2005 – Joseph Bast | Writing

Dark Light

Don’t trust government for anything more important than collecting garbage and raking leaves in the parks, and have a backup plan in case they mess that up.

Essays

Harriet and Katrina: Two Women, One Story

November 1, 2005

When you look at the world from the perspective of freedom, and especially freedom from unnecessary government interference and coercion, you quickly realize the work of American freedom is very much unfinished.

Essays

Restoring Freedom at Home II

October 1, 2005

America once had great K-12 schools and would have them once again if parents were put back in charge of their children’s education.

Books

Let’s Put Parents Back in Charge

September 10, 2005

The Heartland Institute is part of a growing movement of people and organizations that are making these victories for freedom at home possible.

Essays

Restoring Freedom at Home

September 1, 2005

Fewer people, it seems, read books these days, or at least the nonfiction that I love. To those who have not succumbed entirely to the Sirens of cable television and video games, I recommend the following.

I’d Rather Read a Book

August 1, 2005

The Heartland Institute has “broken the code” on how to get through to busy state and local elected officials, a highly leveraged audience of about 16,000 men and women.

Essays

The Rest of the Story

July 1, 2005

Will the Libertarian Party be prepared to win when circumstances make victory possible? Or will it get shoved out of the way and even further marginalized in a new, four-party political world? Either way, the president elected in 2016 will be a libertarian.

Essays

A Libertarian President? Don’t Laugh!

June 1, 2005

Heartland raised $2.0 million last year from about 1,500 donors and spent $1.99 million. We have no endowment or even a rainy day fund. We operate flat-out, devoting every penny we raise to our program.

Essays

The More We Change

May 1, 2005

If ending the government school monopoly is off the table, how can we improve our nation’s schools? I can think of only one way: Raising taxes and spending more on our government schools.

Essays

Why I Oppose School Choice

April 1, 2005

Michael Crichton is right! His synthesis of the science on climate change is extremely accurate and the experts he cites are real.

Policy Studies

Michael Crichton Is Right

March 30, 2005