Opinion
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Foreign money is pouring into ballot battles. Half the states aren’t ready
Opinion -Editorial -Only about half the states restrict foreign funding of ballot measures, and some of those laws still leave loopholes big enough to exploit. -
Columbus Is Why I Defend ‘Wasteful’ Space Exploration
Opinion -Editorial -What a good space program should do is the kind of spirit-edifying work that had the entire world glued to their television screens in 1969. -
Trump Administration Ends EV Mandate; Consumers Benefit
Opinion -Editorial -Congress should never have gotten into the business of setting fuel economy standards. -
Secretary Brooke Rollins Shepherds Another Anti-ESG Reform for USDA
Opinion -Editorial -Without overstating it, this is a wonderful development for American agriculture by Secretary Rollins and the USDA. -
Climate Change Weekly # 593— 2026 Science Review: Stories Casual Readers May Have Missed
Opinion -Legacy Climate Change Weekly -A study in Nature finds plants have been absorbing 31 percent more carbon dioxide from the atmosphere than previously assumed and modeled. -
Media Hits for Heartland: October 2026 … so far
Opinion -Editorial -Check out highlights from Heartland's invitations to be on TV, radio, and podcasts for the month of September 2026. -
Heartland’s Donald Kendal on OAN: Americans Are Missing the Big Picture on Data Centers
Opinion -Editorial -Donald Kendal, director of the Glenn C. Haskins Emerging Issues Center at The Heartland Institute, appeared on One America News Network to argue that this resistance overlooks the large benefits these facilities bring to their communities and to the country. -
The DSA Agenda Will Exacerbate the Affordability Crisis
Opinion -On substance, the Workers Deserve More Program is nothing more than an odd assortment of dumb Marxist ideas and concepts that sound too good to be true because they are indeed too good to be true. -
Fixing Failing U.S. Schools
Opinion -On September 8, The New York Times published a story titled “30 Ideas for Fixing U.S. Schools, Ranked by Experts.” The subhead read, “Math and reading scores are in a decade-long slump. We asked three dozen experts: What could turn things around?” -
What Exactly Is a Rooftop State?
Opinion -Colorado has often been called the “rooftop state” because the water that falls on Colorado flows to other states, with virtually none flowing in. -
PRESS RELEASE: Heartland Institute Experts Comment on Big Climate Case at Supreme Court Today
Opinion -Press Release -The Supreme Court should take its constitutional responsibility seriously by banning Boulder’s climate lawsuit in a way that applies to other cities’ lawsuits -
Climate Change Weekly # 592—Major Nature Study Retracted After RCP8.5 Debunking
Opinion -Legacy Climate Change Weekly -Since its passage, the IRA resulted in billions of dollars being wasted on various green boondoggles. -
Media Hits for Heartland: September 2026
Opinion -Editorial -Check out highlights from Heartland's invitations to be on TV, radio, and podcasts for the month of September 2026. -
Guest Booking Opportunity: Why America Needs More AI Optimism
Opinion -Press Release -“Call me a techno-optimist, but I refuse to believe humanity is inherently doomed to a fate depicted in The Terminator or Black Mirror. There is another vision of the future.” -
ObamaCare Fraud Indicts The Entire System
Opinion -Editorial -Poll after poll shows Americans are almost universally dismayed over the high cost of health care, as well they should be. -
A Much-Needed Dose of AI Optimism
Opinion -Editorial -We have become very good at imagining everything that could go wrong with advanced technology. But perhaps we should spend a little more time imagining what could go right. -
Washington State Climate Laws Cloning Those of California
Opinion -Although 99.9 percent of the eight billion people living on Earth do not live in the state of Washington, the state believes 0.1 percent of that population can change the world’s climate. -
Democrats are desperate to ‘Europe’ our health care system
Opinion -Editorial -Despite the obvious failures of European-style health care, Democrats are intent on bringing it to America. -
The Green New Deal Is Kryptonite to Progress and Prosperity
Opinion -Despite decades of global propaganda, climate alarmism is waning after Americans got a small preview of the Green New Deal under President Biden. -
AI in Our Schools—Its Use and Abuse
Opinion -When asked to respond to statements about AI’s effects on school, 58% of students agree that it has made homework meaningless, and 57% agree that it lets students get good grades without doing real work. -
On Second Thought, See You in Court
Opinion -Arizona leaders have been wringing hands and gnashing teeth for a month over the new Colorado River management plan, threatening to go to court. -
Oil Market Turbulence
Opinion -The price of oil has had more ups and downs than a roller coaster since the start of the Iran conflict. -
California Is Keeping Dumb Net Neutrality Alive. Trump Is Trying to Kill It
Opinion -California is amazing in the sense that they are cutting edge in their backwards thinking. -
Heartland Institute Experts Applaud Trump’s New, Realistic Automobile Efficiency Standards
Opinion -Press Release -‘Government shouldn't be in the business of deciding what types of cars and trucks people drive’
