Heritage in the news: July 2007

July 31, 2007

• Scotland’s Sunday Herald cites Nile Gardiner’s comments on the importance of maintaining a strong US-UK alliance in the face of rising global security threats.
• “Hardly anyone knows he’s coming,” Nile Gardiner tells the Scotland on Sunday newspaper in an article about British Prime Minister Brown’s low-profile U.S. trip.
• The South China Morning Post cites the Heritage Foundation in an article on economic freedom in Hong Kong.
• In his syndicated column, Matt Carrothers cites Heritage’s Index of Economic Freedom as evidence of the high corporate tax rate in the United States.
• Writing on the wasteful, expensive nature of federal farm subsidies, Brian Riedl details “the dirt” on the program in the Dallas Morning News.
• The Senate will balk at blessing the president’s pick for budget director unless the nominee promises to blindly approve a liberal federal spending spree, former Congressman and Heritage fellow Ernie Istook writes in National Review Online.
• The Florida-Times Union cites Heritage Foundation research on the $25 billion dollar annual cost of farm subsidies.
• “Over 50 percent of smokers are poor and low-income,” so the SCHIP expansion “is essentially hurting the people we’re trying to help,” Michelle Bucci tells the Boston Globe

July 30, 2007

• London and Washington should work together to address global threats from al Qaeda to Iran, writes Nile Gardiner in National Review Online.
• Peter Brookes tells the Washington Times that “Iran’s foreign policy is to destroy the U.S. and Israel and that’s what they are aiming to do.”
• Nile Gardiner tells the International Herald Tribune that the first summit between President Bush and Britain’s Prime Minister Brown is “hugely important” for both the United States and Britain.
• If liberals manage to expand entitlements, “Uncle Sam would pay the medical bills of kids whose parents earn as much as $82,600 a year”, write Bob Moffit and Greg D’Angelo in the Houston Chronicle.
• In his review of AWOL: The Unexcused Absence of America’s Upper Classes from Military Service—and How It Hurts Our Country, Tim Kane calls the assertion that America’s upper classes are not serving in uniform, “deeply flawed logic.”
• The McClatchey Tribune wire cites Heritage’s efforts to fight wasteful government spending on farm subsidies.
• Ronald Reagan “gave Americans confidence in themselves, and in their nation,” former Attorney General Ed Meese tells the Washington Times.
• Robert Moffit tells The State that there are “deep philosophical divides in Congress” over how to handle America’s health care crisis. (Article not available online)
• “Small farmers are harmed the most by farm subsidies,” Brian Riedl writes in the Pittsburgh Tribune Review.
• The Phoenix Business Journal cites a recent Heritage study comparing the wage levels of immigrant workers to those of native workers.
• The Korea Herald cites Heritage’s Index of Economic Freedom, which ranked Hong Kong as the world’s freest economy in 2006.
• Robert Rector tells the Atlanta Business Chronicle  that illegal immigrants’ net financial impact to American taxpayers is negative.
• “Subsidies are the weeds in America’s farm policy,” Brian Riedl writes in the Minneapolis Star-Tribune.
• Technology Daily cites Robert Bluey’s blog entry about the one-sided conversation politicians are having with liberal bloggers about Internet legislation.

July 27, 2007

• The Reno Gazette Journal cites Heritage Foundation estimates that Congress will need 22.7 million new smokers by 2017 to sustain the expansion of a federal children’s healthcare program.
• Americans will be paying more to help fewer, Robert Moffit and Greg D’Angelo tell RealClearPolitics in a discussion of the proposed expansion of federal healthcare entitlements.
• James Sherk tells Foxnews.com  that recent federally-mandated minimum wage hikes “will actually harm the very workers it’s intended to help.”
• A Reader’s Digest column detailing the world’s four most dangerous leaders is based on a segment produced by Peter Brookes for Fox News. Click here to watch the segment.
• Expansion of federal healthcare entitlement programs are “a step towards socialism”, writes Mike Franc in Human Events.
• The real federal tax burden in America each year is about $5 trillion, double what the government tells us, according to Heritage scholars cited in Newsmax.com
• The Times of India covers a recent Heritage panel discussion on US relations with southeast Asian nations.
• FoxNews.com cites Heritage research on the millions of new smokers needed by Congress to fund an expansion of a federal healthcare entitlement program.

