Scott Blakeman is a research assistant in Domestic Policy Studies at the Institute for Economic Freedom and Opportunity at The Heritage Foundation.
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United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon recently designated actor Leonardo DiCaprio as a “U.N. Messenger of Peace” for climate change, touting him as a “credible voice… Read More
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We’re not all that surprised when weather predictions for next week—or even tomorrow—don’t pan out. So when the United Nations seeks to drum up support… Read More
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Truett Cathy, the founder of Chick-fil-A, a popular quick-service chicken restaurant, died this morning. He was 93. Cathy was a hard worker who had a… Read More
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Biotechnology once again could play an important role in helping to address a major problem affecting agriculture. The $9 billion Florida citrus industry is being… Read More
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The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) is seeking to protect the dusky gopher frog on the Endangered Species List by designating over 1,500 acres… Read More
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Rasmussen Reports recently conducted a survey on the public’s opinion of “sin taxes”—i.e., taxes on such things as alcohol, cigarettes, and marijuana. One question on… Read More
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Filmmaker Michael Moore has been entangled in a messy divorce for some time, and some of the findings revealed as a result of the divorce… Read More
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In recent years Americans have been feeling less satisfied with their amount of freedom. In fact, Gallup recently released a poll that reveals this trend…. Read More
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The leadership of Union Theological Seminary in New York City has decided to divest its entire $108.4 million endowment away from conventional fuels such as… Read More
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Like most prominent officials in the federal government, Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Gina McCarthy doesn’t own a car but does get chauffeured by a security… Read More
