The Heartland Institute

Scott Cleland, chairman of NetCompetition and president of Precursor LLC, discusses his Daily Caller essay “Obsolete Analysis Will Doom DOJ’s Antitrust Probe of Cable.” ...

Sheila Weinberg of the Institute for Truth in Accounting discusses her organization's "State of the States" report, which shows state governments with $900 billion in retiree obligations that have gone unfunded and unreported because of lax government accounting standards. In some states each taxpayer owes tens of thousands of ...

It is common for education researchers to contend the topic they are studying or the policies they are promoting have never been researched before, says Dr. Richard Phelps in a new article for Academic Questions, the journal of the National Association of Scholars. This is common even among well-known and influential researchers ...

Benjamin Domenech is joined by Beverly Gossage to discuss interstate insurance, why it has failed so far and how it can succeed in providing more insurance options at lower cost. ...

Education is entering a revolutionary period driven by the reinvention of the entire school, concludes a recent study by the Friedman Foundation for Educational Choice. Study coauthor James Woodworth joins the School Reform News Podcast to discuss the future of education. “From KIPP to Carpe Diem, education is entering a revolutionary ...

R Street Institute has come out with its 2012 Insurance Regulation Report Card. The Institute's Ray Lehmann tells us how the grades are determined and why Vermont, Illinois and Ohio earned A pluses and Florida received a failing grade. ...

Marc Morano of Climate Depot discusses breaking news regarding global warming. ...

Dr. George S. Ford, chief economist for the Washington, DC-based Phoenix Center for Advanced Legal and Economic Public Policy Studies, discusses the findings of his most recent policy perspective, “A Most Egregious Act? The Impact on Consumers of Usage-Based Pricing.” ...

Benjamin Domenech interviews Josh Archambault of the Pioneer Institute to discuss the Massachusetts effort to manage health care costs by squeezing the state’s doctors. ...

Illinois has the nation's worst-funded government pension system, and still the state's legislators failed to enact any reforms before their session ended June 1. David From of Americans for Prosperity explains what needs to happen to end the state's pension-fueled fiscal crisis. ...

Writing in the Wall Street Journal , Sen. Lamar Alexander says it’s time for a healthcare-education swap like one President Reagan was amenable to: The federal government would take over Medicaid and let states completely handle education. Is that a good idea? Heartland’s Health Care News managing editor and healthcare policy ...

Less Government President Seton Motley discusses the May 15 conference he organized and hosted in which he and participants discussed and debated information technology and telecommunications issues. ...

Michigan is one of 18 states where the state government acts as liquor wholesaler. Liquor reforms are being mulled in Michigan, where a new report from the Mackinac Center for Public Policy concludes the state's liquor monopoly harms consumers without delivering health and safety benefits. ...

A rising number of highly credentialed and government folk are touting the benefits of taxpayer-funded, universal preschool and early childhood programs. Are these really a good way to spend limited government funds? Lisa Snell, director of education and child welfare at the Reason Foundation, has studied such programs and ...

Solar scientist Dr. Willie Soon explains the sun’s role in global climate change. ...

C-FIRE Deputy Director R.J. Lehmann discusses provides an update on efforts to reform the National Flood Insurance Program, including a May 9 Senate subcommittee hearing on flood insurance reauthorization. ...

Heartland Institute Science Director Dr. Jay Lehr explains how EPA has strayed from its original mandate. ...

By many measures Illinois is one of the nation's most fiscally dysfunctional states. One indication of the dysfunction is the state's pension system for government workers, conservatively estimated to have an unfunded liability of $85 billion. The governor has proposed pension reforms but Ted Dabrowski of the Illinois Policy ...

Benjamin Domenech talks with John Graham of the Pacific Research Institute about why interstate health insurance purchasing has failed in Georgia. ...

Starting a school can be a thrilling idea, but how do parent groups, entrepreneurs, and community organizations go about it? Andrew Collins, director of school development for the Arizona Charter Schools Association , joins the School Reform News podcast to explain the startup process. Creating a high-quality charter school ...