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Confabbing Conservatives Talk Technology

Many people think that the Left is way ahead of the Right in online organizing. That may be true, but the Right is fighting back. Or, at the very least, we can say that some in the conservative moveme More...

The Coming Week – Monday, July 21, 2008

Some events that caught our eye: Monday• ASSESS the economy. The American Enterprise Institute hosts a panel discussing recent research finding that recessions driven by asset-price bubbles and credi More...

This Week at Heritage

How Muslim societies engage the ideas of individual liberty and religious freedom will play a critical role in the war against Islamic terrorism. … Bulgaria’s adoption of the flat tax gives it an oppo More...

Congress Takes Away Seniors Choices

On Tuesday, the part of Medicare that gives senior citizens private health care options—Medicare Advantage—was cut in order to pay for tinkering with the traditional Medicare set-up. In other words, p More...

Heading to Austin!

We hear that Austin, Texas, is politically a pretty liberal town. It might be a little more conservative this weekend, however. We’ll be there for what looks to be an exciting Defending the American D More...

Iran’s Missiles

Jim Phillips: Iran’s ballistic missile tests were an exercise in brinksmanship that should have everybody concerned. Iran’s missiles can now reach Egypt, Turkey, and Greece. More...

Cost of Government Day

Today is Cost of Government Day, which is four days later than last year’s Cost of Government Day. Unfortunately, that means government got bigger in the past year. Calculated every year by Americans More...

Whence Do Fannie and Freddie Come?

As we behold the spectacle of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac needing a government lifeline in order to avoid dragging down the entire world economy, it’s worth pointing out that these two government-spons More...

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Reforming the National Flood Insurance Program after 35 Years of Failure

Source: The Competitive Enterprise Institute

Three-and-a-half decades after it emerged in its modern form, the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) remains deeply dysfunctional. Although modestly successful in improving the quality of land use planning in the United States—at least relative to what ca More...

Burdening Foundations: Economic Costs of Assembly Bill

Source: Pacific Research Institute

As California goes, so goes the nation. California is now leading the quest to impose new racial and gender reporting requirements on foundations as well as the charities that receive grants from them and the businesses that work with them. Such legislation wi More...

Can Someone Deal Internet Poker a Good Hand

Source: The Competitive Enterprise Institute

The Skill Game Protection Act is an improvement on the current legislation, as it makes clear that games of skill may be legally played on the Internet. However, it is poorly drafted, and its ambiguous language can lead to greater confusion than already exists More...

India Wins Big Bet on U.S.-India Civil Nuclear Deal

Source: The Heritage Foundation

Despite risking both his career and the survival of his government, Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s bold initiative to move forward with the U.S.-India civil nuclear deal has saved the nuclear pact from entering a period of dormancy that would have like More...

Oil Speculators Help Consumers at the Gas Pump