Every Tea Party Needs Sugar
The Sugar Act is often overshadowed by its infamous cousin: the Townshend Act and its tax on tea. But the outcome of the Sugar Act, instituted on this day in 1764, is significant enough to stand alone...
View ArticleReagan’s Legacy to ‘Preserve the Constitution’
Ronald Reagan communicated timeless truths about America— truths about freedom, limited government, hard work and opportunity—and these truths guided him while he was in office. A thinker and avid...
View ArticleNBC’s “Revolution” Shows Life after An Electromagnetic Pulse Attack
What would the life in the United States look like if the continent were hit by an electromagnetic pulse (EMP)? The new TV show Revolution from producer J.J. Abrams, launching on NBC in the fall, is...
View ArticleMorning Bell: Taking Terrorism and the Arab Spring Seriously
In his State of the Union address, President Obama showed a stunning lack of reality on terrorism and the Arab Spring. The President’s statement saluting “the courage and sacrifice of those who serve...
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On Washington’s Birthday, A Lesson in Self-Government
Album/Oronoz/Newscom With the generic Presidents’ Day (the holiday is, legally, still officially Washington’s Birthday, not Presidents’ Day) behind us, it is time to celebrate the actual birthday of...
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Q&A: U.S. Foreign Aid to Egypt
Raphael Fournier/Sipa USA/Newscom James Phillips, Heritage’s senior research fellow for Middle Eastern affairs, answers key questions about U.S. foreign aid to Egypt. What is U.S. foreign aid to Egypt?...
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Obama Administration Stumbles in Egypt’s Shifting Sands
Li Muzi/Xinhua/Photoshot/Newscom The Obama Administration’s influence in Egypt has evaporated as Egypt’s “Arab Spring” hopes for a democratic transition have wilted during a summer of rising violence....
View ArticleSuez Canal Attacked by Terrorists
Egyptian authorities announced this weekend that a container ship passing through the Suez Canal was attacked by terrorists, who apparently sought to close the strategic waterway. The Panama-flagged...
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Obama’s Lack of Leadership on Aid to Egypt
Raphael Fournier/Sipa USA/Newscom U.S. policy on Egypt has drifted in recent months due to a lack of high-level attention, as the Obama Administration focused on Syria, Iran, Israeli–Palestinian peace...
View ArticleThe Challenge for Today’s Conservatives
It’s no coincidence that most conservatives would agree that taxes are too high and that Obamacare should be repealed. Or that most progressives would argue that we need “the rich” to “pay just a...
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Al-Qaeda: ‘Spreading Like Wildfire’
A handout picture released by the official Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA) on March 17, 2012, shows fire fighters at the scene following a two bomb attacks on security buildings in the heart of the...
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