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Let Iraq be a lesson for Iran
March 10, 2010
Though there remains much work to be done in Iraq, the election turnout last Sunday suggests that American efforts to promote stability and democracy in the region are paying off. Despite threats of violence, nearly 62 percent of Iraq’s 19 million voters, including impressive numbers of Sunnis and Shiites, showed up to the polls in what the New York Times describes as “arguably the most open, most competitive election in the nation’s long history of colonial rule, dictatorship and war.”

Are Americans more dependent on the Government?
March 5, 2010
One of the pernicious consequences of ever-larger government is the increasing dependence of the population on the government for their well-being and livelihood. To drive this point home, experts in The Heritage Foundation’s Center for Data Analysis set out to answer the question, “are Americans more dependent on their government?” Their answer: Yes.

Did Obama’s health summit work?
March 2, 2010
President Obama’s seven-hour health care summit last Thursday was supposed to be a game-changer for the reform debates. It was not. » Read Heritage Foundation experts’ take on the summit in their Reaction Roundup.

Lawmakers notice growing Heritage presence
February 25, 2010
Heritage Foundation scholar Matt Spalding’s new book is “perhaps, the single best introduction to the political thought of the American Founding” and a thoughtful reminder “of the civic duty our forefathers bequeathed to us to educate each generation in this rich tradition.” That’s what John B. Kienker wrote in his review of We Still Hold These Truths: Rediscovering Our Principles, Reclaiming Our Future for the Weekly Standard.

A weak attempt to salvage Obamacare
February 23, 2010
Yesterday, after a temporary lull in the health care debates, President Obama released a “fresh attempt” to salvage his health care overhaul agenda. Though the details will not be released for some time, the ideas at the core of this 11-page outline (link in PDF) aren’t really so “fresh.” Based largely on the Senate’s flawed plan, the “new” proposal is riddled with many of the same harmful taxes, dubious mandates, and unprecedented federal regulatory powers.