http://www.myheritage.org The latest newsletters from MyHeritage.org, a website for Heritage members and supporters. Copyright The Heritage Foundation Convio Content Management System Module en-us http://www.myheritage.org/assets/images/header_logo.gif http://www.myheritage.org www.myheritage.org-119209069 http://www.myheritage.org/archive/email/united-states-sovereignty-not.html Over the past two decades, there have been a number of attempts to subject Americans to an international judicial system with jurisdiction over war crimes and the like. This idea of a “world court” became a reality in 1998 with the introduction of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court. The Court itself was officially established in 2002 after 60 countries ratified the statute. Thu, 04 Feb 2010 15:21:19 -0600 www.myheritage.org-118574186 http://www.myheritage.org/archive/email/a-grim-fiscal-forecast.html In his State of the Union address last week, President Obama vowed that his administration would enforce a three-year spending freeze to help dig the country out of a “massive fiscal hole.” But according to the White House’s $3.8 trillion 2011 budget proposal released Monday, freeze or no freeze, that hole is about to get much deeper. Tue, 02 Feb 2010 11:33:00 -0600 www.myheritage.org-117773658 http://www.myheritage.org/archive/email/the-state-of-our-union-has.html Even before President Obama delivered his State of the Union address on Wednesday, most lawmakers and most Americans already knew the current state of our union. To put it gently, it has been better. Fri, 29 Jan 2010 14:38:36 -0600 www.myheritage.org-117218632 http://www.myheritage.org/archive/email/health-care-reform-a.html Although it’s on life-support, Obamacare is not dead, The Heritage Foundation’s Brian Darling warns. There are some who still plan to “forge forward and pass [it] by any means necessary.” Wed, 27 Jan 2010 07:56:26 -0600 www.myheritage.org-116105526 http://www.myheritage.org/archive/email/supreme-court-upholds-first.html On Thursday, the Supreme Court upheld the First Amendment and appropriately struck down government prohibitions on many sorts of privately-funded political advertising. In doing so, Heritage Foundation legal scholar Hans von Spakovsky argues, the court “upheld some of the most important principles: the right to engage in free speech, particularly political speech, and the right to freely associate.” Fri, 22 Jan 2010 16:24:02 -0600 www.myheritage.org-115522904 http://www.myheritage.org/archive/email/land-of-the-mostly-free.html On Wednesday, The Heritage Foundation, in conjunction with The Wall Street Journal, released the 2010 Index of Economic Freedom - and the results are startling. The annual Index analyzes the economic freedom of 179 countries. Many of them have digressed. Wed, 20 Jan 2010 14:37:55 -0600 www.myheritage.org-114268777 http://www.myheritage.org/archive/email/helping-haiti.html The situation in Haiti is devastating. The January 12 earthquake, which devastated the poorest nation in the Western Hemisphere, is a “stark and humbling reminder of how easily man’s fragile labors can be annulled by any acts of nature,” writes Heritage expert Ray Walser. Fri, 15 Jan 2010 15:25:42 -0600 www.myheritage.org-113470123 http://www.myheritage.org/archive/email/heritage-beats-the-msm-at-its.html The Heritage Foundation is working hard to break the liberal monopoly on the mainstream media and ensure common-sense views are heard even in liberal bastions. Only by convincing more Americans that our principles are right can we ensure our principles prevail. Tue, 12 Jan 2010 15:28:07 -0600 www.myheritage.org-112518572 http://www.myheritage.org/archive/email/the-stimulus-myth.html The nation’s economy is finally starting to improve; the end of the recession seems to be in sight. But why is the economy improving, and is this improvement sustainable? Fri, 08 Jan 2010 12:09:56 -0600 www.myheritage.org-111802476 http://www.myheritage.org/archive/email/anti-terror-to-do-list.html The likelihood that terrorists will attempt another attack against the United States is strong. America needs to be prepared to stop these harmful plots before they are carried out, and this requires better intelligence. The best way to do this is to learn from past mistakes and enact serious reforms. Tue, 05 Jan 2010 15:47:46 -0600