SocietyCommentary
Being a Free Person Is Dangerous
The following is an excerpt from Heritage Foundation President Kevin Roberts’ new book, “Dawn’s Early Light: Taking Back Washington to Save America,” released Nov. 12…. Read More
PoliticsNews
State Legislatures Crucial to Rescuing America, Heritage Foundation President Says
Americans need to get involved to rescue public education, strengthen families, and revive a culture of life, Heritage Foundation President Kevin Roberts says in an interview… Read More
Social Security: Declining Fertility Rate Threatens Finances
The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) recently released its 2012 data on births, indicating detrimental trends that could cast yet another blow to the already… Read More
Morning Bell: 6 Reasons Why the National Debt Keeps Rising
Out-of-control spending by Congress and the Obama Administration has once again maxed out the latest debt limit—a nearly $17 trillion burden that harms job growth,… Read More
A Constructive First Step to Reform Social Security
Dave Camp (R–MI), chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, has announced a series of hearings on bipartisan entitlement reform proposals, the first of… Read More
Hurrah Too Soon: White House Budget Revision Shows $759 Billion Deficit in 2013
The President’s Midsession Review, released this week, projects the 2013 deficit to be lower by $214 billion compared with the earlier Obama budget estimate released… Read More
News
‘Tis the Season: Sequester Furloughs Start
Yesterday marked the beginning of sequestration’s furlough period. Most of the Department of Defense’s roughly 800,000 civilian workers will go without pay for about one… Read More
Medicare Trustees Report Gives Seniors, Taxpayers a Bleak Future
The 2013 Medicare trustees report reconfirms a basic fact: Seniors and taxpayers face a bleak future. The trustees project that Medicare’s share of the economy… Read More
Morning Bell: Time to Shrink the Monster
Does the debt ceiling affect YOU? It does—in many ways. A new video by Bankrupting America uses humor to call attention to an issue that… Read More
EconomyNews
Social Security Benefits and Cost of Living: Protecting Against Inflation
Adopting the chained CPI (Consumer Price Index) in Social Security to more accurately account for changes in the cost of living is a small first… Read More
