Brent Hamachek and Tom Kuchan of Segueway Solutions invited President and CEO of The Heartland Institute, Joe Bast, to speak on their radio show, “Segueway to Success.” They talk about Heartland’s mission, how Heartland[...]
With the opening of the George W. Bush Library this week in Texas, plenty of journalists are writing long think-pieces about the man and his legacy, which basically amount to[...]
Budgets/Taxes · Featured · Politics
If you flew somewhere this week, or know anyone who flew this week, you’ve likely either experienced or heard about flight delays due to President Obama’s cynical strategy to make[...]
Featured · Legal Affairs · Politics
The Democrats have gotten the great Republican hope, Marco Rubio, to sign on to a measure that accomplishes nearly all of their goals on immigration: “The pre-bill marketing campaign —[...]
Featured · Internet/Telecom · Podcast · Taxes
Heartland‘s Benjamin Domenech speaks with Curtis Dubay, Senior Tax Analyst at The Heritage Foundation, about Internet Taxes. The proposed Marketplace Fairness Act would force Internet retailers to collect sales tax for the state and local[...]
Featured · Internet/Telecom · Regulation
Competition is alive and well in the U.S. communications market. Market forces have produced a barrage of big competitive developments in just a few weeks. Dish’s disruptive $25b bid for[...]
“Ineptocracy” is a new Internet-popularized word in wide circulation, which came to my inbox with the following definition: “A system of government where the least capable to lead are elected[...]
Budgets/Taxes · Environment/Energy · Featured
Every year, April 15 is tax day. The morning’s news shows featured last minute tax tips and other tax-related information. A new poll was discussed. When asked: “Thinking about paying[...]
Economics · Environment/Energy · Featured · Regulation
We are fighting a battle against scientific ignorance and environmental nihilism that we cannot afford to lose.
This is probably the best example yet as to why municipal broadband systems are a bad deal for anyone unlucky enough to live in a city with “free” broadband.
Budgets/Taxes · Featured · Internet/Telecom
Sometimes, when Heartlanders get letters from “fans,” we write back.
Featured · Health Care · Legal Affairs
Doctors need to know that anything in the medical record can be used against them—as can errors by their own million-dollar attorney.
Budgets/Taxes · Economics · Featured · Politics
President Obama tells us in the Overview to his Fiscal Year 2014 Budget just released last week that his budget proposes, “more than $2 in spending cuts for every $1[...]
Budgets/Taxes · Economics · Featured · Health Care · Podcast
At the start of this year makers of medical devices became subject to a federal excise tax on their products. It’s an especially bad way to fund Obamacare, says the[...]
Budgets/Taxes · Featured · Internet/Telecom
The Big Government, Never-Enough-of-Your-Coin-Coalition – Internet Division – is at it yet again. The Barack Obama Administration has since it’s inception been very active in over-regulating the Web – for[...]
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