presidential

Lenín Moreno was the candidate of President Rafael Correa’s socialist PAIS Alliance, has apparently won the Presidential run-off election 51 to 49 percent.

The daily and unending bombardment of political campaign reporting and news, with its “drama” about who will be the Republican and Democratic Party candidates for the U.S. presidency, hides from view the continuing and real choice facing the American public: freedom or statism, individual liberty or government control.

In episode #23 of the In The Tank Podcast, Hosts Donny Kendal and John Nothdurft get ready for Monday’s Iowa Caucus. This weekly podcast features (as always) interviews, debates, roundtable discussions, stories, and light-hearted segments on a variety of topics on the latest news. The show is available for download as part of the Heartland Daily Podcast every Friday.

Because of the extended holiday weekend, today’s edition of the In The Tank Podcast will be a best-of edition. What follows is an assortment of Hosts Donny Kendal and John Nothdurft’s best moments of the first several episodes.

In today’s edition of the Heartland Daily Podcast, Dr. Merrill Matthews, a resident scholar with the Institute for Policy Innovation, a research-based, public policy think tank in the Dallas area, joins managing editor Kenneth Artz to discuss Hillary Clinton’s plan to make prescription drugs even more expensive.

New polling emphasizes support for traditional energy concerns has become a partisan issue. Large majorities of Republicans favor key energy issues—but voters of every ideological stripe say energy will be an important part of their voting decisions.