Editorials: Other

A New Lincoln

John C. “Chuck” Chalberg
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January 03, 2013
Thanks to Steven Spielberg and Daniel Day-Lewis, Abraham Lincoln is with us once again.  Actually, in a very real sense our sixteenth president has never really left us.  He is always hov

Turtle on a Fencepost: A Fable for Our Time

David L. Applegate
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December 16, 2012
There are no coincidences in politics, it’s been said, so consider a series of recent coincidences:

Peggy Noonan Is Wrong, Again, About the Tea Party, Politics, and Freedom

Jim Lakely
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December 14, 2012
In a blog I used to write for regularly before joining Heartland, I used to specialize in take-downs of Peggy Noonan.

Benghazi: Obama's Actions Amount To A Shameful Dereliction Of Duty

Peter Ferrara
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October 25, 2012
Enough facts are in the public record about the Benghazi murders of Libyan Ambassador Chris Stevens and 3 others, including two Marines, that a final judgment can be rendered on President Obama’s h

Election 2012: America Will Never Be the Same

Peter Ferrara
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September 06, 2012
The world is dynamic rather than static, so constantly thinking ahead is the key to understanding.

Cracking the Left's Fortresses

Peter Ferrara
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August 22, 2012
Check out one of those maps of the county-by-county results for a recent presidential election. The Democrat counties are in blue, and (perversely) the Republican counties are in red.

Simon Cowell for President

Maureen Martin
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January 19, 2012
OK, I’m not seriously suggesting that, of course. For one thing, he’s not a U.S. citizen.

Soviet Union’s Fatal Flaw Is Repeated Here

Eli Lehrer
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December 24, 2011
Even today, almost exactly 20 years after it happened, Westerners asked to explain the rapid collapse of the Soviet Union tend to serve up theories that flatter preconceived ideological biases.

How Smart Growth and Livability Intensify Air Pollution

Wendell Cox
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September 15, 2011
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) wants to implement stronger air pollution restrictions on ozone (smog) for the stated purpose of improving public health.

Can You Hear the Thunder?

Joseph Bast
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July 01, 2011
I woke last night to the sound of thunder. How far off? I sat and wondered. – Bob Seger, “Night Moves,” 1976