http://www.heritage.org/research/ The Heritage Foundation Papers: Commentary Sun, 22 Nov 2009 00:10:01 EST http://www.heritage.org/ui/icons/thflogo.gif http://www.heritage.org/ en-us heritage.org Copyright 2009 The Heritage Foundation If you were troubled by President Obama's "Wow Bow" in Japan, you won't be any happier with the "kowtow" during his just-concluded trip to the People's Republic of China. http://www.heritage.org//Press/Commentary/ed112009a.cfm The Heritage Foundation - Peter Brookes Commentary Thu, 19 Nov 2009 09:52:06 EST http://www.heritage.org//Press/Commentary/ed112009a.cfm No American president has spent more time abroad in his first year in office than Barack Obama. His trip to Asia this week is his 8th foreign tour, taking the total number of countries visited to 20. http://www.heritage.org//Press/Commentary/ed112009b.cfm The Heritage Foundation - Nile Gardiner Commentary Thu, 19 Nov 2009 10:08:38 EST http://www.heritage.org//Press/Commentary/ed112009b.cfm The "reformers" in the White House and the House of Representatives have made all too plain their vision of the federal government's power to coerce individual Americans to make the "right" health-care choices. The highly partisan bill the House just passed includes severe penalties for individuals who do not purchase insurance approved by the federal government. http://www.heritage.org//Press/Commentary/ed112009c.cfm The Heritage Foundation - Brian Walsh and Hans A. von Spakovsky Commentary Thu, 19 Nov 2009 10:19:23 EST http://www.heritage.org//Press/Commentary/ed112009c.cfm Maybe we can breathe a collective sigh of relief -- now that we've dodged the bullet of a catastrophic collapse of America's entire financial system. But how do we avoid a possible repeat performance? http://www.heritage.org//Press/Commentary/ed112009d.cfm The Heritage Foundation - Stuart Butler Commentary Thu, 19 Nov 2009 10:22:01 EST http://www.heritage.org//Press/Commentary/ed112009d.cfm The Pelosi-Reid Congress, it's clear, fancies itself among the most consequential Congresses ever. http://www.heritage.org//Press/Commentary/ed111909a.cfm The Heritage Foundation - Michael Franc Commentary Thu, 19 Nov 2009 13:56:09 EST http://www.heritage.org//Press/Commentary/ed111909a.cfm Politics Down Under can be pretty upside-down. Kevin Rudd led his Labor Party to victory in Australia's 2007 election. Shortly after settling into the prime minister's office, Rudd and his team did something rarely seen from the leadership of a left-leaning party: call for a big increase in defense spending. http://www.heritage.org//Press/Commentary/ed111709a.cfm The Heritage Foundation - James Jay Carafano, Ph.D. Commentary Mon, 16 Nov 2009 11:46:43 EST http://www.heritage.org//Press/Commentary/ed111709a.cfm While our indecisive Commander-in-Chief dithers about a troop surge in Afghanistan, Lawmakers are dawdling on funding the federal government. Congress didn't finish the nation's spending bills on time, yet Members of Congress are racing to establish government-run health care and (supposedly) combat non-existent global warming. http://www.heritage.org//Press/Commentary/ed111709b.cfm The Heritage Foundation - Brian Darling Commentary Mon, 16 Nov 2009 12:42:55 EST http://www.heritage.org//Press/Commentary/ed111709b.cfm The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is moving forward aggressively to regulate fossil fuels in the name of fighting global warming. Recent agency proposals would start with emissions standards for cars and trucks, but these would likely lead to subsequent regulations affecting a million or more businesses and other energy-using entities. http://www.heritage.org//Press/Commentary/ed111609a.cfm The Heritage Foundation - Ben Lieberman Commentary Fri, 13 Nov 2009 10:30:32 EST http://www.heritage.org//Press/Commentary/ed111609a.cfm In any given year, countless men, women and even children die in the hot, arid U.S.-Mexico border region while trying to sneak into this country. What drives so many to risk their lives just for the chance to live in this country? Indeed, why have so many been so eager to leave their homelands and their families for this country? Could there be something uniquely "American" that makes this country exceptional? http://www.heritage.org//Press/Commentary/ed111609b.cfm The Heritage Foundation - Israel Ortega Commentary Fri, 13 Nov 2009 11:48:26 EST http://www.heritage.org//Press/Commentary/ed111609b.cfm With the House passing Speaker Pelosi's version of Obamacare by a 220-215 vote on Saturday night, the next arena for battle on an attempted government takeover of health care is the United States Senate. Sen. Lindsey Graham (R.-S.C.) correctly stated on "Face the Nation" this past Sunday that "the House bill is dead on arrival in the Senate." http://www.heritage.org//Press/Commentary/ed111309a.cfm The Heritage Foundation - Brian Darling Commentary Thu, 12 Nov 2009 13:22:56 EST http://www.heritage.org//Press/Commentary/ed111309a.cfm