Heritage in the news: September 2006

September 1

• Lee Edwards reviews a new biography of George Washington and Benedict Arnold in Human Events
• Forcing out an elected president would be bad for Taiwain's democracy, John Tkacik tells The Washington Times
• Iran sends Hezbollah $300 million a year, Ariel Cohen tells Investor's Business Daily
• The Los Angeles Times notes Heritage's support for government transparency
• Though often portrayed as a reforming liberal, former Iran president Khatami is just as much a radical as Kohmeini, Jim Phillips tells CNS News

September 5

• The McAllen, TX Monitor cites Heritage's figures for the unfunded liabilities in entitlement programs
• A liberal Denver Post columnist calls Heritage a "propaganda tank that uses cornball studies"
• Poverty statistics count only income and neglect to include assets or government benefits, Rea Hederman writes in the McAllen, TX Monitor
• The issue of marriage generates a lot more voter emotion than does the minimum wage, Brian Darling tells The St. Louis Post-Dispatch
• Russia is seeking to prove it's a world power by expanding its influence in the third world, Yevgeny Volk tells South Africa's Business Day
• The Akron Beacon-Journal cites Heritage statistics showing public sector workers, not industrial workers, are increasingly the face of organized labor
• The Korea Times cites Heritage's support for an expedited Korean free trade agreement
• The Orlando Sentinel notes Heritage's support for market mechanisms introduced in Massachusetts' health plan
• American workers should reflect this Labor Day on the positive impact of the Bush tax cuts, James Sherk writes in Human Events
• USA Today cites Heritage's estimates of the impact of the Senate's amnesty bill
• Hurricane Katrina should teach us that we cannot concentrate our energy production in one area, Ben Lieberman writes in The Hartford Courant
• Todd Gaziano is helping combat unjust provisions in the Voting Rights Act, The Hill reports
• Pork teaches voters that unless their representative is an appropriator, they won't get their fair share of tax money, Brian Riedl tells The Hill
• The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette cites Heritage statistics in its Labor Day special article
• Many Coast Guard programs should be integrated into the broader border protection scheme, James Carafano tells Washington Technology
• Peter Brookes explains why missile defense is important for FamilySecurityMatters.org

September 6

• Online processing of welfare applications would undercut welfare-to-work, Jason Turner tells New York's City Limits
• Congress should limit Amtrak's funding to encourage operational reforms, Ron Utt writes in Human Events
• If Democrats win in November, Congressional relations with the White House could be more gridlocked, Brian Darling tells CNN Money
• The Senate may be using a "rolling hold" to ensure transparency legislation never gets through, Brian Darling tells Cox News
• One Maryland state house candidate has worked closely with Heritage on health care reform, The Baltimore Sun reports
• If North Korea continues its aggression, the US and its allies will have no choice but to counter it, Ed Feulner is quoted as saying in The Christian Science Monitor
• National security, energy security and spending reform should top Congress' fall agenda, Ed Feulner writes in The Chicago Sun-Times
• Last week's successful missile defense test should be a boost to the program to defend against North Korea and Iran, Helle Dale writes in The Washington Times

September 7

• The Beloit Daily News cites Heritage's support for a return to federalism in health care
• The Senate should be quick to confirm John Bolton as UN ambassador, Ed Feulner writes in The Washington Times
• Using the military to respond to disasters puts unelected and unaccountable leaders in charge, James Carafano warns the AP
• President Bush may have extra leverage in Washington on Russia issues because he's on a fixed term, Ariel Cohen tells The Moscow Times
• Liberal website IndyBay complains that Heritage's support for conservative policies doesn't run afoul of the law

