Heritage in the news: August 2006

August 1

• The Club for Growth exists to shake up the status quo and elect conservatives, Dani Doane tells Congressional Quarterly
• In National Review, Stephen Johnson looks at what might happen if Fidel Castro dies
• A columnist in The Cincinnati Enquirer cites Ed Feulner's Getting America Right on education
• American families are increasingly rejecting their children, Pat Fagan tells Rebecca Hagelin in Townhall.com
• Voice of America reports on Paul Wolfowitz's talk at Heritage
• Investor's Business Daily cites Ed Feulner's analysis of the prohibition on Navy sonar use
• Universities are naming facilities for politicians in the hopes of earning their favor--and more funding, Ron Utt tells The Christian Science Monitor

August 2

• Robert Rector will be testifying at Congressional field hearings on immigration, San Diego's North County Times reports
• The Washington Times cites Heritage's Index of Economic Freedom ranking of Bahrain
• The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel's editorial board cites Heritage's federalism plan for health care reform
• Fox News posts a transcript of Ariel Cohen's debate with a representative of the lefist ANSWER coalition
• As democracy spreads, we need to be careful that it is not exploited for power grabs, Helle Dale writes in The Washington Times

August 3

• The Senate's minimum wage hike is a bad bill, Brian Darling tells Investor's Business Daily
• San Diego's 10 News quotes Robert Rector: "This Senate bill will become the largest expansion of the welfare system in 30 years and it's the wrong thing to do"
• Inland California's Press Enterprise reports on Robert Rector's comments that the Senate bill is "a stealth open borders bill"
• The Los Angeles Times cites Robert Rector's estimate that the Senate immigration bill would cost taxpayers $16 billion a year
• The San Bernardino County Sun reports on Robert Rector's immigration testimony
• The Orange County Register reports on Robert Rector's testimony that America needs more high-skilled immigrants
• Teens who refrain from sexual activity are more likely to lead successful, happy lives, Robert Rector tells MTV News
• “In a nutshell, over the last 20 years or so the United States has imported about 10 million high school dropouts,” The San Diego Union-Tribune quotes Robert Rector as saying
• "Two-thirds of minimum-wage workers get a raise within a year," James Sherk tells the Fredericksburg Free-Lance Star
• The West needs a new counterterrorism doctrine that reflects the realities of radical Islamic terror, Ariel Cohen writes in The Washington Times

August 4

• Price floors and subsidies for ethanol are working to make gasoline more expensive, Ben Lieberman tells UPI
• Two-thirds of Iran's $300 million annual subsidy to Hezbollah goes towards military operations, Ariel Cohen tells Bloomberg
• A Vermont Congressional candidate cites a Heritage paper on Social Security reform, the Montpelier Times-Argus reports
• Raising the minimum wage is a bad way to help the poor since most who earn it aren't poor, James Sherk tells World Magazine
• The federal government found something worse than $3-a-gallon gas, Ben Lieberman writes in The Miami Herald: they found $4-a-gallon ethanol
• Welfare reform worked, and it's time we built on our gains, Robert Rector writes in The Charlotte Observer
• The Jakarta Post cites Ariel Cohen's definition of moderate Muslims as those who do not embrace jihad
• The Wheeling Register cites Heritage reports on Congressional budget shenanigans
• The Kenya London News reports on Paul Wolfowitz's speech at Heritage about African development
• Heritage's "New-Right-Neanderthal policy prescriptions have been mucking up our country since 1973," liberal columnist Cliff Schecter writes on The Huffington Post
• The International Business Times reports on Paul Wolfowitz's speech at Heritage
• Discussion of troop withdrawals were based more on hope than reality, Kim Holmes tells USA Today
• Ron Utt replies to Rep. Davis' attacks in The Washington Examiner , citing new statistics about the inefficiencies of DC's Metro system
• In his subscription-only New York Times column, Paul Krugman says "Heritage Foundation propaganda" on the death tax may mislead small business owners
• Brian Riedl explains his early experiences with MTV on National Review Online

