The import of the recent verification of close ties between Venezuela President Hugo Chavez and the terrorist Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) is quickly being accepted as yet another reason to support free trade with Colombia. The Orlando Sentinel editorializes: It’s easy enough to dismiss Hugo Chavez as one …
The virulently pro-amnesty Washington Post was in full spin mode today trying to make the best out of a new Manhattan Institute study on the rates at which foreign-born populations assimilate into the United States. The headline for the story blares “Study Says Foreigners In U.S. Adapt Quickly” and the …
Defense Secretary Robert Gates addressed journalists today on the state of the American military at a conference sponsored by Heritage and the El Pomar Foundation in Colorado Springs. (Full text of Gates’ remarks are available at the Pentagon website.) Gates has maintained a consistent focus since his first day on …
The Heritage Foundation has been a longtime critic of international organizations that encroach on America’s ability to protect its own interests; the United Nations chief among them. Apparently we’ve gotten into their head. Matthew Lee is a well established activist whose “passionate advocacy has stalled bank mergers across the nation” …
While California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger may be out to lunch on global warming, he sure does understand the benefits of free trade. He writes in the Wall Street Journal today: Unfortunately, Congress has scuttled a vote on the first of the three FTAs, the Colombia agreement. Who gets hurt by …
Heritage Senior Research Fellow Bruce Klingner writes from Tokyo: The US-Japan alliance is strong and both sides are diligently implementing a series of security steps agreed to during 2005 and 2006 senior leadership meetings. Ballistic missile defense integration is progressing and joint operations are becoming more integrated. Unfortunately, these important …
Here’s a preview of the week ahead in Washington. [youtube]http://youtube.com/watch?v=JzXN6A6LYOM[/youtube] Late last year, the House passed by a large margin a bill that allows federal recognition of “Native Hawaiians” as a distinct group, and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid has promised some floor time this year. This legislation would establish …
