Opinion
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On Health Care, the Choice Will Be Easy in 2020
Opinion -One side offers real progress on health care, while the other peddles impossible dreams. -
China’s One-Child Policy is Stark Reminder that Collectivism Is Evil
Opinion -Editorial -Last year marked the 40th anniversary of one of the most dreadful public policies in recent memory: communist China’s one-child policy. -
Time for Sen. Warren to Crank Tom Petty’s Free Fallin’
Opinion -Editorial -Tom Petty’s 1989 hit song Free Fallin’ could very well become Sen. Elizabeth Warren’s (D-MA) campaign anthem. -
U.S. Postal Service Gained Revenue in 2019 but Lost $8.8 Billion Due to Retiree Costs
Opinion -budget-tax-news -Package delivery is the one area where USPS makes money. -
Bernie’s Education Plans are Bonkers
Opinion -Editorial -If we all took Sen. Bernie Sanders’ education plans with the requisite grain of salt necessary, there would be a severe salt shortage. -
Reno, Nevada Declares War on Women
Opinion -Editorial -“The Biggest Little City in the World” has made it illegal for any woman under the age of 21 to work in a so-called gentlemen’s club. -
McGahn Subpoena Ruling a Pyrrhic Victory for Congress
Opinion -Editorial -The McGahn case again illustrates how civil enforcement actions are plagued by prolonged litigation and procedural delays that render them unsuitable for achieving prompt and effective oversight actions. -
Pennsylvania Lawmakers Move to Block Governor’s RGGI Plan
Opinion -environment-climate-news -Legislators in Pennsylvania are trying to block Governor Tom Wolf's plan to have the state join the Northeast Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative. -
Federal Science Panel Rejects Stricter Air Particulate Standards
Opinion -environment-climate-news -The Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Clean Air Scientific Advisory Committee determined air quality standards for fine particulate matter are sufficiently protective of the public health and do not need to be tightened further. -
Lake Tahoe Reaches Maximum Limit Again, Defying Alarmist Climate Claims
Opinion -Editorial -The beach may indeed be “different,” but it certainly isn’t a crisis of minimal precipitation and low water levels, as climate activists recently claimed. -
Time Magazine Names its Person, er, Child of the Year
Opinion -Editorial -Why is Time magazine so enamored with this adolescent as to ludicrously name her Person of the Year? -
Pelican Institute Serves as a Louisiana Health Care Policy Watchdog
Opinion -health-care-news, News -Editor’s note: Each month, Health Care News will be profiling a national and state-based public policy organization working to advance freedom in the health care market so that consumers and providers can all be winners. -
Britons Put Socialism on Blast
Opinion -Editorial -On December 12, 2019 British voters sent a crystal-clear message that sent shockwaves through the political world: They want freedom (in the form of Brexit) and they do not want socialism (in the form of Jeremy Corbyn). -
Organization Tracks Lawsuits Challenging Colleges’ Sexual Misconduct Policies
Opinion -budget-tax-news, school-reform-news -FIRE’s Campus Due Process Litigation Tracker is a searchable database of Title IX litigation. -
Report Shines Light on Pork-Barrel Spending in Tennessee
Opinion -budget-tax-news -From corporate welfare and cronyism to out-and-out thievery, the report rolls out no fewer than 25 examples of waste, fraud, and abuse. -
Identifying What Ails Us
Opinion -Editorial -2019 witnessed high-profile litigation involving cancers allegedly caused by Baby Powder and the weed-killer Roundup. -
Not Losing Sight of the Classical Liberal Ideal
Opinion -Editorial -Today, the media and a variety of more serious public policy publications are awash in articles and essays insisting that the postwar “neoliberal” era has finally and inescapably come to an end. -
Reform USAID Energy Aid Policies Now!
Opinion -Editorial -President Trump should direct USAID to support coal and gas, not just wind and solar. -
Galen Institute Takes on Socialized Medicine, Promotes Health Care Choices
Opinion -health-care-news, News -Editor’s note: Each month, Health Care News will be profiling a national and state-based public policy organization working to advance freedom in the health care market so that consumers and providers can all be winners. -
Bipartisan Spending Bills Will Fund Government Through September
Opinion -budget-tax-news -Spending increases add to the annual federal budget deficit, which increases the government debt, all of which depresses the economy and will lead to calls for tax hikes in the future. -
FCC Chairman’s Proposed Spectrum Auction for 5G Is Good Policy
Opinion -Public-spectrum auctions led by the FCC are a step toward market-based spectrum management and privatization of public airwaves while maintaining needed governance of spectrum. -
Scientific Survey Shows Voters Widely Accept Misinformation Spread By the Media
Opinion -Editorial -The most commonly believed misinformation accords with left-leaning narratives spread by the press, and Democrat voters are more likely to accept these falsehoods than Trump voters. -
North Carolina Governor Accused of ‘Pay-for-Permit’ Scheme
Opinion -environment-climate-news -North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper improperly used his office to secure $57.8 million for a fund under his control in return for granting construction permits along the Atlantic Coast Pipeline, a report requested by the state legislature concludes. -
Portland Metro Voters Approve $475 Million Bond for Land
Opinion -budget-tax-news -The bonds were approved by a nearly two-to-one margin by voters in the tri-county region of Oregon.
