The Heartlander
The bimonthly membership newsletter for The Heartland Institute.
The Heartlander: June-July 2008
Written By: edited by Diane Carol Bast
Published In: Heartlander > June-July 2008
Publication date:
06/01/2008
Publisher: The Heartland Institute
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| Thursday, July 31 11:30 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. Milton Friedman Legacy Luncheon Lloyd’s * Chicago Madison and Wacker - Chicago |
Thursday, October 2 8:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. Fifth Annual Emerging Issues Forum University Club * Chicago |
Thursday, October 2 5:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. 24th Anniversary Benefit Dinner Hilton Chicago Hotel |
Heartland produces an increasing number of educational products available online or on DVDs and CDs.
- The May 2008 issue of Environment & Climate News reports on global warming alarmism, recycling, carbon taxes, nuclear power, and more.
- Heartland spokespeople were published in or cited by the Baltimore Sun, Investor’s Business Daily, and The Wall Street Journal; appeared on several television and radio talk shows; and had speaking engagements in states from Utah to New Hampshire.
- Research & Commentary collections on carbon cap-and-trade and ethanol fuel were distributed.
- The May issue of Health Care News reports on individual insurance mandates, pharmaceutical marketing, and health savings accounts. The June issue highlights the failures of single-payer health care systems and addresses e-health, insurance regulation, and more.
- Heartland spokespersons attended events in Colorado, Florida, Illinois, and Nevada.
- We issued a media advisory applauding health care reform measures recently adopted in Georgia.
- The May issue of School Reform News addresses homeschooling, dropouts, and school finance. The June issue reports on Florida vouchers, No Child Left Behind, A Nation at Risk, and more.
- Heartland spokespersons were published in the Los Angeles Times and The Wall Street Journal and appeared on a Connecticut talk radio program.
- Heartland cosponsored a luncheon with the Thomas B. Fordham Foundation and will exhibit at the National Charter School Conference.
Information Technology & Telecom
- The May issue of InfoTech & Telecom News addresses network neutrality, municipal broadband, and taxes. The June issue covers copyright law, e-voting, music downloading, and more.
- Managing Editor Joshua Treviño appeared on a Florida talk radio program and was published in The Wall Street Journal Asia.
- The June issue of Budget & Tax News highlights unionization, prevailing-wage rules, and labor union finances, plus sales taxes in Chicago, Washington’s tax cap, tobacco taxes, postal service reform, airport privatization, and more.
- Managing Editor Steve Stanek was published in the Chicago Sun-Times, as was Heartland Policy Advisor John Skorburg.
- Heartland distributed information on the optional federal charter, property and casualty insurance, payday lending, and subprime mortgages.
- Legislative Specialist Matthew Glans was published in, and Heartland was cited by, the Akron Beacon Journal, The Wall Street Journal, the Palm Beach Post, and the St. Petersburg Times.
- Heartland spokespersons appeared on radio programs in Florida and Illinois, and Glans attended a symposium at Northwestern University.
- Heartland Senior Fellow Lee H. Walker was honored at the 11th Annual Awards Benefit of 100 Black Men of Chicago, Inc.
- Walker appeared on talk radio, was quoted in USA Today and The Washington Times, and was published by Chicago Tribune and Chicago Sun-Times.
