Opinion
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30 Years After Fall of Berlin Wall, Let’s Tear Down Wall of Dogma That Thwarts Our Liberty
Opinion -On Nov. 9, 1989, the Berlin Wall fell as thousands of East Berliners celebrated their liberation from the giant communist prison camp. -
Report: Unsubsidized Individuals Are Fleeing the Obamacare Exchanges
Opinion -The Obamacare exchanges are having an increasingly difficult time keeping people who must pay the full premiums out of their own pockets, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services report. -
Iowa Governor Blocks State’s Attorney General from Joining Lawsuit Challenging Trump Administration’s Power Rule
Opinion -Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds denied the state's Attorney General permission to join a lawsuit filed by a number of states and cities challenging the Affordable Clean Energy rule. -
PRESS RELEASE: President Trump’s Pick to Lead FDA Offers Opportunity for Life-saving Reforms
Opinion -We would all benefit if the new commissioner gives top priority to modernizing the FDA regulatory process in order to deliver on the primary objective of better drugs, sooner, at lower cost” - Bartley Madden -
Ann Arbor Agrees to Limit Scope of Anti-Discrimination Ordinance
Opinion -A Michigan city has agreed not to use its expansive anti-discrimination law against two political strategists. -
Illinois Mandates Insurance Coverage of EpiPens for Children, Teens
Opinion -Illinois is the first state to mandate insurance coverage of epinephrine injectors, more commonly known as EpiPens, for children. -
PRESS RELEASE: Heartland Institute Experts React to Trump Officially Pulling Out of Paris Climate Accord
Opinion -"Trump set the United States on the road to energy independence with his regulatory reforms. Now he is boosting U.S. sovereignty and putting Americans first by withdrawing us from the Paris climate agreement." - H. Sterling Burnett -
Free-Market Liberalism vs. Corrupted “Capitalism” and La-La Land Socialism
Opinion -One of the issues that confronts the friends of freedom is how best to make the case for liberty as a political idea and ideal and as a policy proposal. -
Is it Climate Socialism – or Eco-fascism?
Opinion -Green New Deal climate alarm socialism is really intolerant, totalitarian eco-fascism. -
“Electrify Everything” Policies Would Eliminate Gas Heating and Cooking
Opinion -Last year, natural gas usage grew faster than renewables in the United States. But advocates of green energy policies would eliminate gas for heating and cooking. -
Would You Rather Save $10.46 or $500 on Healthcare?
Opinion -Elizabeth Warren and other Democrats have been promising universal healthcare, which will supposedly save more than the $30 trillion to $40 trillion it will cost. Or if the cost is Warren’s $52 trillion, we’ll import more (rich?) taxpayers. -
Report: Project Labor Agreements Have Cost New Jersey Taxpayers Half a Billion Dollars Since 2002
Opinion -Beacon Hill Institute: Project Labor Agreements (PLAs) for government infrastructure construction have cost New Jersey taxpayers more than half a billion dollars by inflating the cost of government construction projects. -
Heartland Weekly: Expensive Climate Policies Sparked Chile Riots
Opinion -Week of October 28, 2019 -
EPA Grants Small Refineries Biofuel Waivers
Opinion -The U.S. Environmental Protection agency granted 31 waivers to small refineries allowing them not to blend ethanol into their products without penalty. -
Tennessee CON Phaseout Faces Resistance
Opinion -Forces are lining up against a proposed legislative phaseout of Tennessee’s certificate of need (CON) laws as a key lawmaker appears to be siding with a hospital system that claims repeal will put community hospitals in financial jeopardy. -
Louisiana State Bar Association Sued over Mandatory Dues
Opinion -"In Louisiana and 29 other states, those who practice law are being denied their First Amendment rights not to speak, not to associate with a group against their will, and not to pay for others’ political advocacy.” -
Chile Riots Offer More Proof Public Rejects Costly Climate Policies
Opinion -Climate Change Weekly #340 -
Climategate: Ten Years Later
Opinion -Climate alarmists are still promoting junk science, fossil fuel bans and wealth redistribution. -
Trump Administration Moves to Force Hospitals, Insurers to Disclose Prices
Opinion -The Trump administration is launching a plan to require hospitals to disclose publicly the prices for certain medical services they negotiate with insurance companies. -
Company Helps Physicians Leave Third-Party Payment System
Opinion -A new company is helping free physicians from the “hamster wheel” of the third-party health insurance payment system. -
ALEC: Education Report Card Ranks Arizona, Florida, Indiana Highest
Opinion -The 23rd annual edition of the Report Card on American Education by the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) ranks all 50 states and the District of Columbia, -
PRESS RELEASE: Heartland Institute Celebrates Halloween with 10 ‘Climate Scares Debunked’ Videos
Opinion -The short, sharable videos, debunk some of the biggest phony climate scares meant to spook kids and adults, alike -
Louisiana Medicaid Expansion Claims Questioned
Opinion -Louisiana’s latest report on the economic impact of its three-year-old Medicaid expansion program is under fire for claiming it is “supporting more than 14,000 jobs across the state and supporting $889 million in personal earnings.” -
States Can Use Funny Math on Medicaid Expansion Economic Claims
Opinion -The Louisiana Department of Health is expected to release a study by researchers at Louisiana State University claiming that Medicaid expansion created tens of thousands of jobs in state
