Opinion
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Insurer Begins Covering Pharmacogenetic Testing Despite FDA Warning
Opinion -Parmacogenetic testing is a new field in prescription medicine. -
Heartland/Rasmussen Poll: Likely Voters Support Free Speech, Reject Socialism
Opinion -The following is a national survey of likely voters published by The Heartland Institute, a national free-market think tank, and Rasmussen Reports, one of America’s leading polling firms. -
Educational Deficiencies Lead to Doomsday Projections
Opinion -Using microscopic sound bites from vast data on social media from celebrities like Jane Fonda, Robert Redford, Barbara Streisand, and Meryl Streep that the Earth will end in ten years is an insult to the intellect of our students and educational system. -
Principled Inaction in the Face of Climate Change Extremism
Opinion -President Trump’s courageous commitment to America first on the issue of energy emissions. -
Habits of the Heart and Character of Mind
Opinion -In American election cycles all of the possible candidates for government office of both major political parties assure those who may vote for them in primaries and the general election that they are voices for the real or true “American values.” -
Louisiana Ends Solar Power Subsidy Program
Opinion -The Louisiana Public Service Commission (PSC) has voted to end the state’s net metering program. -
Heartland/Rasmussen Poll: Likely Voters’ Views on Climate Change
Opinion -The following is a national survey of likely voters published by The Heartland Institute, a national free-market think tank, and Rasmussen Reports, one of America’s leading polling firms. -
Private Sector Internet: Delivering Greatness – Of Which Government Can’t Even Conceive
Opinion -A fortnight ago we yet again addressed the truism: Bad ideas never die – because there will always be government programs. -
University of California System Announces Fossil Fuel Divestment
Opinion -The University of California announced the system’s endowment and its pension fund are going “fossil-free.” -
Trump Administration Considers Indexing Capital Gains for Inflation
Opinion -Indexing would lower the effective tax rates on sales of long-term investments such as stocks, mutual funds, and residences. -
Heartland Weekly: Americans Don’t Want a Socialism
Opinion -Week of November 25, 2019 -
The Left’s Climate Change Hypocrisy
Opinion -The United Nations is at it again — trafficking in climate change alarmism to promote its globalist political agendas. -
Western New York Counties Considering Restricting Wind Turbines
Opinion -Members of the Chautauqua County, New York Board of Health are considering a range of proposals to regulate or limit new industrial wind turbines. -
Kamala Harris’ ‘Family Friendly Schools Act’ is Far from Family Friendly
Opinion -If passed, Harris’ so-called Family Friendly Schools Act would do irreparable harm to an already failing institution: the sacred American family. -
Chile and the Revolt Against Climate-change Policies
Opinion -Add Chile to the growing list of countries whose governments are suffering a backlash as average people, tired of elites forcing costly climate policies down their throats, take to the streets to protest higher energy costs. -
Lawsuit Challenges Illinois Policy on Vitamin K Shots for Newborns
Opinion -A group of parents filed a lawsuit in federal court against the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS), pediatricians, and several hospitals after their newborn babies were seized for hours when the parents declined vitamin K shots -
Maine Voters Will Decide Vaccine Exemptions on March Ballot
Opinion -health-care-news, News -A group of parents in Maine collected enough signatures to let voters decide whether to keep or repeal L.D. 798, the state’s recently enacted vaccine law eliminating religious and philosophical exemptions for most public-school students. -
The Stock Market Hedges Against Warren
Opinion -"Mattress Mack" bet a total of $13 million on the Houston Astros winning the World Series, not because he's such a fan, but to cover his business losses if that were to happen. -
Indiana, Arizona Stall on Medicaid Work Rule, Blaming Lawsuits
Opinion -Indiana and Arizona are holding off implementing their proposed Medicaid work requirements as lawsuits on the matter await resolution. -
Department of Energy Approves New LNG Exports from Florida
Opinion -The U.S. Department of Energy has authorized Eagle LNG Partners Jacksonville to export up to 0.14 billion cubic feet per day [140 Mcf/d] of domestically produced liquefied natural gas from a proposed LNG to be located along the St. Johns River in Florida. -
Tennessee Makes Request to Become First Medicaid Block Grant State
Opinion -Eager to free their state from what they say is “excessive or unnecessary intervention in its Medicaid program,” officials in Tennessee are putting the final touches on a sweeping proposal to -
Med School Climate Change Curriculum Wastes Time, Money
Opinion -Medical groups are calling for medical schools to teach students about human caused climate change as part of their degree program. -
Bargaining for Socialism
Opinion -“Bargaining for the common good” is really an attempt by teacher union elites to turn America socialist. -
Environmental, Energy Policies Blamed for California Wildfires, Power Outages
Opinion -Longstanding environmental and energy policies are increasingly being blamed for the severity and amount of devastation from California’s repeated wildfires.