Opinion
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Trump Proposes Much-Needed Reform of National Environmental Policy Act
Opinion -Editorial -While running for the presidency in 2016, Donald Trump promised to provide relief to the stifling regulations that at-best delay and at-worst completely halt infrastructure projects. -
While NOAA/NASA Claims 2019 as the ‘Second Warmest Year Ever,’ Other Data show 2019 Cooler Than 2005 for US
Opinion -Editorial -Imagine if the entire world had a high quality state of the art temperature monitoring network like the USA does. Arguments over data quality, adjustments, UHI, time of observation, and many other niggles which affect and bias the data would disappear. -
Partners in Liberty: The American Legislative Exchange Council
Opinion -environment-climate-news -The American Legislative Exchange Council is America’s largest nonpartisan, voluntary membership organization of state legislators dedicated to the principles of limited government, free markets, and federalism. -
What It Was Like at Trump’s Milwaukee Rally Tuesday Night
Opinion -Editorial -Trump slowly walked and waved his way to the podium. When he waved my way, up in one of the “nose bleed” sections, but it weirdly felt like he was waving just at me. -
U.S. Department of Agriculture Issues Regulations for Growing Hemp
Opinion -budget-tax-news -The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced an interim rule that will allow farmers to grow and market hemp. -
New Jersey Spends $1 Billion-Plus on Private Meadowlands Development
Opinion -budget-tax-news -"American Dream" Mall Opens after More than a Decade -
PRESS RELEASE: Heartland Institute Reacts to NOAA’s Claim 2019 ‘Second-warmest Year on Record’
Opinion -Press Release -Agency’s own data actually shows 2019 was cooler than 2005 in the United States; global temp claims riddled with problems -
Partners in Liberty: Mackinac Center for Public Policy
Opinion -environment-climate-news -The Mackinac Center for Public Policy is a Michigan-based free-market think which, when considering whether to take up a policy issue in the state, asks, “If not Mackinac, who?” -
Misguided Youth Protesters Have It Wrong — the World Is Actually Getting Better and Better
Opinion -environment-climate-news, budget-tax-news, Editorial -All the good news is likely to depress them beyond recovery. -
US Farmers Know – DC Doesn’t: Trump Remains Farmers’ Best Friend
Opinion -Editorial -Washington, DC has spent decades in bipartisan fashion making the lives of our farmers more and more miserable -
One in Four New York State Teachers Outside NYC Get Six-Figure Salaries
Opinion -budget-tax-news, school-reform-news -Empire Center Posts Data on Teachers' Compensation at SeeThroughNY.net -
How Common Core-Aligned Tests Are Turning College Students Into High School Students
Opinion -Editorial -What, then, can college readiness test scores in mathematics and reading tell us? -
When the Impossible Happens
Opinion -Editorial -The Berlin Wall, the most visible manifestation of Communist oppression, came down thirty years ago. -
Joseph A. Schumpeter, Outsider Looking In
Opinion -budget-tax-news, Editorial -Seventy years ago, on January 8, 1950, one of the most famous economists of the 20th century passed away at the age of 66, Joseph A. Schumpeter. -
Modest Warming Brings Fewer Idaho Climate Extremes
Opinion -Editorial -Modest global warming has resulted in fewer Idaho climate extremes and has brought significant additional benefits, a review of Idaho climate data reveals. -
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Heartland Weekly: Climate Alarmists Winning the War of Words
Opinion -heartland-weekly, Editorial -Week of January 6, 2020 -
Regulators Thwart Ohio Utility’s Price Hike for Proposed Solar Facilities
Opinion -environment-climate-news -The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio denied American Electric Power permission to charge customers for two solar-energy projects in southwest Ohio, one of which would be the largest renewable-energy facility in the state. -
Survey: Public Strongly Rejects Second Amendment Repeal
Opinion -budget-tax-news -A national survey found two-thirds of American voters do not support repeal of the Second Amendment, which protects the "right to keep and bear arms." -
The Good and Bad Economics of Plea Bargains
Opinion -budget-tax-news, Editorial -Plea bargains let persons accused of crimes plead guilty and receive reduced charges or a reduced sentence. -
While Climate Heats Up, Environmental Advocates Line Up for Flame-broiled Burgers
Opinion -Editorial -Participants at the United Nations’ COP25 climate conference hypocritically formed long lines to buy Burger King flame-broiled hamburgers, all while the U.N. climate establishment lectures down to the rest of us about eating less meat. -
Examples of Dedication to Freedom
Opinion -Editorial -When Hayek wrote The Road to Serfdom, he mentioned in the preface that he had often been told by his socialist colleagues that he would hold an important position in a future planned society, if only he would come around to agree with them. -
Do We Really Face a Climate Cat–astrophe?
Opinion -Editorial -Must we put up with yet another eco-cataclysm fabricated and exaggerated by ruling elites? -
Climate-Change Alarmists Are Getting More Delusional In Their Predictions
Opinion -Editorial -Evidence is growing that climate alarmists — those peddling the delusion that human-caused climate change is destroying the Earth — are growing ever more desperate. -
Health Insurance Tax Break Increases National Debt, Stifles Economy
Opinion -health-care-news, Editorial -Many Americans enjoy a little recognized tax benefit: employer health insurance. The benefit costs billions of dollars and discriminates against those who don't carry employer insurance.
