Heritage in the news: August 2007

Monday, August 20

• The Philadelphia Inquirer bases an editorial on Heritage’s stance against farm subsidies
• Communications Daily cites Heritage’s Net Media Strategies workshop (not available online)
• Montana’s Great Falls Tribune cites Brian Darling on health care spending and energy
• Liberals want to defund a union accountability agency, Rob Bluey reports in Human Events
• The military continues to face skills challenges in Iraq, Mackenzie Eaglen tells The Indianapolis Star
• Nigeria’s Vanguard cites Heritage as a leading American think tank
• John Tkacik is cited on Taiwan arms sales in an Asia Times column
• Ariel Cohen’s op-ed on Russia’s Arctic antics appears in The Modesto Bee and The Billings Gazette
• Fox News runs a Heritage paper on the cost to states of SCHIP expansion
• The Bush administration would be wise not to give up inherent constitutional authority, Brian Walsh tells The New York Times

Friday, August 17

• Congress is stalling for time on free trade, Israel Ortega writes in New York’s Spanish-language El Diario
• Israel Ortega discusses the Hispanic vote in Orlando’s Spanish-language El Sentinel
• Japan may be asked to help clear the Persian Gulf of mines during a conflict with Iran, Ariel Cohen tells Japan’s Jiji Press (article not online)
• The D.C. Examiner cites Heritage data on expanding federalized children’s health care
• Brian Riedl gives the dirt on farm subsidies in The Detroit News
• CNS News cites Heritage’s support for the U.S.-India nuclear deal
• The Times of India cites Heritage’s analysis of the U.S.-India nuclear deal
• The Economist notes Heritage’s reservations about the bureaucracies created by the Law of the Sea Treaty
• The Tallahassee Democrat cites Ken McIntyre’s analysis of PBS and Islamism
• CNS News reports on Rep. McCotter’s recent talk at Heritage about Iraq
• More federal money for REAL ID means more federal strings, Brian Walsh tells CNN
• John Tkacik’s comments on trade with Taiwan are cited in the Taipei Times

Thursday, August 16

• Rebecca Hagelin proposes an alternative to SCHIP expansion in WorldNetDaily
• India’s Business Standard cites Heritage research on the U.S.-India nuclear pact, as does Pakistan’s Daily Times
• Ed Feulner’s column on border security runs in The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
• “It’s hard to separate any of President Bush’s policies from Karl Rove,” Brian Darling tells The International Herald-Tribune
• Russia’s new aggression can be explained in part by oil revenues, Ariel Cohen tells Investor’s Business Daily
• John Tkacik explains Chinese product safety issues to The D.C. Examiner
• Bribery in defense contracts has fallen since the end of the cold war, James Carafano tells CNS News

Wednesday, August 15

• Matt Spalding explains the strength of the new Bush administration border initiatives in The D.C. Examiner
• John Stossel cites Brian Riedl’s critique of farm subsidies in his syndicated column
• Walter Lohman wonders whether U.S.-ASEAN relations can be patched up in Agence France-Presse
• Iran uses proxies to fights its overseas terror wars, Peter Brookes tells CBN News
• Rob Bluey’s take on Karl Rove’s leaving is cited in The San Francisco Chronicle
• Rob Bluey explains the risks of the YouTube debate for conservatives on US News and World Report’s website
• The Washington Times cites Heritage’s weekly blogger briefing
• A liberal says Heritage’s common-sense positions are out of the mainstream in The Washington Post
• Visa waiver expansion could lead to better legislation down the line, James Carafano tells the AP
• Has the Bush administration sacrificed authority to privacy advocates? Brian Walsh wonders in a Government Executive article

Tuesday, August 14

• GQ names Ed Feulner one of the 50 most powerful people in Washington, D.C.
• Flush coffers from oil revenue and anti-American feeling have provoked Russian nationalism, Ariel Cohen tells The Washington Times
• Instead of expanding government programs, states should improve health care through market mechanisms, Nina Owcharenko tells The Baltimore Sun
• Investor’s Business Daily cites Heritage statistics on military recruitment
• Bahrain’s Gulf Daily News cites Heritage’s Index of Economic Freedom
• Heritage’s support for eliminating tax loopholes is noted in a Scripps Treasure Coast editorial

