To commemorate, after all, is to remember. And Americans need to remember, not just that the Wall fell, but why it fell.
The White House announced that the stimulus package has "saved or created" more than 1 million jobs. Yet we learned that unemployment increased to 10.2%. How can anyone know that his or her job has been saved?
Washington's one-size-fits-all health care reform will not work.
If Governor Jon Corzine wins a second term next Tuesday, New Jersey voters will have two places to thank: Goldman Sachs and Chris Daggett campaign headquarters.
There is but one force that can stop politicians from going over the cliff on health reform, and that is the American people.
President Barack Obama's behavior is more in keeping with a monarch than a president; how would he have dealt with Thomas Paine?
The Congressional Budget Office has pronounced that a tort reform package would reduce the federal budget deficit by an estimated $54 billion over the next ten years--that is a low estimate.
A five-step plan for creating jobs that would have an immediate effect by putting spendable income in the hands of American workers and helping small businesses and manufacturers compete in the world market.
Newt Gingrich's response to the question of whether Congress should fulfill President Obama's request that it provide a one-time payment of $250 to Social Security recipients to offset the absence of a cost-of-living adjustment this year.
Obama should send the mother of a fallen soldier to Oslo to accept the Nobel Peace Prize on behalf of all the American service men and women who are the true peacekeepers.
It is a myth that we have to make a painful transition to alternative fuels and renewables to avoid the disastrous effects of peak oil.
This August, while thousands of Americans were dutifully attending town hall meetings to let their elected representatives know they oppose big government, big bureaucracy, high tax health care, unelected congressional staff were huddling in Washington writing their own health care bill.
Former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich points out that when government levies a tax, businesses will not ultimately pay it--consumers will.
History books look back in admiration at how President Kennedy faced down the Soviets during the Cuban Missile Crisis; it is worth pondering how the history books will treat Obama's handling of a similarly apocalyptic Iranian nuclear threat.
The Obama administration's reaction to Honduras' attempt to stand athwart this antidemocratic tide in Latin America has been shocking and inexplicable.
Just ten months after Republicans lost their second straight election, the Left has so mismanaged its opportunity that the conservatives' hour is here.
We do need basic health reforms--but their focus should be on maximizing patient choice and freeing health care providers.
Alzheimer's is a disease without a cure; the number of people afflicted continues to rise, and it is time for bureaucrats in Washington to support brain science research in the hope of finding a cure.
Effective health care reform must include civil justice reform; there is no need for demonstration projects, it is clear that civil justice reform leads to better outcomes for doctors and patients.
It's hard to know who should be more embarrassed by the revelations about the radical group ACORN, the mainstream media or the politicians who have funneled taxpayer dollars to the group for years.
President Barack Obama tried to put health care reform back together again in his speech to Congress last week--the problem is that Humpty Dumpty did not just fall off the wall, he was shoved off by the American people.
In a speech this week riddled with partisanship, evasions, and the very demagoguery he claimed to be deploring, President Obama nonetheless gave lawmakers who are serious about health care reform several opportunities to test his commitment to reform.
One key to good health and a successful health care system for all is a sufficient pool of quality physicians.
President Barack Obama's speech to a joint session of Congress next week may be the most important speech of his presidency, but trying to use the address to "control" the health care debate will lead to failure.
California faces a $26.3 billion budget gap; lawmakers in Sacramento have had no choice but to make desperate spending cuts.
Many of the 3.2 million Medicare patients who use home health services will be the first victims of health care rationing as a result of the Obama Health Care Reform Movement.
If President Obama will not uphold his fundamental duty as commander-in-chief to defend those who have been defending America, the least he can do is insist that his attorney general uphold his fundamental duty to defend the rule of law.
Creating a nationwide health insurance market in which individuals or groups can choose better and less expensive coverage from another state would create real competition and force private insurers in each state to create better products, improve service, and lower prices.
Concerns about government bureaucracies gaining oversight of your treatment are not misplaced. We need reforms, but the answer is not central planning.
To ask the country to report friends and neighbors who raise questions about whether they will lose their current health care flies in the face of our basic constitutional rights.
While Ronald Reagan worked to make sure his policies were clear to the American people, President Barack Obama seems to speak to obfuscate the details of his proposals.