September 8

• The Australian cites Heritage's research into the positive effect of welfare reform
• The Southeast European Times and the Associated Press report on Serbian President Tadic's speech at The Heritage Foundation
• Australia's Sydney Morning Herald credits Dan Mitchell with successfully arguing for the Bush tax cuts
• Estate tax reform is unlikely in this session of Congress, Brian Darling tells The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
• FamilySecurityMatters.org reproduces Peter Brookes' testimony before the House International Relations Committee
• The San Bernardino County Sun notes Heritage's research into the split between immigration and border authorities
• Guantanamo Bay exists to house the most dangerous terrorists, Nathaniel Ward writes in The Kansas City Star
• The close Bush-Blair relationship will probably not be repeated again for a generation, Nile Gardiner tells South Africa's Zee News
• Hugo Chavez's military adventurism could be dangerous for the United States and its allies, William Schirano, Stephen Johnson, and Ariel Cohen write in Human Events
• Iran's former president lacks real power at home, though he continues to speak overseas , James Phillips tells McClatchy Newspapers
• An American MI5 would simply duplicate the efforts of the FBI, James Carafano tells Investor's Business Daily

September 11

• Though objectionable, the Massachusetts health care mandate is quite limited, Bob Moffit tells The Orlando Sentinel
• Congress needs to give DHS the tools it needs to win the war on terror, James Carafano and Brian Finch write in The Fort Worth Star-Telegram
• There may not be a political price to focusing on Iraq in Congress, Brian Darling tells The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
• President Putin said all the right things at a recent pro-democracy forum, Ariel Cohen tells The Moscow Times
• Scaremongering about the Patriot Act has prevented any real discussion about its vital contributions to the war on terror, James Carafno tells CNS News
• Means testing is the only realistic solution to funding Medicare in an increasingly elderly population, Bob Moffit tells The Dallas Morning News
• The FBI collected almost no useful counterterrorism intelligence prior to 9/11, James Carafano tells The Houston Chronicle
• CNS News cites Heritage's paper on John Bolton's strengths as UN ambassador
• Once they use the new pork database, "people are going to be stunned to see how much of our tax dollars are wasted," Brian Riedl tells The Chicago Tribune
• Heritage estimates of the cost of each new border patrol agent are noted in Townhall.com
• Politicians are desperate to be seen as tough on national security because it still resonates with voters, James Carafano tells FoxNews.com
• The intelligence community should work to find al Qaeda's leaders and beef up its counterintelligence work, Peter Brookes writes in The New York Post
• 9/11 made Americans "fundamentally change the way we looked at threats to our national security," Peter Brookes writes in National Review Online
• Congressional races traditionally haven't been affected by foreign policy, James Carafano tells The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
• Earmarks in Washington are "bought and sold like bales of cotton," Ron Utt tells The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
• Pakistan's Dawn reports on Heritage's Pakistan event

September 12

• America must step up its intelligence program if it is to win the war on terror, Peter Brookes writes in The Boston Herald
• America should honor the 9/11 anniversary by enacting essential reforms, James Carafano writes in FrontPage Magazine
• John Bolton is devoted to serving American interests at the UN, and is a force to be reckoned with, Nile Gardiner tells The Weekly Standard
• Europe leads the United States in producing biometric identification procedures, James Carafano tells Government Executive
• Pork is unlikely to go away anytime soon despite lawmakers' promises, Brian Riedl tells The Hill
• Writing in TCS Daily, Ben Lieberman outlines the worst of the bad ideas Congress is considering to deal with high gas prices
• Heritage has been explaining to members of Congress how to best create a nuclear deal with India, The Times of India reports
• Pork-barrel spending leads to big government, The New Republic cites Brian Riedl as saying
• Secretary Paulson's experience with China will serve him well in office, John Tkacik tells AFP
• The US has managed to fight the terrorists abroad without changing too much at home, James Carafano tells The Wall Street Journal (no link available)

