Just when the sale of Twitter to Elon Musk couldn’t get any more dramatic, the tech giant’s employees have drafted an open letter demanding no layoffs, no political discrimination against…
The news that Elon Musk had acquired 9.2 percent of Twitter triggered outrage notable even for a platform that seemingly exists for no other reason than for people to express…
The Heartland Institute’s Donald Kendal, Jim Lakely, Linnea Lueken, and the Center of the American Experiment’s Isaac Orr present episode 336 of the In The Tank Podcast. On this episode,…
Meta (the new name for Facebook’s parent company) lost more than $200 billion in stock value on Thursday. As a result, Mark Zuckerberg saw his net worth significantly drop. Facebook…
Chevy’s electric vehicle, the Bolt, has been plagued by battery problems. These problems have caused the company to recall every Bolt made to date. These problems have led Chevy to…
There was a time back in 2014 when the idea of roads paved with solar panels was all the rage. An article in Interesting Engineering retells the history of the…
Minnesota’s media is in a state of excitement today over a new report from think tank ProPublica which “Reveal[s] How the Wealthiest Avoid Income Tax.” There is much less to…
The following article originally appeared at RealClearEnergy: With the election of Joe Biden, the environmental movement has now established suzerainty over global economics. Gone not only is the troublesome Donald Trump but…
Senator Bernie Sanders wants to impose a 60% tax on the wealth that billionaires made during the duration of the pandemic. But setting aside the damaging impacts of wealth taxation,…
The growing demand for skilled workers is not being matched by a supply of skilled workers, and this misalignment is causing more and more companies to take matters into their…
Tesla's co-founder and CEO Elon Musk wants young people to know that getting a four-year degree is not the only way into top companies. He looks for "evidence of exceptional…
Hello! Heartland’s Donald Kendal, Justin Haskins, and Jim Lakely are joined by Isaac Orr (briefly) for episode 244 of the In The Tank Podcast. The crew discusses Elon Musk: Is…
But has that made the average American any better off?
You may not have known this, but the federal government has been subsidizing electric vehicles (EV’s) to the tune of a $7,500 tax credit for every electric vehicle sold. In…
Elon Musk is the greatest snake-oil salesman of our time. Some of his companies, like SpaceX, are incredibly impressive, but the rest of them are generally flashy underachievers that make…
It never ceases to amaze me how special interest groups who push for more renewable energy also oppose mining for copper, nickel, and cobalt in Minnesota. These sources of energy…
I am told that at the recent CPAC 2020 gathering the President told a well-received joke aimed at the latest “Green” demands that we forgo dirty carbon-based energy and rely…
Electric car maker Tesla Motors will cut 3,600 jobs-the equivalent of 9 percent of its workforce-as the company desperately tries to stop hemorrhaging cash.
Battery storage has become the latest fad among the energy industry. Lawmakers in states like California, New York and Oregon are busying themselves by crafting mandates requiring their states to invest in…