President Obama recognizes the powerful positive economic impact a capital gains tax cut would have for small business owners--so why not give it to every American family and business in order to encourage growth and success?
As elected officials get shouted down at town hall meetings across America, the sheer mistrust toward all things Washington is palpable.
The politics of hope and change have been replaced by the politics of fear and intimidation.
The Blue Dog deal only slightly slows down the train toward mandatory government health care; it does nothing to change the track.
Fraud and abuse in America's health care system costs taxpayers hundreds of billions of dollars a year--more than enough to pay for high quality private health insurance for every uninsured American.
We must ensure that the Lifetime Savings Accounts are not just another entitlement program added on top of all the excessive entitlement obligations we already have.
House Democrats have shown a shameless willingness to play politics with our national security.
We cannot protect our environment with job-killing higher taxes and growth-stifling government regulation.
Destroying the private sector in health would replace competition and consumer choice with bureaucratic power and planning.
While there are major partisan divides over how to permanently restructure our health care system, there is one key area where Democrats and Republicans should be working together: fighting health care fraud.
Elites are ignoring mounting evidence that the American people do not share their desire for bigger government, higher taxes and a liberal social agenda.
Americans should look carefully at the anti-politician, anti-government mood exhibited in California this week.
Imitation or direct copying will not work, but learning the core principles of Ronald Reagan and learning the lessons of history are essential.
Jack Kemp lived every day as "the big game"--a fresh chance to score touchdowns and win the contest.
Arlen Specter has left the Republican Party in name as he had already left it in spirit over the stimulus vote.
President Obama turns to big government in a bid to remake the U.S. economy.
The American Clean Energy and Security Act guarantees that we will remain reliant upon dictators to drive cars, heat our homes, and run our appliances.
Most of the criticism of the Employee Free Choice Act has centered on the card check provision, but another component could prove to be the most damaging.
Churches and charitable institutions provide services that some politicians feel belong to the federal government.
The energy crisis is an artificial one created by bad policies.
A sustainable American energy policy is one that dramatically increases domestic energy supplies while lowering energy prices and protecting the environment.
The United States should establish the Alzheimer's Solutions Project to ultimately prevent Alzheimer's disease.
It is time to follow Franklin Delano Roosevelt and suspend mark-to-market.
Since the 1930s, accountants and bank regulators have recognized the inherent weaknesses of mark-to-market accounting.
Developing all of our energy resources is the only reasonable option if we want to create American jobs, improve the American economy, and support American national security.
The conservative movement has a simple and almost certainly successful future if it follows its own principles.
For the third time this decade, states are looking to Congress for help with their Medicaid costs.
A new federal health care bureaucracy would make things worse.
The United States has an enormous interest in seeing Mexico living under the rule of law.
The new administration needs to distinguish between reality and its own campaign rhetoric in dealing with both domestic economics and foreign threats.
For guidance on how to take on the massive challenge of health care reform, Barack Obama should look no further than President Dwight D. Eisenhower.
In order to sustain an intelligent system of health justice, we must insist on a judiciary that upholds the law and refrains from legislating from the bench.
Representative Louie Gohmert has proposed a very important tax-cut alternative to the big-government bailout plan.
Obama's tax credits will notstimulate the economy.
While the intent of theSarbanes-Oxley Actwas to prevent corporate fraud, there is growing evidence that it has done more harm than good.
Young people need to shift more quickly from childhood to adulthood.
John McCain and Barack Obama are right to focus on health care.
Baseball teams now routinely use statistics to put better players on the field for less money. Our health care system needs a similar revolution.
The Securities and Exchange Commission should suspend mark-to-market accounting.
Congress had better ask a lot of questions before it shifts$700 billion in bailout burden to the taxpayer and shifts this much power to a Washington bureaucracy.
Barack Obama's tax policies would take America in exactly the opposite direction oftax reform and threaten economic disaster in already difficult times.
Finding oil is a long, complex, cumbersome, and expensive process.
How should the United States spend $10 billion over the next four years to help improve the state of the world?
We must implement broader, more comprehensive payment reforms that push health care providers to use health information technology.
Failure of the U.S. math and science education system is a vulnerability for our nation.
Drilling for more oil domestically could lower the cost of fuel at the pump.
Advice for the presidential candidate promising to clean up Washington: get specific about what you will do.
