July 23, 2008
Mexico, Drug Cartels, and the Merida Initiative: A Fight We Cannot Afford to Lose
By Ray Walser, Ph.D.
(Backgrounder #2163)
As a drug-consuming nation and major source of arms, cash, and precursor chemicals, the U.S. shares responsibility with Mexico for combating the drug trade. The ...

July 22, 2008
No Taxpayer Bailout for the Earmarked Highway Bill
By Ron Utt
(WebMemo #2001)
With the highway trust fund expected to be empty when the current highway legislation expires next year, the current spending gap should be filled by ...

July 22, 2008
The Higher-Education Bill: The Unnoticed Budget Buster
By Brian M. Riedl
(Backgrounder #2164)
The College Opportunity and Affordability Act of 2008 represents one of the largest authorized discretionary spending hikes in American history. Lawmakers should strongly question its ...

July 21, 2008
The Russia-Venezuela Axis: Using Energy for Geopolitical Advantage
By Ariel Cohen, Ph.D. and Ray Walser, Ph.D
(WebMemo #2000)
A Russian-Venezuelan axis is a 21st-century throwback to the Cold War Soviet-Cuban alliance. Such a partnership bodes ill for energy security, for freedom in both ...

July 18, 2008
Testimony Before the Texas Senate Committee on Transportation and Homeland Security and Committee on International Relations and Trade
By Matt A. Mayer
(Testimony )
Testimony Before the Texas Senate Committee on Transportation and Homeland Security and Committee on International Relations and Trade

July 18, 2008
In Defense of Liberty: The Relationship Between Security and Freedom
By Victor Davis Hanson, Ph.D.
(Heritage Lecture #1093)
Consensual governments can, in extremis, craft security legislation consistent with constitutional principles that will protect citizens without eroding their rights. However, government has no remedy ...

July 17, 2008
Indonesia Holds Up ASEAN Charter Ratification for Burmese People
By Walter Lohman
(WebMemo #1999)
Legislators in Indonesia are holding out not for political or personal gain but to fight for the rights of one of their neighbors. Their most ...

July 17, 2008
Oil Speculators: A Marginal (at Best) Cause of High Energy Prices
By J. D. Foster
(WebMemo #1998)
To deflect attention from high energy prices, Congress has joined in the finger-pointing, and the easiest targets are "speculators." Yet surprising voices are rising to ...