September 13

• Some long-distance Amtrak trains have federal subsidies as high as $450 a passenger, Ron Utt tells NPR's Marketplace
• James Sherk looks at political activities by labor unions in The Hill
• Columnist Jeff Jacoby cites Robert Rector's paper on the decline of child poverty after welfare reform in The Boston Globe
• A recent speech by Tory leader David Cameron may raise eyebrows in Washington for its distancing from President Bush, Nile Gardiner tells The Times of London
• British conservatives are in a fight for the heart and soul of their party, Nile Gardiner tells The Houston Chronicle
• The first chapter of Ryan Sager's The Elephant in the Room cites Heritage budget numbers in TCS Daily
• Helle Dale writes in The Washington Times that it's hard to say the world didn't change on 9/11
• The Senate port security deal won't change how quickly ports deal with threats, James Carafano tells Forbes

September 14

• Liberals in the media aren't highlighting American successes in the war on terror, Rebecca Hagelin writes in WorldNetDaily
• The Great Society-era Legal Services Corporation is an agency ripe with waste and abuse, Ed Feulner writes in The Chicago Sun-Times
• India's Zee News cites Lisa Curtis' paper on the importance of moving quickly on the India nuclear deal

September 15

• Pork illustrates how easily the legislative process can be corrupted, Alison Fraser tells Copley News
• "Advocates of limited government and less spending can point to virtually no successes reducing the growth of government," Brian Riedl tells Bloomberg
• Peter Brookes explains the importance of missile defense in The Fort Worth Star-Telegram
• Private owners should protect their assets and the government should not try to "childproof America," James Carafano tells The Epoch Times
• Tim Chapman quotes James Carafano on the impact of Hamdan v. Rumsfeld in Human Events
• James Carafano explains five reasons not to cut and run from Iraq in his latest YouTube video 9/15
  
• The Senate port security bill ignores real threats, like small boats used in attacks on the Cole and elsewhere, James Carafano tells the AP
• Proposals for Amtrak reform are top-heavy micromanagement that accomplishes little, Ron Utt tells The New York Sun

September 18

• Scaremongering and gloom-and-doom "report cards" on security can lead to poor homeland security programs, James Carafano writes in The Washington Times
• The loser of Mexico's presidential election should concentrate on useful reforms instead of adopting Castro-like rhetoric, Stephen Johnson writes in The Washington Times
• Substantial progress has been made in Afghanistan, which is no longer the world's terrorist training ground, Peter Brookes writes in The New York Post
• "We should be less concerned about the civil rights of enemy combatants than we are about protecting our own national security," Brian Darling writes on FoxNews.com
• The Bush admnistration opposes inflaming the Taiwan Strait, Harvey Feldman tells The Asia Times
• A win for the Sandinistas in Nicaragua would cut diplomatic ties with the US, Stephen Johnson warns The San Francisco Chronicle
• Lobbyists often promise earmarks to local jurisdictions, Ron Utt tells The Wall Street Journal
• Increasing competition, not a further increase in subsidies, is the solution to rising college tuition costs , Dan Lips tells The Worcester Telegram & Gazette
• Americans are losing patience with the UN's unwilligness to act on Darfur and other crisis, Nile Gardiner tells The Times of London
• Al Qaeda has said it seeks to make Iraq a base for a new Caliphate, Jim Phillips tells The Christian Science Monitor
• Earmarks allow lobbyists to essentially sell taxpayer dollars, Alison Fraser tells The Birmingham News
• The way to ensure solid economic growth is to minimize interest rate changes, Marc Miles tells a panel discussion reported by Wisconsin's Capital Times
• Beijing has sought to influence the Middle East peace process to counterbalance America's focus on freedom and democracy, John Tkacik tells AFP

September 19

• The Colorado Springs Gazette cites Heritage numbers on the unpopularity of same-sex marriage initiatives
• The Mobile Press-Register notes Heritage's take on the unfeasability of 100 percent port security
• Investor's Business Daily cites Heritage's Index of Economic Freedom
• Former Secretary of State James Baker is more willing to negotiate than the current administration, Jim Phillips tells The Houston Chronicle
• Jacques Chirac's remarks on Iran will make a UN resolution less likely, Nile Gardiner tells The Washington Post

