Opinion
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Taxation Without Taxation
Opinion -Politicians calculate that voters are less likely to notice higher prices than taxes. And if they notice, they may forget the policy hiking prices. -
It Takes Two to Tango—and Solve the Nation’s Debt Crisis
Opinion -Unlike his recent predecessors, Biden is taking a “my way or the highway” approach when it comes to hiking the debt ceiling and negotiating with Congress. -
Climate Change Weekly #470: Physics Is Why Renewables Can’t Power Modern Economies
Opinion -Wind turbines would have to cover one-third of the continental United States, or solar panels would probably have to cover more than 20 percent of the countryside, just to meet current demand. -
Heartland Institute Building Vandalized, American and Gadsden Flags Burned
Opinion -I always knew this day would come – the day some radical leftists decided to take their hatred of The Heartland Institute and its mission to advance freedom and turn it into “direct action.” -
How Much Wind Killing Do We Want?
Opinion -That rapidly growing wind power development kills birds in ever increasing numbers is clear. That it also kills whales and other marine mammals is becoming clear. So the policy question is how much killing is enough, before we stop killing more? This question seems not to be asked. -
Everything You’ve Heard About the Debt Limit is Wrong
Opinion -Contrary to widespread claims that the U.S. government will default on its debt if Congress doesn’t raise the debt limit, federal law and the Constitution require the Treasury to pay the debt, and it has ample tax revenues to do this. -
An Easy Guide to Rational Energy Policies
Opinion -The following should be helpful for new regulations, mandates, and laws that would restore sensible, affordable, and rational energy policies. -
PRESS RELEASE: Heartland Institute Experts Praise New Anti-ESG Law in Florida
Opinion -Press Release -Bill signed by Gov. Ron DeSantis mirrors recommendations for states in just-released Heartland Institute report. -
PRESS RELEASE: Save The Whales Coalition Warns NOAA: Don’t Allow More Harassment from Wind Power
Opinion -Press Release -"With dozens of dead whales and dolphins washing up … now is a particularly unsuitable time for NOAA to authorize the harassment or injury of right whales and other endangered species." -
The War On Boys And Girls
Opinion -“Half of American men and almost a third of women (30%) now think that society ‘punishes men just for acting like men.’ One of the main culprits for young males’ problems is the ongoing stress on so-called toxic masculinity. -
The Practical Impossibility of Large-Scale Carbon Capture and Storage
Opinion -The Environmental Protection Agency is working on a new rule that would set stringent limits on carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from US power plants. But the cost of capture and the amount of CO2 that proponents say needs to be captured crush any ideas about feasibility. -
What’s Good and Bad with DEI
Opinion -Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) initiatives in business and higher education have become controversial. What is problematic about being welcoming and inclusive? DEI programs have evolved from critical theory, the application of Marxist analysis to gender and race instead of economic class. -
A Free-Market Economy Lifted My Family Out of the Welfare Projects
Opinion -Legacy Quarterly Report Newsletter -I know first-hand that economic freedom, not a state-driven economy, is truly the most charitable government policy for all. -
Biggest AI Problem (for Now): The People Designing It
Opinion -We have no scintilla of understanding of the catastrophic AI creature we’re about to unleash upon our little planet. We were the only self-aware beings on Earth. That will - very soon - no longer be the case. -
Press Release: ESG Is a Threat to Individual Liberty, Free Markets, and the U.S. Economy
Opinion -Press Release -Heartland Institute research explores how ESG is being implemented, and why it must be stopped. -
The Unions’ Heavy Grifting
Opinion -Over the years, the unions, especially the public employee variety, have heaped abuses on just about all of us. But finally, there are the seeds of resistance. -
Your Taxes at Work: ‘Eco-Anxiety’ Counseling for Federal Workers
Opinion -US Fish and Wildlife Service employees are struggling to cope with feelings of trauma and loss over the world’s changing climates and imperiled environments. The FWS is thus offering paid leave to employees who attend “eco-anxiety” and “climate grief” training. -
Biden Quietly Planning for a Future Where You Don’t Own Money
Opinion -All of your money would be kept by a bank or the Federal Reserve directly, which means they would own all of your CBDC money, not you. -
What Makes AI Most Dangerous Makes It Most Fixable
Opinion -Unaccountable generative AI warrants s existential concern because already it has proven to be unexplainable, unpredictable, and uncontrollable. -
Can We Halt Research into Artificial Intelligence?
Opinion -Top experts do not rule out AI getting out of control. Is it possible to conduct research to prevent this? And if not, should we permanently halt the research? -
50 Years After the Oil Embargo Crisis of 1973, No American Policy for Energy Independence
Opinion -America continues to increase its energy dependence on China for “green”, and on OPEC and Russia for oil. -
SCOTUS Holds Foreign Sovereign-Owned Entity Subject to U.S. Criminal Jurisdiction Under Commercial Exception
Opinion -This case telegraphs that the Supreme Court is strengthening the commercial exception to assertions of immunity by foreign sovereigns. -
Lighting the Way to More Government
Opinion -The breakthrough invention of Thomas Edison that brought civilization out of the whale oil age and transformed the lives of billions, is now considered one of many everyday conveniences that are destroying the planet. -
The Gender Dysphoria Fad Shows No Signs of Abating
Opinion -In the 1970s, various eating disorders were the rage. But they were treated as physical disorders and serious mental health problems. Today, bulimia and anorexia are passé and have been replaced by gender dysphoria, which is being used as a political cudgel by many with a nefarious agenda.
