Heritage in the news: February 2008

Friday, February 8

• The 2008 Index of Economic Freedom is cited in the SE Times of Portalino, Italy.
• The Heritage Foundation’s study on the dismal results of the 2001 tax rebates was cited in The El Paso Times.
• Ariel Cohen comments on Iran’s “space launch vehicle” in The Middle East Times. 
• Mike Franc explains in Human Events how entitlement programs are directly responsible for a growing national deficit.
• Senator Hutchison’s talk at Heritage about the D.C. gun-ban case is referenced in The Houston Chronicle and The Washington Post.
• The American Spectator cites Heritage’s close affiliation with President Ronald Reagan
• The Heritage Foundation’s work on the benefits of global free enterprise is cited in Larry Elder’s syndicated column.

Thursday, February 7

• The 2008 Index of Economic Freedom is cited in The American Thinker and The Prague Post.
• Ariel Cohen comments on Ukraine’s strategic importance to Russia on CBNNews.com.
• “Real ID is a sensible program for improving the authenticity of identity documents,” James Carafano tells The Baltimore Sun.
• Tom Woods writes in The Washington Times about Zimbabwe’s political and economic meltdown. 
• Bruce Klingner comments on the Six Party Talks with North Korea in The Washington Post.

Wednesday, February 6

• London’s Daily Mail (link not available) and the Waterloo-Cedar Falls [IA] Courier cite the 2008 Index of Economic Freedom.
• Ed Feulner outlines the importance of international free enterprise to a prosperous American economy in Townhall.com.
• Nile Gardiner comments on Prince Andrew’s recent interview criticizing the U.S. in London’s Daily Mail.
• “What seniors and low-income people need is just lower taxes” and not handouts, Bill Beach tells The Indianapolis Star.
• Brian Darling comments on how conservatives view the presidential race in the San Francisco Chronicle.
• Ed Haislmaier argues that deregulating the health care industry is a step in the right direction in the Jackson, MS Clarion-Ledger.
• Mackenzie Eaglen argues in the Raleigh News & Observer that the national defense budget should be set to at least four percent of the nation’s GDP.
• “Tax rebates and similar cash transfers don’t stimulate the economy,” Rea Hederman says in Pakistan’s Daily Times.
• Britain’s Register comments on DHS Assistant Secretary for Policy Stewart Baker’s visit to The Heritage Foundation last month.
• Helle Dale explains in The Washington Times how missile defense protects America without threatening others.
• The Washington Post cites Heritage’s work on the dismal results of the 2001 rebates.

Tuesday, February 5

• “Europeans see their contribution in Afghanistan in terms of an armed peace corps rather than as a real war-fighting coalition,” James Phillips says in The Washington Post.
• The 2008 Index of Economic Freedom is cited in Turkey’s Today’s Zuman.
• Ben Lieberman explains the hypocrisy of Congress when addressing gas prices in The Virginian-Pilot.
• Brian Riedl comments on Crosswalk.com about discretionary spending in President Bush’s budget proposal for the 2009 fiscal year .
• “Prince Andrew’s knowledge of Iraq is close to zero and his comments are deeply unhelpful,” Nile Gardiner says in Briatain’s Evening Standard.
• Increased funding for border security suggests the administration is taking a look at its long-term priorities, James Carafano says on FCW.com.
• Investor's Business Daily cites The Heritage Foundation on spending in wartime.
• Mike Franc analyzes the 2008 State of the Union address in an editorial on HumanEvents.com.
• James Carafano comments on Homeland Security spending in The Wall Street Journal.
• Brian Riedl argues in USA Today that the president must challenge Congress to finally address the unsustainable long-term costs of entitlements.
• Lisa Curtis analyzes the war on terror and the complex relationship between Pakistan and the U.S. in The Los Angeles Times.

Monday, February 4

• Ernest Istook explains the massive flaws in the economic stimulus package being put together by Congress and the White House in WorldNetDaily and Human Events.
• The 2008 Index of Economic Freedom is cited in The Washington Times and Al-Bawaba (no link available).
• President Bush’s main tool to pass a budget through a hostile Congress will be his veto pen, Brian Riedl tells the Politico.
• Robert Rector’s estimates of the real cost of illegal immigration are cited in The American Spectator.
• Ben Lieberman discusses high-octane hypocrisy in the Republican American.
• The IndyStar.comcites The Heritage Foundation’s study on troop demographics that concluded rural areas supply a disproportionately high number of the nation's troops.
• “Government should amend its budget rules to include a calculation of future entitlement program spending vs. funding,” William Beach says in his testimony before Congress, cited in Financial Week.

Friday, February 1

• CQ Weekly (no link available) cites Bill Beach’s support for the business investment initiatives included in President Bush’s economic stimulus plan.
• Ernest Istook explains Mitt Romney’s and John McCain’s records with conservatives on HumanEvents.com.
• Ariel Cohen discusses Israel and President Olmert’s uncertain future in The Middle East Times.
• “Bush has to tighten security at the border and strengthen internal immigration law enforcement before an immigration overhaul law would be viable in Congress,” James Carafano says in CQ Politics.
• Foreign policy, especially the battle against terrorism in Iraq and Afghanistan, will be the main policy issues of the 2008 election, Lee Edwards says in CQ Politics.