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Government & Liberty
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Section 230 Precedent Is Trojan Horse Tech-Tort Reform, Not Congress’ Intent
Opinion -America and Americans have been badly deceived and cheated for a quarter century. -
The Durham Report Exposes the Deep State
Opinion -There was no Russian interference in the 2016 election. There was no collusion between the Russian government and the Trump campaign. There were no Russians directing Trump's transition team and his administration. Disinformation, a purposeful lie, was weaponized against the right. -
American and Gadsden Flags (Bigger This Time) Back Flying Above Heartland HQ
Opinion -It was glorious to see two even bigger flags replace the old ones. -
Happy Mother’s Day
Opinion -Under no circumstances would I even fathom of using AI, such as ChatGPT, to produce my message to my mom on Mother’s Day. -
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.” -
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. -
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. -
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? -
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. -
Activist Journalism Is Attempting to Pollute Science on Clean Air Regulations
Opinion -A group of activist reporters and a UC Berkeley educated epidemiologist have launched a bizarre effort to subvert the well-established regulatory science of pre-harvest burns. -
TikTok and National Security
Opinion -Congress seeks to either force a sale of TikTok to a U.S. company or ban the app. The bar to shut down or disrupt the livelihoods of law-abiding Americans should be extremely high. -
Small Lenders Beg DC to Not Accelerate DC’s Executing Them
Opinion -Silicon Valley Bank (SVB)’s demise was death by misadventure - an accidental suicide. Too many Leftist cotillions - not enough risk management. -
Belize: I Guess I Unilaterally Seceded
Opinion -In 7th grade, I wrote a history paper saying the pre-Civil War southern states had a constitutional right (First Amendment - freedom of assembly) to leave the Union. My modern secession solution has been met with nigh universal revulsion from DC’s Conservative, Inc. For going on two decades now. -
Democracy in Chicago and in Wisconsin
Opinion -H. L. Mencken once defined democracy as "the theory that the common people know what they want, and they deserve to get it good and hard." -
Are Public Employee Unions Unconstitutional?
Opinion -Clearly, the PEUs are by their nature, political. In fact, the National Education Association spent twice as much on politics in 2021 as it did on representing its members – $66 million compared to $32 million, according to the union’s LM2. -
The 2023 Supreme Court Term and Student Loan Forgiveness
Opinion -It was not long ago that Americans were largely united in support of free speech and the press broadly defined would largely resist attempts by the government to enlist them in suppressing speech or minority or contrary viewpoints. -
Defense Dept Helps China – In the Name of National Security
Opinion -Government is and will always be a nigh-universal impediment to freedom and economic advancement. -
A National Divorce and Economic Policy
Opinion -A national divorce offers benefits and not just the avoidance of conflict. -
The Six Words That Created America’s Internet Injustice System
Opinion -How could our constitution-premised country, that has prioritized, cherished, and established justice from its creation, two centuries later unwittingly create, justify, and sustain the exact opposite -- a universal anti-constitution Internet injustice system for the 21st century?