August 7

• India's The Statesman cites James Carafano on the opportunities for change in the Middle East
• Ireland's recent success is due in large part to cutting spending and lowering tax rates, Dan Mitchell tells London's Times
• Taxing cigarettes to fund health care reform is as unrealistic as it is politically attractive, Ed Haislmaier tells the AP
• Citizens should not be mandated to pay for controversial or unnecessary health care like infertility treatments, Bob Moffit tells The St. Louis Post-Dispatch
• In National Review, columnist Heather Mac Donald cites James Carafano on finding and deporting illegal alien criminals
• ANDNetwork.com cites Brett Schaeffer on African oil imports
• Taxing capital hampers the engine of economic growth, Bill Beach tells The Dallas Morning News
• The Deseret Morning News cites Heritage's study of the ever-increasing tax burden
• The government should take into account its long-term obligations when preparing the budget, Brian Riedl tells The Roanoke Times
• America should invest in the next generation of directed-energy weapons, James Carafano and intern Andrew Berman write FoxNews.com
• The pension bill's airline bailout is based on a financial fantasy and rewards special interests, David John tells NPR's Marketplace
• National Review's John Hood notes Heritage's role in crafting Massachusetts' consumer-based health care reforms

August 8

• Tourist destinations are presenting themselves in new ways so they can receive federal pork , Ron Utt tells The Christian Science Monitor
• Cubans should take charge of their own destinies as Fidel Castro departs, Stephen Johnson writes in Spero News
• Existing drilling operations in wildlife reserves have had little environmental impact, Ben Lieberman tells Investor's Business Daily
• The election of a new UN secretary-general is a prime opportunity to push for reform, Brett Schaefer and Janice Smith write in The Seoul Times
• The Charleston Daily Mail cites Heritage figures on minimum wage workers

August 9

• CNS News reports on Heritage's event on the continued existence of Communist regimes
• The Senate should tell Iran that provocations will result in further sanctions, Jim Phillips tells The Hill
• The Evansville, IN Courier and Press cites Heritage estimates of the massive increase in federal spending since 2000
• The Montgomery Advertiser cites The Heritage Guide to the Constitution and its discussion of the role of judges
• Congress should expand the visa waiver program, which will enhance security, increase prosperity and strengthen civil society, James Carafano writes in Spero News
• A flat tax is the ideal solution for those seeking to reform the outdated and corrupt tax system, Ed Feulner writes in The Chicago Sun-Times

August 10

• The $1.5 billion earmark for Washington, DC's transit system would top all other Congressional waste, Ron Utt writes in The Baltimore Sun
• Turkey is the best choice to lead a peacekeeping force in Lebanon, Ariel Cohen writes in The International Herald Tribune
• Instead of simply writing a bigger check for health care, the federal government should see that the system is reformed, Nina Owcharenko tells UPI
• So far, Hezbollah has not been destroyed as many had hoped, Ariel Cohen tells Forward
• Heritage is allowed to speak more bluntly on proposed lobbying reform since that issue touches on what Heritage does, Mike Franc tells The Washington Post
• The Chico Enterprise-Record cites The Heritage Foundation's tabulation of pork projects in the past six years
• Conservatives have successfully challenged the FDR model of big government, Lee Edwards tells The Poughkeepsie Journal
• Parents need to take an active role in their children's lives, Rebecca Hagelin writes in The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
• The London attacks show that al Qaeda and complacency are America's chief threats in the war on terror, Peter Brookes writes on National Review Online

August 11

• Radical anti-war liberals are moving the Democratic Party strongly to the left, Tim Chapman writes in Human Events
• There's no such thing as a perfect screening system, so America should invest in risk management, James Carafano tells Newhouse News Service
• Government has still not integrated terrorist watch lists with airline companies, James Carafano tells KRT
• Newsday reports that James Carafano "scoffed at the notion of yesterday's arrests as anything but a success story for Bush"
• The war in Iraq may give al Qaeda more recruits in the short run, but if successful it will bolster America's security in the long run, Jim Phillips tells The Houston Chronicle
• Terrorism remains an evolving and ever-dangerous threat, Peter Brookes writes in The New York Post
• Homeland Security has actually been preparing to combat the threat of liquid explosives, James Carafano tells The New York Times
• The Washington Times reports on yesterday's conservative women's forum at Heritage
• There are major flaws in a government study that shows public schools to be superior to charters, Mike Franc writes in Human Events
• Forcing the minimum wage to rise with inflation is a 1970s-era economic argument that contributed to inflation, Tim Kane tells Human Events
• UPI reports on Heritage's event on immigration reform with DHS's Assistant Secretary of Policy

