Heritage in the news: November 2006

November 30, 2006

• Heritage's Rebecca Hagelin, on WorldNetDaily, Columnist David Strom on Townhall.com and The Austin American-Statesman cite the Heritage troop demographics study
• James Dean defends the Visa Waiver Program on National Review Online
• Columnist Paul Weyrich cites Heritage's "Federal Spending and Revenue: A Book of Charts"
• International "observers" are more interested in a peaceful vote in Venezuela than a fair one, Stephen Johnson tells Bloomberg
• Federal prosecutors are set to give special consideration to investigated companies that don't protect their employees, Brian Walsh tells AP
• The Washington Times covers Pat Boone's talk at The Heritage Foundation
• Ariel Cohen looks at who might be responsible
• The new citizenship test encourages understanding of American ideas, Matthew Spalding tells National Review

November 29, 2006

• Iran and Syria want to expand their influence in Iraq, Peter Brookes writes in Real Clear Politics
• Money used to promote rule of law and free enterprise in Eastern Europe should be put to similar use in Russia, Ed Feulner writes in The Chicago Sun-Times
• National Review, the University of Northern Colorado Mirror, and the Norfolk Virginian-Pilot cite Heritage's study of troop demographics
• "This brouhaha about civil war is kind of politicized, a way of delegitimizing the U.S. effort in Iraq,'' Jim Phillips tells The Miami Herald
• Ecuador's plans to close an airbase to US forces would be a blow to both countries, Stephen Johnson tells UPI
• The Rocky Mountain News cites Heritage's work on the Fiscal Wakeup Tour
• A Rocky Mountain News editorial cites Alison Fraser on the need to act quickly to rein in entitlement spending
• Blogger Jonathan Perkins rounds up blog citations of Tim Kane's paper refuting Rep. Rangel on the troops

November 28, 2006

• The American Spectator, The St. Louis Tribune, Gannett News, The Terre Haute Tribune-Star, Investor's Business Daily, the Grant County, IN Chronicle-Tribune, the American Legion and Military.com cite Heritage's study on troop demographics and how it refutes Rep. Rangel's assertions
• The American middle class today is better off than it was a decade ago and enjoys luxuries once reserved for the wealthiest, James Sherk tells The Hartford Courant
• It is not a good idea for voters to determine the strategy of a war mid-course, James Carafano writes in The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
• NewsMax.com cites Heritage's participation in the Fiscal Wakeup Tour
• Homeland security grants may level off in the new Congress, James Carafano tells Washington Technology
• Homeland security policy will not look much different under liberal leadership, James Carafano tells Washington Technology
• Energy security will feature on the NATO summit's agenda, Yevgeny Volk tells Voice of America
• School choice is advancing even if slowly, Dan Lips tells The Washington Times
• Homeland security funds should be allocated based on risk, not geographic equality, Mackenzie Eaglen tells the AP

November 27, 2006

• The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, The Daily Standard, The Rocky Mountain News, The Centre Daily Times, The Spartanberg Herald-Journal, The San Jose Mercury News, Fox News, The Philadelphia Inquirer, The New York Sun, and The Wall Street Journal's "Editorial Report" cite Heritage's study on troop demographics and how it refutes Rep. Rangel's assertions
• Congressional Quarterly and The Seattle Post-Intelligencer cites Alison Fraser's participation in the Fiscal Wakeup Tour
• The AMT could crowd out the rest of the liberal agenda, Mike Franc tells The San Francisco Chronicle
• Since it's impossible for government or anyone else to know the solution to health care, experimentation at the state level is necessary, Stuart Butler tells The Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel
• The killing of a former Russian spy in London paints a disturbing picture of the new Russia, Peter Brookes writes in The New York Post
• America needs to find solutions on Iraq, not political talking points, Mackenzie Eaglen tells The Austin American Statesman
• States are expanding their Medicaid eligibility in a way that could hurt the federal program, Nina Owcharenko tells The Portland Press-Herald
• Conservatives may filibuster attempts to impose price controls on drugs, Bob Moffit tells Investor's Business Daily
• Federal regulations on nonprofits may restrict charitable giving, James Gattuso tells Federal Times
• Tim Kane debunks myths about the Scandinavian economic model on FoxNews.com
• Few 9/11 Commission proposals can be easily enacted, James Carafano tells the AP
• Townhall.com cites Heritage's challenge to Nancy Pelosi to control earmarks
• America must expand its domestic energy supply if it is to weather future energy shocks, Ben Lieberman writes in The Hartford Courant

