Opinion
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Federal Government Clarifies Migratory Bird Protections
Opinion -The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has proposed a rule under which it would no longer prosecute entities that unintentionally or accidently harm or kill birds protected under the 1918 Migratory Bird Treaty Act. -
Commentary: FDA’s New Commissioner Needs to Shed Bloat, Put Patients First
Opinion -Now that the Trump Administration’s new U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) commissioner, Dr. Stephen Hahn, has been confirmed, -
Virginia’s ‘Clean Economy Act’ Will Have Dirty Results
Opinion -850-foot-tall turbines, 3.5 times DC covered with solar panels, mining, child labor, pricey power. -
Is Health Care a Right?
Opinion -Health care is a component of modern prosperity, which must be continually created. -
Second Street.org Spotlights Socialized Medicine from Canadian Viewpoint
Opinion -When senior citizen Jenny Mackenzie of Vancouver, Canada learned it would take two years to receive hip surgery, it was SecondStreet.org that brought her tale of woe to the public’s attention. -
College Athletes Could Soon Profit from Commercial Deals
Opinion -Gov. Gavin Newsom of California signed a bill allowing college athletes to sign endorsement deals and hire agents. -
A Consumer Wish List for Health Care
Opinion -See related article, April 2, 2020 -
Nothing’s ‘Impossible’ When It Comes To Innovation
Opinion -Meeting Americans’ needs, especially those of the neediest, requires free markets that can realize and reward the benefits of technological innovations, big and small. -
The Cuban Literacy Campaign of 1961
Opinion -The truth is, literacy is fast being eradicated in the world, with or without literacy campaigns. -
CPAC Shocker: “RepublicEN” Astroturf Group Launches Character Attack on Princeton Physicist
Opinion -I attended a CPAC session Thursday on climate change and was stunned at the stark difference in tone and professionalism among the panelists. -
Supreme Court to Decide Safety Requirements on Abortion
Opinion -In what promises to be a landmark ruling on a highly charged issue, the U.S. Supreme Court will soon hear a case, -
California Considers Imposing Climate Change Education
Opinion -A California bill under consideration in the state legislature would require schoolchildren to learn that humans are causing dangerous climate change in order to graduate. -
Twitter Hits No Substitute for Science in Understanding Climate
Opinion -Climate Change Weekly #352 -
Supreme Court Sidelines Review of ACA Constitutionality as Law Approaches Ten Years
Opinion -The U.S. Supreme Court said it will not fast-track a request by 19 states to take on a decision by a federal appeals court that ruled Obamacare’s individual mandate is unconstitutional -
Washington state Supreme Court Blocks Greenhouse Gas Limits for Some Businesses
Opinion -Washington state’s Supreme Court invalidated portions of the state Department of Ecology’s (DEC) rules applying greenhouse gas emission caps to indirect emitters such as natural gas companies and fuel distributers. -
Rural Hospital Consolidation May Undermine Care, Access, New Study Finds
Opinion -Hospital consolidation, often seen as a financial lifeline for rural hospitals and encouraged by the Affordable Care Act, may result in cutbacks in services and reduced patient access, a new study concludes. -
Appliance Regulations Are Bringing Back Dirt, Filth, and Disease
Opinion -President Donald Trump is fighting to roll back federal appliance standards which are leaving people in the dark, dirty, and possibly ill. -
Arizonans Face Stiff Rate Hikes as Utilities Switch to Renewables
Opinion -Tucson Electric Power requested the Arizona Regulators allow it to by add $7.61 to home customers’ monthly electricity bill beginning in May 2020, to pay for new renewable power supplies, having helped close an inexpensive coal power plant in late 2019. -
Book Review: Child Safety Accounts Would Allow Immediate Transfers to Safer Schools
Opinion -Child Safety Accounts: Combating Student Bullying and School Violence by Empowering Parents, by Heartland scholars Vicki Alger, Tim Benson, and Lennie Jarratt, lays out the plan for CSAs in every state. -
Drug Companies Stall on Generic Drug Releases
Opinion -The U.S. Food & Drug Administration has approved generic versions of pharmaceutical products at a record-setting pace since 2016, but few of the newly certified products are available to patients, according to an analysis by Iqvia. -
The Freedom to Pump Gas
Opinion -Illinois state representative Camille Lilly recently sponsored a bill to restrict self-service gasoline stations. Would creating jobs for gas station attendants be good economics? -
PRESS RELEASE: Bernie Sanders in 1981: Some Police Forces ‘Dominated by Fascists and Nazis’
Opinion -Newly exposed comments from the front-runner for the Democratic nomination for president come on heels of Sanders’ praise of communist regimes in Cuba, Nicaragua, and Venezuela -
New England Journal Study Questions Merits of Hospital Mergers
Opinion -The national debate over the benefits of hospital mergers flared up anew over a new study showing the growing trend of consolidation has led to “moderately worse patient experiences and no significant change in readmission or mortality rates.” -
Pennsylvania Advances Rule to Restrict Methane Emissions from Oil and Gas Production
Opinion -Pennsylvania’s Environmental Quality Board passed regulations to reduce methane and volatile organic compound emissions from oil and gas operations in the state, that will make it hard for small firms to operate wells or storage facilities.
