Opinion
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The Miracle of the Free Market
Opinion -Editorial -One of the great fallacies arrogantly believed in by those in political power is the notion that they can know enough to manage and command the lives of everyone in society with better results than if people are left to live their lives as they choose. -
Clean Energy Has A Dirty Secret
Opinion -Editorial -Clean energy’s dirty secret is that such subsidies benefit the wealthy. -
No End in Sight for the Biofuel Wars
Opinion -Editorial -Biofuels are unsustainable in every way, but still demand – and get – preferential treatment -
Block Government Patient I.D.s, Organizations Ask Senate
Opinion -health-care-news, News -Government should not fund a patient identification center, say 22 organizations. -
Google Data Partnership with Insurer Raises Patient Privacy Concerns
Opinion -health-care-news, News -Under fire from consumers, privacy experts, and regulators, Google is defending its data-sharing partnership with insurer Ascension Health, saying it will treat private patient data “with the respect that it deserves.” -
Trump Administration Proposes New Health Care Transparency Rules
Opinion -health-care-news, News -Vowing to help patients get accurate estimates of the costs of health care services before receiving treatment, -
Innovative Micro-Schools Help Meet Demand for Education Alternatives
Opinion -budget-tax-news, school-reform-news -As private school costs increase and more Catholic schools—known historically for lower tuition costs than secular academies—close, the education marketplace is responding with innovative options. -
Oklahoma Council of Public Affairs Takes Initiative to ‘Save Our States’
Opinion -budget-tax-news -OCPA has become a trusted source for fact-based public policy analysis in the Sooner State, fighting for free-market principles and greater opportunity. -
Net Neutrality Repeal – Plus Two Years: The Leftists Were Dead Wrong Yet Again
Opinion -Editorial -The Left’s ability to nigh always be incorrect – is really quite impressive. Occasionally a Leftist here or there inadvertently swerves into correctness on this or that issue. But almost always, the Left is profoundly and loudly wrong. -
States, Localities Face High Wind Turbine Decommissioning Costs
Opinion -environment-climate-news -Wind turbine producers and wind energy facility operators are facing challenges finding ways to recycle or dispose of the materials from large wind turbines, especially the composite blades, as landfills are increasingly refusing to accept turbine blades. -
Congress Considers Bills to Address Doctor Residency Shortage
Opinion -health-care-news, News -Lawmakers in Congress have introduced bills to add 1,000 new hospital residencies over the next five years to combat a national physician shortage intensified by the opioid crisis. -
FDA Nominee Grilled about Agency’s Drug Approval Process
Opinion -health-care-news, News -The U.S. Senate considers the nomination of Stephen Hahn to head the FDA. -
Beacon Hill Institute’s Tax Analysis Modeling Program Brings Results
Opinion -budget-tax-news -Profile of a partner organization in the freedom movement -
Interview: Air Ambulance Access Under Threat from Congress
Opinion -health-care-news, News -In response to public outcry over “surprise medical bills,” Congress is considering the Lower Health Care Costs Act, reported out of the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health and the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee -
Policy Institute Profiles: Competitive Enterprise Institute
Opinion -environment-climate-news -The Competitive Enterprise Institute is a nonprofit public policy organization with a mission to promote both freedom and fairness by making good policy into smart politics. -
Wyoming Requests Medicaid Pay for All Air Ambulance Flights
Opinion -health-care-news, News -Wyoming, a state with expansive plains and a sparse population, is working on a plan through the Section 1115 waiver process to have the federal government cover air ambulance transportation through Medicaid for all state residents, regardless of income. -
Strike Against GM Ends, UAW President Resigns Amid Corruption Probe
Opinion -budget-tax-news -GM lost billions, and workers gained little. -
Heartland Institute Challenges COP25
Opinion -Editorial, Legacy Climate Change Weekly -Climate Change Weekly #344 -
The Dangerous Winds of Trying to Prevent Climate Change
Opinion -Editorial -Inconvenient facts show why wind energy is not renewable, sustainable or climate-friendly. -
Federal Judge Orders CMS to End Site-Neutral Reimbursement Policy
Opinion -health-care-news, News -Reaffirming her earlier ruling against the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) site-neutral pay policy, U.S. District Judge Rosemary Collyer on October 21 rejected CMS’s request that it be allowed to develop its own remedy. -
The Grapes of Climate Wrath
Opinion -Editorial -Recently, this billboard was spotted in the DC Metro Subway by Heartland Senior Fellow Edward Hudgins. -
American Geophysical Union: Ethically Challenged, Politically Motivated
Opinion -Editorial -In my opinion, this entire event represented the most shameful and shocking lapse of ethics I’ve ever seen in a scientific organization. -
Climate Alarmists Wage a War of Words, but Where’s the Beef?
Opinion -Editorial -Looking back, the climate alarmist’s movement started with Al Gore’s 2007 movie when he proclaimed the eminent extinction of the polar bears due to global warming. -
Wasserman’s Twisted Tale About the Austrian School of Economics
Opinion -Editorial -The Austrian School of Economics has been one of the most original and insightful approaches to economic understanding over the last century and a half.
