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Thursday, March 14, 2013
What We Still Don't Know About Benghazi
By Heritage Foundation @ 1:38 PM :: 4334 Views :: National News

Yesterday, President Obama nominated a new ambassador to Libya to succeed Christopher Stevens, who was killed in the terrorist attack in Benghazi last September 11....

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Tuesday, March 12, 2013
Sequester Cuts Highlight Government Inefficiency
By NCPA @ 4:04 PM :: 4139 Views :: National News

...the public is supposed to believe that public agencies are so inefficient that a 1 percent cut in resources would trigger horrendous consequences but a 1 percent increase in taxes on individuals would be inconsequential....

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Tuesday, March 12, 2013
First Look at the 2014 Ryan Budget
By Andrew Walden @ 3:55 PM :: 4303 Views :: National News

The Ryan budget achieves an important improvement over last year by balancing the budget within 10 years....

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Monday, March 11, 2013
SEC Charges Illinois for Misleading Pension Disclosures
By News Release @ 3:24 PM :: 6474 Views :: National News

Question: Is Hawaii providing this information to investors?

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Monday, March 11, 2013
6 Things the Next U.S. Budget Should Do
By Heritage Foundation @ 2:37 PM :: 3984 Views :: National News

It’s been four years since the U.S. had a real budget. While the House of Representatives has passed budgets, the Senate has stopped each one....

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Friday, March 8, 2013
Welfare Reform Is Back
By Heritage Foundation @ 2:05 PM :: 5116 Views :: National News

Last summer, the Obama Administration gutted the successful 1996 welfare reform law by offering to waive its work requirements. Now the debate is back, as several Members of Congress are trying to restore the reforms that helped so many out of poverty....

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Thursday, March 7, 2013
Email tells feds to make sequester as painful as promised
By Selected News Articles @ 4:10 PM :: 5391 Views :: National News

"...however you manage that reduction, you need to make sure you are not contradicting what we said the impact would be....” 

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Thursday, March 7, 2013
Senators Bring Stirring Filibuster Against Obama CIA Nominee
By Heritage Foundation @ 2:08 PM :: 4408 Views :: National News

Brennan is being savaged for being the originator of and prime mover behind the overuse of drones and for ignoring the ideological basis (radical Islam) of the terrorists the U.S. is now facing....

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Thursday, March 7, 2013
Federal Reserve to Hold Public Meeting on Samoa
By News Release @ 3:00 AM :: 7018 Views :: National News, Economy

The meeting is being held in response to public comments we have received regarding Bank of Hawaii's planned closure of its branch offices in American Samoa....

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Monday, March 4, 2013
Mismanaged Federal Properties Cost Taxpayers Billions
By NCPA @ 1:13 PM :: 5486 Views :: National News, Land Use

Across the country, more than 75,000 buildings sit vacant or underutilized....

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Monday, March 4, 2013
Obama Administration Buries Good News on Keystone Pipeline
By Heritage Foundation @ 1:07 PM :: 6204 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News

Late last Friday, the State Department released a positive environmental review of the Keystone XL pipeline....

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Friday, March 1, 2013
Obama's Sequester Smokescreen
By Heritage Foundation @ 10:05 AM :: 10476 Views :: National News, Economy, Taxes, Obama

For the past few days the White House, with a big assist from sympathetic media, has done all within its considerable powers to make it seem like sequestration means the end of the world....

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Thursday, February 28, 2013
Sequestration Scare Tactics: Caldwell Administration Threatens Sec 8 Housing Evictions
By News Release @ 4:28 AM :: 9762 Views :: Honolulu County, National News, Homelessness

"...300 of the families receiving assistance will be affected...."

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Wednesday, February 27, 2013
Politico: Is President Obama Telling the Truth about Sequestration?
By NCPA @ 1:57 PM :: 9216 Views :: National News, Taxes, Obama

... agencies cannot give a clear answer on how they arrived at their numbers. Congressional appropriations committee aides say they cannot fact check the administration's estimates ....

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Wednesday, February 27, 2013
What is a Progressive?
By John Goodman @ 1:37 PM :: 6687 Views :: National News, Health Care

...liberalism is not an ideology at all; it is a sociology. The same may be said of conservatism....

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Wednesday, February 27, 2013
Voting Rights at the Supreme Court Today
By Heritage Foundation @ 1:26 PM :: 6318 Views :: National News, Office of Elections

Today, the Supreme Court will hear arguments in Shelby County (AL) v. Holder, the case raising the question of Section 5’s constitutionality....

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Tuesday, February 26, 2013
Where Could We POSSIBLY Cut the Federal Budget?
By Heritage Foundation @ 12:58 PM :: 8001 Views :: National News, Economy, Obama

“If President Obama were making the decision for your family… he’d tell you to stop buying gas for your car and explain how you could only eat five days a week.”

