2008 Article Archive
Why infrastructure is a bad stimulus
December 23, 2008
President-elect Obama is proposing a massive infrastructure spending programs to stimulate the economy, but massive spending on roads and the like doesn’t work as advertised.
Round 3: Heritage memos to Barack Obama
December 19, 2008
President-elect Barack Obama should strengthen border security and immigration laws, work with Pakistan to fight terrorists, hold to promises to cut the budget and uphold religious freedom. That’s according to four new memos Heritage Foundation experts sent to the incoming president and his key staff members.
R.I.P. Paul Weyrich
December 19, 2008
Paul M. Weyrich, chairman and CEO of the Free Congress Foundation and the first president of The Heritage Foundation, died yesterday morning at age 66.
Heritage reaches out to new Congress members
December 16, 2008
Nineteen newly-elected members of Congress—seventeen Republicans and two Democrats—attended a two-day briefing at The Heritage Foundation last week about the important issues facing the country in the coming year
The bailout goes awry
December 16, 2008
Why the $700 billion Wall Street bailout should be canceled.
Why families prosper
December 10, 2008
FamilyFacts.org’s December Top Ten Findings reveal consistent links between family structure and economic well-being.
Wear your support for Heritage
December 9, 2008
The perfect present — a Heritage foundation necktie by Vineyard Vines.
Heritage’s memos to the President-elect
December 5, 2008
President-elect Barack Obama campaigned on several issues important to conservatives, but it remains to be seen if he will make good on those issues.
2008 Heritage Member Survey Results
December 3, 2008
The results of The Heritage Foundation's 2008 annual members survey.
Costly visitor center distorts history
December 3, 2008
The new $621 million Capitol Visitor Center in Washington gets key facts about American history wrong, reports Matthew Spalding, director of Heritage’s Center for American Studies.
