Opinion
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Education and Misinformation. Why Do Lies Often Win?
Opinion -When the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) was created in 1917, maybe some honest people believed that government-run industries work better than free-market industries. In the USSR, all industries were run by government bureaucrats, and many university-trained experts both inside and outside of the USSR promised superior performance of these industries. The results were […] -
Teaching History and Racism
Opinion -As long as the Prussian education system has special privileges, it can continue to distort the teaching of history and promote racism. -
De-Banking Big Banks Also Suddenly Pretend to Be Trump’s Buddies
Opinion -Big Gov-Big Bank de-banking collusion sounds an awful lot like the Big Gov-Big Tech censorship collusion. And helps further demonstrate who amongst President Trump’s news buddies can be trusted and who can not. -
New Paper by The Heartland Institute Dissects How Carbon Capture and Storage Projects Threaten Property Rights
Opinion -Press Release -Capturing and storing carbon dioxide is also a massive waste of resources and causes other harms. -
Labor Unions and Labor Laws in the United States: The Prussian Model
Opinion -Laws should not violate the inalienable rights of Americans, whether they be employees or employers. The labor laws that force the Prussian model on the American people should be repealed. Free markets are better at protecting workers than politicians or bureaucrats. -
PRESS RELEASE: Nearly Every Openly Socialist Candidate Won in 2024
Opinion -Press Release -Out of 51 openly socialist candidates across 22 states and the District of Columbia, 94% won in November. -
PRESS RELEASE: New Heartland Paper Analyzes Massive Threat to Americans’ Property Rights
Opinion -Press Release -New changes to the Uniform Commercial Code (UCC) prepare the United States for a fully dematerialized economy in which the world’s largest financial institutions would own all physical assets and securities. -
Transparency at State Universities
Opinion -Government does not need to get more involved with education. It needs to leave this industry to the truly private sector and the full discipline of free markets. -
Heartland/Rasmussen Poll: Most Battleground Voters Reject European Union ESG Systems on U.S. Businesses and Support Laws to Limit Use of ESG in United States
Opinion -Press Release -Vast majority of swing state voters who are familiar with ESG scores support laws that would stop use of ESG scores by financial institutions and public companies. -
Heartland/Rasmussen Poll: Most Americans Oppose Use of ESG Scores in Personal Financial Matters
Opinion -Press Release -More than six in 10 Americans who are familiar with ESG scores support blocking financial institutions from using them. -
Democratic Socialists of America Throw AOC Under the Bus
Opinion -To be clear, the DSA’s blind embrace of neo-Marxism extends well beyond the current Israeli-Hamas conflict; that particular issue just happens to be their priority at this moment for some strange reason. -
A Street View of Communist Countries
Opinion -The media like to portray Cuba as a vibrant place, Latin culture plus classic cars. The street view is entirely different. -
Why Are American Taxpayers Forced to Subsidize and Support the Prussian Education System?
Opinion -In the 19th century, the United States started adopting the Prussian education system that covers primary school to university education. It is a government-supported and government-controlled system of education. While some alternative education systems are not forbidden, they face unfair competition from the Prussian education system as its institutions are either partially or fully financed […] -
Florida’s New ‘History of Communism’ Law Is a Model All States Should Follow
Opinion -I spent five years teaching U.S. history, world history, and American government, during which I chronically witnessed what I can only describe as “socialist indoctrination” from most of my colleagues. In many cases, blatantly pro-socialist ideology was being masqueraded as “giving both sides.” -
Socialism at a Glance
Opinion -The reason that so many American students have a distorted view of socialism is simple: they have been spoon-fed a sugar-coated version of socialism on social media, in classrooms, and throughout the entertainment universe. -
Students Deserve to Know the Truth About Socialism
Opinion -For the past few decades, American students have been taught a whitewashed version of socialism. -
PRESS RELEASE: The Heartland Institute Releases New Book: Socialism At A Glance
Opinion -Press Release -Book includes brief history of socialism, breakdown of socialist ideology, several national case studies, and examination of democratic socialism in the United States. -
Video: Climate Change Rhetoric Becoming “More Militant” – In The Tank #426
Opinion -The COP28 Climate Summit begins its second week of events and there is a lot to talk about. -
Video: WHO To Declare Climate Emergency? 😱 – In The Tank #425
Opinion -With the global climate conference, COP28, starting this week, global warming rhetoric is being ramped up into high gear. -
Video: 21st Century Fascism, Controlling Speech and Society – In The Tank #423
Opinion -The 21st-Century form of collectivism is one that melds the powers of private corporations and organizations with the force of government. -
Anti-ESG Report Card: 2024 Presidential Candidates
Opinion -In an attempt to secure vast amounts of wealth and influence over society, corporations, bankers, and investors, working closely with key government officials, have launched a unified effort to impose environmental, social, and governance (ESG) standards on most of the industrialized global economy. (ESG standards are also often referred to as “sustainable investment” or “stakeholder […] -
Heartland Institute Releases Anti-ESG Scores for 2024 Presidential Candidates
Opinion -Press Release -It is not an exaggeration to say that ESG represents one of the greatest threats to individual freedoms, democratic institutions, and macroeconomic stability facing us today. -
Anti-Intellectual Property? The Socialists-Communists Are
Opinion -My long time joke is: What’s the difference between Socialism and Communism? About five years. -
Video: Marching Toward a Technological Tyranny – In The Tank #416
Opinion -What does liberty look like in a world of AI, data collection, social credit scores, self-driving cars, CBDCs, and other developing technologies?