September 20

• Peter Brookes looks at America's military options with regards to Iran on FamilySecurityMatters.org
• The Senate's port security legislation ignores real threats like small boats, James Carafano tells Iowa's Daily Nonpareil
• President Chirac's comments on a US-France break on Iran were unhelpful, Nile Gardiner tells China's Xinhua
• Heritage's statistics on the growth of earmarks are noted in The New York Sun
• President Chirac's remarks on Iran were "a big blow" to diplomacy, Nile Gardiner tells The Boston Globe
• While Britain's Tory leader distances himself from America, France's heir apparent moves closer, Helle Dale writes in The Washington Times
• Washington should warn Pakistan over using violence in Kashmir, Lisa Curtis tells The Press Trust of India
• The President's UN speech was a solid attempt at public diplomacy, Brett Schaefer writes on National Review Online
• Escalating personnel costs are going to complicate future defense budgets, Baker Spring tells Defense News

September 21

• Nobody opposes well-run public services; the only question is how to pay for it, Brian Riedl tells the AP
• Congress' rule change on earmarks is temporary and not likely to be renewed, Ron Utt tells The Naples [FL] Daily News
• The Fort Worth Star-Telegram notes Stuart Butler's participation in the fiscal wakeup tour
• Boeing's contract to secure the border comes on the heels of other integration projects, James Carafano tells The St. Louis Post-Dispatch
• Setting interrogation standards would encroach on the inherent powers of the executive to run the military, James Carafano tells The Christian Science Monitor
• James Carfano tells The Washington Post that Congressional action on border fences and the like may be motivated by politics

September 22

• Hugo Chavez's goal is to lead a coalition against the United States, Stephen Johnson writes in National Review Online
• Throwing money at port security will not make the ports any more secure, James Carafano tells World magazine
• World magazine cites Heritage on Hugo Chavez's arms deals with Russia and potential deals with terrorist states
• Kommersant notes Heritage's disapproval of the UN's attempts to restrain member states' freedom of action
• The Non-Aligned Movement is a menace to American security and power, Nile Gardiner tells The Los Angeles Times
• Congressional desire to continue funding for unessential programs in wartime is reminiscent of Vietnam era "guns or butter" debates, Brian Riedl tells The Los Angeles Times
• It's hard to imagine the US threatening to bomb Pakistan, Lisa Curtis tells Reuters
• Getting better intelligence to border agents is a good step towards border security, James Carafano tells US News
• The Prague Post cites James Carafano's argument that America must reform its visa policy so allies aren't punished

September 25

• Venezuela's Hugo Chavez is angling for a seat on the UN Security Council, Peter Brookes writes in The New York Post
• Lawmakers are often acting on their constituents' concerns about immigration and not pandering, Brian Darling tells The Wilmington News-Journal
• Those under the poverty line may not live opulently, but they're certainly not poor in the way we'd think, Robert Rector tells The Saint Louis Post-Dispatch
• Federalizing gang crimes is a dangerous move, Brian Walsh and Erica Little write in Human Events
• When you incarcerate violent offenders, the violent crime rate drops , David Muhlhausen tells The Fort Wayne Tribune
• The Wall Street Journal cites the Index of Economic Freedom on transparency
• Conservatives are upset with how their supposed allies in Washington spend money, Mike Franc tells The Christian Science Monitor
• A recent HBO documentary on Barry Goldwater portrays him as a libertarian instead of the conservative he was, Lee Edards writes in Human Events
• Gov. Mitt Romney "is the only elected official I've met with who gave me a detailed power-point briefing on my area of expertise," Bob Moffit tells The Wall Street Journal
• Cutting and running from Iraq would leave America worse off than before the invasion in 2003, James Carafano writes in The Washington Times
• Nile Gardiner and Ed Feulner comment on Lady Thatcher's elevation to Heritage Patron status in The Washington Times
• The Los Angeles Times notes a recent Heritage panel on health care choices
• Many of the homeland security reforms have been political theater, James Carafano tells The Washington Post
• Border enforcement alone is not enough to solve America's immigration problems, David Muhlhausen writes in The Washington Post

