Joseph Morris

The death of Dick Thornburgh is a sad matter for all who knew him, and marks the loss by the American people of a conscientious public servant.  May his memory always be as a blessing.

It is my hope, and I am sure that it is yours, that the Heartland Institute’s 37th year, which starts today, will be one leading to the broad, sunlit uplands of human liberty, attainment of which has been, and remains, Heartland’s goal.

I had the privilege of knowing her personally and arguing cases in front of Ruth Bader Ginsburg.

Adam Smith was born on this day in 1723.

National Nurses Week begins each year on May 6th and ends on Florence Nightingale’s birthday, May 12th.

As the philosopher Rahm Emanuel once said, “Never let a good crisis go to waste.”

Elizabeth Bartholet’s primary target for the last 20 years has been parental rights in all fields, especially in education.

The dream of European union as a path to peace and prosperity is a worthy one.  It was not, however, the actual substance of the existing European Union as a reality.  

Who needs “history” — all that irrelevant focus on dead white men — anyway?

Senator Scott has succumbed to a disinformation campaign against Mr. Farr that attempts to paint him as a racist.  The charges are entirely false and fabricated.

A report issued by Wirepoints shows that the cause of the Illinois public-sector pension crisis has been the staggering increase in the benefits promised to public-sector employees rather than shortfalls in funding of pension systems by taxpayers.

Milt was a good friend of The Heartland Institute, even providing a studio for him when he first began podcasting.

“Diversity” and “multi-culturalism” have their limits, it turns out, and authentic Christianity and Judaism seem to be beyond the pale.