Opinion
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Hyping Climate Fears to Push Socialism
Opinion -environment-climate-news -We should not embrace energy socialism, which calls for the replacing of cheap, reliable fossil fuels with expensive, intermittent wind and solar power. -
Legislative Pulse: Taxing Rain, and Everything Else In New Jersey
Opinion -environment-climate-news -New Jersey state Rep. Hal Wirths says New Jersey's recently enacted rain tax is a symbol of all that it wrong with the state's business environment. -
Civil Asset Forfeiture Reform Under Consideration in Texas Legislature
Opinion -budget-tax-news -Texas’ current civil asset forfeiture laws are rated among the worst in the nation. -
Senate Confirms Andrew Wheeler as EPA Administrator
Opinion -environment-climate-news -The U.S. Senate confirmed Andrew Wheeler as administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) by a party-line vote of 52 in favor and 47 opposed, on February 28. -
Alaska’s Donlin Gold Project Receives Crucial Permits
Opinion -environment-climate-news -The Donlin Gold project, a joint venture of Novagold Resources Alaska Inc. and Barrick Gold US Inc., is closer to becoming a reality with the state of Alaska having issued two critical permits. -
Fossil Fuels Are Good for U.S. National Security, New Study Reports
Opinion -environment-climate-news -A new study, “Global Warming Energy Restrictions Threaten U.S. National Security,” shows climate change is not a danger to U.S. national security. -
Study: U.S. Intellectual Property Protection Is Strong, but China Poses Big Problem
Opinion -budget-tax-news -The United States has the strongest intellectual property protections in the world -
Indiana House Passes Self-Defense Lawsuit-Immunity Bill
Opinion -budget-tax-news -The legislation would provide immunity from civil lawsuits by the perpetrators of violent crimes. -
Ode to a Butterfly
Opinion -Editorial -Observing a monarch butterfly in the 1850s, Emily Dickinson wrote about its apparently aimless flitting, “Repairing everywhere, without design that I could trace, except to stray abroad on miscellaneous enterprise, the clovers understood.” -
It’s Eleven Years, Not Twelve
Opinion -Editorial -When Congressze Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez announced the Green New Deal earlier this year, she said we had only 12 years to save the planet. -
North Dakota Court Rules in Favor of Davis Refinery
Opinion -environment-climate-news -A North Dakota judge rejected a challenge to a state permit issued to Meridian Energy Group in to begin construction of what would be the first new industrial crude oil refinery in the United States in nearly 40 years. -
State Legislators Concerned about Constitutional Rights in Firearms Regulation
Opinion -budget-tax-news -'Red Flag' laws raise concerns about constitutional rights -
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Heartland Weekly: Trump Tapped the Right Man in Will Happer
Opinion -heartland-weekly, Editorial -Week of March 11, 2019 -
Make America Greater: Approve the PCCS!
Opinion -Editorial -America absolutely needs outside expert review of climate claims used to oppose fossil fuels. -
Maine Legislators Propose Expanding Bear Hunting Opportunities
Opinion -environment-climate-news -Legislators in Maine have proposed two bills that could expand black bear hunting in the state. -
PRESS RELEASE: Heartland Institute Joins Letter Supporting President’s Commission on Climate Security
Opinion -Press Release -Letter signed by more than 140 Organizations and Individuals Supports Plan Put Forward by Dr. William Happer at the National Security Council -
Report: Less-Taxed-and-Regulated Metro Areas Have ‘More Prosperous Economies’
Opinion -budget-tax-news -less burdened with taxes and regulations, they have higher incomes and faster growth -
High-Tax States Are Striking Out with Professional Athletes
Opinion -budget-tax-news -High state taxes give professional athletes an incentive to move -
Child Safety Accounts Under Consideration in Colorado
Opinion -budget-tax-news, school-reform-news -Parents of students affected by school safety incidents could move their child immediately to a safe school -
The Global Economy Desperately Needs Freedom
Opinion -Editorial -How many bureaucrats are there in the world? The global population currently numbers more than 7.5 billion people. Out of that number it is estimated that the global labor force equals almost 3.5 billion. -
Central Banks Buying Gold
Opinion -Editorial -Gold buying rose spectacularly in 2018 led by the world's central banks, which increased their physical purchases by 651.5 tonnes. -
Court Decision Could Determine Coal Power Plants’ Futures
Opinion -environment-climate-news -A pending decision by the Washington, D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals could lead to the premature closing of scores of coal-powered electricity plants across the country, potentially hampering the reliability of the nation’s electric power grid. -
U.S. Supreme Court Strikes Down Excessive Fines in Property Confiscation Case
Opinion -budget-tax-news -civil asset forfeiture laws allow the police to confiscate property -
DC Wastes WAY Too Much Time On Bills Everyone Knows Can Not Become Law
Opinion -Editorial -One of the chimeras for which we eternally search in Washington, DC – is bipartisanship.