November 23, 2006

• "We should be thankful for Milton Friedman and celebrate the life of freedom’s greatest teacher,"Dan Lips writes on Human Events Online
• Heritage alumna Mary Katherine Ham tells North Carolina's Independent Weekly about her time at Heritage, where "everybody was really excited and pumped about what they were doing"
• Spending pressures may keep liberals in Congress from settling on a strategy for Katrina cleanup, Brian Riedl tells The Los Angeles Times
• Nancy Pelosi may have trouble holding to her promise about leading "the most ethical Congress in history," Dani Doane tells CNS News
• The Washington Examiner cites Heritage's briefings for Congressional freshmen

November 22, 2006

• No American strategy in Iraq can be successful without the cooperation of Iraq's own government, Peter Brookes writes on FamilySecurityMatters.org
• A letter to the editor of the Montelier Times-Argus cites Heritage's pork list
• Columnist Walter Williams cites Dan Mitchell's analysis of Europe's disastrous fiscal policy in Human Events
• Ron Utt's column on the need to cut pork during the lame duck session runs in The Sacramento Bee, The Billings Gazette, The Centre Daily Times, and The Miami Herald
• The Mobile Press-Register cites Heritage numbers on Medicare spending in an editorial
• Now is the time for solutions on national security, not more politics, Mackenzie Eaglen tells Cox News
• The Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel cites Tim Kane's study on military enlistment in a column on restoring the draft
• The Washington Times reports on Heritage's event on China's military buildup
• Mackenzie Eaglen describes the lack of transparency in Homeland Security grants to The Hartford Courant
• NATO needs more flexibility, Helle Dale writes in The Washington Times
• Barack Obama's recent speeches on foreign policy may be an indication he seeks higher office, Brian Darling tells The St. Louis Post-Dispatch
• The Hartford Courant and The Connecticut Post note Heritage's link to Sen. Lieberman's new communications director
• Republicans must decide if they are to return to their conservative roots which have been successful in the past, or if they are to look to big-government liberalism, Brian Darling writes in The Sacramento Bee
• Cutting and running from Iraq will be a boon to the terrorists, Ed Feulner tells The DC Examiner
• Canada should keep up its constructive criticism of Beijing's policies, John Tkacik tells Canada's MacLean's
• The 2006 elections show the need for action to protect marriage, Matt Spalding tells columnist Kathryn Lopez
• The dramatic rise in out-of-wedlock births shows that we must build off the successes of welfare reform, which heled cut the rate after 1996, Robert Rector tells The Washington Times
• Columnist Paul Weyrich praises Heritage's Pat Fagan for his work on behalf of traditional marriage in The National Ledger
• Real Clear Politics cites Heritage's debunking of liberal claims about troop demographics
• The Washington Post notes Heritage's ties to Sen. Lieberman's new press secretary
• Americans should be concerned about being too dependent on government, Ed Feulner writes in The Chicago Sun-Times

November 21, 2006

• Gen. Tommy Franks cites Heritage's "wonderful little report" which "provides a lot of facts and figures" demonstrating "that we have no rationale at all to return to a draft in this country" (Click to watch in Windows Media)
• Pay-go rules are a paper tiger since they've historically been flouted, Brian Riedl tells The Hill
• "Every dollar of federal spending, no matter how wasteful, will be defended to the death by whoever receives it," Brian Riedl tells USA Today
• Data-sharing policies cannot leave out state and local governments or the private sector, Mackenzie Eaglen tells Government Executive
• Tim Kane's findings about the increase in wealthy military recruits is cited in The Washington Times
• Heritage's military recruitment study is cited in a New Hampshire Union Leader editorial
• The Washington Post cites Tim Kane's study finding that "the all-volunteer military has a fairly good distribution of people from all family income and education levels."
• Heritage's support for free enterprise is noted in an Inter Press News Service article
• The Torrance Daily Breeze cites Heritage's comparisons between European and American prosperity

November 20, 2006

• Antidemocratic forces are making a comeback in Ukraine, Peter Brookes writes in The New York Post
• APEC remains a useful forum, even if it's unable to solve problems like trade or terrorism, David Asher tells Reuters
• It's entirely possible that Gordon Brown might reverse Britain's Iraq policy as Prime Minister, Nile Gardiner tells Britain's The People
• Liberal plans to bolster 401(k) retirement plans with government money would be costly and not help many Americans, David John tells The Boston Globe
• Russia's entry into the WTO might pave the way for smoother US-Russia relations, Ariel Cohen tells Bloomberg
• Human Events cites Heritage's research on the consequences of the Senate's amnesty proposals (no link available)
• Few presidents have been as sensitive to civil liberties during surveillance as President Bush, Todd Gaziano tells US News
• The Seattle Times previews the Seattle stop of Heritage's Fiscal Wakeup Tour
• Rep. Pelosi can demonstrate her leadership by blocking any spending bill that contains pork-barrel spending, Ron Utt writes in The Washington Times
• Heritage's work to develop other think tanks is noted in The New York Times
• A Los Angeles Times letter to the editor cites Heritage support for legal reforms
• Most liberals agree on the Democrats' core agenda, just as conservatives did with the Contract with America, Dani Doane tells The Washington Post
• The conservative movement has survived defeats much greater than the 2006 elections, Lee Edwards writes on FoxNews.com