Monday, August 13

• Brian Riedl explains the counterproductive nature of the farm bill in Columbia’s Missourian
• The Mobile Press-Register cites Heritage data on the growth of mass-transit subsidies
• Leftists are pushing America Jews to de-emphasize Israel, Ariel Cohen tells The Jerusalem Post
• A letter to the Bloomington (IL) Panatgraph cites Heritage on the costs of amnesty
• Congress has partisan motivations in exercising its oversight power, Brian Walsh tells CNS News
• Ariel Cohen explains the secretive Hizb Ut-Tahir Islamist group to CNS News.com
• Heritage’s Bruce Klinger gets a mention in a Chosun Ilbo editorial on the Korean summit
• Ken McIntyre explains PBS’ efforts to censor a program on Islamism in The Boston Herald
• Ed Feulner explains his recent trip to the Mexican border on FoxNews.com

August 10, 2007

• “When money is misspent we ought to correct the misspending before calling for higher taxes,” former Congressman Ernest Istook tells the Chicago Tribune. (Article not available online)
• Ariel Cohen calls the proposed Palestinian security plan “absolutely preposterous,” and tells Inside the Pentagon that it could foster terrorism. (Article not available online)
• American companies could be in for rough times on the international stage unless corporate taxes are lowered, J.D. Foster tells Investor’s Business Daily.
• “Reducing dependency on government programs is a mainstream American value,” Mike Franc writes in Human Events.
• CNSNews covers a recent Heritage Foundation panel discussion evaluating the success of U.S. efforts in Iraq and in the fight against terrorism.
• Negotiations with North Korea must remain focused, Bruce Klinger tells The Korea Times and Chosun Ilbo.

August 9, 2007

• Human Events covers a Heritage event featuring “Vets for Freedom,” a group that advocates that veterans be “elevated to the top platforms of debate” on Iraq.
• Townhall.com cites Helle Dale and Stephen Johnson on the drastic decline in American public diplomacy efforts.
•  Heritage’s opposition to farm subsidies is cited in the Oklahoman.
• Newsweek’s James Pinkerton cites Robert Rector’s prediction of further action by the Administration on border security, workplace enforcement and denying welfare to non-citizens.
• A Heritage Foundation screening of Call of the Entrepreneur, a documentary on the virtues of free enterprise, is cited in the Washington Times.
• Bruce Klinger comments in the Yonhap newswire on the need for South Korea to keep focused in its North Korea talks.
• The Honolulu Advertiser cites a Heritage study that shows China’s major push over the last decade to dramatically increase its naval capacity and technology. 
• Ariel Cohen tells the Moscow Times that if Russia wants to renew its Iraqi business projects it should first contribute to US efforts to bring security to the war-torn country.
• The Washington Post notes a section of Heritage’s website focused on the threat of a nuclear Iran and the need for aggressive diplomacy and tough sanctions to prevent proliferation.
• The Memphis Commercial Appeal cites Heritage research on SCHIP.
• The New York Times’ Nicolas Kristof cites Heritage research on the consequences of farm subsidies.
• Mike Franc writes in the Riverside Press-Enterprise about the high costs and dangers of “government-knows-best legislating,” especially state-run health care.
• CBS News’ Katie Couric interviews Heritage expert Bob Moffit about free enterprise health care reform.

August 8, 2007

• The Indianapolis Star cites Heritage research stating there is no foreseeable end to runaway government spending unless Congress makes an effort to reform.
• Stuart Butler writes in the Washington Post that criticism of Heritage’s spending policy recommendations is “palpably absurd” and notes Heritage’s involvement in the entitlements fight.

August 7, 2007

• In the Washington Times, Ariel Cohen warns against imperialist Russian efforts to extend their control over the valuable Arctic region.
• The Washington Times cites Ariel Cohen for his comments Russia's latest aggressive moves.
• The Souix City Journal cites Heritage research on the relatively low level of American poverty, which conflicts with liberal preconceptions.
• John Tkackic writes in the Weekly Standard about the “vast amounts of Chinese-made arms” that are being shipped to Iran for use against US soldiers in Iraq.