TheUnited Statesis facing strategic disaster unless it begins a program of real, vital change.
Investing in alternative energy sources, such as ethanol, provides a solution as gas prices go up and national security becomes more of an issue.
The current tax system should be reformed in order to eliminate the loopholes and the time commitment.
William F. Buckley Jr. greatly influenced modern conservatism and will be missed dearly.
The Democratic Party will be at war with itself over its presidential candidate ifit does notresolve the primaries in Michigan and Florida.
By studying the debates between Abraham Lincoln and Stephen A. Douglas, we may find lessons that will help us peacefully and firmly get America back on track.
Why wait until after an election to begin making meaningful changes in the way government works?
The Office of Management and Budget refuses to differentiate costs from investments.
Our current immigration troubles are almost entirely problems of success, andour challenge is to seize that success and turn it into a boon for America.
Neither political party has truly engaged in trying to find creative solutions to the serious problemsthe United Statesfaces as a nation.
Presidential candidatesshould use their time in the spotlight to begin sounding the drumbeat for improving our schools.
AEI Online
November 28, 2007
Democrats and Republicans alike can agree on the need to modernize healthcare through electronic prescriptions.
Democrats and Republicans alike can agree on the need to modernize healthcare through electronic prescriptions.
Democrats and Republicans alike can agree on the need to modernize health care through electronic prescriptions.
Hillary Clinton's plan for health care reformcorrectly focuses on the rising costs of health care, but her solution expands government bureaucracy.
A plan to get past talking points and elevate political discourse in the service of democracy.
Fighting the war at home.
A concrete plan to rebuild the I-35W bridge in Minneapolis that promises efficiency and results, not greater burdens on Minnesota's taxpayers.
Indicators show that schools have failed. Citizens should insist on real change.
An invitation to the world that works.
It is time for the United States to return to the principles of classical liberalism.
To transform government, we must fundamentally replacea failed intellectual structure, a failed interest group system, and a failed political process.
The recent triumph of Hamas is yet another indication that the West is fully at war with Islamist extremism and that it is losing that war.
Republicans vying for the U.S. presidency in 2008 must learn a lesson from Nicolas Sarkozy's tactics in France.
Newt Gingrich delivers the 2007 commencement address at Liberty University.
What is "Green Conservatism"?
A discussion of government action and market failure.
A strategy of science and technology, entrepreneurship, and the principle of effective markets will help enable people to enjoy a good economic and environmental life.
It is long past time to eliminate ''temporary'' foreign language ballots.
The time is right to put the needed genetic discrimination protections in place.
Is speaking English a fundamental tenet of being American?
Today’s health-care industry isthe last to resist the revolution in information technology.But nowcompanies are not waiting for the government, and things are finally changing.
The Joint Committee on Taxation and the Congressional Budget Office are not providing correct estimates about the costs of proposed legislation.
English is not our only language, but it should remain our primary language and become our official tongue.
Newt Gingrich and Mario Cuomo call on the 2008 presidential candidates to come to Cooper Union and have a real debate.
A review of the controversy at William and Mary College surrounding the removal last year of a brass cross from the campus chapel.
The current problems with the occupation in Iraq and the keys tovictory.
National security and economic competitiveness are linked in reality--they should be linked by national policy as well.
The American mission in Iraq must succeed. Our goal--promoting a stable, accountable democracy in the heart of the Middle East--cannot be achieved by purely military means.
A review of William Cohen's Dragon Fire.
Caring for the age group mostlikely to be afflicted with the disease will cost far more than finding a cure now.
Friends, colleagues, and admirerspay tribute toJeane Kirkpatrick.
Not all speech is permitted under the Constitution. The first Amendment does not protect lewd and libelous speech, and it should not--and cannot in 2006--be used as a shield for murderers.
In the remaining days of its lame-duck session, the House should adoptthe narrowly drawn Domenici-Landrieubill to expand Gulf Coast oil and gas production.
As we mourn his passing, we should renew Milton Friedman's call for freedom and for responsible, limited government--and we should apply his conservatism to meet today’s challenges.
Will the Baker-Hamilton Commission make a real contribution in helping us win the war against the fanatic wing of Islam?
The election results pose two enormous strategic choices for America.
