2016 – Joseph Bast | Writing

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The following history of The Heartland Institute describes as objectively as possible how the organization has changed over the years.

Essays

History of The Heartland Institute

December 11, 2016

Heartland Institute President Joseph Bast talks about freedom, the "big idea" that prompted the founding of The Heartland Institute in 1984.

Videos

The Heartland Institute Explained

November 4, 2016

Freedom is rising at the state and local levels in much of the country. It is being lost – “floating away” – at the national level.

Essays

Freedom Rising … or Floating Away?

August 1, 2016

Why build a library devoted to liberty? Because freedom is first and foremost an idea, not a social or political movement. That idea is contained in literature.

Building a Library for Liberty

May 1, 2016

$If a state repeals its CCSS, what should replace them? State elected officials face several choices.$

Policy Studies

Replacing Common Core: Choices and Trade-Offs

March 25, 2016

Perhaps the most consequential event of 2015 was the beginning of the end of the global warming movement.

Essays

Victory in the Global Warming Debate

February 1, 2016