Kay C. James is president of The Heritage Foundation. James formerly served as director of the U.S. Office of Personnel Management and as Virginia's secretary of health and human resources. She is also the founder and chairman of the board of The Gloucester Institute.
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What parent hopes their child will grow up to be a career criminal? What child dreams of one day living behind the bars of one… Read More
EnergyCommentary
When it comes to the energy and climate policies of the United States and France, there’s a clear fork in the road. If the past… Read More
LawCommentary
Listening to the pundits and prognosticators, you’d think control of Congress has already been decided. But the fight for our nation’s future is far from… Read More
EducationCommentary
It was six months ago but feels like just yesterday. On Feb. 14, a deranged teen attacked students and staff members at Parkland, Florida’s Marjory… Read More
SocietyCommentary
In 1961, I participated in what one newspaper in Richmond, Virginia, called “one of the most ambitious experiments in race-mixing the South had seen.” With… Read More
InternationalCommentary
Yesterday, I had the honor of welcoming Ambassador Nikki Haley to The Heritage Foundation. And as she spoke before a packed audience, I realized we… Read More
LawCommentary
On Saturday, my family and I attended a performance of “Hamilton: An American Musical.” To say we were excited would be a massive understatement: critics… Read More
SocietyCommentary
It’s one of those moments that life sears into our memory. Nineteen years ago today, Americans turned on the news. And we saw it: the… Read More
EconomyCommentary
“Creative destruction.” When I first heard the term in school, I thought it must have been a mistake. How can creation destroy? And how can… Read More
SocietyCommentary
Washington is in a unique position to solve America’s welfare crisis for a very simple reason: Washington created it. The policy and programs it established… Read More
