Heritage in the news: February 2007

February 12, 2007

• Lisa Curtis' Pakistan paper is cited in India's Zee News
• Columnist Doug Bandow cites Heritage's proposals for sound airport security measures
• McClatchy news cites Ariel Cohen's predictions about new cooperation with Russia
• Getting Vietnam into the international system is a good thing, Dan Lohman tells CNS News
• Space Review cites Sen. Kyl's speech at Heritage on space defense
• President Bush's budget signals a new willigness to means-test entitlements, Mike Franc tells Investment News
• Turkmenistan's elections are a foregone conclusion, Yevgeny Volk tells Voice of America
• New Russian missiles shipped to Iran would provide protection to the rogue regime's nuclear facilities, Ariel Cohen tells The Christian Science Monitor
• Korea Times and Chosun Ilbo cite South Korean opposition leader Park Geun-hye's visit to Heritage

February 11, 2007

• Medicare's drug benefit is a transfer payment from the poor to the rich, Brian Riedl tells The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
• President Bush's proposed entitlement reforms are the only way to ensure long-term fiscal viability, Stuart Butler tells The Washington Post
• An Atlanta Journal-Constitution column cites Heritage as pushing "action on big ideas"
• A Boston Globe op-ed cites Heritage's screening of a Coolidge documentary
• Brian Riedl's recent paper on the Bush tax cuts is cited on Townhall.com

February 9, 2007

• A New Yorker profile of 24's creator cites Heritage's event with him and Rush Limbaugh
• Federal homeland security grants to state "are a terrible national security instrument," James Carafano tells National Journal
• The debate over Iraq could muddle the debate on funding the military, Baker Spring tells World Magazine
• The Washington Times reports on Heritage's event with Reagan Administration alumni
• Homeland security funding to defend a cheese monument is "pure pork" and "has nothing to do with homeland security," James Carafano tells The Boston Globe
• The liberal response to President Bush's budget was a return to big-government rhetoric, Mike Franc writes in Human Events
• Brett Schaefer's paper on the need for an African Command runs on FrontPageMag.com
• America was unable to take the opportunity to gain advantage in Turkmenistan, Ariel Cohen writes in The Washington Times
• Taiwan Journal cites Heritage's new Index of Economic Freedom

February 8, 2007

• US News and Wolrd Report cites Heritage's analysis of the growth in federal spending
• The elections in Turkmenistan may not meet Western standards, Yevgeny Volk tells Voice of America
• Much of the reason for the "tax gap" is the complexity of the tax code, Alison Fraser tells MSNBC.com
• James Carafano's article on smart homeland security spending runs on FrontPageMag.com
• Cal Thomas' syndicated column cites Brian Riedl on the effectiveness of the 2003 tax cuts
• The new UN report on gllobal warming is hardly conclusive, Israel Ortega tells The Miami Herald
• The business community recognizes that the employer-based health system doesn't match our dynamic economy, Greg D'Angelo tells CNS News
• Taxpayers bear the burden for care for the uninsured, Nina Owcharenko tells The Dallas Morning News
• Rebecca Hagelin looks at Michael New's statistics on the effectiveness of pro-life laws in World Net Daily
• ProLifeBlogs picks up Michael New's paper on the effectiveness of pro-life laws
• Navy Times reports on Secretary of the Navy Donald Winter's talk at Heritage
• Mike Franc outlines a realistic energy policy in Human Events

February 7, 2007

• Government should rein in wasteful spending and tackle long-term entitlement spending, Ed Feulner writes in The Chicago Sun-Times
• The London Telegraph blog cites Heritage's Index of Economic Freedom
• The Coast Guard has seen important management changes in the past five years, James Carafano tells Federal Times
• South Korea's Oh My News cites Heritage's opposition to concessions to the north
• A National Review Online commentary cites Heritage on the urgency of long-term spending problems
• Columnist Walter Williams cites Heritage's Index of Economic Freedom
• James Carafano tells FoxNews.com that bureaucracy, not the Bush administration, is to blame for unpreparedness for Iraqi refugees
• The moment of truth for military spending will come when the Iraq war winds down, James Carafano tells GCN.com
• The Carnegie Endowment's expansion overseas is no threat to Heritage's place in the war of ideas, Khris Brookes tells CNS News
• A trade agreement with South Korea could help restore a frayed alliance, Bruce Klinger writes in The Washington Times
• Helle Dale looks at the facts on the new global warming report in The Washington Times