July 25, 2007

• Ben Lieberman writes in the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review about Congress’ misguided “anti-energy bill.”
• “Uncle Sam would pay the medical bills of kids whose parents earn as much as $82,600 a year”, Robert Moffit tells the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review in a discussion about a proposed federal health care expansion.
• The Fort Worth Star-Telegram cites Heritage’s study on the proposed tobacco tax-funded federal healthcare expansion.
• Brian Riedl tells National Review Online that federal farm subsides are a waste of tax dollars as they do not ensure the safety of our national food source.
• Forbes Magazine cites a Heritage study detailing the $173 million in wasteful earmarks hidden in the first two House appropriations bills of the year.
• Congressional Quarterly quotes James Carafano on the benefits of federal use of a system that would help prevent employers from hiring illegal immigrants.
• Helle Dale writes in the Washington Times that “the prospect of a nuclear-armed Iran is one of the nightmares facing the Middle East”.
• James Sherk tells the Washington Post that there’s no evidence a recent liberal-sponsored minimum wage hike is going to reduce poverty.

July 24, 2007

• The Economist highlights Stuart Butler’s suggested alternatives to government-run health care
• Congressional Quarterly cites Heritage’s opposition to a costly expansion of federal children’s healthcare entitlement programs. (Article not available online)
• Helle Dale tells the Space and Missile Defense Report that liberal efforts to cut funding for US missile defense systems are “monumentally shortsighted, even reckless.” (Article not available online)
• The Ft. Worth Star-Telegram cites a Heritage study on highlighting the vulnerability of American coasts to attacks.
• Brian Riedl tells Bloomberg that proposed farm subsidies are economically irrational and reminiscent of Soviet economic policy.
• James Carafano tells the Boston Globe that the promotion of army personnel who cheated on important exams is dangerous and could put lives at stake.
• The Kansas City Star quotes Robert Moffit on the misguided attempts by Congress to increase government control of healthcare.
•  Farm subsidies pose real harm to the American farmer, Brian Riedl writes in the Los Angeles Times.
• Peter Brookes writes in National Review about the dangers of U.S. negotiations with a politically unstable Iran.

July 20, 2007

• James Carafano writes of the failed liberal attempts to attach Iraq “cut-and-run” legislation onto a defense authorization bill.
• Walter Lohman tells Agence Presse France that Myanmar’s new attempt at constitutional democracy is “meaningless” without full national cooperation.
• James Carafano tells the Armed Forces Journal “there is no bang for the buck” for senators to oppose the confirmation of General Mullen as the new chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.  
• The Riverside Press-Enterprise cites Heritage research on the 22 million new smokers needed to pay for expansion of a federal children’s healthcare initiative.
• The Salina Journal credits Heritage with helping create consumer-driven health care reforms in Massachusetts.
• James Carafano offers praise for kind-hearted Americans in the Pittsburgh-Tribune Review for their efforts to bring toys and other supplies to displaced Iraqi children.
• Newsweek cites Heritage’s Index of Economic Freedom, which currently ranks Hong Kong as the world’s freest economy. (Article not available online)
• Investor’s Business Daily cites Heritage’s position that using tobacco tax revenue to fund children’s healthcare is “unreliable” and irresponsible.
• Nile Gardiner tells the London Times about the White House’s growing concern over the U.S.-U.K. “special relationship” since Prime Minister Brown’s appointment.
• Brain Riedl tells the Oklahoman he fears that proposed federal farm subsidies would “ensure a permanent subsidy for millionaires”.
• Brian Riedl writes in the Des Moines Register about alternatives to wasteful, ineffective federal farm subsidies.
• The Washington Times cites a Heritage lecture featuring Stanton Evans on essential role of conservatism in practical politics.
• The Washington Times cites Robert Rector’s research showing that the U.S. has spent over $11 trillion on the “War on Poverty” since 1964.
• The Florida Times-Union cites Heritage research on the importance of health care competition.
• Tobacco tax-funded federal healthcare initiatives “lacks long-term stability, and results in significant shifting of health care costs onto others,” The Heritage Foundation tells the Deseret News.
• “Russian threats have materialized”: Yevgeny Volk tells Reuters about the lack of compromise between the US and Russia on missile defense.
• The Washington Times cites The Heritage Foundation’s discovery of major inconsistencies and a proposed children’s healthcare entitlement expansion.
• Mike Franc rejects the liberal excuse for early withdrawal that Iraq is “just not our fight” in Human Events.
• Heritage President Ed Feulner writes in the Washington Times about strategies for “keeping the faith” with America’s allies.

