The Heritage Foundation Blog

• Arizona Gov. Brewer Expands USA’s Most Innovative School Choice Model May 17, 2012
  Imagine being a child trapped in a failing school in Arizona. Prior to 2011, being trapped in a failing school in Arizona meant being trapped in a failing school in a state that ranks among the worst performing in the country. But during 2011—the “Year of School Choice”—Arizona led the way in expanding educational options for children outside of the public s […]
  Lindsey Burke
• Regulatory Overreach: Obama Administration’s Case Against Gibson Guitar Drags On May 17, 2012
  Numerous Heritage research papers and postings on The Foundry in the past year have reported on the plight of Gibson Guitar, which has been accused by the Obama Administration of running afoul of the Lacey Act—one of the oldest U.S. environmental regulations. Gibson’s violations were deemed so severe that armed federal marshals entered its facilities in Nash […]
  Jim Roberts
• An Inconvenient Wisconsin Truth May 17, 2012
  A funny thing happened on the way to the recall. Government unions organized Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker’s (R) recall in retaliation for limiting their collective bargaining powers. But the Democratic candidate, Milwaukee mayor Tom Barrett, barely mentions the collective bargaining law on the campaign trail. That is probably because—now that they have se […]
  James Sherk
• Why the U.S. Should Not Fund the Law of the Sea Bureaucracy May 17, 2012
  In the current economic environment, one would think that Congress could identify nonessential international programs to defund. That’s what Representatives Jeff Duncan (R–SC) and Jim Jordan (R–OH) are attempting to do in Amendment No. 200 to the fiscal year 2013 National Defense Authorization Act. Amendment No. 200 is pretty straightforward: None of the fun […]
  Steven Groves
• NBC’s “Revolution” Shows Life after An Electromagnetic Pulse Attack May 17, 2012
  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 seeking to answer the question. The show portrays life in the United States 15 years after an EMP disables all electronics. Life as we know it changes forever; m […]
  Michaela Bendikova