Edwin J. Feulner, Ph.D. is the President of The Heritage Foundation, Washington’s leading public policy organization or think tank. On January 18, 1989 President Reagan conferred the Presidential Citizens Medal on him as "a leader of the conservative movement." The citation continues: "By building an organization dedicated to ideas and their consequences, he has helped to shape the policy of our Government. His has been a voice of reason and values in service to his country and the cause of freedom around the world." Feulner also serves as Treasurer and Trustee of The Mont Pelerin Society; Trustee and former Chairman of the Board of The Intercollegiate Studies Institute; member of the Board of the National Chamber Foundation; member of the Board of Visitors of George Mason University; and Trustee of the Acton Institute and the International Republican Institute. He is past president of various organizations including The Philadelphia Society and the Mont Pelerin Society, and past Director of Sequoia Bank, Regis University and the Council for National Policy. Dr. Feulner has studied at the University of Edinburgh (Ph.D.-Founding President, American Friends of the University), the London School of Economics (Richard M. Weaver Fellow), the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania (MBA-Recipient, Joseph Wharton Award), Georgetown University, and Regis University (B.S.-Distinguished Alumnus Award). He has received honorary degrees from Pepperdine University, Nichols College, Grove City College, Bellevue College, Gonzaga University, Universidad Francisco Marroquin (Guatemala), Hanyang University (Korea), St. Norbert College, Hillsdale College, and Thomas More College. Feulner served on the Gingrich-Mitchell Congressional Task Force on U.N. Reform (2004-2005) and the Congressional Commission on International Financial Institutions ("Meltzer Commission," 1999-2000). He was the Vice Chairman of the National Commission on Economic Growth and Tax Reform ("Kemp Commission," 1995-1996), Counselor to Vice Presidential candidate Jack Kemp (1996), Chairman of the U.S. Advisory Commission on Public Diplomacy (1982-91), a Consultant for Domestic Policy to President Reagan, and an advisor to several government departments and agencies. He was a member of the President’s Commission on White House Fellows (1981-83), of the Secretary of State’s UNESCO Review Observation Panel (1985-89), of the Carlucci Commission on Foreign Aid (1983), and served as a United States Representative to the United Nations Second Special Session on Disarmament (with the rank of Ambassador) where he delivered the final United States address to the General Assembly (1982). Dr. Feulner served as the Executive Director of the Republican Study Committee in the U.S. House of Representatives, the Confidential Assistant to Secretary of Defense Melvin R. Laird, Administrative Assistant to U.S. Congressman Philip M. Crane (R-Illinois), and as a Public Affairs Fellow at the Hoover Institution of Stanford University and the Center for Strategic and International Studies. He is the author of six books: Getting America Right (2006), Leadership for America (2000), Intellectual Pilgrims (1999), The March of Freedom (1998), Conservatives Stalk The House (1983), and Looking Back (1981). He is the editor of U.S.–Japan Mutual Security: The Next Twenty Years and China: The Turning Point, and a contributor to ten other books and numerous journals, reviews and magazines. He was the Publisher of Policy Review (1977-2001), and articles by him have appeared in the Chicago Tribune, New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Washington Post, Washington Times and other major newspapers. He is a regular contributor to Investor's Business Daily. As a member of Investor's Business Daily's "Brain Trust," he regularly contributes op-eds on issues of special interest to financial markets. His weekly column appears in dozens of newspapers across the country. On a personal note, he is married to Linda Claire Leventhal. The Feulners have two married children, Edwin J. Feulner III, and Emily Lown. The Feulners live in Old Town, Alexandria, Virginia. Dr. Feulner is listed in standard reference works including the current edition of Who’s Who in America. http://www.townhall.com/columnists/EdFeulner http://media.townhall.com/TownHall/icons/TH-feed-icon-128x128.gif http://www.townhall.com/columnists/EdFeulner TownHall.com, Where your opinion counts. 128 Copyright (c) 2008 Townhall.com, A Salem Communications Web. