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Entries for 'Heritage Foundation'
Monday, October 6, 2014 |
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Supreme Court Decision Will Lead to Gay Marriage in Five States
By Heritage Foundation @ 4:21 PM :: 3813 Views :: Family
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Today the U.S. Supreme Court declined to review appeals from Utah, Oklahoma, Virginia, Indiana and Wisconsin on the definition of marriage....
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Sunday, September 21, 2014 |
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Project SAM: Seven Marijuana Myths
By Heritage Foundation @ 4:04 PM :: 5033 Views :: Drugs
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...marijuana legalization will usher in America’s new version of “Big Tobacco” ....
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Saturday, September 6, 2014 |
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Global Warming Stops, Science Progresses
By Heritage Foundation @ 2:36 PM :: 3477 Views :: Environment
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...[T]he pause [in global warming] has now lasted for 16, 19 or 26 years—depending on whether you choose the surface temperature record or one of two satellite records....
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Sunday, August 31, 2014 |
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Report: These Five States Have Highest Liability Per Taxpayer
By Heritage Foundation @ 3:39 PM :: 5970 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Hawaii Statistics
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“Sinkhole States” — are Connecticut, Illinois, New Jersey, Massachusetts and Hawaii....
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Tuesday, August 26, 2014 |
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This Obama Administration Proposal Would Effectively Authorize Some Americans Seceding
By Heritage Foundation @ 1:56 PM :: 4700 Views :: Akaka Bill
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From a constitutional standpoint, the administration has no legal authority to implement its proposal....
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Sunday, August 24, 2014 |
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HOPE Probation: Judge Steven Alm Speaks at Heritage Foundation Event
By Heritage Foundation @ 2:03 PM :: 5906 Views :: Justice Reinvestment
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State officials in South Dakota and Hawaii have found a creative way to address alcohol use, drug use, and crime....
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Monday, August 18, 2014 |
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The Obama Administration’s Attempt to Balkanize Hawaii
By Heritage Foundation @ 8:18 PM :: 5347 Views :: Akaka Bill
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...Both unconstitutional and bad public policy, this action would balkanize Hawaii, dividing the islands into separate racial and ethnic enclaves, and undo “the political bargain through which Hawaii secured its admission into the Union.”....
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Thursday, August 14, 2014 |
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Rand Paul: Militarization of Police Behind Ferguson Troubles
By Heritage Foundation @ 11:20 PM :: 3757 Views :: Law Enforcement
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...Washington has incentivized the militarization of local police precincts by using federal dollars to help municipal governments build what are essentially small armies....
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Friday, August 8, 2014 |
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Mandatory Labeling of GMOs--A big-government solution to a problem that doesn’t exist.
By Heritage Foundation @ 12:05 PM :: 4704 Views :: GMOs
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...FDA has no basis for concluding that bioengineered foods ... present any different or greater safety concern than foods developed by traditional plant breeding....
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Tuesday, August 5, 2014 |
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Q&A: Ten Things You Need to Know About Boehner Suing Obama
By Heritage Foundation @ 1:52 PM :: 6096 Views :: National News, Health Care, Judiciary
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...Last week, the House of Representatives voted to authorize Speaker John Boehner to file a lawsuit challenging President Obama’s failure to fully implement Obamacare....
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Wednesday, July 23, 2014 |
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Proposed EPA Rule Gives Feds Control of Hawaii Water Ditches
By Heritage Foundation @ 1:31 PM :: 8016 Views :: Honolulu County, National News, Agriculture
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...the new proposed rule would regulate all ditches, except in narrow circumstances. This even includes man-made ditches....
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Wednesday, July 16, 2014 |
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Five Factors from the New CBO Report on Veterans’ Healthcare
By Heritage Foundation @ 2:01 PM :: 3096 Views :: Health Care
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The VA healthcare system is the sole source of coverage for only about one-fifth of enrolled veterans....
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Tuesday, July 15, 2014 |
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Lawmakers Throw Light on Secretive ‘Operation Choke Point’
By Heritage Foundation @ 12:39 PM :: 3324 Views :: Small Business
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...Operation Choke Point seeks to weed out businesses from the marketplace that the Obama administration considers objectionable....
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Monday, July 14, 2014 |
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How U.S. Taxpayers Subsidize Fossil Fuels in Russia, Saudi Arabia While Being Penalized at Home
By Heritage Foundation @ 12:59 PM :: 4101 Views :: Energy
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...the U.S. Export-Import Bank, a federal agency that offers billions of taxpayer dollars for development of fossil fuels in Russia, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Mexico and other countries....
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Sunday, July 13, 2014 |
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Hobby Lobby: Overwrought Divisions?
By Heritage Foundation @ 4:01 PM :: 5712 Views :: First Amendment, Religion
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The pitch of public controversy surrounding cultural issues...can give the impression that we live in an intractably divided society with incompatible differences. But the Hobby Lobby decision suggests that such a tone is overwrought....