By ignoring the overwhelming approval millions of beneficiaries give the Medicare prescription drug benefit, the left has shown again its strategy to score political points by scaring seniors.
AEI Online
October 11, 2006
The United States is engaged in an emerging third world war, and we who love life and revere freedom must defeat those who lovedeath and seek dictatorship.
North Korea claims it has successfully conducted a nuclear test. How significant is this? What should the U.S. do?
AEI scholars respond in a National Review symposium on the war in Iraq.
AEI Online
September 11, 2006
Winning the war on terror requires a fundamental reworking of security policy and a substantial shift in America's focus and determination to recognize the trying times ahead.
Five years have passed since the horrific attack on our American homeland, and, still, there is one serious, undeniable fact we have yet to confront.
House Republicans can learn from history. They can listen to the American people and return to the center-right populist majority which President Reagan and the Contract with America gave them.
Defeating the terrorists and thwarting efforts by Iran and North Korea to gain nuclear and biological weapons must be the first goal of American policy.
American business can act decisively to transform health care and build a brighter future.
Testimony to the House Committee on Ways and Means regarding the reviewof outcomes of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (PL 104-193), which overhauled the welfare system.
The G8 advice, if taken, would only guarantee the cycle of violence.
I am now firmly convinced that the world confronts a situation that is frighteningly similar to a Third World War.
Increasing taxes for Americans working abroad undercuts American competitiveness in the global market.
Testimony before the Senate Commerce Subcommittee on Technology, Innovation, and Competitiveness, on the goal of a 21st Century Intelligent Health System: a fully interoperable, consumer-centered healthcare system that saves lives and saves money for all Americans.
The time to replace the State Department’s failed North Korea strategy of “talk forever--act never” has come.
How health information technology is transforming and will continue to transform health and healthcare in America.
Is saving someone you know from cancer worth $16 to you? Congress doesn't seem to think so.
The McCain-Feingold campaign-finance law enacted in 2002stifles political speech, protects incumbent politicians, and consolidates power in Washington.
If senators want to expand access to health care by increasing the number of physicians and lowering costs, they need to look at Texas.
AEI Online
April 26, 2006
Is there a humanitarian way to replace the country's illegal immigration system with a legal one?
Testimony before the House Financial Services Subcommittee on Capital Markets, Insurance and Government Sponsored Enterprises regarding American ingenuity and global competitiveness in the 21st century.
Conservatives are grasping for a reinvigorated movement that will return our party to its roots of smaller government, innovative ideas and common sense solutions.
The United States is fast approaching the moment of decision on immigration policy.
What are the problems with the new Medicare prescription drug benefit?
Testimonybefore the House Energy and Commerice Subcommittee on Health on the importance of every American’s right to know the price and quality of medical services before making a purchasing decision.
The "21st Century Intellegent Health System" focuses on the prevention of illness and overall well-being of all Americans.
Testmony to the House Government Reform Subcommittee on Federal Workforce and Agency Organization related to the importance of health information technology for the development of personal health records for federal employees.
When it comes to transforming health and health care in America, Florida is leading the way in innovation.
What are the flaws of the proposed Human Rights Council of the UN?
America is on the threshold of creating a 21st-century intelligent health care system that saves lives and saves money for every American.
Every day's delay makes it harder and harder to rebuild New Orleans.
What made this year's Quadrennial Defense Review the most thorough in Pentagon history?
Twice before we've stood at the crossroads, and twice before conservatives have led the way forward. Can they do it again?
Together, increased federal spending and growing Washington power is simply a recipe for corruption.
How deep is the perversion of power in Washington?
Washington Times
December 8, 2005
By transforming the way we score proposed legislation, we will take an important step to delivering better health care and creating a 21st-century intelligent government.
International Herald Tribune
November 26, 2005
It will continue to take concerted leadership by the United States, working with the world's other democracies, to help the United Nations meet the enduring goals of its Charter.
The current regime in Iran poses an extraordinary challenge to the safety of the United States and the safety of our democratic allies.
The rules that define legitimate behavior by specialty hospitals will play a decisive role in determining whether they become primarily instruments of high profits.
The plans Bush released last weekaboutpreparing for an outbreak of avian flu arecommendable; the challenge will be putting them into effect.
Sometimes looking forward requires first studying the past. Reagan, a product of the future, nonetheless understood one needed to have a firm grasp of history.
