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May 4, 2026
Life, Liberty, Property #144: Debt-to-GDP Ratio Tops 100 Percent
The federal debt crossed an ominous threshold last week, rising over 100 percent of national gross domestic product …
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Heartland Institute Files Amicus Curia Brief in Support of Free Speech on Social Media
The States have an interest, if not a duty, to protect their citizens’ right to exercise their right to free speech.
April 28, 2026
Life, Liberty, Property #143: GAO Confirms Enormous Entitlement Fraud
Federal government programs paid out hundreds of billions of dollars of undeserved benefits to criminal organizations and other opportunists over just five years.

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May 4, 2026
Life, Liberty, Property #144: Debt-to-GDP Ratio Tops 100 Percent
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April 28, 2026
Life, Liberty, Property #143: GAO Confirms Enormous Entitlement Fraud
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April 20, 2026
Life, Liberty, Property #142: Trump Administration Appoints Health Care Affordability Czar
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April 7, 2026
Research and Commentary: Colorado’s ‘Protecting Everyone from Excessive Police Surveillance (PEEPS) Act’ Would Limit Tracking
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April 6, 2026
We Need a Covid Reckoning, Says Brownstone Institute’s Jeffrey Tucker: Interview
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March 31, 2026
Research and Commentary: South Carolina Third-Party Litigation Funding Restrictions
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Jim LakelyExecutive Vice President and Director of Communications
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S.T. KarnickSenior Fellow, Executive Editor of Health Care News
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