July 18, 2007

• Helle Dale writes in the Washington Times that liberals will “do this nation great damage if they succeed” in cutting funding for the U.S. missile defense program.
• The New York Times quotes Robert Rector on the importance of abstinence education in shoring up traditional marriage.
• Brain Riedl tells The Raleigh News & Observer that current taxpayer-funded farm subsides “serve no legitimate public purpose.”
• The Charleston Daily Mail cites Brian Riedl’s research on the overwhelming expense and uselessness of farm subsidies. 

July 16, 2007

• Rebecca Hagelin writes in WorldNetDaily about a heroic Virginia student who helped Cuban political refugees stranded on Florida’s coast.
• Lisa Curtis tells Pakistan’s Daily Times that Pakistan needs America’s help in order to “liquidate extremism”.
• James Carafano comments in the Pittsburg Tribune-Review on the kindness of Americans  who provide toys and other supplies for Iraqi children in need.
• The New York Times cites Heritage’s role in coordinating conservative efforts to highlight the flaws of the amnesty legislation. 
• The Bureau of National Affairs cites Rea Hederman’s research on the major flaws in proposed legislation to expand current healthcare entitlements. (Article not available online)
• Brett Schaeffer tells Stars and Stripes that the race African Command’s commanding general will be a larger issue in Washington than in Africa.
• Reuters cites Yevgeny Volk on the increasing danger for America and Europe posed by Russia’s refusal to cooperate with US on missile defense.

July 13, 2007

• Wartime intelligence leaks “could cost American lives,” Peter Brookes tells clumnist Deroy Murdock.
• James Carafano tells Inside the Pentagon that legislation aimed at altering troop deployment procedures would “undermine how America fights wars.”(Article not available online)
• Peter Brookes writes in the China Post on the overwhelming success of U.S.-Philippine operations in the War on Terror.
• Heritage’s Index of Economic Freedom is citied by FrontPage Magazine in an article on the future of immigration and national security.
• CNSNews.com cites a Heritage report on the benefits of competitive bidding in the Medicare Advantage program.
• The Hill cites a Heritage lecture featuring Jim DeMint’s call to conservatives to fight for earmark reform. 
• The Omaha World Herald cites Heritage expert James Dean on the Bush administration’s most recent progress report on Iraq.
• "We’re talking about…defeating an enemy that is resourceful and could pose a danger to the continental United States.” Brian Darling tells Voice of America.

July 12, 2007

• Walter Lohman discusses the strained relations between the United States and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations with AFP.
• Bloomberg quotes Lisa Curtis on the need for Pakistan’s President Musharraf to “go on the offense against the extremists”. (Article not available online)
• Heritage’s Index of Economic Freedom is cited in a Newsweek article on the growing threats to security in Libya.
• Human Events quotes Robert Moffitt on the necessity of capable committed people to advance good public policy.
• James Carafano writes in National Review Online of the dangers of granting full legal rights to terrorist detainees being held in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
• Columnist Amity Shlaes cites Brian Riedl on the economic pitfalls of increased farm subsidies.
• Morris News Service cites Heritage’s warning against turning healthcare into a taxpayer-funded entitlement program.
• James Carafano in Real Clear Politics: “It should be no more surprising to hear about Secretary Chertoff’s ‘gut feeling’ than it would be to learn that Churchill harbored suspicions in 1942 that the Nazis ‘might be up to no good’ that year.”