The results of the 2005 World Summit were not at all encouraging and the United States should insist on being honest about the manifest failures of the United Nations to reform itself.
The nation's intelligence system is broken and we cannot rest until we fix it.
Washington Times
October 18, 2005
Rebuilding New Orleans should be done in an efficient manner, free of politics and pork-barrel spending; Senator Landrieu's proposal does not represent that kind of solution.
Conservatives should feel confident with the selection of Harriet Miers to replace Sandra Day O'Connor on the Supreme Court for a simple reason: George W. Bush selected her.
Wall Street Journal
September 26, 2005
Federal scoring methodologies must be revamped to achieve the most accurate results possible.
Chicago Tribune
September 18, 2005
As we begin recovering and rebuilding in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, we must take this opportunity to move America's health-care system into the 21st Century.
Boston Globe
September 11, 2005
By any reasonable measure, there exists an unacceptable gap between the ideals of the UN Charter and the institution that exists today.
To the detriment of all Americans, politicians are choosing to listen to the Washington policy establishment over the people on Medicaid issues.
Family Practice News
August 1, 2005
Stark and antikickback laws seek to lower health care costs, but by standing in the way of health IT adoption, they are costing countless lives and dollars.
Jerusalem Post
July 21, 2005
An important test for reform of the United Nations will be measured by whether there is a dramatic change inhow Israel, the only functioning democracy in the Middle East, is treated.
A dramatically reformed U.N. can be an effective instrument in the pursuit of a safer,healthier, more prosperous, and freer world.
Modern Healthcare
July 18, 2005
Tomorrow's Medicare and Medicaid programs will emphasizediet and exercisebecause it makes the most economic sense.Saving lives and saving money need not be mutually exclusive.
The federal government should move from a model of bureaucratic public administration to a model of entrepreneurial public management.
Washington Times
June 22, 2005
In the case of Sen. Drubin's comparison of Guantanamo Bayto the murderers of three evil despotic regimes, expressing outrage is not enough. Sen. Durbin must be censured now.
Without change, the United Nations will remain an uncertain instrument, both for its 191 member governments and for those who look to it for salvation.
A reformed United Nationscan be fashioned to more effectively meet the goals of its charter and the new challenges that it confronts.
National Review Online
June 20, 2005
If the American people are ever going to have any sense of reliance on the U.N., it will be because of straightforward and tough reformers like Bolton demanding profound change.
Instead of relying on ineffective diplomacy, Washington needs to help Israel defend itself while investing in the future of a safe, free Palestinine.
If Washington continues to shirk its responsibility at the border, state officials who represent the taxpayers footing the bill should force Washington to meet its responsibility at the Treasury.
New York Sun
April 22, 2005
Transformation is imperative not only for America to compete globally, but also for our very survival. It is time for the country to lead the capital once again.
Human Events
April 11, 2005
Amishandling ofthe personal accounts issuewillendanger the Republican majorities in Congress and bea disaster for conservatives on issues in general.
How the legislative branches can help the executive branchtransform itself froman administrative public bureaucracy intoan entrepreneurial public management.
Washington Post
March 2, 2005
A "money only" debate about Medicaid would be an exercise in futility and--more tragically--would trap the most vulnerable people in our society in a hopelessly broken system.
Chicago Tribune
February 18, 2005
The report of the special inspector general for Iraq reconstruction teaches the wrong lessons about the Coalition Provisional Authority and the effort to rebuild Iraq after the war.
United Press International
February 16, 2005
Yale Law School should allow U.S. military recruiters on its campus, for the sake of intellectual diversity if nothing else.
Washington Times
February 9, 2005
The United Statesmust lead the United Nationstoward greater relevance and capability in this new era.
The Hill
February 2, 2005
The president should propose large personal accounts with the goal of eventually phasing in the full Ryan-Sununu plan and forget about any cuts in future promised Social Security benefits.
Baltimore Sun
December 22, 2004
DonaldRumsfeld's critics are off the mark. The military, under Rumsfeld's leadership, isthe United States'sfinest example of what works.
Philadelphia Inquirer
December 15, 2004
It is time that we in the United States learn to think of health care as an economic opportunity, not a liability.
Even though the House of Representatives has now passed an historic intelligence reform bill, additional steps still need to be taken to make America more safe and secure in the future.