August 6, 2007

• Brain Darling praises Senator Jim DeMint (R-S.C.) in the Beaufort Gazette for his willingness to “fight against the Democrats and his own (Republican) leaders when they go wobbly on an issue.”
• The Fredericksburg Free-Lance Star covers a recent Heritage panel discussion on combating insurgencies and measuring progress in the war on terror.
• “The U.S. economy seems to be increasingly rewarding education,” Stuart Butler tells the Gulf Times in an article on opportunities for immigrants.
• USA Today cites a Heritage Foundation study showing that federal spending increased 23 percent after inflation from 2001 to 2006.
• Peter Brookes tells CNSNews that the best route for dealing with Pakistan is mild pressure and cooperation, not threats.
• Policymakers must fix the current broken system in order to prevent Homeland Security Grants from becoming another wasteful entitlement program, James Carafano and Matt Mayer write in FrontPageMag.
• “Not completing work on the defense authorization bill this year would set a dangerous precedent,” Baker Spring writes on FoxNews.com.
• Peter Brookes writes in the Fort Worth Star-Telegram about the ramifications of a US strike on Pakistan.
• The Atlanta Journal-Constitution cites Heritage research that predicts only 29 percent of children won’t be on public assistance by 2012 under current federal entitlement program provisions.
• Sioux Falls Argus-Leader cites Heritage research showing almost 13,000 families are eligible for S-CHIP entitlement money and the Alternative Minimum Tax break.
• Robert Novak cites Heritage on the advantages of individual health insurance accounts for low-income Americans in his syndicated column.
• Major arms shipments from China to Iran are ending up in Iraq for use against American troops, John Tkacik writes in the Weekly Standard.
• The Mobile Press Register cites Heritage research that finds huge agribusinesses, not small farmers, are the main beneficiaries of federal farm subsidies.
• Lisa Curtis tells Business Today that President Bush could underscore his commitment to Afghanistan with an increase in U.S. aid as he meets with Afghan President Hamid Karzai.
• James Carafano discusses chemical plant security in Washington Monthly.

August 3, 2007

• A “cold front” has descended on the relationship between Russia and the United States, Peter Brookes writes in Armed Forces Journal.
• The Conservative Voice cites Lisa Curtis on diarming terrorists in Pakistan.

August 2, 2007

• “The U.S. needs to support Pakistan in its efforts against extremism,” Lisa Curtis writes in the Washington Post about Sen. Barack Obama’s suggestion that America attack Pakistan.
• Matthew Spalding and Israel Ortega write in the Tuscon Citizen about the importance of making English America’s national language.
• The Taipei Times cites John Tkacik on the Pentagon’s opposition to the sale of anti-ballistic missile batteries and advanced combat aircraft to Taiwan.
• Human Events cites Heritage research that finds a proposed “tax-payer subsidized and bureaucrat-run healthcare” entitlement will benefit families making up to $82,600.
• Expanding health care entitlements is precisely the opposite direction the nation should go to improve medicine, Nicola Moore and J.D. Foster tell the OC Register.
• A proposed federal healthcare entitlement expansion “is essentially hurting the people we’re trying to help,”  Michelle C. Bucci tells the Boston Globe.
• If proposed legislation is passed, 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 Ft.-Worth Star-Telegram.
• Brian Riedl tells the Washington Post that liberals in Congress are using budget gimmicks to try to pass costly, wrong-headed legislation.
• The best way to deal with Pakistan is through mild pressure and cooperation, not threats, Senior Fellow Peter Brookes writes in the New York Post.
• New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof cites Heritage farm subsidy research. (Article for subscribers only)
• John Tkacik urges the government to approve weapons sales to Taiwan.

August 1, 2007

• Washington Post columnist Robert Samuelson suggests Heritage participate in a cross-ideological symposium on entitlement reform.
• Reuters cites Bruce Klinger’s comments that the diminished profile of Japan’s Prime Minister after recent elections will lead to “less emphasis and less momentum behind a pro-U.S. view.”
• The Reno Gazette Journal cites Heritage research on the $11.5 billion cost of an expansion of a federal children’s health care entitlement program.
• The Washington Examiner covers a simulation created by James Carafano and William Beach detailing the fiscal impact of an Iranian conflict with the United States.
• “Some requirements [in the homeland security bill] will actually make America less safe,” James Carafano writes in National Review Online.
• Britain’s Prime Minister Brown “indicated a deep commitment to the ‘special relationship’ between the United States and Britain,” Helle Dale writes in the Washington Times.