Heritage Foundation

Book Profile
More Overstatement Of “The Powell Memo’s” Role
Mehrsa Baradaran’s new The Quiet Coup: Neoliberalism and the Looting of America joins many other histories in citing “the Powell memo” as an important part of their narratives. In the case of The Quiet Coup,…
by Michael E. Hartmann on June 4, 2024

Podcast
InfluenceWatch Podcast #316: Federally Funded Everything Leftism
To say the federal government is merely “broke” is a gross understatement; as of recording the US Debt Clock shows the federal debt at over $34.7 trillion with the running…
by Sarah Lee, Michael Watson on May 10, 2024

Podcast
InfluenceWatch Podcast #273: Biden’s War on Cars
The private automobile defined post–World War II America, liberating the masses from the regimentation of railroad schedules and the limitations of foot transportation. But the Left has never liked the…
by Ken Braun, Michael Watson on June 9, 2023

Organization Trends
SPLC Plus Teachers Union Ideology Equals More Disparagement
This week, the Southern Poverty Law Center, the self-appointed watchdog of extremism and “hate groups,” formally designated 12 conservative parents’ advocacy groups as “anti-government extremist groups.” Two of the most…
by Michael Watson on June 8, 2023

Podcast
InfluenceWatch Podcast #272: The Folly of Reimagining Big Labor
A new union-curious faction of conservatism is growing in the run-up to the 2024 election. Leading the charge is a group of otherwise solidly conservative legislators (you’ll recognize the names)…
by Sarah Lee, Ken Braun, Michael Watson on June 2, 2023

Labor Watch
A Mandate for Labor Error: Statism from the Right
For almost 80 years, the conservative movement and the Republican Party that has served as its imperfect electoral vehicle have sought to advance three goals related to labor relations. But…
by Michael Watson on May 22, 2023

Labor Watch
A Mandate for Labor Error: Big Labor Radicalizes
As conservatives advanced their moderate aims in the post–New Deal era, Big Labor started radicalizing. As workers’ freedom not to join unions thrived under right-to-work laws led to stalled growth…
by Michael Watson on May 22, 2023

Labor Watch
A Mandate for Labor Error: Strange Bedfellows
A Mandate for Labor Error Statism from the Right | Big Labor Radicalizes Strange Bedfellows | Coming to Policy at Last…
by Michael Watson on May 22, 2023

Labor Watch
A Mandate for Labor Error: Coming to Policy at Last
Project 2025 did not fully abandon the policies of the Taft-Hartley consensus. The document rejects the Biden administration–Big Labor approach to expanding union power and membership. But the worst proposal…
by Michael Watson on May 22, 2023

Labor Watch
A Mandate for Labor Error: Conclusion
The Taft-Hartley consensus—making union membership voluntary, subjecting unions to government oversight, and protecting consumers and the economy from labor strife—worked. It apparently worked so well that conservatives forgot why they…
by Michael Watson on May 22, 2023