Washington Post
November 9, 2004
Will2006 and 2008 present major opportunities for the Democrats? Or are election results the foundation for building a governing Republican majority that will last at least a generation?
USA Today
November 3, 2004
America is in the middle of a deep struggle over the nature of being American and the key elements of how we create and shape the future.
AEI Online
November 1, 2004
Republicans can achieve a durable governing majority if they implement health care reforms, include more minorities in developing and implementing policies, and learn from their mistakes.
Des Moines Register
October 25, 2004
An opportunity exists for Iowa leadership to take advantage of plans for a national market and become the leader in providing affordable health-insurance coverage.
Washington Times
October 12, 2004
Review of Fewer: How the New Demography of Depopulation Will Shape Our Future by Ben J. Wattenberg.
Los Angeles Times
October 11, 2004
Continued UN inaction against Sudan will only encourage more deaths at the hands of future tyrants.
Washington Times
September 23, 2004
The Supreme Court's dismissal of Michael Newdow's case looked like a defeat for those who would remove "under God" from the Pledge of Allegiance. In truth, it was not.
United Press International
August 31, 2004
If Republicans steer debate to fundamental values questions that unite most Americans, then they can expect most Americans to side with them on Election Day.
The Democratic PartyisofferingAmericans such a stark, clearly defined choicein election 2004. Kerry-Edwards is the most left-wing ticket since George McGovern's in 1972.
Baltimore Sun
August 15, 2004
The Paul Ryan-John Sununu bill currently in Congresswould protect, modernize, and expand Social Security in a way that would end the tragedy of seniors retiring into poverty.
United Press International
July 21, 2004
The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People's campaign against President George W. Bush isn't new. It has been relentless, starting even before he was elected.
The Weekly Standard
June 28, 2004
Ronald Reagan'slegacy as a party-builder has gotten short shrift.
If we can combine the persistence, optimism, technological curiosity, and courage of Franklin D.Rooseveltand Ronald Reagan, we will meet the challenges of our generation.
President Ronald Reagan's philosophy, accomplishments, and style framed public policy debates in ways that helped propel Republicans into today's governing majority.
Wall Street Journal
May 7, 2004
Any effort by the anti-American left or the Arab media to generalize the acts of a few into an attack on America, or on America's armed forces, should be repudiated and condemned.
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
May 3, 2004
Medicare is the right place to launch an electronic health record to get the maximum impact from President Bush's program for "saving both lives and money."
New York Times
May 3, 2004
Democrats and Republicans should agree that moving American medicine into the twenty-first century is a matter of life and death.
Washington Times
April 5, 2004
People who illegally received money through the U.N. oil-for-food program, intended for the Iraqis, should face criminal prosecution and be forced to return their ill-gotten gains.
Washington Post
March 25, 2004
If America has a powerful engine of insourcing, it will create so many good jobs that--as in the past--few will even notice the jobs that are moving to foreign lands.
National Review
February 9, 2004
St. Paul Pioneer Press
December 5, 2003
The recent Medicare bill offers more choices, higher quality medicine, better outcomes and more convenience at lower costs, and it will help strengthen Medicareand theentire health care system.
The Medicare bill returns decision-making authority, insurance ownership and health dollars to individuals, and it will promote competitive market dynamics in healthcare, thus lowering costs.
Wall Street Journal
November 20, 2003
If you are a fiscal conservative who cares about balancing the federal budget, there may be no more important vote in your career than one in support of the new Medicare bill.
Soldiers of our country yet again stand the long, lonely watch, so that back home, we may quietly celebrate the birth of the Prince of Peace, and the Miracle of the Lights in the Temple.
San Francisco Chronicle
November 11, 2003
If prosecutors lack the necessary legislation to combat serious domestic crimes, then lawmakers should seek to give prosecutors separate legislation to provide them the tools they need.
Health Affairs Web Exclusive
October 29, 2003
Wall Street Journal
October 20, 2003
Did Wesley Clark bother to read his own book?
United Press International
October 18, 2003
Washington Times
September 24, 2003
While the profile of the MANPAD threat is startling to many Americans, MANPADs have been considered a serious threat to aviation for quite some time by the intelligence community.
