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Government & Liberty
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Life, Liberty, Property #133: Is Inflation Already Below 1 Percent?
Opinion -Editorial -The consumer price index (CPI) from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) is currently more than three times as high as the Truflation number, Crowdfund Insider notes. -
Greenland and Land Acknowledgements
Opinion -President Trump initially left all options, presumably including military options, open to secure U.S. interests in Greenland. Wars fueled U.S. territorial expansion during the nineteenth century. A peaceful acquisition of Greenland would demonstrate the folly of the progressive left’s “land acknowledgements.” President Harry Truman tried to buy Greenland from Denmark after World War II. Little […] -
About That Divorce
Opinion -Relations between red and blue America continue deteriorating. A national divorce refers to the peaceful dissolution of a country by consent. Contemplating a national divorce as we celebrate America’s 250th birthday might seem sacrilegious, but few leaders seem to care about rebuilding the bonds of trust among Americans. Precedents exist, most notably the 1992 dissolution […] -
Life, Liberty, Property #132: A Potentially Historic Central Bank Reform
Opinion -Warsh, a former member of the Federal Reserve Board, is seen as a safe choice for Fed chair because he is more hawkish on the U.S. dollar than any of his recent predecessors. -
Life, Liberty, Property #131: The Fraud Is Worse Than You Ever Imagined
Opinion -U.S. taxpayers have been victimized by at least $36 billion and possibly as much as $3 trillion in fraud through federal government entitlement programs since 2020, an investigative report by The Center Square states. The higher number is far more than most sources have suggested in the past. -
Life, Liberty, Property #130: Will Economic Improvement Affect the Midterm Vote?
Opinion -With all this good news, the regime media are desperately trying to spin it to cast doubt on the (conclusively proven) value of market-empowering reforms. Newsbusters reports on a typical example. -
Life, Liberty, Property #129: Minneapolis ICE Obstruction: ‘Resistance’ Is Now Open Rebellion
Opinion -The shooting of a driver apparently attempting to escape from ICE agents and striking one of them with her SUV in Minneapolis is an appalling event. -
World Prosperity Forum Takes on the Globalist-Left’s World Economic Forum
Opinion -Press Release -The Heartland Institute will be streaming LIVE every day from Switzerland five straight days beginning January 19, 2026. -
Life, Liberty, Property #128: 2025 Breakdown
Opinion -The events of the years 2020 through 2024 cast enormous doubt on the competence and decency of American government [and] all the nation’s other institutions. The past year accelerated that shattering of illusions. -
Prosperity, Happiness, and Revolution
Opinion -Capitalism is in the crosshairs of most progressive, post-modern, Marxist and anti-progress intellectuals and academics. Destroying capitalism would reduce our standard of living. But leftists might already be making Americans less happy than our prosperity should afford. Chris Rufo dissects the progressive assault in his excellent book America’s Cultural Revolution, including the work of the […] -
40 Examples of Fake News in 2025
Opinion -For the purpose of media accountability, Just Facts has summarized 40 misleading claims spread by journalists, commentators, and so-called fact checkers during 2025. Each example quotes a specific media outlet, but the vast bulk of these falsehoods and half-truths were spread by multiple news sources, and some were propagated by dozens. 1: Climate Change and Biodiversity Loss An Associated Press article published by PBS in December claimed that “climate change” is making […] -
MAGA Socialists?
Opinion -The MAGA movement has never seemingly embraced socialism. Does this portend a socialist future? -
Cronyism: DC’s Selective Enforcement of Preemption (Net Neutrality v AI)
Opinion -The U.S. Constitution severely restricts what the federal government is allowed to do by specifically delineating the federal government’s powers. -
Supreme Court Should Not Let Climate Lawfare Set Energy Policy
Opinion -Climate lawfare is Big Business. State, county and city lawyers have filed some 30 lawsuits, alleging that oil companies misrepresented the impacts of their products and caused billions of dollars in climate and weather damages. -
Life, Liberty, Property #127: Is There No Escaping the Entitlement Trap?
Opinion -The failure of both the Democrat and Republican plans for extending or partially replacing the enhanced Obamacare subsidies last Thursday shows just how rare and difficult it is for politicians and taxpayers to escape the entitlement trap. -
Rising Electricity Prices? Blame Green Energy Policies, Not President Trump
Opinion -Electricity prices are rising, and Democrats blame President Trump. The real culprit can be found in the Democrats' green energy policies. -
The Internet Age – And the New (and Old) Abuses of We the ‘Users’
Opinion -The internet age has revolutionized and expanded the definition of “user.” Many Big Tech companies like Alphabet (Google) and Meta (Facebook) devised a new business model: selling data collected about and from the “users.” -
Political Climate is Deteriorating Even Faster
Opinion -Over 70,000 people just left Belém, Brazil after attending the annual UN climate change party, called COP30 because it was the 30th annual “Conference of the Parties.” -
Life, Liberty, Property #125: Trump’s Pivot Could Make Health Care Affordable Again
Opinion -Trump’s statement was surprising because it marked a pivot toward a new perspective on health care reform: cash as king. That new approach could make health care affordable again. -
A Nuclear Resurgence, But Major Obstacles Remain
Opinion -A nuclear energy resurgence is underway, driven by the artificial intelligence revolution and the Trump administration. -
Heartland/Rasmussen Poll: 41% of Young Voters Support Giving Artificial Intelligence Sweeping Government Powers
Opinion -41% of likely voters aged 18-39 voiced support for a proposal to give an advanced AI system authority to control public policymaking decisions. -
Life, Liberty, Property #124: Solving the Affordability Problem
Opinion -Support for socialism among young Americans is increasing in reaction to the high cost of housing and other essentials, reports a new poll by The Heartland Institute’s Glenn C. Haskins Emerging Issues Center and Rasmussen Reports. -
The Different Worlds of Wealthy Nations and Developing Countries
Opinion -The “green” mandates and subsidies are only affordable by the prosperous developed nations -
Just When You Thought Congress Was Totally Dysfunctional
Opinion -Last week, the Senate passed three Congressional Review Act resolutions overturning Bureau of Land Management (BLM) resource management plans. What would have been called an earth-shattering precedent not long ago was this time hardly noticed except by those who closely follow Interior and energy issues. The Biden-era resource management plans were designed to lock up millions of acres of public lands from the “multiple uses” required by law.