Opinion
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Life, Liberty, Property #126: Vermont Drifts Toward Property-Tax Doom Spiral
Opinion -Editorial -The state of Vermont has been raising property taxes rapidly in recent years. The state’s Tax Department is forecasting a 12 percent increase, making for a total increase of 41 percent over the past five years. -
Rising Electricity Prices? Blame Green Energy Policies, Not President Trump
Opinion -Editorial -Electricity prices are rising, and Democrats blame President Trump. For years, articles in the media have said that renewables provide the lowest-cost electricity, claiming that wind and solar generators were cheaper than coal, natural gas, and nuclear. But prices are soaring in green energy states that are installing wind and solar while closing coal plants. -
Climate Change Weekly # 564—Turns Out Climate Change Isn’t Causing ‘Mass Extinctions’
Opinion -Legacy Climate Change Weekly -Since its passage, the IRA resulted in billions of dollars being wasted on various green boondoggles. -
Climate Censorship and Integrity at COP30 and Beyond
Opinion -Editorial -Alarmists lack evidence and are losing the battle; so, they try to silence climate realists. -
The Internet Age – And the New (and Old) Abuses of We the ‘Users’
Opinion -Editorial -The internet age has revolutionized and expanded the definition of “user.” Many Big Tech companies like Alphabet (Google) and Meta (Facebook) devised a new business model: selling data collected about and from the “users.” -
Political Climate is Deteriorating Even Faster
Opinion -Editorial -Over 70,000 people just left Belém, Brazil after attending the annual UN climate change party, called COP30 because it was the 30th annual “Conference of the Parties.” -
Life, Liberty, Property #125: Trump’s Pivot Could Make Health Care Affordable Again
Opinion -Editorial -Trump’s statement was surprising because it marked a pivot toward a new perspective on health care reform: cash as king. That new approach could make health care affordable again. -
Climate Change Weekly # 563—COP 30 Week Two: Paris Agreement Failure Redux
Opinion -Legacy Climate Change Weekly -Since its passage, the IRA resulted in billions of dollars being wasted on various green boondoggles. -
A Nuclear Resurgence, But Major Obstacles Remain
Opinion -Editorial -A nuclear energy resurgence is underway, driven by the artificial intelligence revolution and the Trump administration. -
Heartland/Rasmussen Poll: 41% of Young Voters Support Giving Artificial Intelligence Sweeping Government Powers
Opinion -Press Release -41% of likely voters aged 18-39 voiced support for a proposal to give an advanced AI system authority to control public policymaking decisions. -
CLIMATE AND HEALTH
Opinion -Editorial -Contrary to the "consensus" narrative on warming that equates increasing temperature to increased death, the data tell a much different story. -
Life, Liberty, Property #124: Solving the Affordability Problem
Opinion -Editorial -Support for socialism among young Americans is increasing in reaction to the high cost of housing and other essentials, reports a new poll by The Heartland Institute’s Glenn C. Haskins Emerging Issues Center and Rasmussen Reports. -
Ten Years After the Paris Climate Agreement, Climatism Is Crumbling
Opinion -Editorial -10 years after the Paris Climate Agreement, the global consensus on climate change is crumbling. -
Heartland/Rasmussen Poll: Majority of Young Likely Voters Want Democratic Socialist to Win the White House in 2028
Opinion -Press Release -Even 42% of likely voters aged 18-39 who identify as conservative want Democratic Socialist to win presidency. -
Climate Change Weekly # 562—Global Politics Issue: Climate Goals Fade
Opinion -Legacy Climate Change Weekly -Since its passage, the IRA resulted in billions of dollars being wasted on various green boondoggles. -
Heartland/Rasmussen Poll: 52% of Young Voters Have Favorable Impression of Democratic Socialist Zohran Mamdani
Opinion -Press Release -44% think their economic future and personal happiness will be worse than their parents, only 22% believe it will be better. -
The Different Worlds of Wealthy Nations and Developing Countries
Opinion -Editorial -The “green” mandates and subsidies are only affordable by the prosperous developed nations -
Just When You Thought Congress Was Totally Dysfunctional
Opinion -Editorial -Last week, the Senate passed three Congressional Review Act resolutions overturning Bureau of Land Management (BLM) resource management plans. What would have been called an earth-shattering precedent not long ago was this time hardly noticed except by those who closely follow Interior and energy issues. The Biden-era resource management plans were designed to lock up millions of acres of public lands from the “multiple uses” required by law. -
The Facts on Taxpayer-funded Health Care for Illegal Immigrants
Opinion -Editorial -Contrary to Democrats’ talking points and media “fact checkers,” Senate Democrats are demanding significant amounts of taxpayer-funded health care for illegal immigrants in exchange for opening the government for merely one month. -
Life, Liberty, Property #123: New York State of Confusion
Opinion -Editorial -“Mr. Mamdani is asking for a lot,” report Grace Ashford and Benjamin Oreskes at The New York Times. Mamdani will need enormous tax increases to cover his ambitious plans. -
Climate Change Weekly # 561— UK ‘State of the Climate Report’ Shows No Cause for Alarm
Opinion -Legacy Climate Change Weekly -Since its passage, the IRA resulted in billions of dollars being wasted on various green boondoggles. -
No Kings Claptrap
Opinion -Editorial -Like any president, Trump has made some mistakes but calling him a “king” is absurd. Kings are not elected, and Trump ran for office three times, winning twice. -
Is the U.S. Economy About to Go SNAP, Crackle, and Pop?
Opinion -Editorial -Jamie Dimon, the CEO of JP Morgan Chase, was at the helm during the 2008 global financial collapse. -
Products, Fuel, and Electricity Are the Real Climate Challenges for the Future
Opinion -Editorial -To feed, shelter, move, educate, and power civilization, humanity acquires and uses 100 billion tons of earth’s natural resources annually.