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Amtrak Privatization Proposal to Reform Passenger Rail Service
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Friday, 24 June 2011 00:54 |
Amtrak should have to compete with the private sector in a bidding process to service America’s rail lines, as it does in several states.
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Central Asian Terrorism: An Emerging Threat to U.S. Security
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Friday, 24 June 2011 00:54 |
The U.S. must reenergize its engagement with Central Asian countries to prevent terrorism from taking hold in Kazakhstan and in the region.
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Top 10 Reasons Why the U.S. Marines in Okinawa Are Essential
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Friday, 24 June 2011 00:54 |
Two factors have driven the debate over the planned U.S. military realignment in Japan: campaign pledges made by the Democratic Party of Japan and complaints from Okinawans about the presence of the U.S. military. These factors have had a...
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Free Trade Agreements: Heritage Foundation Recommendations
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Friday, 24 June 2011 00:54 |
America stands to gain from expanding its markets through the free trade agreements with South Korea, Colombia, and Panama.
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Public-Private Pay Gap: Study of Workers Switching Employment
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Friday, 24 June 2011 00:54 |
Numerous studies, including two separate analyses by The Heritage Foundation, have concluded that federal workers do receive a substantial wage premium. Most of these studies have used the cross-sectional human capital method, which compares federal...
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How Should Americans Think About Human Rights?
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Friday, 24 June 2011 00:54 |
America’s storied leadership in promoting liberty and individual rights began long before we became a nation.
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Reset Regret: US Should Rethink Relations with Russia
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Friday, 24 June 2011 00:54 |
The White House bet on the wrong horse in Dmitry Medvedev. It should now rethink its “reset” strategy for engaging with Russian leadership.
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U.S. Security and Free Trade Agreements with Colombia, Panama, and South Korea
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Friday, 24 June 2011 00:54 |
It is time for Congress to align U.S. economic and national security interests and pass the pending FTAs.
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Expanded Chart Book Shows Impact of Skyrocketing National Debt
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Friday, 24 June 2011 00:54 |
In roughly 20 years, the typical American’s share of the national debt will more than triple—unless Washington gets the nation’s fiscal house in order. That’s just one of many insights into the nation’s fiscal balance sheet that The...
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NATO’s Solid Progress in Training Afghanistan’s Security Forces
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Friday, 24 June 2011 00:54 |
NATO’s European allies must step up to meet the goal of transitioning responsibility for Afghanistan’s security to Afghans by December 2014.
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The President as Commander in Chief: The Sword and the Purse (Part 2)
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Friday, 24 June 2011 00:54 |
Under the Articles of Confederation, all war power was vested in a Congress and the United States lacked a formal executive. This arrangement proved unworkable as America’s foreign policy and defense, deprived of executive guidance, floundered...
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Human Cost of Illegal Immigration: Combat Smuggling and Violence
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Friday, 24 June 2011 00:54 |
Over the past 10 years, traversing the U.S.–Mexico border illegally has become increasingly dangerous for would-be immigrants. Illegal immigrants face kidnapping, murder, and rape at the hands of violent drug cartels and ever more ruthless human...
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U.S. Role in Libya and the Way Forward
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Friday, 24 June 2011 00:54 |
Congress should propose a path forward in Libya, respecting commitments to U.S. allies and the President’s constitutional authority, but setting clear limits.
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The Role of Congress in War: The Sword and the Purse (Part 1)
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Friday, 24 June 2011 00:54 |
From the retaliatory raids on the Barbary pirates at the turn of the 19th century to the ongoing bombing campaign in Libya, American Presidents have deployed military force several hundred times in the nation’s history. Yet Congress has declared...
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Capability, Not Politics, Should Drive Defense Energy Research
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Friday, 24 June 2011 00:54 |
Catalyzing a commercially viable alternative energy industry is not within the military's purview.
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The U.S. Should Pursue an Alternative to the U.N. Human Rights Council
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Friday, 24 June 2011 00:54 |
The U.N. Human Rights Council has failed to consistently fulfill its mandate to hold governments accountable for violating basic human rights and fundamental freedoms and to promote and protect human rights. Two years of U.S. membership on and...
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