• News Releases on May 24, 2012 Loris Named Heritage's New Morgan Fellow

    Washington, D.C., May 24, 2012--Nicolas (Nick) Loris, an economist at The Heritage Foundation, has been named the leading think tank's new Herbert and Joyce Morgan Fellow. Loris focuses his research and writing in Heritage's Roe Institute for Economic Policy Studies on energy issues and…

  • News Releases on May 9, 2012 Heritage Restructures Executive Ranks

    Washington, D.C., May 9, 2012—The Heritage Foundation, the nation’s leading conservative think tank, today announced a restructuring designed to enhance the promotion of its cutting-edge research and public policy prescriptions. A new position, senior vice president and deputy chief operating officer,…

  • News Releases on May 3, 2012 Cyber Security Expert Bucci Joins Heritage

    Washington, D.C., May 3, 2012—Steven P. Bucci, a distinguished Army Special Forces officer who became a top Pentagon official and cyber security expert, has joined The Heritage Foundation as a senior research fellow for defense and homeland security.  “Steve will focus…

  • News Releases on April 27, 2012 Chicagoan Saliba Joins Heritage Board

    Washington, D.C., April 27, 2012—Chicago financier Anthony J. Saliba has been named to The Heritage Foundation’s board of trustees, the prominent think tank announced. Saliba joins a group of 23 other business leaders, ambassadors and policymakers who serve the policy research…

  • News Releases on April 26, 2012 Salvatori Prize Goes to Advocate of Religious Liberty

    Washington, D.C., April 26, 2012—Noted essayist and scholar Kevin J. “Seamus” Hasson, a prominent advocate for religious freedom, today was awarded The Heritage Foundation’s 2012 Salvatori Prize for American Citizenship. In 1994, Hasson established the Becket Fund for Religious Liberty, a…

  • News Releases on April 24, 2012 New Federal Budget in Pictures: Soaring Taxes, Spending and Debt Put All Americans at Risk

    Washington, D.C., April 24, 2012—Without swift policy changes, America faces unprecedented government spending, debt and taxation in 2013, according to the newly released graphics from The Heritage Foundation’s 2012 Federal Budget in Pictures series. While…

  • News Releases on April 21, 2012 Luce Award Goes to Decter, Podhoretz

    SAN DIEGO , April 21, 2012 – Midge Decter and Norman Podhoretz, two pioneers of the neoconservative movement, tonight were honored by The Heritage Foundation, the internationally influential think tank that applies conservative principles to develop solutions for public policy problems. …

  • News Releases on April 21, 2012 Heritage Mourns Loss of Chuck Colson

    Washington, D.C., April 21, 2012 --Heritage Foundation President Edwin J. Feulner issued the following statement on the death of Christian leader, cultural commentator and former White House counselor Charles W. "Chuck" Colson at age 80: America is the land of second…

  • News Releases on April 17, 2012 Anderson Is Heritage’s New Simon Fellow in Religion

    Washington, D.C., April 17, 2012—Ryan T. Anderson, a writer, editor and researcher who specializes in natural law theory, is The Heritage Foundation’s new William E. Simon Fellow in Religion and a Free Society. Anderson will focus his studies at the leading…

  • News Releases on April 10, 2012 Heritage’s Feulner to Receive 2012 Bradley Prize

    Washington, D.C., April 10, 2012 — Edwin J. Feulner, who led The Heritage Foundation to its current prominence among think tanks, is one of four winners of the 2012 Bradley Prize for outstanding achievement, the Milwaukee-based Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation announced today. “Ed Feulner has…

  • News Releases on February 9, 2012 Ashbrook Award Goes to Heritage’s Von Kannon

    Washington, D.C., Feb. 9, 2012-- John Von Kannon, a key figure in the growth of The Heritage Foundation for more than three decades, tonight received the John Ashbrook Award for service to the conservative movement.…

  • News Releases on February 8, 2012 Average Federal Aid Passes Average Disposable Income

    More Americans dependent on federal government than ever before WASHINGTON, FEB. 8, 2012—The average American relying on federal government assistance receives more in benefits than the average American’s disposable personal…

  • News Releases on January 16, 2012 Heritage, FRC Set Bus Tour to ‘Save Dream’

    WASHINGTON, JAN. 16, 2012 --The Heritage Foundation and Family Research Council, two leading public policy organizations, are hitting the road together on a bus tour designed to tell Americans about practical, conservative solutions to the most critical issues confronting the nation. …

  • News Releases on January 12, 2012 Sovereign Debt Crisis Threatens Europe's Economic Freedom

    Iceland, Great Britain gain; Greece falls most in world WASHINGTON, JAN. 12, 2012—Traditionally strong showings in property rights, freedom from corruption and business and trade freedom helped Europe post another year of strong scores in the 2012…

  • News Releases on January 12, 2012 Regs, Spending Sink U.S. to 10th Place on Index of Economic Freedom

    Nation’s global score slips for fourth straight year WASHINGTON, JAN. 12, 2012—Sharp increases in government spending and more costly regulations contributed to another decline in the United States’ ranking in the annual Index of Economic Freedom published by The Wall Street Journal and…