On Tuesday, HB 2342 advanced from the Pennsylvania House Committee on Finance with a vote 19-4 to repeal the Commonwealth’s new tax on e-cigarettes and vapor products, which is set…

In this episode of The Heartland Institute’s Voices of Vapers series, Jim Lakely, director of communications, and Lindsey Stroud, government relations coordinator spoke with David (Dave) Goerlitz about his efforts…

Lindsey Burke, Will Skillman fellow in education policy at The Heritage Foundation, writes: “Many homeschooled students attend some of the most rigorous and intellectually challenging schooling there is. Many families…

Heartland Institute President Joseph Bast on September 15 welcomed nearly 500 friends and supporters who attended its 32nd Anniversary Benefit Dinner, the organization’s biggest gala event.

When we turn to the other most famous ancient Greek philosopher, Aristotle (384 B.C. – 322 B.C.), we find little of the political regimentation that characterizes his teacher, Plato. For Aristotle, the appropriate behavior is the “golden mean,” that is, the avoidance of “extreme” or unrealistic goals or conduct in the affairs of men.

Regulators mete out fines and stymie growth, but are rarely punished for their own misconduct.

When New York’s Democrat Governor Andrew Cuomo gushed over SolarCity’s new solar panel factory in Buffalo, New York, the audience, likely, didn’t grasp the recently-revealed meaning of his words: “It is such a metaphor—a symbol of everything we’re doing.”

Several recent scientific studies found little evidence humans are affecting sea levels, while one study finds the planet is adding land mass faster than it was being submerged.

John and Donny continue their weekly exploration of think tanks across the country in episode #57 of the In The Tank Podcast. Today’s podcast features work from EdChoice, The Heritage Foundation, and the Pacific Research Institute.

The traditional mindset of school voucher advocates and other education reformers is one of incrementalism. It is a philosophy that emphasizes tweaking a failing system by repairing its broken parts using a dose of competition provided by charter schools, vouchers, and other similar efforts. The idea is to work within the “box” of the traditional U.S. K–12 educational system, both public and private.

A Utah state lawmaker is “threatening” to campaign for pro-consumer, pro-taxpayer reforms by championing a ballot amendment returning liquor sales to the domain of private businesses — if his colleagues fail to propose legislation getting the state government out of the booze business.

What if we could have an experiment to compare the two systems? Wait – we already did.

Committing perjury is a serious offense. Or so they say.

The EPA claims particulate matter and other emissions are harmful. Yet when it conducts tests to determine the risk of harm from pollutants, it fails to tell the test subjects they are being exposed to chemicals it has said are deadly.