Nearly 450 people, including some of the country's key leaders of the free-market movement, attended The Heartland Institute's 25th Anniversary Benefit Dinner on Thursday, October 29. They were treated to the premiere of three new promotional videos marking Heartland's 25 years of effort and featuring salutes from state elected officials, members of Congress, and our think tank colleagues. The videos are available on The Heartland Institute's YouTube channel as well.
The Heartland Institute: Origins and Growth
This sometimes-humorous 5-minute video describes how The Heartland Institute was founded in 1984 and then grew to become a prominent national research and education organization. It includes comments by Scott Hodge (Tax Foundation), Matt Kibbe (FreedomWorks), Fred Smith (Competitive Enterprise Institute), Sandy Liddy Bourne (American Energy Freedom Foundation), and Grover Norquist (Americans for Tax Reform).
The Heartland Institute: Impact
A 7-minute review of The Heartland Institute's impact on public policy debates, featuring state elected officials from across the country and scientists commenting on Heartland's work combating global warming alarmism. Speakers include Heartland Science Director Jay Lehr; Cato Institute Senior Fellow Patrick Michaels; scientists S. Fred Singer and Lord Christopher Monckton; State Representatives Bryan Hughes (TX); Lawrence Miller (CT); and Ed Garner (OK); Iowa State Legal Counsel Edwin G. Cook, Sr.; State Sen. Pamela Gorman (AZ); and news clips from CNN, Fox and Friends, and the Glenn Beck Show.
25th Anniversary Salutes
Eight minutes of salutes from elected officials and leaders of the leading free-market think tanks on the occasion of The Heartland Institute's 25th Anniversary in 2009. Speakers include Sen. Jim DeMint (SC), Sen. James Inhofe (OK), Congr. Mike Pence (IN), Congr. Dana Rohrabacher (CA), William "Chip" Mellor (Institute for Justice), Morton Blackwell (Leadership Institute), David Nott (Reason Foundation), Grover Norquist (Americans for Tax Reform), Edwin Feulner (Heritage Foundation), Ed Crane (Cato Institute), Fred Smith (Competitive Enterprise Institute), Matt Kibbe (FreedomWorks), Sandy Liddy Bourne (American Energy Freedom Foundation), Nick Gillespie (Reason TV), and Matt Welch (Reason Magazine).