November 17, 2006

• The Wall Street Journal cites Heritage's Index of Economic Freedom in an article on free trade in South America (no link available)
• Tony Blair's speech offering a new course on Iran was a "major shift in British policy," Nile Gardiner tells Agence France Presse
• The British should not retreat from Iraq, Nile Gardiner writes in Human Events
• Ed Feulner's column on the failure of spending to gain votes runs on Real Clear Politics
• Investor's Business Daily cites Rep. Blunt's speech at Heritage
• The Wall Street Journal's Dan Henninger notes Art Laffer's keynote speech at Heritage's President's Club dinner. Henninger also spoke at the event.
• Peter Cuthbertson looks at whether Britain is acknowledging the Islamist threat in Human Events
• Because of the costs involved, its possible that a cap-and-trade global warming policy could cut off supplies of affordable energy, Ben Lieberman tells UPI
• Ariel Cohen looks at the Bush-Putin summit in Hanoi in Front Page Magazine
• Brian Riedl's research on Congressional pork-barrel spending is noted in The DC Examiner
• Liberals may favor reforms to the Alternative Minimum Tax because their supporters are increasingly wealthy, Mike Franc writes in Human Events
• States have little incentive to be thrifty with federal spending on a federal health program for children, Nina Owcharenko tells UPI
• The Washington Times notes Ed Feulner's receipt of the Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation's freedom medal
• The New York Times reports that The Heritage Foundation was the inspiration for Michigan's conservative Mackinac Center
• Rep. Hoyer's victory in yesterday's Democratic leadership elections indicates that the Democratic party has multiple factions, Mike Franc tells USA Today
• Reuters reports on the South Korean ambasador's speech at Heritage

November 16, 2006

• With the election out of the way, Congress has returned to its old patterns of loading up bills with pork, Brian Riedl and Michelle Muccio write in Human Events
• Passage of spending bills may be deferred until the next Congress, Ron Utt tells Federal Times
• The Asheville, NC Citizen-Times cites Heritage's estimates of the cost to taxpayers of increased immigration
• Heritage's study of troop demographics is noted in FrontPage Magazine
• Writing on Townhall.com, Tim Chapman gives an overview of the House GOP leadership races
• Mitch McConnell will make a stronger Republican Senate leader than did Bill Frist, Brian Darling tells The Lousville Courier-Journal
• A Fredericksburg Free Lance-Star editorial cites "the estimable Ron Utt"'s call for a crackdown on pork
• Dan Mitchell discusses the potential for tax hikes on Fox News (watch in Real Media format)
• Because Congressional Republicans lost a few seats in 1996, they thought they could no longer cut spending, Brian Riedl tells Reason

November 15, 2006

• National Review's John Miller cites Brian Riedl's pork statistics on "The Corner"
• The Army's "Stand To!" links to Mackenzie Eaglen's paper on equipping the National Gaurd
• The idea that politicians can buy votes with government funding has been debunked, Ed Feulner explains in The Chicago Sun-Times
• Iran poses a grave threat to American energy security, Ariel Cohen writes in Frontpage Magazine
• The Wall Street Journal cites Heritage's Index of Economic Freedom to refute arguments favoring the broken European social model
• Though Katrina showed the energy industry to be resilient, it also demonstrated the need for more domestic supplies, Ben Lieberman writes in The Sacramento Bee
• The Tucson Daily Star cites Heritage's Index of Economic Freedom
• The Hill notes Rep. Blunt's speech at Heritage critical of his own party
• Ed Feulner was awarded a medal for his work countering communism, the Czech Republic's Ceske Noviny reports
• Followers of Lyndon Larouche disrupted a Heritage speech on Islam, CNSNews.com reports
• Elected leaders should balance the wishes of the electorate on Iraq with the consequences of rash policy decisions, Helle Dale writes in The Washington Times
• A new study on racial disparities ignores differences in family structure, work and education, Robert Rector tells Reuters