July 11, 2007

• Peter Brookes writes in the New York Post on the success of U.S.-Philippine operations in the War on Terror.
• The New York Times cites the influence of Heritage research on a World Bank governance report released earlier this year.
• “The U.S. government has a blind spot when it comes to engaging in the battle of images and information,” Helle Dale writes in the Washington Times.
• CNSNews.com covers a recent Heritage lecture featuring Rep. Roy Blunt on laying the groundwork for a conservative revolution in public policy.
• National Review’s Kathryn Lopez quotes Nile Gardiner on the importance of association with Lady Thatcher’s brand of conservatism for Republican Presidential hopefuls.
• James Carafano writes in National Review Online about the liberal “cut and run” Iraq strategy and the Webb troop deployment amendment.
• Slate praises Heritage’s support of legislation aimed at making the OPEC oil cartel subject to the jurisdiction of the Justice Department.
• Brian Riedl tells Marketwatch that a continued decline in the national deficit would be a victory for conservatives.   
• United Press International cites a Heritage Foundation report on attempts by unscrupulous politicians to censor opposition using the Fairness Doctrine. 
• Communications Daily cites Ed Meese on his support of a proposed merger between XM and Sirius Satellite Radio, in the name of free enterprise. (Article not available online)
• United Press International writes about a recent Heritage summit on climate change and “the new energy reality” facing the United States.
• Gannett Press writes about a Heritage lecture featuring Rep. Roy Blunt’s remarks on how to revive a “conservative revolution”.
• A fictitious president of The Heritage Foundation is “cited” in a recent parody in The Onion. 

July 10, 2007

• Peter Brookes writes in Armed Forces Journal on the growing threat to U.S. and democracy posed by Venezuelan Dictator Hugo Chavez.
• Mona Charen cites Robert Rector in on the cost of illegal immigration in her most recent syndicated column.
• James Carafano tells US News and World Report that targeting groups by profession is not an effective way to fight terrorism.
• James Carafano writes in the Journal of International Security Affairs about the importance of securing America’s home front.
• The Council on Foreign Relations covers a debate between James Carafano and Human Rights First on the Guantanamo Bay detention facility.
• Ronald Utt tells the L.A. Times about liberal efforts to conceal earmarks through intimidation and coercion.

July 9, 2007

• Nile Gardiner is cited in the San Antonio Express on the anti-U.S. sentiments of Mark Malloch Brown, Britain’s new UN Minister.
• Baker Spring tells Investor’s Business Daily that some Congressmen are misguided in trying to block funding for a U.S. missile defense system.
• The Christian Science Monitor quotes Baker Spring on the Senate Armed Services Committee’s attempt to block funding for a U.S. missile defense.
• The Australian cites Ariel Cohen’s analysis of a new violent, anti-Western group known to be “a conveyor belt for terrorists”.
• Ken McIntyre writes in the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review and Kansas City Star about “liberal lust for a new Fairness Doctrine to exact a grand revenge on talk radio.”
• Nile Gardiner writes in the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review about the “contempt for the American public and media” shown by the U.K.’s new U.N. ambassador.
• Robert Bluey writes on Townhall.com about liberal attempts to gain spending concessions by challenging President Bush’s pick for director of the Office of Management and Budget.
• Edwin Meese is cited in a Greensboro News-Record column on the defeat of the amnesty bill.
• Defense News cites Baker Spring on the difficulty of passing a U.S.-U.K. defense trade treaty.
• Townhall.com cites Heritage immigration research in a column exposing the lack of knowledge among Congressmen of the cost of amnesty.
• Heritage’s Index of Economic Freedom is cited in a National Review Online column about the correlation between religious freedom and economic and political freedom.
• James Carafano tells the New York Times that a London-style net of security cameras in Manhattan would be ineffective in fighting terrorism.
• The Associated Press cites Lisa Curtis on Pakistan’s support of the US and the preservation on Pakistani national interests.