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Monday, July 7, 2014 |
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The Obama Administration Should Speak Up for Hong Kong
By Heritage Foundation @ 1:37 PM :: 4922 Views :: World News
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The Heritage Foundation calls on President Barack Obama, Secretary of State John Kerry and the Congress to publicly condemn China’s behavior and make clear to Beijing that the world is watching....
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Friday, July 4, 2014 |
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‘We Have Not Forgotten’: Presidents on the Fourth of July
By Heritage Foundation @ 3:39 PM :: 5712 Views :: National News
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For this Independence Day, here’s a look back at what some presidents had to say in honor of this historic day....
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Thursday, July 3, 2014 |
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Ex-Im and the Tour de Fraud
By Heritage Foundation @ 2:26 PM :: 4547 Views :: National News, Ethics
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One of the Export-Import Bank’s largest investment partners, BNP Paribas SA, pleaded guilty on Monday to violating U.S. sanctions against Sudan, Iran and Cuba....
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Tuesday, July 1, 2014 |
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First Amendment Victory: Supreme Court Rules Against Union Taking Dues From Non-Members
By Heritage Foundation @ 6:53 AM :: 4610 Views :: First Amendment, Labor
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...the U.S. Supreme Court handed down an important victory for participants in home-health care programs....
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Monday, June 30, 2014 |
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Today the Supreme Court Protected Religious Freedom
By Heritage Foundation @ 1:25 PM :: 5693 Views :: First Amendment, Small Business
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...the justices ruled the government will not be able to force Hobby Lobby and Conestoga Wood Specialties to provide coverage of four drugs and devices that can end the life of a human embryo....
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Friday, June 27, 2014 |
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North Korea May Be Guilty of Genocide
By Heritage Foundation @ 1:52 PM :: 5965 Views :: World News
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The charge of crimes against humanity alone guarantees that, at some point, members of the regime will be prosecuted....
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Thursday, June 26, 2014 |
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Court Strikes Down Soda Ban
By Heritage Foundation @ 4:34 PM :: 4190 Views :: Small Business
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“This was a bad day for the food police and a good day for individual freedom”
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Tuesday, June 24, 2014 |
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Sharyl Attkisson Calls Obama Administration ‘Worst Atmosphere’ for Journalists
By Heritage Foundation @ 11:53 AM :: 7760 Views :: National News, First Amendment, Obama
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Attkisson is an award-winning investigative reporter who earlier this year made headlines for resigning from CBS News....
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Monday, June 23, 2014 |
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Heritage Foundation Backs Sentencing Reform Merging ‘Compassion and Common Sense’
By Heritage Foundation @ 2:51 AM :: 5589 Views :: Justice Reinvestment
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...bipartisan support for relieving prison overcrowding by reducing sentences for non-violent crimes and putting the savings into community programs....
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Friday, June 20, 2014 |
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National March for Marriage in Photos
By Heritage Foundation @ 5:23 AM :: 4633 Views :: Family
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...men, women and children from across the nation gathered near the Capitol to celebrate marriage as it has been historically and traditionally defined....
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Thursday, June 19, 2014 |
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IRS Destroyed Hard Drive Lois Lerner Used at Time of Tea Party Targeting
By Heritage Foundation @ 3:19 PM :: 5086 Views :: Ethics, TEA Party
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...Lois Lerner’s missing emails are likely gone forever because the Internal Revenue Service destroyed the hard drive....
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Wednesday, June 18, 2014 |
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California Diminishes Union Power in Schools
By Heritage Foundation @ 5:34 AM :: 4474 Views :: Education K-12, Labor
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...Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Rolf M. Treu struck down five California laws that govern the hiring and firing of teachers....
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Tuesday, June 17, 2014 |
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IRS Commissioner Subpoenaed to Testify on Lois Lerner’s ‘Lost’ Emails
By Heritage Foundation @ 1:20 PM :: 5381 Views :: Taxes, TEA Party
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He had been told “they’re there” by no less than IRS Commissioner John Koskinen himself....
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Friday, June 13, 2014 |
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Veterans Warily Welcome Action in Congress to Cure VA’s Ills
By Heritage Foundation @ 8:11 AM :: 3554 Views :: Military
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“Getting choice is the holy grail of this reform,” said Pete Hegseth, chief executive officer of Concerned Veterans for America....
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Thursday, June 12, 2014 |
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Celebrate Father’s Day, Not Parent Day
By Heritage Foundation @ 2:22 PM :: 3996 Views :: Family
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...“the advantage of marriage appears to exist primarily when the child is the biological offspring of both parents.”...
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Wednesday, June 11, 2014 |
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Clinton: Released Taliban Leaders ‘Not a Threat to the United States’
By Heritage Foundation @ 3:24 PM :: 5249 Views :: National News, Military
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“They are a threat to the safety and security of Afghanistan and Pakistan. It’s up to those two countries to make the decision...." -- Hillary Clinton
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Tuesday, June 10, 2014 |
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Arizona Grapples With Humanitarian ‘Disaster’ as Unaccompanied Immigrant Children Fend for Themselves
By Heritage Foundation @ 1:58 PM :: 4258 Views :: National News
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Undocumented immigrant children, some as young as 5 years old and traveling with no parent or adult, are being dropped off by the busload in Arizona....