November 14, 2006

• Bob Moffit discusses universal health care proposals on CNN Headline News' "Glenn Beck Show" (watch in Real Media format)
• Match Mitchell looks at the impact of potential tax increases on CNBC's "Kudlow and Company" (watch in Real Media format)
• America may be facing a nuclear arms race in the Middle East, Peter Brookes writes on RealClearPolitics.com
• The Lincoln bicentennial commission is poised to do great harm to the former President, Matthew Spalding tells National Review (subscribers only)
• Subsidies for alternative-fuel vehicles benefit mainly the well-to-do, Ben Lieberman tells Newsweek
• Businessweek notes Hong Kong's high ranking in Heritage's Index of Economic Freedom
• China and Russia may have an opportunity to draw Egypt from the American orbit, John Tkacik tells UPI
• There won't likely be a wave of investigations of DHS in the new Congress, James Carafano tells The Federal Times
• Accounting for 100% of all those who enter the country is unrealistic, James Carafano tells Washington Technology
• Republicans may be too focused on their leadership races to act on their priorities, Dani Doane tells The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
• Heritage's role in the Fiscal Wakeup Tour is noted in The Lincoln Journal-Star
• FrontPage Mag cites Heritage's Index of Economic Freedom ranking of Vietnam
• The Fort Worth Star-Telegram cites Ed Meese's involvement with the Baker Commission
• The Long Beach Press-Telegram cites Robert Rector's report on the number of relatively well-off people counted as "poor"
• NewsMax cites Heritage on John Bolton in its editorial on his nomination

November 13, 2006

• A nuclear Iran may provoke Arab nations into arming themselves, Peter Brookes writes in The New York Post
• Indications are that conservative leaders see the elections as a wake-up call, a reminder to return to principle, Mike Franc writes in Human Events
• Both political parties hope to use the Baker Commission as political cover for their policies on Iraq, Mackenzie Eaglen tells The New York Post
• Liberals in Congess could pressure the President to take action on Iraq, though he ultimately has final say as Commander-in-Chief, Baker Spring tells National Journal
• National Review notes Rep. Blunt's speech at Heritage in its editorial
• The conservative movement can withstand this year's electoral defeats because it is built on ideas and not the political whims of the moment, Lee Edwards writes on National Review Online
• Hurricane Katrina demonstrated the need to expand domestic energy supplies, Ben Lieberman writes in The Washington Times
• The Washington Post notes Rep. Blunt's talk at Heritage
• The San Jose Mercury News cites Rep. Blunt's talk at Heritage
• Tax law is unlikely to change significantly over the next two years, Dan Mitchell tells The San Francisco Chronicle
• Nobody in Washington has any clue how to pay for skyrocketing Medicare costs, Bob Moffit tells US News & World Report
• US News & World Report cites Heritage's sponsorship of Rush Limbaugh's Thursday talk
• Being in the minority gives conservatives in Congress a way to return to their ideals beyond simple rhetoric, Dani Doane tells CNS News
• America should have done more to support missile defenses in the past, Baker Spring tells UPI
• Korea's Hankyoreh cites Ed Feulner's argument for a stronger Japan
• The Florida Times-Union cites Heritage's study on troop demographics
• The Washington Post cites Gov. Romney's recent speech at The Heritage Foundation
• Gannett News covers Rep. Blunt's speech at Heritage
• Cutting taxes does not always decrease government revenues, Ed Feulner explains on FoxNews.com
• Singapore has strong regulations to prevent money laundering, Dan Mitchell tells The Los Angeles Times
• Neither political party has proposed homeland security reforms that base funding on risk, James Carafano tells The Washington Post
• The Wall Street Journal's "Best of the Web" cites Tim Kane's troop demographics study to refute liberal accusations about our troops
• Rep. Pelosi should act today to reform Congressional budget rules, Ron Utt writes on Human Events Online
• Writing in Human Events, James Carafano explains what should be done after Secretary Rumsfeld's resignation
• Stephen Johnson and James Carafano write in Human Events that we need to do more than just a border fence
• Military cooperation between Russia and China could be a force multiplier in a future confrontation, Ariel Cohen tells Asia Times
• National Review's editors cite Heritage's Index of Economic Freedom ranking of Nicaragua
• Political retribution is something many politicians are tempted to do, Dani Doane tells The Arkasas Democrat-Gazette
• The Wall Street Journal cites Rep. Blunt's talk at The Heritage Foundation
• The Washington Post's Howard Kurtz cites liberal attacks on The Heritage Foundation
• There's an opportunity for cooperation on Iraq if liberals and conservatives seek to get rid of Iraq as a political football, James Carfano tells The Washington Post
• The Baker Commission is an honest attempt by President Bush to get politics out of Iraq and form a real consensus, James Carafano tells The Washington Post
• The New York Times notes Heritage's work to reduce Congressional regulations on weapons sales
• The San Jose Mercury News reports on Rep. Blunt's talk at Heritage
• It's important for conservatives to remain influential in the Republican Policy Committee, Tim Chapman tells National Review's The Corner