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Nobel Peace Prize: Rally for Liu Xiaobo

Thu, 09 Dec 2010 00:00:00 -0800

Heritage Foundation - By Conn Carroll - Dec. 09 (News Analysis) - The Norwegian Nobel Committee is set to award the Nobel Peace Prize this Friday to author and 1989 Tiananmen protest participant Liu Xiaobo. But Liu will not attend. He is currently serving an 11-year sentence for co-authoring the Charter 08 manifesto calling for protection of human rights, comprehensive political reforms, and a democratic government in China. In the past, the Nobel Committee has presented the prize to family members of the award winner. But that is not possible this year. Liu’s wife and dozens of friends and colleagues have all been placed under house arrest by Chinese security forces to prevent them from attending the ceremony. That means this will be the first time that the prize ceremony will lack a presentation since 1935, when Nazi Germany barred pacifist Carl von Ossietzky from attending.

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Remember the Gulf

Tue, 06 Jul 2010 00:00:00 -0700

Heritage Foundation - By Rory Cooper - Jul. 06 (News Analysis) - Remember 9/11. Remember Katrina. Remember Haiti. Often, after a disaster of epic proportions, we are urged to remember the victims and the lessons of how to avoid a similar catastrophe. These reminders are necessary because after the moment of impact passes, people’s attention is drawn to other major events. Rarely ever, however, is the phrase used while the crisis continues unabated; while the administration that the media needs to hold accountable flounders in a sea of ineptitude, red tape and finger pointing. Yes, we’re talking about the Gulf oil spill. It may be the first time in U.S. history that a president and the national media’s attention need to be refocused on a crisis while it is still, in fact, underway. Remember the Gulf.

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Glacier Melting not from Climate Change? - Heritage.org (blog)

Tue, 22 Jun 2010 09:33:01 -0700

Heritage Foundation - Jun. 22 - Daily MailGlacier Melting not from Climate Change?Heritage.org (blog)“The discovery of the ridge has raised new questions about whether the current loss of ice from Pine Island Glacier is caused by recent climate change or is ...Antarctic Glacier Melting Not Due to Climate ChangeTopNews United StatesAntarctic glacier melting due to hidden ice ridgeDaily MailShedding Light On Melting Pine Island GlacierRedOrbitABC News?-Discover Magazine (blog)all 94 news articles??

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Vietnam information on economic freedom

Wed, 21 Apr 2010 00:00:00 -0700

Heritage Foundation - Apr. 21 (Editorial) - Vietnam’s economic freedom score is 49.8, making its economy the 144th freest in the 2010 Index.

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The Left's Crony Capitalism Exposed

Mon, 14 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0700

Heritage Foundation - Jul. 14 (Opinion) - For years, conservatives have been critical of how Fannie, and Freddie Mac, have leveraged their government-sponsored advantages (including exemptions from state and federal taxes, lower capital requirements, and the ability to borrow at rates well below those paid by private companies), to create a co-monopoly in the housing finance sector. When Fannie's accounting scandal came to light in 2004, conservatives pushed hard for reforms to phase out Fannie and Freddie. Led by former Walter Mondale and Barack Obama campaign adviser James Johnson, Fannie and Freddie pushed back hard, raising millions of dollars for members of the relevant oversight committees and opening up "Partnership Offices" that funneled money into various housing projects in districts of key members of Congress.

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Amnesty Will Cost U.S. Taxpayers at Least $2.6 Trillion

Wed, 06 Jun 2007 00:00:00 -0700

Heritage Foundation - By Robert Rector - Jun. 06 (Opinion) - The Senate is currently considering a massive immigration reform bill, the "Secure Borders, Economic Opportunity and immigration Reform Act of 2007" (S. 1348). This bill would grant amnesty to nearly all illegal immigrants currently in the United States.

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New CBO Baseline Substantially Understates Grim Budget Picture

Fri, 27 Jan 2006 02:49:35 -0800

Heritage Foundation - Jan. 27 (News Analysis) - The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) projects a balanced budget by 2012. A number of CBO’s assumptions underlying this projection are, to say the least, problematic. For example, CBO’s projections assume that all of the President’s 2001 and 2003 tax cuts, as well as all other temporary tax cuts, are allowed...

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