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Monday, June 9, 2014 |
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The Surprising States That Have Greater Income Inequality
By Heritage Foundation @ 1:25 PM :: 5596 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Labor
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The income gap between rich and poor tends to be wider in blue states than in red states....
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Friday, June 6, 2014 |
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Surprise! The Government Now Can’t Even Guess How Much Obamacare Ultimately Will Cost
By Heritage Foundation @ 4:05 PM :: 3166 Views :: Health Care
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Many of the “savings” and “revenue” (read: mandates and tax increases), whether Medicare cuts or employer mandates, have been waived, stalled or simply not implemented, making a defensible revised forecast impossible....
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Thursday, June 5, 2014 |
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ACLU Rejects Amendment to Corral Campaign Spending
By Heritage Foundation @ 2:34 PM :: 3587 Views :: First Amendment
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it would “...lead directly to government censorship of political speech...."
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Wednesday, June 4, 2014 |
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Ethics Complaint Targets Harry Reid for Abuse of Power
By Heritage Foundation @ 3:08 PM :: 3111 Views :: Ethics
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Reid has purposely tried to damage the names of Charles and David Koch, prominent conservative donors....
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Tuesday, June 3, 2014 |
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Ignore the Pundits. 2014 Isn’t About Tea Party Vs. the Establishment
By Heritage Foundation @ 3:19 PM :: 3842 Views :: National News
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...what matters most is whether we end up with enough lawmakers in Congress willing to reign in the increasingly imperial Obama presidency in his final two years....
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Monday, June 2, 2014 |
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Harry Reid’s Crusade Against the Koch Brothers Threatens Your Free Speech
By Heritage Foundation @ 6:00 AM :: 3695 Views :: National News
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...Reid, D-Nev., has promised the Senate will take up a proposed constitutional amendment this year that would radically alter the First Amendment.....
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Friday, May 30, 2014 |
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America's Veterans Deserve Better: 5 Priorities to Fix VA
By Heritage Foundation @ 3:41 PM :: 4068 Views :: Military
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Washington is ever fixated on who’s in and who’s out. But the most important question here is: How can we build a more effective and efficient Department of Veterans Affairs?
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Thursday, May 29, 2014 |
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Obama Is Bypassing Congress Again. This Time It's Going to Cost You.
By Heritage Foundation @ 6:42 AM :: 4882 Views :: Energy, Environment
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...the Environmental Protection Agency, which will release its carbon-dioxide regulations for existing power plants on Monday....
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Wednesday, May 28, 2014 |
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Top 5 Things President Obama Should Do Today
By Heritage Foundation @ 3:12 PM :: 4053 Views :: Military
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Only some of each president’s speeches are billed as “major,” and today’s is one of them....
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Tuesday, May 27, 2014 |
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The Smallest Victims of Obama's Immigration Policy
By Heritage Foundation @ 12:32 PM :: 4201 Views :: National News
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Children are crossing the border – and they’re doing it without their parents....
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Monday, May 26, 2014 |
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Worth Dying For
By Heritage Foundation @ 1:25 PM :: 4245 Views :: Military
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For myself and many other veterans, Memorial Day is encapsulated in one unforgettable experience....
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Saturday, May 24, 2014 |
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Heritage: Jones Act Hinders National Security
By Heritage Foundation @ 5:01 AM :: 4834 Views :: Jones Act
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The Jones Act no longer fulfills its intended purpose of maintaining a dependable marine fleet for national security and emergencies....
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Friday, May 23, 2014 |
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IRS Holds Off -- for Now -- on Rules to Restrict Political Groups
By Heritage Foundation @ 10:25 AM :: 6775 Views :: First Amendment, Taxes, TEA Party
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Yesterday, the IRS announced it would hold off until next year on new rules that would have restricted the activities of nonprofit groups....
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Thursday, May 22, 2014 |
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Life After War
By Heritage Foundation @ 4:10 AM :: 4186 Views :: Military
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Coming home from war is a happy occasion – but transitioning back into civilian life carries unique challenges....
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Wednesday, May 21, 2014 |
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Yes, Some People Will Have to Pay Back Their Obamacare Subsidies
By Heritage Foundation @ 1:56 PM :: 2775 Views :: Health Care
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The Washington Post has inside sources providing all sorts of juicy details on this problem....
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Tuesday, May 20, 2014 |
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These Guys Use 'Small Business' to Get Their Way in Washington
By Heritage Foundation @ 12:07 PM :: 4436 Views :: National News
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Saying that something helps small businesses is a great way to gain public support for your cause. Except when it’s not true....
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Monday, May 19, 2014 |
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Saving for Retirement -- Without the Government
By Heritage Foundation @ 11:10 AM :: 3883 Views :: National News
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...should the government expand from providing old-age entitlement benefits to controlling personal retirement investments as well?
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Friday, May 16, 2014 |
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Medicaid Expansion to Cost Hawaii $326M
By Heritage Foundation @ 2:38 PM :: 5086 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care
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“As with most new government programs, original estimates are likely not the true full cost.”
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