Heritage in the news: January 2008

Thursday, January 31

• Jack Spencer discusses nuclear safety in The Washington Post at a time when anti-nuclear rhetoric dominates the media.
• Foster children benefit from school choice scholarships, Dan Lips explains in The Washington Times.
• Helle Dale comment on President Bush’s final State of the Union address in The Washington Times.
• Peter Brookes discusses Latin America’s critical role in the global economy in The New York Post.
• The Greenville News cites Heritage’s analysis about making the 2001 and 2003 tax cuts permanent.
• The Korea Times cites Bruce Klingner’s research on United States and North Korea relations (link unavailable).
• The 2008 Index of Economic Freedom has made headlines across the globe:  Gulf News, Khaleej Times, OhMyNews International, ArabianBusiness.com, MoneyWeb.

Tuesday, January 29

• The Pentagon should project its budget annually to have a more accurate deficit projection, Brian Riedl argues in The Washington Post.
• Brian Riedl argues in The New York Times that earmark reform is “something that Congressional minorities will always be the only ones to call for.”
• Lisa Curtis discusses negotiations with Pakistani extremists in U.S. News & World Report. 
• Lee Edwards discusses Barack Obama’s and Hillary Clinton’s messages of change on Crosswalk.com.
• Investor’s Business Daily cites The Heritage Foundation’s work on the effect of eliminating the earnings cap on the Social Security tax.
• The Daily NK interviews Bruce Klingner on North Korea’s expectation gap with the United States.
• Lisa Curtis argues in the Hindustan Times that holding fair and transparent elections provides the best chance for stabilizing that country. (No link available)
• The Real Russia Project, Assetz, the South China Morning Post, and the Chattanooga Times-Free Press cite the 2008 Index of Economic Freedom.
• The Heritage Foundation’s work on federal earmarks is cited by the Lewiston Morning Tribune. (No link available)
• David Muhlhausen argues that “photo ID requirements do not suppress voter turnouts among poor, elderly, or minority groups,” in The Houston Chronicle. (No link available)

Monday, January 28

• To end U.N. corruption and mismanagement of funds, Congress withhold funding to the United Nations Development Program in North Korea, Heritage experts write on FrontPageMag.com.
• Lisa Curtis argues in Pakistan’s Daily Times that holding fair and transparent elections provides the best chance for stabilizing that county.
• Low-skill immigrants are high-poverty immigrants and so require more government support, Robert Rector and Christine Kim tell The Atlanta Journal Constitution.
• The Peninsula of Qatar, Macauhub of China, Townhall and The Eurasia Daily Monitor cite the 2008 Index of Economic Freedom.
• PC World and The News & Observer comment on Vice President Dick Cheney’s visit to The Heritage Foundation last week is commented.
• Bob Moffit explains John McCain’s and Mitt Romney’s health care plans in The Wall Street Journal.

Tuesday, January 22

• Ariel Cohen comments in The Washington Times on Balkan security and the ever-increasing role it will play in an area where Russia is expanding its strength.
• Iran tried for months to sabotage an Israeli spy satellite, Peter Brookes tells CBN News.
• “Conservative, free-market economics would endorse neither rebates nor government spending to aid economic growth,” Brian Riedl tells the Politico.
• Yevgeny Volk analyzes motives for excluding Russian opposition leader Mikhail Kasyanov from a potential presidential bid in Agence France Presse.
• “Lawmakers just want to be seen as doing something, and tax rebates are always very popular,” Brian Riedl tells the Politico, “because who doesn’t want a free check from the government?”
• Ed Feulner lays out the importance of the 2008 Index of Economic Freedom in the Indianapolis Star: “as more countries race to embrace more economic freedom, more people will enjoy longer, healthier and happier lives,”.
• The Christian Science Monitor quotes Jim Phillips on the current situation in Afghanistan and how the U.S. could improve its situation by implementing a clear and cohesive strategy for NATO forces.
• In IPS, Lisa Curtis argues in favor of the U.S.-India nuclear exchange.
• In an election year defined by “change,” Ed Feulner explains in The Pittsburgh Tribune Review how non-profit groups like Heritage have been successful in promoting real change using market forces.
• “The more government help something needs, then the less I think it’s probably all it’s cracked up to be,” energy policy expert Ben Lieberman warns UPI.
• “You are seeing so much spending today it is questionable another few billion would make a difference,” Dan Lips tells The Columbus Dispatch about No Child Left Behind.
• “Congress diverts billions of dollars to pork-barrel projects that provide little public benefit, but do help its members win reelection,” James Sherk says of proposed new gas taxes in The Charleston Daily Mail.
• The 2008 Index of Economic Freedom has appeared on headlines across the globe: Thai Press Reports, The Star-Ledger (no link available), The Vancouver Sun, BBC Worldwide (no link available), China Knowledge Online, and Tehran Times.

Friday, January 18

• Lisa Curtis writes in The Los Angeles Times about the strategic importance of Pakistan and how abandoning the volatile state would harm our efforts in Afghanistan.
• Pakistan’s Daily Times reports on Lisa Curtis’ article.
• Michael Franc explains the divide over competing economic stimulus plans in Human Events.
• The 2008 Index of Economic Freedom has again made headlines across the globe: Time Magazine, Australia’s ABC and The Age, Tehran Times, Black Enterprise, Pan Armenian, and Today’s Zuman all have coverage.
• Antiwar.com cites Heritage’s support for spending a minimum of four percent of GDP on national defense.
• Phyllis Schlafly writes in WorldNet Daily on The Heritage Foundation’s work to highlight illegal immigration’s impact on taxpayers.