August 14

• Columnist Clarence Page cites Robert Rector's studies on the positive effects of welfare reform in The Chicago Tribune
• The New York Times cites James Carafano and Robert Poole's argument that government airport security is no better than the private sector
• Ed Haislmaier will speak on Massachusetts' consumer-based health care reforms, The Tennessean reports
• The Minot, ND Daily News cites Heritage analyses of pork-barrel spending
• Turkish Daily News cites Ariel Cohen's argument that Turkey would be well-positioned to send troops to Lebanon
• The Cincinnati Post cites Heritage's budget studies that show a 45 percent growth in spending since 2001
• Liberal arguments on the minimum wage misunderstand how wages work and who receives the minimum, James Sherk writes in The Washington Times
• Price controls on drugs are incompatible with the development of lifesaving treatments, John O'Shea writes in The New York Post
• Tehran is the big winner in the Israel-Hezbollah war, Peter Brookes writes on National Review Online
• The left-wing anti-war ANSWER coalition is a fifth column in the war on terrorism, Ariel Cohen writes in TCS Daily

August 15

• Congress should resist the temptation to throw money at transportation security, James Carafano writes in Human Events
• New York Times columnist Thomas Frank calls Heritage an "appurtenance of power" in Washington
• The government should ensure that military votes are not discounted because of government incompetence, Brian Darling writes in The Charlotte Observer
• If the international community can take the lead on Lebanon's reconstruction, Hezbollah will be dealt a blow, Peter Brookes tells The St. Louis Post-Dispatch

August 16

• New worker verification programs need not be imposed on all sectors of the economy since illegal aliens aren't uniformly distributed, James Carafano tells UPI
• CNS News cites Nile Gardiner's paper on appeasement of Islamic radicals
• DHS is right to invest in a system-of-systems technological approach to border security, James Carafano tells The St. Louis Post-Dispatch
• Iran gives Hezbollah a $300 million annual subsidy, largely for weapons, Ariel Cohen tells Bloomberg
• British Muslims need to play a leading role in stopping radical terrorist groups in their midst, Helle Dale writes in The Washington Times
• Iran is the real winner of the Israel-Hezbollah war, Peter Brookes writes in The New York Post
• The worst election outcome for the GOP would be to hold an even thinner majority, though this could also strengthen conservatives in the party, Mike Franc tells CQ

August 17

• A foundation headed by Gov. Mitt Romney (R-MA) has contributed to The Heritage Foundation, The Boston Globe reports
• If Israel couldn't disarm Hezbollah, then a UN force probably can't either, Jim Phillips tells The Toronto Star
• The Coolidge Examiner cites Heritage's statistics on the growth of government spending
• Alternative broadcasting from America can help plant the seeds of change in Cuba, Stephen Johnson tells The Christian Science Monitor

August 18

• The facts, as recited by Robert Rector, are a tribute to welfare reform's success, opines National Review editor Rich Lowry
• TennCare, Tennessee's government-run health care system, is a model of what not to do, Merrill Mathews tells the Jeffersonville, IN News and Tribune
• It's hard to argue that programs like the NSA wiretaps aren't useful in the war on terror, James Carafano tells Australia's ABC News
• The NSA wiretapping decision "is probably one of the most irresponsible decisions that I've ever seen especially coming in the wake of a terrorist plot in London that would have killed thousands of Americans," James Carafano tells The Austin American-Statesman
• James Carafano outlines a series of reforms to make America safer in Human Events
• The real worry for the federal budget is rampant over-spending, Alison Fraser writes in The Philadelphia Inquirer
• Baker Spring discusses recent ballistic missile interceptor tests on PBS' News Hour (watch online)
• Peter Brookes on staying alert on security issues on FOX’s “Your World with Neil Cavuto (watch online)
• James Carafano on security screenings at airports on NBC station KSEE in Fresno, CA (watch online)
• Peter Brookes on foiled terror plot on FOX’s “Dayside” (watch online)
• James Carafano on airline security on CNBC’s “Morning Call” (watch online)
• James Carafano discusses the Terrorist Surveillance Program on ABC's "World News with Charles Gibson" (watch online)
• Conservatives may have an electoral opening on national security issues, Mike Franc writes in Human Events

