Recent Opeds & Letters to the Editor

President Obama’s State Of Disunion: Half of America Is In a Trance

Peter Ferrara
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February 18, 2013
President Reagan famously said “Government is not the answer to the problem. Government IS the problem.”

Obama and the Pirates

Peter Ferrara
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February 17, 2013
Everything in this column will be established by logical proof, as in geometry. There will be no name calling, or mere assertion.

Carbon Tax Hallucinations

Paul Driessen
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February 17, 2013
Average planetary temperatures haven’t budged in 16 years. Hurricanes and strong tornadoes are at or near their lowest ebb in decades.

The New Robber Barons: Government Regulators

Paul Driessen
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February 15, 2013
An oil and natural gas boom is underway in the United States, born of horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing, or “fracking.” It has c

Antigun Activists Are Targeting the Wrong People

Maureen Martin
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February 15, 2013
[NOTE: The author of this op-ed, Heartland Institute Senior Fellow for Legal Affairs Maureen Martin, died in a housefire on

Mayors Breaking Laws with Anti-Gun Jawboning

Maureen Martin
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February 15, 2013
[NOTE: The author of this op-ed, Heartland Institute Senior Fellow for Legal Affairs Maureen Martin, died in a housefi

Taxpayer Millions, Lithium Ion and Rich People Just Don't Mix Well

Paul Chesser
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February 15, 2013
Undoubtedly alternative energy and transportation innovator Elon Musk – like his competitor for the taxpayer-funded, six-figure ele

God for Obamacare … Dr. Ben Carson’s Heresy

Paul Kengor
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February 14, 2013
Editor’s note: A longer version of this article first appeared at American Spectator.

Why Isn’t Pacific Institute President Peter Gleick in Jail?

Joseph Bast
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February 14, 2013
The Heartland Institute today released a

State of the Union: Will Congress Deliver?

David L. Applegate
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February 13, 2013
The State of the Union address long ago devolved into political theater, so it is no surprise that both President Obama and members of Congress surrounded themselves with sympathetic guests, among