Opinion
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Are Americans Ready for Kamala Harris’s California Cost-Hiking, Business-Killing Policies?
Opinion -California’s de-carceration, de-prosecution, and de-policing have led to a toxic mix that has eroded public safety in the Golden State. -
The Golden State of California Is Turning Brown Without Continuous Electricity
Opinion -As a resident of California for more than six decades, I am aware that the availability of continuously generated electricity in California is deteriorating and will get worse! The “Green New Deal” and “Net Zero” policies in California that are supported by Governor Newsom and the Democratic Presidential candidate Kamala Harris have led to the state’s most expensive electricity […] -
PRESS RELEASE: About Trump Highlighting Our Polls and Research Revealing Widespread Illegal Mail-in Voting in 2020
Opinion -Press Release -Trump is right: Results of a Heartland/Rasmussen poll found more than one-in-four mail-in voters admitted casting illegal ballots in 2020. -
Climate Change Weekly #518: The High Cost of the Biden/Harris IRA Climate Rules
Opinion -Legacy Climate Change Weekly -IN THIS ISSUE: The High Cost of the Biden/Harris IRA Climate Rules The Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), passed on August 16, 2022, contained billions of dollars in spending on green energy initiatives intended to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in order to fight climate change. A new analysis of the literature by Tim Benson of The […] -
Capital Gains Taxes?
Opinion -Listening to our politicians talk about increasing capital gains taxes makes one wonder whether these politicians and their economic advisors do not understand modern economics and finance, or whether they just hope that education in these fields is so poor that most people do not understand what is going on. Modern capital gains taxes are […] -
New Heartland Institute Report: The 2024 American Health Care Plan (State Solutions)
Opinion -Press Release -In this paper, The Heartland Institute outlines reforms from which all states could benefit, several of which some states have already begun to implement. -
Climate Change Weekly #517: Net Zero Efforts Destroying Forests and Reefs
Opinion -Legacy Climate Change Weekly -IN THIS ISSUE: Net Zero Efforts Destroying Forests and Reefs Many of our readers are probably aware of the tremendous amounts of lithium and cobalt needed for electric vehicle (EV) batteries, among other supposedly green technologies. Climate Change Weekly has previously discussed the environmental destruction and human rights violations inherent in the production of these […] -
Looming ‘Clean’ Energy Disasters Off Our Coasts
Opinion -Photos of oil-covered seals and birds from California’s 1969 Santa Barbara blowout helped launch the environmental and stop-oil movements. Some 90,000 barrels polluted ocean waters and yet, when I was scuba diving beneath it two decades later, the same production platform support structure once again hosted a magnificent ecosystem with millions of anemones, mussels, starfish, crabs and […] -
The Pain of Inflation
Opinion -Inflation is a top concern of voters. Yet economists generally argue that the costs of inflation are exaggerated. Can we reconcile these views? To begin, inflation as measured by the Consumer Price Index (CPI) has fallen significantly since hitting 9.1 percent in June 2022. Inflation was 7 percent for all of 2022 but only 2.9 […] -
Americans Deserve to Know How Kamala Harris’ Energy Plan Stacks Up Against Trump
Opinion -The public deserves to learn about the differences in energy literacy between Donald Trump and Kamala Harris BEFORE the elected one is allowed to set energy policies for Americans. It is apparent that the architects of the ‘Green New Deal’ are clueless that “renewables” such as wind turbines and solar panels ONLY exist to generate […] -
Climate Change Weekly #516: Hunga Tonga Eruption Behind “Record” Warming
Opinion -Legacy Climate Change Weekly -I and other Heartland Institute scholars have written before about the bird, bat, and marine mammals that industrial wind is killing around the world. -
Who Is Directing the War on Agriculture and Nutrition?
Opinion -Elite billionaire organizations and foundations, government agencies and activist pressure groups are funding and coordinating a global war on modern agriculture, nutrition, and Earth’s poorest, hungriest people. Instead of helping more families get nutritious food, better healthcare and higher living standards, they’re doing the opposite, and harming biodiversity in the process. The World Economic Forum wants […] -
Carbon Dioxide Pipeline Battle: Seize Land for Green Energy?
Opinion -A battle is underway in five Midwest states over construction of carbon dioxide (CO2) pipelines as part of the green energy transition. Opposition to wide-area pipeline networks is rising from farms and communities. But utilities and state governments intend to seize land over landowner protests. On June 25, the Iowa Utilities Board (IUB) granted the petition of […] -
First, Let’s Define Our Terms
Opinion -Years ago as a high school and college debater, I was trained to begin making my case by defining key terms. A debate gets incoherent if the two sides don’t agree on what the topic is, or what is being proposed. Voltaire famously wrote, “Define your terms… or we shall never understand one another.” The […] -
Climate Change Weekly #515: 🔥 EV Dangers Daily Becoming More Evident 🔥
Opinion -I and other Heartland Institute scholars have written before about the bird, bat, and marine mammals that industrial wind is killing around the world. -
New Heartland Climate Video Series a HUGE Hit
Opinion -These short videos are designed to debunk common myths about divisive climate topics. -
Welcome the Warmth
Opinion -At dawn today (30th July) mid-winter in sunny Queensland, it was zero degrees on the lawn outside our kitchen and the small water tub for our chooks was iced over. Every morning, as soon as it gets light, Judy puts a winter coat over her jamas, adds gloves, glasses, rubber boots, a beanie and a walking […] -
Climate Change Weekly #514: 🦇 Evidence Mounts that Green Tech Is Wiping Out Species 🐦
Opinion -I and other Heartland Institute scholars have written before about the bird, bat, and marine mammals that industrial wind is killing around the world. -
No, Governor Inslee: Repeal of Washington State’s Climate Commitment Act Won’t Hurt the Climate
Opinion -Washington State’s Climate Commitment Act (CCA) faces the possibility of repeal this fall. Governor Jay Inslee and others claim the CCA will reduce pollution and help stop climate change. But the CCA isn’t having the slightest effect on the climate, while it is boosting the cost of living for Washington residents. Washington’s Climate Commitment Act […] -
Kamala Harris Is More Radical on Her Energy Policies than Joe Biden
Opinion -Kamala Harris is oblivious to humanity’s addiction to oil as she is to these two basic facts: In a world Kamala wants to be dominated by wind turbines and solar panels, to generate occasional electricity whenever the wind blows or the sun shines, there will be nothing to “electrify” as there will be nothing that needs electricity. […] -
On Energy Policy, Kamala Harris Is Clueless
Opinion -The timing of Harris’ unflinching support for unaffordable and unreliable renewable energy coupled with her antipathy towards abundant, affordable, and reliable fossil fuels could not come at a worse time for the American people or the U.S. economy at large. -
Virginia’s Risk of Offshore Wind Turbine Blade Failure Is Serious
Opinion -On July 26, CFACT’s President Craig Rucker sent Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin a letter warning him about the serious risk of blade failure in the giant offshore wind facility being built off Virginia. The warning builds on the recent blade failure off of Nantucket, which has littered the beaches with fiberglass fragments. Virginia is also […] -
Do the Rich Pay Enough Taxes?
Opinion -Whether the rich pay their fair share of taxes remains contentious. Regardless of your position on this, accurate numbers on the rich’s current tax burden should inform this discussion. I will consider percentages of Federal individual income tax revenue from Tax Foundation analysis of IRS data. These numbers are sometimes inaccurately described as of all […] -
New Poll Shows Americans Are Very Worried about Election Integrity
Opinion -Free and fair elections are the bedrock of a well-functioning society. As history has shown, once the populace loses faith in the integrity of the election process, very bad things can follow.