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TOP POLICY STORIES Maureen Martin, R.I.P. CHICAGO — Tuesday, February 5, 2013 Maureen Martin, Heartland’s senior fellow for legal affairs and legal counsel to the organization, died Tuesday, February 5 in the fire that destroyed her home in Wisconsin. Maureen was a ta …
TOP POLICY STORIES Stanek Talks About Gun Control On Fox News, Steve Stanek, The Heartland Institute I have just returned from taping a segment of Fox Chicago Sunday, where my “opponent” in the way-too-brief discussion of gun control was Annette Holt, whose 16-yea …
TOP POLICY STORIES FrackNation: A Documentary That Needs Greater Exposure, James H. Rust, The Heartland Institute The United States is so wrapped up in different crises – fiscal cliff, gun control, national debt, etc. – that important issues get lost. One importan …
TOP POLICY STORIES Alarmists Concede Defeat in Heartland/Climate Reality Debate Global warming alarmists and skeptics alike report Heartland Institute Senior Fellow James M. Taylor scored a decisive victory over Ray Bellamy, an official presenter for Al Gore’s Climate Reali …
TOP STORIES Heartland Responds to Obama Reelection More than a dozen Heartland staff and senior fellows put their thoughts about the reelection of President Barack Obama in writing for a widely circulated news release. Their reactions ranged from “get ready for the worst” …
TOPIC POLICY STORIES Heartland Institute Experts Comment on Second Presidential Debate S.T. Karnick, The Heartland Institute “Both candidates seemed successful in achieving their respective goals tonight, but President Obama had a much tougher task which he did not address, …
TOP POLICY STORIES Obama’s Real Unemployment Rate Is 14.7%, and a Recession’s on the Way, Peter Ferrara, Forbes The Bureau of Labor Statistics reported October 5 that 114,000 new jobs were created last month, according to its Establishment Survey of business pa …
TOP POLICY STORIES Controversial Education Reform Movie “Won’t Back Down” Hits Silver Screens Friday, Joy Pullmann, The Heartland Institute This Friday, school reform drama hits 2,500 theaters across the country: “Won’t Back Down,” starring Ma …
TOP POLICY STORIES Heartland Institute Reacts to Strike by Chicago Teachers Union The Chicago Teachers Union went on strike Monday morning, the first strike in Chicago’s public schools in 25 years. The union and the Chicago School District could not come to an agreement des …