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Monday, February 25, 2013
The Numbers Don’t Match: Obama vs Harkin on Hawaii Sequester Impact
By Andrew Walden @ 11:39 PM :: 12874 Views :: Education K-12, National News, Economy, Hawaii Statistics, Health Care

Here is a point-by-point comparison of the White House numbers for Hawaii and Sen. Harkin’s numbers for Hawaii

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Saturday, February 23, 2013
Bob Woodward: Sequester Was Obama's Idea
By Selected News Articles @ 7:30 PM :: 9376 Views :: National News, Obama

Obama personally approved of the plan for Lew and Nabors to propose the sequester to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.). They did so at 2:30 p.m. July 27, 2011....

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Friday, February 22, 2013
Obama and the Seuss-quester
By Heritage Foundation @ 1:47 PM :: 4610 Views :: National News

On Pennsylvania Avenue, right near the end, there lived a President who wanted to spend....

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Wednesday, February 20, 2013
Long Lines to Vote? Not for the Vast Majority of Americans
By Heritage Foundation @ 7:24 PM :: 7193 Views :: National News, Office of Elections

It certainly is heartwarming that Desiline Victor, the 102-year-old voter whom President Obama recognized in his State of the Union speech, continues to vote and take part in our democratic process....

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Wednesday, February 20, 2013
Secret U.S. military flights carried officials, equipment to N. Korea
By Selected News Articles @ 4:49 PM :: 9088 Views :: National News, World News, Military

Senior U.S. administration officials held secret talks in North Korea on at least three occasions in 2011 and 2012....

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Wednesday, February 20, 2013
Top 3 Reasons Chuck Hagel Is Wrong for Secretary of Defense
By Heritage Foundation @ 2:24 PM :: 3963 Views :: National News

... his vision for dealing with other nations is dangerous for America ....

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Tuesday, February 19, 2013
AARP Opposes Chained CPI as Threat to Veterans Benefits
By News Release @ 10:52 PM :: 8310 Views :: National News, Military, Cost of Living

AARP joins more than a dozen veterans’ groups in opposing adoption of the chained CPI, including the Veterans of Foreign Wars, American Legion, Vietnam Veterans of America and Disabled American Veterans....

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Tuesday, February 19, 2013
Spending Cuts Are Happening, One Way or Another
By Heritage Foundation @ 2:26 PM :: 6264 Views :: National News, Economy, Military

It would be better to replace them with smarter cuts, but the reality is that Washington has to start cutting spending now....

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Monday, February 18, 2013
George Washington's Example on Religious Liberty
By Heritage Foundation @ 2:31 PM :: 3944 Views :: National News

Instead of celebrating George Washington’s birthday, today we’ve lumped him in together with no-names including Millard Fillmore and William Henry Harrison as we celebrate a generic “Presidents’ Day.”

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Saturday, February 16, 2013
Bills Introduced to Cut Sugar Subsidies
By News Release @ 4:03 PM :: 9769 Views :: National News, Agriculture, Economy

The bills would provide economic relief to American consumers and businesses who have been forced to pay a $14 billion hidden tax over the past four years alone in order for the federal government to provide a special interest subsidy to sugar producers....

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Friday, February 15, 2013
Why Should I Care About the U.S. Debt?
By Heritage Foundation @ 12:21 PM :: 5554 Views :: National News, Economy

You’re busy. So busy you barely have time to read these words. So why should you care about the U.S. debt? Does it affect your life?

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Wednesday, February 13, 2013
Heritage Experts Analyze the State of the Union
By Heritage Foundation @ 2:48 PM :: 3744 Views :: National News

President Barack Obama laid out an ambitious agenda last night. Here are some highlights of our experts’ analysis of his claims, his plans, and his promises....

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Wednesday, February 13, 2013
Full Text: Sen. Marco Rubio Response to State of the Union
By Selected News Articles @ 12:01 AM :: 5354 Views :: National News

... our free enterprise economy is the source of our middle class prosperity ....

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Tuesday, February 12, 2013
Full text: State of the Union Address
By Selected News Articles @ 11:55 PM :: 5438 Views :: National News

...there are millions of Americans who ... have not yet been rewarded....

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Tuesday, February 12, 2013
Obama's Bogus State of the Union Promises
By Heritage Foundation @ 2:22 PM :: 3975 Views :: National News

Tonight, the American people will be watching President Obama’s fifth State of the Union address. How has he done on his promises over the past four years?