February 6, 2007

• Defense Daily cites a Heritage paper on how the Stryker vehicle is the obvious means to modernize the military (subscription only)
• Nile Gardiner criticizes Germany's "weak-kneed approach to the war on terror" in Germany's Suddeutsche Zeitung
• The DC Examiner reports on Heritage's screening of never-before-seen Reagan footage
• President Bush's new budget works to rein in entitlements, Brian Riedl writes in Human Events Online
• Voice of America cites Heritage's Index of Economic Freedom on Cambodia, the Philippines, Indonesia and Vietnam
• It is illegal for soldiers to express political opinions while in uniform, James Carafano tells Voice of America
• Taxpayers would bear the burden of removing citizenship requirements for entitlements, Robert Rector tells CNS News
• With tax revenues above historical averages, there's no way to balance the budget except reining in entitlements, Brian Riedl tells the AP
• The budget battle may allow Republicans to take up the mantle of fiscal conservatism, Mike Franc tells Bloomberg
• The National Intelligence Estimate supports President Bush's plan for Iraq, Peter Brookes writes on Real Clear Politics
• The Des Moines Register reports on Heritage's Fiscal Wakeup Tour in Iowa

February 5, 2007

• Israel Ortega writes to The Wall Street Journal in support of a color-blind society
• The Washington Times reports on Heritage's retreat for conservative members of Congess
• Congress is most likely to pass a non-binding Iraq resolution, Mackenzie Eaglen tells The Spartanburg Herald-Journal
• Peter Brookes analyses the latest National Intelligence Estimate in The New York Post
• Columnist Paul Krugman of The New York Times cites Heritage's support for government appointees who enact administration policy
• McClatchy news cites Heritage's debunking of myths about the troops
• The American Spectator reports on Gov. Mitt Romney's address to Congressional conservatives at Heritage's retreat
• South Dakota State Rep. Gilson writes in The Yankton Press & Dakotan on Heritage's briefing on health care reform
• Toll roads are increasingly used as a form of tax to change behavior, at a cost to jobs, Ron Utt tells The Wall Street Journal
• Turkey's Sabah runs James Carafano's column on the need for visa reform
• America must quash the violence stirred up in Iraq by Iran, Kim Holmes writes in The Washington Times
• The Chicago Tribune cites Heritage's Fiscal Wakeup Tour
• The new budget may be a club with which the President can club liberals, Brian Riedl tells Reuters
• James Carafano and Marlene Johnson argue for visa reform on WashingtonPost.com

February 3, 2007

• A Newsday column cites Heritage as part of the reason for conservatives' success
• The Baltimore Sun reports on Mitt Romney's appearance at Heritage's conservative members' retreat
• Sen. Jon Kyl's remarks on space defense at Heritage are reported in The Washington Times
• Russia is using trumped-up charges to keep political opponents in jail, Yevgeny Volk tells the AP
• President Bush's health care proposal is a bold reform initiative, Stuart Butler and Nina Owcharenko write in The New Hampshire Union-Leader
• National Journal's "Tank Talk" column cites Heritage in four of seven highlights from the week

February 2, 2007

• The Economist's weblog defends Heritage's paper on the current high tax revenues
• Though an OPEC for gas could be a threat to the West, it's unlikely to come about, Yevgeny Volk tells AFP
• National Review Online reports on Heritage's conservative members' retreat
• America would only hurt itself by signing a space weapons treaty with China, Mike Franc writes in Human Events
• Stuart Butler and Nina Owcharenko explain in The Sacramento Bee and The Cincinnati Post that President Bush's health care tax credit proposal is a sound one
• The Associated Press and The St. Louis Post-Dispatch report on Sen. Jim Talent joining Heritage as a distinguished fellow

February 1, 2007

• Rebecca Hagelin writes in World Net Daily about the importance of promoting marriage
• The Denver Post cites Heritage data on union dues
• The Wilmington News-Journal notes a climate-charge skeptic who spoke at Heritage
• The Hindustan Times, Pakistan's Daily Times and Asia News International note Lisa Curtis' article urging President Bush to pressure Pakistan to hunt the Taliban
• The Neptune, NJ Home News Tribune cites a Heritage study on the link between single parents and poverty
• David Asher explains international counterfeiting to The International Herald Tribune
• James Carafano and James Phillips present nine talking points on the war on terror in Human Events
• Robert Bluey writes in The Ithacan about the importance of blogs to the political process
• Human Events runs Ed Meese's speech on rebuilding the Reagan coalition
• The Washington Times reports on Sen. Kyl's speech at Heritage on China's anti-satellite weapons