July 6, 2007

• Yevgeny Volk tells Agence Presse France that the roll-back of democracy in Russia will allow for reckless spending in preparation for the 2014 Olympics to be held in Sochi. (article not available online)
• Ken McIntyre writes in the Akron Beacon Journal and the Wichita Eagle on liberal plans to censor free speech by reinstating media regulation.
• Investors Business Daily cites Heritage research detailing Russia’s five-year, $190 billion military build-up plan.
• Nile Gardiner comments in Human Events on the controversial past and questionable political ties of Britain’s new UN ambassador, Mark Malloch Brown.
• Brain Darling tells FOXnews.com that “the conservative movement is vibrant and will ... survive past this current administration”.
• The Boston Globe cites Ronald Utt on the unchecked, wasteful government spending caused by earmarks.

July 5, 2007

• Ed Feulner writes in the Chicago-Sun Times about free speech and the McCain-Feingold campaign finance “reform” law.
• National Review Online cites Peter Brookes’ grateful tribute to American troops and veterans in their “Why We Fight” symposium.  
• Ken McIntyre writes in the Spokane Spokesman-Review about the defeat of the Fairness Doctrine.
• James Gattuso writes in National Review Online on the defeat of the Fairness Doctrine and the continuing legislative battle over American media.
• Robert Rector’s immigration research is cited in John O’Sullivan’s syndicated column on American democracy.
• Radio Free Europe cites Yevgeny Volk on the “firework diplomacy” of Russian President Vladimir Putin during his most recent meeting with President Bush.
• Nile Gardiner and Sally McNamara write in National Review Online that the UK’s new Minister of Community Cohesion threatens Britain’s unified front in the war on terror.
• Matt Spalding writes in FrontPageMag about Independence Day and the inspired structure of the Declaration of Independence.
• Helle Dale writes in the Washington Times about the great experiment of democracy and the founding of the United States. 

July 3, 2007

• FrontPageMag cites Nile Gardiner on his explanation of the timing of the latest failed terror attacks in London and Scotland.
• The Buffalo News cites Heritage’s comprehensive immigration research in an article on the defeat of amnesty legislation.
• Thomas Sowell cites Ed Meese and Heritage’s immigration research in his latest syndicated column on immigration.
• Ronald Utt tells Federal Human Resources Week that government agencies must reform current obsolete practices. (Article not available online)
• The Eureka Times cites Heritage immigration research in an op-ed on the need for increased border security.
• Heritage’s position the proposed energy bill is the basis for a Chattanooga Times Free Press article on the future of American energy prices and policy.
• James Carafano tells The Christian Science Monitor: “Getting into the US [on asylum] is an incredibly marketable commodity.”
• The Christian Science Monitor cites James Sherk on his view of American economic mobility.
• “Republicans have always …presented themselves as the party of good management”, Lee Edwards tells Bloomberg.  
• CNSNews.com notes a recent Heritage panel discussion on voting trends and trade policy.
• Britain’s Guardian misrepresents Heritage’s policy on crime control.

July 2, 2007

• The London Times quotes Ariel Cohen on his analysis of today’s meeting between President Bush and Russia’s President Putin.
• “I'm more of the belief that workers should have the choice,” James Sherk tells the Minneapolis Star Tribune regarding government-mandated vacation.
• Robert Bluey writes in Townhall.com about the problems of reauthorizing the No Child Left Behind Act.
• Heritage Index of Economic Freedom is cited a Xinhua News article on economic freedom in Hong Kong.
• Nile Gardiner writes in National Review Online about the appointment of Mark Malloch Brown as the British ambassador to the UN.
• James Carafano and Matthew Spalding outline what true immigration reform should look like on National Review Online.
• A Universal Press syndicated column cites Heritage’s position on endangered species and property rights. (Article not available online)
• The Orlando Sentinel cites Heritage’s study on a new trend in naming public schools.
• Baker Spring tells the Washington Times that elements of the United Nations’ Law of the Sea Treaty “offend every branch of modern conservatism.”
• James Carafano writes in the New York Post about the lessons that Americans should and shouldn’t take from the recent foiled terror plots in London.
• Ernest Istook writes in the Washington Post of Congress’ increasingly low public approval rating.
• An Associated Press article quotes Brian Darling on his view of the role internet-based groups played in defeating amnesty legislation.
• Brian Darling tells the Associated Press why amnesty legislation was destined for defeat.
• The Wall Street Journal incorrectly cites the Heritage Foundation as an organization supporting individual health care mandates.