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Sunday, February 10, 2013
VIDEO: Rand Paul on the Rise of Islamic Radicalism
By Video @ 1:41 PM :: 6888 Views :: National News, World News, Military

How can American foreign policy meet the challenge of radical Islam?  -- By adopting the principles America used to win the cold war, said Senator Rand Paul....

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Friday, February 8, 2013
EPA Releases State Enforcement Performance Information and Comparative Maps
By News Release @ 2:44 PM :: 7048 Views :: Environment, National News

...view state activity, EPA activity, or combined activity....

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Friday, February 8, 2013
Getting a Meddling Government Out of Our Lives
By Heritage Foundation @ 12:45 PM :: 4059 Views :: National News

The next time a cashier asks "paper or plastic?" think of Abbie Schoenwetter. He spent more than six years in federal confinement for shipping lobster in plastic instead of cardboard....

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Tuesday, February 5, 2013
Fighting Government Cronyism with an Opportunity Agenda
By Heritage Foundation @ 10:41 AM :: 5176 Views :: National News, Ethics

How does cronyism affect your life? Tell us in the comments.... 

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Monday, February 4, 2013
What Ideas Are Conservatives FOR?
By Heritage Foundation @ 9:18 AM :: 3871 Views :: National News

 ...we're going to take our arguments to all Americans....

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Friday, February 1, 2013
Some Families to Be Priced out of Health Overhaul
By NCPA @ 12:59 PM :: 5063 Views :: National News, Health Care

IRS regulations issued Wednesday failed to fix the problem as liberal backers of the president's plan had hoped, says the Associated Press....

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Friday, February 1, 2013
How to Balance the Budget in 10 Years
By Heritage Foundation @ 12:41 PM :: 3871 Views :: National News

Both houses of Congress have now voted to suspend the debt ceiling until May 19, buying lawmakers more time to develop a budget. The Senate would put together a budget for the first time in three years....

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Thursday, January 31, 2013
A Blow to Obama's Imperial Presidency
By Heritage Foundation @ 3:56 AM :: 6445 Views :: National News, Obama

“Our unilateral president must take his unilateral medicine.” 

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Wednesday, January 30, 2013
Reforming America's Immigration System
By Heritage Foundation @ 2:45 PM :: 4279 Views :: National News

The Heritage Foundation has released the following statement....

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Monday, January 28, 2013
It's School Choice Week
By Heritage Foundation @ 12:43 PM :: 5849 Views :: Education K-12, National News

...school choice advocates—including parents, teachers, schoolchildren and administrators, and many others—will come together to promote educational choice, with more than 3,600 events taking place nationwide....

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Saturday, January 26, 2013
Jindal to GOP: "Stop Being the Stupid Party"
By Selected News Articles @ 10:09 PM :: 6428 Views :: National News, Republican Party

Let me warn you in advance that I plan to talk big picture here tonight, and I plan to say some things that may challenge your assumptions....

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Friday, January 25, 2013
Marching for Life
By Heritage Foundation @ 12:30 PM :: 7388 Views :: National News, Life

Later today, hundreds of thousands of people will descend on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., for the annual March for Life.

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Thursday, January 24, 2013
The Urgent Danger in the Senate
By Heritage Foundation @ 4:36 PM :: 4192 Views :: National News

Think your state has equal representation in the Senate? Well, that could be eliminated soon.

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Wednesday, January 23, 2013
It's Time to Balance the Budget
By Heritage Foundation @ 12:59 PM :: 3730 Views :: National News

Today, the House will vote on a proposal that would suspend the debt ceiling until May 19....

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Wednesday, January 23, 2013
Obama Admin. Appoints Hawai'iGas CEO to Nat'l Petroleum Council
By News Release @ 12:54 PM :: 6965 Views :: Energy, National News, Jones Act

The purpose of the NPC is solely to advise, inform and make recommendations to the Secretary of Energy with respect to any matters relating to oil and natural gas....

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Tuesday, January 22, 2013
Obama’s Second Inaugural Address, Translated
By Heritage Foundation @ 2:10 PM :: 6755 Views :: National News, Obama

Obama was honest about his intentions to grow government in order to remake our country along his progressive vision....

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Monday, January 21, 2013
Full Text: Obama's Second Inaugural Address
By News Release @ 12:48 PM :: 7871 Views :: National News, Obama

The patriots of 1776 did not fight to replace the tyranny of a king with the privileges of a few or the rule of a mob.  They gave to us a Republic, a government of, and by, and for the people, entrusting each generation to keep safe our founding creed.

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Monday, January 21, 2013
MLK, Obama and Opportunity
By Heritage Foundation @ 12:38 PM :: 6193 Views :: National News, Obama

The politics of division and class warfare, the centerpiece of Obama’s campaign rhetoric, are the antithesis of King’s dream....

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