August 21

• European denial of the terrorist threat only makes the enemy stronger, James Carafano writes in The Salt Lake Tribune
• It's a victory for America that there have been no terrorist attacks on US soil since 9/11, Brian Darling tells The Austin American-Statesman
• The impact of pension reform on same-sex couples was not a matter of discussion in Washington, David John tells The Contra Costa Times
• It's very difficult for the US to build relationships with antagonistic leaders in Latin America, Stephen Johnson tells The Houston Chronicle
• The Atlanta Journal-Constitution cites Heritage's estimates of the impact of the Senate's amnesty bill
• The Fredericksburg Free Lance-Star cites Robert Rector's testimony on the positive impact of welfare reform
• America needs to expand its counterterrorism cooperation with Pakistan, Lisa Curtis writes in National Review
• "Most stuff we’ve done on interoperability since 9/11 has been wrongheaded and useless," James Carafano tells Washington Technology
• Expanding the employment verification system would be expensive and pointless, James Carafano tells Washington Technology
• Ed Feulner reflects on his 65th birthday in The Washington Times
• The United States should isolate Syrian dictator Bashar Assad, Peter Brookes writes in The New York Post
• America should sever the connection between employers and health insurance, Bob Moffit writes in inland California's Press-Enterprise

August 22

• Welfare reform's success has vindicated Daniel Patrick Moynihan's warnings about family breakup, Robert Rector writes in The New York Post
• The Wall Street Journal cites Heritage's "gloomy predictions" about government spending on entitlements
• America should take three basic steps to improve counterterrorism cooperation with Pakistan, Lisa Curtis writes in Human Events
• The Arizona Daily Star cites Heritage research on the impact of 2001 school choice reforms
• The Christian Science Monitor notes Heritage's partnership with other groups to oppose corrupt earmarking
• President Bush isn't softening his commitment to Iraq, Jim Phillips tells Reuters
• Russia's crackdown on Yukos signalled a new turn towards authoritarianism, Ariel Cohen tells Newsmax
• The Kansas City Star notes Secretary Leavitt's recent remarks to Heritage about the success of welfare reform
• The Washington Post notes that official government predictions on the amnesty bill's impact fall short of Heritage's estimates

August 23

• Terrorism's impact on trade isn't large but could increase over time, Daniela Markheim tells CNN Money
• Federal education spending has been increasing dramatically with no real dividends, Dan Lips tells columnist Jay Ambrose
• Robert Rector will testify before a Senate field hearing on immigration in Colorado, The Rocky Mountain News reports
• WorldNetDaily cites Heritage figures on the consequences of the Senate's immigration bill
• The federal government should give tax incentives to the poor instead of granting a minimum wage, Stuart Butler tells Fortune Small Business
• Bill Clinton understood that welfare reform was about more than just policy changes, Robert Rector writes in The Washington Post
• A Senator has undermined spending reform by placing a secret block on legislation to create spending transparency, Ed Feulner writes in The Chicago Sun-Times

August 24

• Recent spy arrests in Russia are in line with Vladimir Putin's philosophy on government, Yevgeny Volk tells Radio Free Europe
• Tim Chapman looks at the similarities between two Senate races in National Review
• Welfare reform, not economic growth alone, was the key to reducing welfare rolls since 1996, Michael New writes in National Review

August 25

• Marc Miles will speak at the University of Wisconsin's annual economic conference, The Capital Times reports
• The Marxist magazine Political Affairs looks at The Heritage Foundation's arguments against the minimum wage and dismisses them as a "daydream"
• Britain's Prospect magazine cites Heritage's numbers on federal spending growth since 2001
• A renewed concern about the threat of terrorism may yet rescue the GOP, Tim Chapman writes in Human Events
• An Israeli first strike on Iran is probable, Jim Phillips tells UPI
• Sanctions on Iran could very well work—but only if Europe, China and Russia play along, Peter Brookes tells McClatchy Newspapers
• The Washington Times reports on Heritage's panel discussion of the private sector's ability to respond to disaster
• The President's belief in self-reliance during disasters was politically unpopular, James Carafano tells Bloomberg
• Security issues will dominate Congress' fall session, Mike Franc writes in Human Events