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED jim.dearras@townhall.com (Jim De Arras) Tue, 05 Aug 2008 04:01:00 GMT Tue, 05 Aug 2008 04:01:00 GMT http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss RSS.NET: http://www.rssdotnet.com/ There aren't many who long for a return to the 1970s. Those of us old enough to recall that decade tend to think of gas lines, a hostage crisis and Watergate. President Carter never used the word "malaise," but h http://www.townhall.com/columnists/EdFeulner/2008/08/05/stall_that_slide_to_the_70s df9ce0c2-75fc-42e2-836b-efd5a700aac8 Tue, 05 Aug 2008 04:01:00 GMT Next month, the greatest athletes in the world will visit Beijing for the Olympic Games. Undoubtedly they'll set new records in plenty of sports. But after the stars go home, China (which has cut back ind http://www.townhall.com/columnists/EdFeulner/2008/07/29/kyoto_treaty_pointless_promises 4485d800-8e19-4444-b7f2-bbe523c3f9f6 Tue, 29 Jul 2008 04:01:00 GMT Every president, every senator, every member of Congress and every Supreme Court justice takes an oath to uphold the Constitution of the United States. The way some of them behave, though, you have to http://www.townhall.com/columnists/EdFeulner/2008/07/22/constitutional_confusion 14d0c5f3-5d04-4c13-916c-a56c10474a71 Tue, 22 Jul 2008 04:01:00 GMT A torrent often begins with a trickle -- and so it is with entitlement spending. The flood of retirees that could overwhelm Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid has started slowly, but it's underway. http://www.townhall.com/columnists/EdFeulner/2008/07/08/social_security_finding_fixes_for_the_flood 78b77602-d22d-4fff-ae4f-285ed3ce96da Tue, 08 Jul 2008 04:01:00 GMT We're about to mark another national birthday. But we don't seem to be in the mood to celebrate. Polls show 80 percent of Americans think the country's on the "wrong track." Fortunately, we're not the http://www.townhall.com/columnists/EdFeulner/2008/07/01/no_room_for_negativity b8c92cad-6c89-4e23-b6c7-91b0660110b4 Tue, 01 Jul 2008 04:01:00 GMT You know you're doing a good job if you upset the right people -- such as petty bureaucrats at the United Nations. Recently, an online publication reported that UN Television had purchased six high-def http://www.townhall.com/columnists/EdFeulner/2008/06/24/un_leaders_wrong_on_rights 3c438ea4-1053-4dad-856f-78982967dbb7 Tue, 24 Jun 2008 04:01:00 GMT Charles Dickens captured the spirit of an era in a single sentence: "It was the best of times; it was the worst of times." For American workers, that sentiment still seems to apply. On the one hand, there' http://www.townhall.com/columnists/EdFeulner/2008/06/17/wages_it_pays_to_look_at_the_big_picture aabc4234-44e8-4cf3-8016-27b4ec1d5e00 Tue, 17 Jun 2008 04:01:00 GMT Recently, an attendant on my United Airlines flight drew groans when she announced that the price of our in-flight meal had gone up. Her captive audience would have to pay $7 instead of $5 for a box lunch with so http://www.townhall.com/columnists/EdFeulner/2008/06/10/at_this_restaurant,_taxpayers_are_cooked c769813a-693f-4519-87ef-3bb5a23f98bf Tue, 10 Jun 2008 04:01:00 GMT The fifth anniversary is traditionally the "wood" one. But this year, instead of getting another knick-knack, millions of Americans are celebrating a fifth anniversary with paper. Paper money, that is -- and mor http://www.townhall.com/columnists/EdFeulner/2008/06/03/taxes_keep_the_cuts de3c26a0-3baa-4d33-a003-3b43f1e4d962 Tue, 03 Jun 2008 04:01:00 GMT With fill-ups routinely costing $60 or more, cost-conscious drivers naturally look for someone to blame. And just as naturally, politicians are happy to blame others. Enter "Big Oil," the demagogues' fa http://www.townhall.com/columnists/EdFeulner/2008/05/12/gas_prices_and_the_blame_game 30dfb538-9bd4-4db6-b7e3-2ded6241c842 Mon, 12 May 2008 19:15:30 GMT "What could possibly go wrong?" That's what members of Congress probably thought when they started shoveling bigger subsidies at ethanol producers. Now, with food riots erupting in some parts of the world,... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/EdFeulner/2008/05/05/food__federal_fuel_follies fceeba0f-bf2b-4ae9-9bfd-a663ad4fa397 Mon, 05 May 2008 18:24:15 GMT A flash of inspiration is known as a light-bulb moment. In an instant, things become clear, like items in a room when you flip on a light switch. But soon we'll need a new cliché. The latest light bu http://www.townhall.com/columnists/EdFeulner/2008/04/08/an_enlightened_debate 44f56189-8bc9-4cc0-8f23-4efec1ebd9d8 Tue, 08 Apr 2008 04:01:00 GMT The drive from Washington, D.C., to Philadelphia isn't long, but it's certainly becoming expensive. On a recent weekend it cost me $65 to fill up the tank on Interstate 95. If gas continues its march toward $4 pe http://www.townhall.com/columnists/EdFeulner/2008/03/31/tanks_for_nothing 2a701b17-111a-4192-92d1-fa6d66a8627a Mon, 31 Mar 2008 20:30:48 GMT Are we succeeding in Iraq? Look no further than the front page of your daily newspaper. What had been a steady barrage of bad news has now slowed to a trickle. Our military's success on the ground is http://www.townhall.com/columnists/EdFeulner/2008/03/18/in_iraq,_a_surge_of_success 51f00943-87e2-4df7-bf1f-b7e9ae3dead5 Tue, 18 Mar 2008 04:01:00 GMT Ask a conservative to name landmark dates in political history, and Jan. 20, 1981 (President Reagan's inauguration) would be high on the list. So would Nov. 9, 1989, the day the Berlin Wall fell, and Dec. 25,... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/EdFeulner/2008/02/15/a_heritage_of_conservative_victories a4970897-d826-4ad0-a13e-4f3eb95c6afb Fri, 15 Feb 2008 20:32:50 GMT