Entrepreneur Catesby Jones will join The Heritage Foundation today at 11:00 a.m. Eastern for a webcast about the dangers of the Internet sales tax.

“Catesby Jones has declared war on  the Internet sales tax,” Heritage’s Rob Bluey explains. ”As president of the 28-year-old clothing company Peace Frogs, his business relies on Internet purchases to stay profitable. Compliance with the so-called Marketplace Fairness Act could put him out of business — or at least create a regulatory compliance nightmare.”

Watch online on The Foundry today at 11:00 a.m. Eastern.

Speaking Monday at The Heritage Foundation, Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) outlined a conservative vision of a free society based on America’s first principles.

Two institutions lie at the core of American freedom, he said during his remarks in Heritage’s Lehrman Auditorium: “A free enterprise economy and voluntary civil society.” These organically-developed systems “work for everyone” by “harnessing individuals’ self interest to work for the common good.”

American freedom can bring people together, he said, while big-government policies divide people into interest groups and turn citizens into dependents.

Lee also rejected the liberal myth that conservatives simply to oppose progress. “The left has created a false narrative that liberals are for things and conservatives are against things,” he said.

The conservative movement “is about the nation we want to be,” he said. “We have to do a better job showing [the American people] our vision for America.”

How do you think we can better explain this vision of freedom to the American people?

Heritage Foundation President Jim DeMint joined Heritage’s John Fogarty last week for a conversation with Heritage members about the future of the conservative movement and how Heritage plans to lead the charge.

During the teleconference, DeMint said the conservative movement must refocus on core principles and messaging those principles to all Americans. And he said Heritage will play a leading role in this process.

You can listen to the audio of the event online in MP3 format.

As Heritage Foundation Founder Ed Feulner has always said, it is better to add and multiply the conservative movement than it it to divide and subtract.

This is why for the last 36 years Heritage has hosted the annual Resource Bank meeting: to bring together conservative leaders and organizations from around the country and around the world. Attendees will talk strategy, share tactics and best practices, and work to strengthen the movement.

This year’s meeting kicks off next Wednesday in Orlando. Highlights include: Continue Reading »

A new chart featured in a special Tax Day edition of the Morning Bell breaks down how Washington spends your tax dollars:

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Ed Feulner built The Heritage Foundation from a scrappy startup in 1973 into the powerhouse it is today.

Conservative historian and Heritage scholar Lee Edwards tells the story of how Feulner built Heritage in the book “Leading the Way.”

Edwards and Feulner recently sat down with Heritage members to discuss the book and his legacy.

That interview will air on C-SPAN 2′s Book TV on Sunday, April 14 at 6:45 pm.

Get more information about the interview on Booktv.org and purchase your copy of Leading the Way.

Heritage President Jim DeMint moves into his new office. Photo: Katie Nielsen

Heritage Foundation President Jim DeMint was spotted this week moving into his new office at Heritage. He took the reins last week from Ed Feulner, who served as president since 1977.

Heritage Foundation Trustee Kay Coles James narrates a new video celebrating The Heritage Foundation’s 40 years of advancing conservative principles.

The video was shown to members of Heritage’s President’s Club last night at the Annual Leadership Celebration and President’s Club Meeting in Washington.

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Retiring Heritage Foundation President Ed Feulner laughs during this year’s Presidents’ Tour. Photo: Shealah Craighead

Dear friends,

Today is my last day as president of The Heritage Foundation, and I want to write you one last note in that capacity. We’ve had quite a ride these last three-and-a-half decades, and I leave knowing that Heritage will flourish under my successor, Jim DeMint.

I want to thank you for your generous support, of course, but more importantly, to tell you to remain optimistic about the future. Yes, progressives are on the offensive, aggressively trying to remake our country using a Euro-socialist mold. But this is why we must now redouble our efforts, not lessen or abandon them. Continue Reading »

Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) speaks at Heritage’s Annual Leadership Conference and Board Meeting Tuesday.

Speaking today to Heritage Foundation President’s Club members today in Washington, Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) offered three tributes in honor of Heritage’s fortieth anniversary and our leadership transition.

1. A Tribute to Heritage President Ed Feulner

Feulner built Heritage from humble beginnings into a powerhouse that provided the intellectual and policy foundation for the Reagan administration and later conservative successes. Today, he said, Heritage is the “preeminent source for conservative and free market policy ideas.”

2. A Tribute to Heritage President-Elect Jim DeMint.

Demint, Cruz says, is a “recovering politician” who “lacks a fear of ridicule.” When he first came to Congress, his was a lonely voice for free enterprise and limited government. Thanks in part to DeMint’s work to support conservative candidates, he explained, there are today many more voices for these timeliss principles. “If it weren’t for Sen. Jim DeMint, I would not be in the U.S. Senate,” Cruz said.

3. A Tribute to The Heritage Foundation

Finally, Cruz praised The Heritage Foundation as an institution:

• The fight for freedom is central to Heritage’s mission, he said. And we cannot take freedom for granted, since, “as Reagan said, freedom isn’t passed through blood. It has to be fought for.”
• Heritage knows ideas matter, and the organization “serves as a laboratory for growing, restoring, and percolating ideas,” Cruz said. “For example, if Reagan’s ideas were in use now, we would have 7 million more jobs.  Refining these ideas will be the tools that will save our country’s future.”
• Heritage has the courage of its convictions. “All of us were taught in junior high that invertebrates can’t walk upright,” Cruz joked. “But politicians disprove that every day!” Courage is rare inside the Beltway, but Cruz said DeMint has the necessary fortitude: “it bodes well for Heritage that our new president has unflinching courage.”

Cruz also encouraged conservatives to remember that message matters. While we cannot and should not compromise our principles, he said, we need to reach out to new audience and not simple “preach to the choir.”

And he reminded President’s Club members not to give up. Not only are conservatives blessed with a cadre of young new leaders, he reminded us that political fortunes can change overnight. After all, he said, it was less than a decade ago that the pundits were predicting a permanent GOP majority—a prediction followed shortly by liberal victories in 2006 and 2008.