Heritage gets the message out—new radio ad
May 30, 2007 | By Nathaniel Ward
In debates as important as the one raging about immigration reform, it’s important that the American people get the facts on the costs of illegal immigration—and the costs of amnesty.
To help take this message to as broad an audience as possible, The Heritage Foundation is running an advertisement on radio stations around the country.
Click here to listen to the radio ad (MP3 format)
Introducing MyHeritage.org videos
A few weeks ago, MyHeritage.org rolled out its new multimedia section, allowing Heritage members—and the public—to see Heritage’s impact.
Click here for the latest videos and audio
This is just some of what you can now do online:
- Watch Heritage experts on television and in the latest “Heritage in Focus” videos—like Ed Meese discussing immigration or Peter Brookes on CNN
- Listen to Heritage analysts’ radio appearances—such as Ed Meese on Michael Reagan or on WMAL radio
- Watch or listen to Heritage events—the archives go back years, and include videos of Ronald Reagan, Newt Gingrich and much more
- Read some of the latest Heritage research papers in print-friendly PDF format
Start browsing the archives now
We will continue to expand our multimedia offerings. In the meantime, you can take advantage of some of our other exciting features:
- Send video postcards to your friends (click the link on each individual video page)
- Post videos to your personal blog or website (copy and paste the code using the “grab code” button on the video player
- Download audio or video to your iPod or other device using RSS feeds
Immigration update
Immigration continues to dominate the agenda both in Washington and around the country. Heritage expert Brian Darling explains the latest developments on the Senate’s amnesty legislation in the newest “This Week on the Hill” video.
Watch the video on MyHeritage.org
Heritage experts continue to analyze the details of the Senate’s immigration proposal—and the details continue to disappoint. Here are some of the research papers they’ve produced since my last e-mail:
Click here for the latest Heritage analysis.
How Heritage took the lead on immigration
Writing on Townhall.com, Heritage Vice President Rebecca Hagelin describes how Heritage took the lead on the immigration issue.
I’ve never been more proud to work at The Heritage Foundation than I was [last] Monday.
I was seated at a conference table with 31 of the brightest, most analytical and highly principled people I’ve ever known as we dissected and analyzed various ripple effects of the Senate’s devastating immigration-reform proposal. After spending an entire weekend digging through a document that had remained secret for so long, Heritage was further scrutinizing it — and doing what many in the U.S. Senate refused to do: Reveal the truth.
Click here for more about Heritage’s principled approach to immigration reform.
Recent research of note
Heritage experts continue to analyze other important issues. Here are some of their recent articles:
- America must spend four percent of its GDP on the military, Kirby Research Fellow Baker Spring writes in a new paper to be presented to Congress. Spending this amount, he maintains, “would meet the military’s requirements to protect the nation while allowing sustained long-term economic growth.”
- Writing in The New York Post, defense expert Peter Brooks examines the Bush administration’s recently-revealed covert plan to destabilize Iran’s government. “If true, it’s about time,” he says. He goes into detail about what challenges the program faces and what tactics they might use to thwart the Islamic regime’s plans to acquire nuclear weapons.
- Carolyn Garris of Heritage’s Center for American Studies looks back on the history of Memorial Day to explain the holiday’s importance to modern America.
In other news
- Instead of being based on individual liberty and economic freedom, Sen. Hillary Clinton said yesterday that the American economy must be made “fair,” which she says “requires the right government policies.” New York’s junior Senator should remember, however, that any sort of “fairness” that involves robbing Peter to pay Paul is hardly fair at all.
- USA Today reports that were the federal government held to the same accounting standards that businesses use to track their finances, the annual balance books would look far worse. Heritage has recommended that the government adopt these standards to account for ballooning long-term entitlement costs.
- “President Bush attacked opponents of an immigration deal Tuesday, suggesting they ‘don’t want to do what’s right for America,’” the Associated Press reports. Meanwhile, The Washington Post notes that the government agency charged with reviewing visa applications under the new proposal already suffers from a large backlog—and has resisted efforts to streamline its operations.
- Former U.S. Trade Representative Robert Zoellick has been tapped to replace outgoing World Bank President Paul Wolfowitz.
- The World Health Organization now recommends a ban on indoor smoking in public areas. Those who see the government’s role as that of an enlightened nanny for a childlike population are sure to seize on this and further restrict individual freedom.
Coming up at Heritage
To attend the following Heritage Foundation events, RSVP at Heritage’s events website. Or you can watch these events live online at Heritage.org. All times are Eastern.
- On Monday, June 4 at 11:00 a.m., Heritage hosts a panel discussion with Navy and Marine leaders and outside experts on the future of both services’ air capabilities.
- On Wednesday, June 6 at noon, author Amity Shales discusses her new book on the Great Depression and how a number of individuals, through brave leadership, they helped establish the steadfast character we developed as a nation.
Nathaniel Ward is the Editor of MyHeritage.org—a website for members and supporters of The Heritage Foundation.