Subcommittee on Rules
September 9, 2003
Now it is time for the Congress to show equal leadership in reorganizing the legislative branch for the war on terror and for homeland security.
Foreign Policy
September 1, 2003
Modern Healthcare
August 18, 2003
Medicare reforms may be basis for streamlining the larger healthcare system.
USA Today
August 13, 2003
Improvements in precision guidance and weapons design would allow a weapon to be developed that would eliminate a weapons-of-mass-murder program with minimum collateral damage.
AEI event on Medicaid
August 12, 2003
Recently passed Medicare bills that could be the building blocks for creating a Medicare Conference Report that significantly transforms our system of health and healthcare.
Foreign Policy
July 31, 2003
Anti-American sentiment is rising unabated around the globe because the U.S. State Department has abdicated values and principles in favor of accommodation and passivity.
Senate Special Committee on Aging
June 3, 2003
We can create a 21st Century Medicare System of better health, better quality, and lower cost for all Americans.
An American effort to help the Iraqi people grow a free government is the only effort likely to succeed.
AEI Online
April 22, 2003
Without bold dramatic change at the State Department, the United States will soon find itself on the defensive everywhere except militarily.
Washington Times
April 19, 2003
The effort of the French and Russians to blackmail the United States by exploiting the needs of the Iraqi people is another step toward unraveling the United Nations as an instrument of serious negotiation.
As a historian,Newt Gingrichreports that thewar in Iraqis a remarkably successful campaign thus far.
Financial Times
February 10, 2003
The global war on terror has made transforming our armed services an urgent priority.
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
January 30, 2003
In the coming years, 78 million baby boomers will place the greatest demands on the health care system, but despite the gloomy forecasts, there is great power in numbers.
Los Angeles Times
January 21, 2003
A new study demonstrates that, thanks to Tony Soprano, Sex and the City, and young pop divas, Hollywood has given us our unflattering image.
Follow-through on five major issues now will determine whether the recent election gains translate into a real mandate for the GOP in 2004.
Wall Street Journal
November 27, 2002
The account in Bush at War is, for all its virtues, constricted by Washingtonian myopia and limited perspectives.
The Washington Times
October 31, 2002
The Bush administration must insist on firm, honest inspections or walk away.
USA Today
October 16, 2002
If you apply Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld's proposed guidelines for committing U.S. forces to the test case of replacing Saddam Hussein, the Bush administration meets its own criteria.
The New York Times
September 8, 2002
If there is near-universal agreement that Sept. 11 changed America, there is a wide range of opinion about what that transformation consists of.
USA Today
August 13, 2002
Fear of litigation has a dramatically negative effect on costs, productivity and patient care.
United Press International
July 15, 2002
It is time for the Congress to follow the advice of Alexander Hamilton and educate the judiciary by removing judges who are assaulting American society.
The Washington Times
June 25, 2002
One of the realities of living in an information age is that television, the Internet, radio and other forms of public information are decisive in shaping pubic opinion.
Creating a stable safe world requires a public information capability and a public diplomacy capability far beyond anything we have developed to date.
The Wall Street Journal
June 10, 2002
President Bush deserves enormous credit for his proposal to create a new Department of Homeland Security.
Testimony by Newt Gingrich before the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation on May 22, 2002.
How much more evidence do we need that we should not risk a single American to protect Yasser Arafat, the terrorist?
Chicago Tribune
April 21, 2002
European elites in general and many Americans have managed to avoid recognizing thatwar on terrorismis a long-term war with real enemies.
United Press International
April 15, 2002
Council of Economic Advisers' Annual Report is an historic achievement that absolutely breaks the mold.
The Washington Times
April 15, 2002
The United States should seek a victory for safety, prosperity and freedom in the Middle East.
Information Security
April 1, 2002
Commission on National Security/21st Century reached alarming conclusions in regards to U.S. national security with Internet-borne weapons and attacks of mass disruption.
Investor's Business Daily
March 20, 2002
Congress should act now to make the repeal of the estate tax permanent.
The Washington Post
March 17, 2002
The declining cost and rising availability of weapons of mass destruction may make terrorists even more dangerous in the future.
The New York Times
March 7, 2002
Sydney Morning Herald
February 11, 2002
It should be clear that the world now requires a different approach to international security.