August 28

• Neither political party seems interested in the problem of affordable housing, Ron Utt tells The Washington Post
• Washington cannot be the solution for future disasters, James Carafano writes in The Mulwaukee Journal-Sentinel
• Government can barely track what it spends, and it's terrible at tracking the spending's effectiveness, Brian Riedl tells The Los Angeles Times
• The New York Times reports on Heritage's June event with the cast and producers of 24
• Baltimore schools are in poor shape, and could be helped with the application of a voucher program, Dan Lips writes on FoxNews.com
• Schools shouldn't undermine parent's values, Melissa Pardue is quoted as saying in The Spectator
• The Minneapolis Star Tribune cites Heritage research on family time
• USA Today cites Heritage's Index of Economic Freedom ranking of Cuba as among the least-free countries
• "The amnesty alone will be the largest expansion of the welfare system in the last 25 years," Robert Rector tells FrontPage Magazine
• We should look to private initiative in future disasters, since it worked so well after Katrina, James Carafano writes in The Philadelphia Inquirer
• Jim Phillips cited Hizb ut-Tahrir as among the emerging terror threats in 2003, CNS News.com reports

August 29

• America needs to expands its counterterrorism cooperation with Pakistan, Lisa Curtis writes in The Washington Times
• Robert Rector used simply the facts to demonstrate welfare reform's successes, columnist Anthony Bradley writes in The Detroit News
• A leftist columnist in The Denver Post calls Heritage a "reactionary propaganda think tank" that produces "psuedo-research"
• Bulgaria's Sofia News Agency cites Heritage's Index of Economic Freedom ranking of Bulgaria
• Britain's Guardian cites Heritage's quick response to counter big-government Katrian rebuilding ideas
• Britain's The Business cites Heritage research on child poverty as evidence of welfare reform's success

August 30

• A year after Hurricane Katrina, Congress has yet to take common-sense steps to guard against future disasters, James Carafano writes in Human Events
• Americans increasingly see Britain as infested with radical Islamic terrorists, Nile Gardiner tells Britain's Sun; Britain's Daily Mail also noted the comment
• New figures on uninsurance demonstrate that employer-based health insurance is obsolete, Nina Owcharenko tells The Los Angeles Times
• Wiretaps are an essential counterterrorism tool, and Congress should act to prevent judicial blocks on their use, James Carafano writes in The Washington Times
• The Socialist Worker cites Heritage's support for using private initiative to rebuild New Orleans
• British conservatives must work hard to preserve the US-UK special relationship, Nile Gardiner writes in Human Events
• Private organizations like churches have helped more people along the Gulf Coast and with less money than the federal government has, Ed Feulner writes in The Chicago Sun-Times

August 31

• Weblogs helped uncover the truth about the Senator blocking openness legislation, Tim Chapman writes in Human Events
• The Nation (subscribers only) notes Heritage's contribution to Massachusetts' consumer-based health care reforms
• Iraq is engaged in a "slow-motion civil war" that could expand into something larger, Jim Phillips tells Voice of America
• The Denver Post, The Longmont, CO Daily Times-Call, and The Durango Herald report on Robert Rector's testimony about the costs of the Senate's amnesty bill
• Dan Lips discusses a new bill to allow state and local control of schools in School Reform News
• It's "a major error" for the State Department to grant a visa to Iran's former president, Jim Phillips tells Asia Times
• It's time for consumer-based alternatives to employer-sponsored health care, Nina Owcharenko writes in The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
• The New York Sun cites Nile Gardiner's description of Britain as "a hornet's nest of Islamic extremists"
• FoxNews.com cites Heritage statistics on the success of abstinence pledges
• The US sees South Korea as important to national security, James Carafano tells South Korea's Hanooki