Articles By Author Joseph Bast
Articles by Joseph Bast
02/01/2010 12:00 AM
The Great Global Warming Delusion began to unwind in 2009.Politicians still advocate legislation to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, newspaper headlines ...(read more)
01/07/2010 12:00 AM
During the past year, the theory of man-made global warming took some serious hits. More than a few people are now saying the whole thing was a lie or an ...(read more)
11/25/2009 12:00 AM
Last week, someone (probably a whistle-blower at the Climate Research Unit at the University of East Anglia, England) released e-mails and other documents ...(read more)
11/23/2009 12:00 AM
Last week, someone (probably a whistle-blower at the Climate Research Unit at the University of East Anglia, England) released emails and other documents ...(read more)
10/05/2009 12:00 AM
CHICAGO – President Barack Obama, the chairman of the FCC, and members of Congress say they support "network neutrality," a regulatory regime ...(read more)
07/31/2009 12:00 AM
It’s my pleasure and honor to participate with you in this celebration of the life and ideas of Milton Friedman, one of the greatest economists of ...(read more)
06/17/2009 12:00 AM
[Heartland President Joseph Bast submitted the following reply to an opinion-editorial by Matthew England, joint director of the Climate Change Research ...(read more)
06/17/2009 12:00 AM
Light-weight liberal academics on the prowl to find and attack their conservative and libertarian counterparts can be found all around the world, even in ...(read more)
06/02/2009 12:00 AM
Good morning. I’m happy to join Dan Miller in welcoming you to the Third International Conference on Climate Change.I am Joseph Bast, the president ...(read more)
03/09/2009 12:00 AM
In times of economic and political unrest, reforms that stood little chance of passage sometimes get a second look.One idea that deserves careful consideration ...(read more)
01/26/2009 12:00 AM
Science writer Ben Bova recently tried to take on Heartland’s James M. Taylor in a debate on the causes and consequences of global warming in the ...(read more)
01/01/2009 12:00 AM
The election of Barack Obama, credit crisis, and moves by Democrats in Congress to advance a radical agenda all suggest 2009 will be an epochal year in ...(read more)
10/09/2008 12:00 AM
Billionaire financier T. Boone Pickens’ campaign for government subsidies to wind power, advertised in a full-page ad in The Wall Street Journal and ...(read more)
08/01/2008 12:00 AM
No matter who is elected president in November, the nation will see another big debate over immigration policy come January. Not even the war in Iraq generates ...(read more)
07/19/2008 12:00 AM
Mr. T. Boone Pickens’ campaign for government subsidies to wind power, advertised in a full-page ad in The Wall Street Journal and subsequently in an op-ed ...(read more)
07/19/2008 12:00 AM
For many years I was an active member of the Sierra Club, and even an editor of Lake and Prairie, the newsletter of the Illinois chapter. I ended my membership ...(read more)
06/01/2008 12:00 AM
“Energy independence” has long been the rallying cry for many environmental and anti-war activists who seek to wean businesses and consumers in the U.S. ...(read more)
05/05/2008 12:00 AM
DeSmogBlog, a Web site created to attack conservative and free-market nonprofit organizations, targeted The Heartland Institute in late April 2008, and ...(read more)
04/01/2008 12:00 AM
Five years ago I wrote an essay in The Heartlander titled “Please Don’t Poop in My Salad.” It came from an email I received from an anti-smoking activist ...(read more)
03/17/2008 12:00 AM
Dear Editor:
The article by Dave Hansford on “climate-change deniers” (“Some like it hot,” March 22) is unconscionably bad. He ought to be ashamed for ...(read more)
03/03/2008 12:00 AM
Joseph L. Bast
President, The Heartland Institute
Sunday, March 2, 2008 (Midnight)
The 2008 International Conference on Climate Change, hosted by The ...(read more)
02/01/2008 12:00 AM
This issue of The Heartlander is going to 3,422 members, donors, allies, and friends of The Heartland Institute. The growth of the newsletter’s circulation ...(read more)
12/01/2007 12:00 AM
Junk science--the deliberate representation of false or misleading information as credible scientific research--is a growing problem in a variety of public ...(read more)
12/01/2007 12:00 AM
In last month's column, I identified five groups responsible for perpetuating the fake consensus that pesticides pose a significant public health threat: ...(read more)
12/01/2007 12:00 AM
The August 13 issue of Newsweek featured an article on its front cover titled "Global Warming Is a Hoax. "The text following the asterisk at the bottom ...(read more)
