Indiana cannot adopt a Massachusetts-style plan with innovative features like the Heritage-backed Connector
• It is "myopic" to invest in only one aspect of homeland defense, James Carafano tells The New York Times
• America needs to confront Pakistan over access to a principal figure in Iran's nuclear program, Peter Brookes writes in The New York Post

June 20

• Congress has accomplished many small things for fiscal sanity in recent weeks, Ed Feulner writes in The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
• If spending increased under Bush at the rate it did under Clinton, we'd have a surplus now, Brian Riedl tells National Review
• Sen. Gregg's proposal for fiscal restraint is promising but faces an uphill battle, Brian Riedl tells The Chicago Tribune
• The Hill says liberals want to emulate conservative successes with groups modeled on Heritage
• Mended relations between the US and Vietnam are important, Dana Dillon tells TCS Daily
• Europeans and Americans recognize they need each other despite their differences, John Hulsman tells The Seattle Times
• Bashing Guantanamo is popular in Europe, Nile Gardiner tells The Baltimore Sun
• The San Francisco Chronicle credits Robert Rector's paper with changing the debate on a flawed immigration bill
• Unmanned aircraft are becoming increasingly important, James Carafano tells The Gainesville Sun
• The Pension Benefit Guarantee Corporation conducts taxpayer bailouts of failed companies, David John tells SmartMoney.com
• Single-gender schools have many benefits for students, Dan Lips tells Family.org

June 21

• America's missile defenses are in theory capable of shooting down a North Korean missile, Baker Spring tells the AP
• Michael New identifies lessons from the 1974 budget reforms in National Review
• Millions of children are trapped in failing public schools. The answer is choice, Dan Lips explains in The Washington Times
• National Review supports Brian Riedl's suggestions to improve the SOS bill
• The San Francisco Chronicle notes Lou Dobbs' frequent citations of Heritage research on immigration
• Europe's relative lack of economic freedom ensures its economy lags behind America's, Ed Feulner writes in The Chicago Sun-Times
• The Asbury Park Press cites Heritage's immigration statistics as it urges rejection of the Senate's amnesty plan
• Pete Du Pont cites Heritage's Ben Lieberman on Congressional regulation of energy production in The Wall Street Journal
• Current entitlements are "completely unsustainable," Brian Riedl tells The Washington Examiner

June 22

• Elected officials may be tempted for purely political reasons to support a minimum wage hike, Mike Franc tells The Christian Science Monitor
• The Shanghai Cooperation Organization is emerging as a competitor to the US, Ariel Cohen tells The Financial Times
• Balbina Hwang explains the implications of North Korea's expected missile test in Human Events
• America should end restrictions on offshore oil drilling, Ben Lieberman writes in Human Events
• The AP notes Assistant Secretary of State Ellen Sauerbrey's talk at Heritage
• Liberals still lack a coherent position on the war in Iraq, Tim Chapman writes on Townhall.com
• A line-item veto could save "a billion here and a billion there" but it's not the ultimate fiscal restraint tool, Brian Riedl tells The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
• America needs to do more to investigate domestic terrorists, Peter Brookes writes in The San Diego Standard Times
• Columnist Jim Wooten says Heritage's immigration numbers underline the need to examine the Senate's immigration proposal more closely
• The Asia Times notes that Heritage's Jim Phillips and Peter Brookes serve on the Committee on the Present Danger
• Russia's Kommersant notes Natan Sharansky's speech at Heritage

June 23

• Ernest Christian and Gary Robbins explain the hidden costs of increases in government spending
• Heritage's discussion of the Quadrennial Defense Review is noted in UPI
• Sen. Gregg's bill could go further to restrain spending, Brian Riedl tells The Chicago Tribune, but it's better than the House's line-item veto proposal
• Wonkette says Heritage's 24 event is silly
• The Chicago Tribune cites Heritage's figures on the increase in federal spending