Thursday, January 17

• Rebecca Hagelin discusses the advantages of economic freedom in her Townhall.com column.
• CNet News and Government Executive cover Heritage’s REAL ID panel discussion.
• Brian Riedl explains the advantages of tax cuts over tax rebates in the Pittsburgh Tribune Review.
• The Atlanta Journal Constitution, CNN Money and Forbes cover Bill Beach’s testimony before the Joint Economic Committee.
• Headlines from around the world featuring  the 2008 Index of Economic Freedom: The Times (South Africa), Bahrain News Agency, Livemint, China Knowledge Online,  Emirates Business 24/7, Armenia Now, Cyprus Mail, Go Wealthy, Messenger, National Business Review, The Financial Standard, Latin Business Chronicle, El Mercurio Online, International News BG, Gulf Daily News, Scoop, Mizzima, Asia News, PR-Inside, What They Think.
• William Beach explains how inflation may feel like tax increases from the consumer’s perspective in The Atlanta Journal Constitution.

Wednesday, January 16

• Brian Riedl explains the advantages of tax rate cuts over Keynesian tax rebates in The Washington Times.
• Helle Dale provides a brief history of the conflict in the Balkans and how to fix Kosovo in The Washington Times.
• The 2008 Index of Economic Freedom has made headlines across the globe: Voice of America, Gulf News, BizTech, Gulf Daily News, Stuff, Prime News, AHN, Telegraph, Newstrack India, Independent, Macauhub, People’s Daily Online, Thaindian News, American Thinker, The Standard, IBN Live, Sofia News Agency, Kommersant, Azerbaijan Business Center, Mongolia Web News, Belfast Telegraph, New Zealand Herald, Andina, Pacific News Center, Daily Georgian Times, The Other Russia, Liberty Papers, Reuters, Fin24.
• The Department of Homeland Security should be getting the biggest bang for its buck, says Jay Carafano in National Public Radio.
• Heritage’s forum on the surge in Iraq is referenced in the Cybercast News Service.
• Mike Franc lists criteria for sizing up presidential candidates on National Review Online.
• Lisa Curtis comments on the challenges in Pakistan’s future elections with President Pervez Musharraf in The Los Angeles Times.
• Walter Lohman’s idea for the future of Burma was referenced in The Mizzima News.
• Robert Alt and Brian Walsh break down an overlooked Supreme Court case on National Review Online.
• Ben Lieberman points out three major errors in the new energy bill in The Examiner.

Tuesday, January 15

• Ed Feulner explains to the Associated Press why he’s optimistic that sclerotic older European Union countries will follow the lead of the dynamic Eastern European countries.
• The Associated Press of Pakistan, the Los Angeles Times and Agence France Presse quote Lisa on Pakistan’s crucial role in the war on terrorism.
• “The U.S. needs the Iraqis to come up with their own surge of political action, and pretty quickly here, if the effort is to be a long-term success,” says James Phillips in The Christian Science Monitor.
• The Heritage Foundation’s Center for Data Analysis is cited in an article in CQ Politics; William Beach will be among those testifying in the upcoming Joint Economic Committee hearing before Congress.
• Ben Lieberman points out the trouble with the energy bill’s ethanol mandate in The Crosswalk.
• The 2008 Index of Economic Freedom has made headlines across the globe: The Wall Street Journal, The Economic Times, Channel NewsAsia , Agence France Presse, Xinhua, Korea Times, RIA-Novosti, Deutsche Presse-Agentur, Pittsburgh Tribune Review, Guardian Unlimited, RTT News, CNN Money, IT News, South China Morning Post, RTE Business,  Japan Economic Newswire (no link available), Asia Pulse (no link available), and Joongang Daily.
• Earmarks do not guarantee any favor with voters, says Brian Riedl in The Anchorage Daily News. (no link available)

Monday, January 14

• James Sherk examines the looming threat of “Freedom of Choice” legislation that would kill secret-ballot union elections on FoxNews.com.
• Heritage research on OPEC is cited in the Daily Herald. 
• Yevgeny Volk comments on the escalating tensions between Russia and Britain in Bloomberg.
• A tax rebate and business-investment incentives will likely accompany any Bush stimulus plan, William Beach says in a column running in Bloomberg.
• James Jay Carafano comments on the Department of Homeland Security’s integration successes on National Public Radio.
• The Heritage Foundation is cited in an article on federal debt article in The Birmingham News. 
• Terry Miller comments on the fluidity of the economy in US News & World Report.
• Robert Bluey discusses a 2.5-percent pay raise for the “post-office” Congress in Townhall.
• Brian Riedl comments on farm subsidies in The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review. (no link available)
• Ron Utt is cited on National Heritage areas in National Review. (no link available)
• James Roberts discusses Nicaragua and its first year under Ortega’s rule in The Latin Business Chronicle. 

Wednesday, January 2

• Ed Feulner outlines resolutions for Congress in the Pittsburgh Tribune Review.
• James Roberts projects Latin American developments in 2008 in the Latin Business Journal.
• Blangladesh's Daily Star cites Heritage's Index of Economic Freedom ranking of that country.
• America should recycle its nuclear fuel, Jack Spencer writes on FoxNews.com.
• Writing in the Washington Times, Helle Dale wonders why Vladimir Putin was named Time's person of the year, when he's not "someone to be admired."
• Tony Blankley explains developments in Iraq in the Washington Times.

Tuesday, January 1

• Liberals snuck big-budget items into the budget, Brian Riedl tells the Gannett News Service.
• The Korea Times cites Bruce Klinger's analysis of South Korea's new president and relations with the communist North.
• It would be folly for Britain to turn its back on Iraq, Nile Gardiner writes in Britain's Yorkshire Post.
• North Korea's nuclear reporting delays can be traced to 2007 negotiations, Bruce Klinger tells CNN.