AEI Online
February 1, 2002
The U.S. government should offer cash prizes to innovators who find solutions to specific scientific questions of national interest.
Chief Executive
February 1, 2002
Pressure will emerge not just to change health, education, and bureaucracy, but tohavean electronic voting system that is easier and dramatically more accurate.
USA Today
January 21, 2002
When the country needs breakthroughs in a wide range of pressing issues--among them, health care, the environment, security and space--prizes could serve the U.S. government well.
United Press International
January 11, 2002
The new realities of a 21st century enemy make it clear and imperative that we develop dramatically more powerful systems of security for our airports.
Government Efficiency, Financial Management and Intergovernmental Relations Subcommittee
November 16, 2001
If we had a high speed computing system and we had an ability to have very high speed access, I think we could design a system where we would have found those two people, they would have been stopped at Logan and we would have had a very significant understanding of what was going on.
Heritage Foundation
November 9, 2001
If Saddam is still in power and there are no inspectors three years from now, then we will have lost this war, because Iraq is a vastly greater threat to our cities than is Afghanistan.
House Committee on the Budget
November 7, 2001
It is realistic to assume you can have a major problem in at least one city, and we could be 10 percent prepared if we don't cut through the red tape and cut through the inertia and insist in a wartime kind of urgency.
AEI Online
November 1, 2001
To achieve victory in the War on Terrorism, the United States and the international coalition must adhere to the following ten principles.
TheTimes.co.uk
October 15, 2001
The United Stateshas given those around the world who would do harmthe benefit of the doubt; today there can be no doubt.
USA Today
October 3, 2001
To get people to travel and to save the travel industry, Congress immediately should provide the incentive for Americans to take a trip.
National Review Online
September 28, 2001
September 11 was a 21st century Pearl Harbor committed by a 21st century enemy, and launched a 21st century war.
Washington Post
September 27, 2001
America will not return to normal until Reagan National Airport is reopened.
The Washington Times
July 24, 2001
B-1 military aircraft need to be revamped for national protection.
Newt Gingrich's prepared remarks from 5/14/2001 event.
Bush is an effective manager buthe must create a shared commitment with the public to implement his bold proposals.
The New York Times
April 29, 2001
The Washington Quarterly
April 1, 2001
Bush's initial appointmentswill establish a national policy on foreign and defense matters, and the strength of the national security team guarantees a cohesive approach to foreign policy.
House Committee on Armed Services
March 21, 2001
In conclusion, let me just say, the challenges are different, the technologies will be different, the strategies must be different and, therefore, the structures have to be different.
National Review Online
March 8, 2001
Edge of Danger reminds usofa key reality of our time;a free society is remarkably open and vulnerable.
The Wall Street Journal
February 27, 2001
With introduction of Bushbudget, the pursuit of a Jeffersonian model of smaller government and greater freedom will be declared dead by many commentators.
The Washington Post
January 21, 2001
Computerworld
January 15, 2001
We must protect privacy while encouraging progress in developing and using information.
National Review Online
January 15, 2001
Review of Norway 1940 by Kersuady.
Physician's Weekly
January 8, 2001
The Wall Street Journal
January 2, 2001
National Review Online
December 21, 2000
Review of The Disruptive Class.
National Review Online
December 14, 2000
Book review of Nothing Like It in the World.
Roll Call
November 27, 2000
I come here today humbled by what we have accomplished, thrilled by my colleagues and what they accomplished after I left, and convinced that the true message of this Capitol is that Americans can reach out and learn to work with each other.
Science
November 17, 2000
American Experiment Quarterly
October 1, 2000
The Washington Times
September 17, 2000
Newt Gingrich reviews George Gilder's Telecosm: How Infinite Bandwidth Will Revolutionize Our World.
The Washington Post
August 2, 2000
The number of people who die every day in hospitals because of inappropriate medicine is double the number who died in last week's Concorde crash.
Washington Post
May 22, 2000
Extending permanent normal trading relations will create the framework for a much closer relationship between the Chinese and American people.
Washington Times
February 11, 2000
Roll Call
December 2, 1999
Washington Post
October 18, 1999
The highest investment priority in Washington should be to double the federal budget for scientific research.
Washington Times
May 21, 1999
Excerpt from a speech given by Newt Gingrich to the Republican Women Leaders Forum on May 12.
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