September 26

• Congress should be wary of holding to too strict an interpretation of the Geneva Conventions that harms America's interests, Mike Franc writes in Human Events Online
• Most of DHS' science and technology research can be junked, Jim Carafano tells US News
• Hong Kong's Standard notes former Taiwanese Premier Yu's remarks at Heritage
• The Weekly Standard notes Heritage's call for larger ground forces
• Russia wants to use its oil revenues to gain influence in Europe, Yevgeny Volk tells Radio Free Europe
• Nile Gardiner discusses Tony Blair's legacy on the BBC

September 27

• The declassified NIE says that winning in Iraq would be a defeat for terrorists, Peter Brookes writes on Family Security Matters
• A stronger military for Japan would benefit America, Ed Feulner writes in The Chicago Sun-Times
• The Schumer-Graham tarrif proposal is misguided protectionism, Mike Needham and Tim Kane write on National Review Online
• The United States should work to reinforce its relationship with Kazakhstan, Ariel Cohen writes in The Washington Times
• While leaving the UN would be tempting, it would be far better to seek much-needed reforms, Helle Dale writes in The Washington Times
• American influence helps keep Afghanistan and Pakistan friendly with one another, Peter Brookes tells the Associated Press
• Peter Brookes discusses President Bush's meeting with the leaders of Pakistan and Afghanistan on CNN International

September 28

• Gen. Musharraf may not have completely thought through the consequences of revealing international secrets in his new book, Lisa Curtis tells The Washington Times
• HSAs aren't simply for the young and healthy, Greg D'Angelo tells UPI
• The megalomaniacal Kim Jong Il cares not at all for the welfare of his people, John Tkacik tells CBN
• A setback in Afghanistan could fracture NATO, Helle Dale tells Voice of America
• The Wall Street Journal cites Heritage's Index of Economic Freedom on competetiveness
• President Bush acted as a sort of marriage counselor for Presidents Karzai and Musharraf, Peter Brookes tells The New York Times
• USA Today cites Heritage's argument that NASA spending that favors individual companies should be cut
• Lee Edwards explains the Victims of Communism Memorial to The Washington Post
• Human Events cites Lee Edwards at the Victims of Communism Memorial groundbreaking
• America is the glue that holds Afghanistan and Pakistan together, Peter Brookes tells China Daily

September 29

• The Wall Street Journal cites Heritage's role in preparing the Index of Economic Freedom
• The military needs additional funding if it is to rebuild and avoid becoming a hollow force, James Carafano writes in The New York Post
• Bin Laden and his philosophy continue to live, Jim Phillips writes in Human Events Online
• Leaving Iraq before victory will not solve any spending problems, James Carafano tells UPI
• The Austin American-Statesman notes Heritage's role in the Fiscal Wakeup Tour
• Homeland Security grants should not be used to prop up local governments, James Carafano tells The Colorado Springs Gazette
• The oil-rights disuputes in Iraq set the tone for future quarrels over Iraqi federalism, Jim Phillips tells UPI
• The anti-terror debate in Congress leaves liberals open to critique, Mike Franc writes in Human Events Online
• Raising the minimum wage would push the low-skill poor out of the job market, James Sherk tells The Sarasota Herald-Tribune
• An Orange County Register editorial on border security cites Heritage's Index of Economic Freedom
• The declassified intelligence report reveals that winning in Iraq is key, Peter Brookes and Jim Phillips write in Human Events Online
• In practice, Social Security money is counted just the same as any other government revenue, Brian Riedl tells The Austin American-Statesman
• Peter Brookes discusses Bob Woodward's new book on MSNBC