June 26

• The [Hilton Head] Island Packet reports on Rep. Joe Wilson (R-SC)'s attendance at a Heritage policy discussion
• While a small part of the spending increase, earmarks are symbol of corruption, Alison Fraser writes in The Dallas Morning News
• The Washington Post, The Austin American-Statesman, The New York Times' Maureen Dowd, the Associated Press, The Huffington Post, ABC News, CNS News, Wonkette and National Review cover Heritage's 24 event with Rush Limbaugh and Sec. Chertoff
• The radical left wants to further increase its hold on Washington by emulating Heritage's model, In These Times reports
• The liberal Center for American Progress is "modeled after the Heritage Foundation," The Austin American-Statesman reports
• Balbina Hwang answers questions about North Korea for The Kansas City Star
• It's hard to fault former transportation secretary Mineta for TSA's problems, James Carafano tells the AP
• The Chicago Tribune cites Heritage's budget analysis
• Attacking North Korea's missile may provoke a full-scale war, Balbina Hwang tells The Kansas City Star
• The Washington Post notes Heritage's qualms about a national ID card for immigration purposes dating back to 1990
• David John explains the importance of automatic retirement savings in The Dallas-Fort Worth Star-Telegram
• Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL) cites Heritage's estimates of high costs associated with amnesty in The Montgomery Advertiser
• While Mexico's economy is growing, it doesn't meet its growing population's needs, Stephen Johnson tells The Orange County Register
• Newsweek notes Heritage's role in building Townhall.com
• President Bush may bring up contentious issues of democracy with President Putin, Yevgeny Volk tells The Moscow Times
• Human Events notes Heritage's work to establish a consensus on entitlement reform

June 27

• Rush Limbaugh includes photos of the 24 event on his website
• The Latin Business Journal cites Heritage's Index of Economic Freedom in an article on Central America's economies
• UPI reports on Sec. Chertoff's appearance at Friday's 24 event
• DHS is making progress in establishing a rational technology plan, James Carafano tells Government Computer News
• A columnist for the Bangor Daily News complains that Heritage wants to remove federal funding of failing public schools and allow school choice
• In National Review, Rep. Steve King criticizes Rep. Mike Pence's immigration plan, which was introduced at Heritage
• ZDNet.com reviews James Gattuso's appearance at a panel discussion on "net neutrality"
• Economic freedom is a key first step to solving social ills like pollution and disease, Ed Feulner writes in The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
• The Japan Times notes that Heritage's Larry Wortzel opposes concessions to China's communist government
• The San Diego Union Tribune discusses Heritage's 24 event
• Budget reforms today will prevent the need for massive tax hikes down the line, Brian Riedl tells National Journal

June 28

• America should eliminate its arcane system of double taxation on expatriates, Dan Mitchell writes in The Washington Post
• The Associated Press cites Secretary Leavitt's recent speech at The Heritage Foundation
• Sen. Gregg's SOS Act would do much to help rein in excessive spending, Ed Feulner writes in The Chicago Sun-Times
• Balbina Hwang will be appointed as a State Department adviser on North Korea, The Korea Times reports
• Proposals to expand federal flood insurance coverage will only lead to more losses and more deficits, David John tells The Austin American-Statesman
• The Wheeling Register cites Heritage estimates on the state of the budget without spending increase
• "The Heritage Foundation could not have been better," Rush Limbaugh tells his radio audience

June 29

• America should allow more South Korean immigrants, Balbina Hwang and James Carafano tell UPI
• Maryland's Gazette cites Heritage's research on internatonal competetiveness
• "Poor people are a lot more resilient and capable than the left presumes," Jason Turner tells USA Today
• The Washington Times and The Washington Post cite Secretary Leavitt's speech to Heritage on welfare reform
• Liberal columnist Maureen Dowd mocks Heritage's 24 event in The Kansas City Star
• The Denver Post cites Heritage's numbers on the rise in federal spending
• A sunset commission could help eliminate wasteful programs that exist on "automatic pilot," Brien Riedl tells Cox News
• Vladimir Putin hopes to avoid rebukes from the West over democratic retreat, Yevgeny Volk tells Voice of America
• A liberal education activist says Heritage dislikes his work, The North Adams [MA] Transcript reports

June 30

• "Net neutrality" laws would keep the big telecoms in charge and limit future competition, James Gattuso tells City Journal
• Any "compromise" to raise taxes in exchange for reduced entitlement spending is dubious at best, Ernest Christian and Gary Robbins write in Investor's Business Daily
• The Post-Journal of Jamestown, NY cites Heritage figures on taxes and spending to argue in favor of making the tax cuts permanent
• The threat of North Korean missile attack has finally convinced the Senate to move on missile defense, Mike Franc writes in Human Events
• Ariel Cohen is the "neocon" "mastermind" behind Iraqi oil planning, blogger Greg Palast writes
• "It is profoundly disturbing that the court would take away from the commander in chief the sole discretion of determining what is militarily necessary," Todd Gaziano tells Reuters
• The Hamdan "decision helps nobody, not even the terrorists," James Carafano writes in The Philadelphia Inquirer
• America should lift its absurd regulations on offshore drilling, Ben Lieberman writes in The Baltimore Sun
• The Charleston Post and Courier comments on Heritage's 24 event
• Burma's Irrawady cites Heritage's Index of Economic Freedom