Jim Lakely
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Tune in LIVE at noon CT today to hear and participate in a discussion about infuriating COVID gaslighting by elected officials, bureaucrats, and the media. Featuring The Heartland Institute’s Donald…
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Internet/Telecom
Afghanistan and Big Tech: We Keep Ignoring the Blatantly Obvious
by Jim Lakely August 16, 2021We are FINALLY extricating ourselves from the terminally un-winnable nightmare mess that is Afghanistan. Afghanistan has been for 10,000 years an unaltered, undeveloped country of mountain men goat herders. Thousands…
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ConstitutionFeaturedLibertyPodcastPoliticsRegulation
Ill Literacy, Episode XXIV: The Crooked Path to Abolition (Guest: James Oakes)
by Jim Lakely February 3, 2021Heartland’s Tim Benson is joined by James Oakes of Graduate Center of the City University of New York to discuss his new book, “The Crooked Path to Abolition: Abraham Lincoln and the Antislavery Constitution.”
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ConstitutionEconomicsFeaturedGovernmentPodcastPolitics
Ill Literacy, Episode XXII: 1620 (Guest: Peter W. Wood)
by Jim Lakely December 8, 2020Heartland’s Tim Benson is joined by Peter W. Wood of the National Association of Scholars to discuss his new book, “1620: A Critical Response to the 1619 Project.”
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ConstitutionEconomicsGovernmentLibertyPodcastPolitics
Ill Literacy, Episode XX: Lincoln and the American Founding (Guest: Lucas E. Morel)
by Jim Lakely November 23, 2020In Episode XX of Ill Literacy, Tim Benson talks with Lucas E. Morel about his new book Lincoln and the American Founding
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ConstitutionFeaturedGovernmentLegal AffairsLibertyPodcastPolitics
Ill Literacy, Episode XIX: A Cry from the Far Middle (Guest: P.J. O’Rourke)
by Jim Lakely November 17, 2020Heartland’s Tim Benson is joined by noted humorist and comedy legend P.J. O’Rourke to discuss his new book, “A Cry from the Far Middle: Dispatches from a Divided Land.”
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ConstitutionEconomicsFeaturedGovernmentPodcastPolitics
Ill Literacy, Episode XVII: JFK (Guest: Fredrik Logevall)
by Jim Lakely November 3, 2020Heartland’s Tim Benson is joined by Dr. Fredrik Logevall of Harvard University to discuss his new book, “JFK: Coming of Age in the American Century, 1917-1956.”
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ConstitutionEconomicsFeaturedGovernmentPodcastPoliticsRegulation
Ill Literacy, Episode XVI: Supreme Disorder (Guest: Ilya Shapiro)
by Jim Lakely October 29, 2020Heartland’s Tim Benson is joined by the Cato Institute’s Ilya Shpairo to discuss his new book, “Supreme Disorder: Judicial Nominations and the Politics of America’s Highest Court.”
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ConstitutionEconomicsFeaturedGovernmentLibertyPodcastPolitics
Ill Literacy, Episode XIV: Big White Ghetto (Guest: Kevin D. Williamson)
by Jim Lakely October 13, 2020Heartland’s Tim Benson is joined by National Review’s Kevin D. Williamson to discuss his new book, Big White Ghetto: Dead Broke, Stone-Cold Stupid, and High on Rage in the Dank Woolly Wilds of the “Real America”
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ConstitutionEconomicsFeaturedGovernmentLibertyPodcastPolitics
Ill Literacy, Episode XIII: Ten Global Trends Every Smart Person Should Know (Guest: Marian L. Tupy)
by Jim Lakely October 6, 2020Heartland’s Tim Benson is joined by the Cato Institute’s Marian L. Tupy to discuss the new book he co-authored with Ronald Bailey, “Ten Global Trends Every Smart Person Should Know: And Many Others You Will Find Interesting.”
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ConstitutionFeaturedLibertyMediaPodcastPolitics
Ill Literacy, Episode XI: How Innovation Works (Guest: Matt Ridley)
by Jim Lakely October 2, 2020The Heartland Daily Podcast · Ill Literacy, Episode XI: How Innovation Works (Guest: Matt Ridley) The Heartland Institute’s Tim Benson is joined by Matt Ridley to discuss his book, How…
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ConstitutionGovernmentLibertyPodcastPolitics
Ill Literacy, Episode X: American Conservatism (Guest: Andrew J. Bacevich)
by Jim Lakely October 1, 2020The Heartland Daily Podcast · Ill Literacy, Episode X: American Conservatism (Guest: Andrew J. Bacevich) The Heartland Institute’s Tim Benson is joined by Andrew J. Bacevich to discuss the anthology…
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Climate ChangeEnvironment/EnergyFeaturedMediaScience
Real Climate Science from David Legates Seems to Scare the Media, Will it Scare NOAA?
by Jim Lakely September 12, 2020SHAME: This NPR story about Heartland friend and esteemed climate scientist David Legates has falsehoods in every single paragraph that doesn’t simply identify him.