Opinion
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Power Grid Serving 65 Million May be at Risk in East, Midwest
Opinion -Electricity is the most important and convenient way to consume energy. Without it, we’d literally be living in the “Dark Ages.” However, we often forget that it takes energy to make energy. -
Ten Years of Congress Members’ Spending Votes Now Available to the Public
Opinion -Few members of Congress voted for net spending cuts over the past decade -
Progressives Say No to Meat, But the World Thinks Otherwise
Opinion -Once again, meat consumption is under attack by progressive leaders. Politicians and the United Nations call on all of us to eat more plant-based foods and less meat and dairy products in the name of saving the planet. -
Cuomo’s Out of Control Craving for an Opioid Slush Fund
Opinion -Sometimes a bad idea is a bad idea, no matter how you package it. New York Governor Andrew Cuomo is trying again, after his $600 million opioid tax was slapped down in December by an Obama appointed federal judge. -
Mike Trout’s $426.5 Million Contract Probably Doesn’t Say What You Think About Society
Opinion -Baseball phenom Mike Trout has inked a truly remarkable deal with the Los Angeles Angels: over the next twelve years, the Angels will pay him $426.5 million, or about $100 million more than the Phillies will pay Bryce Harper over the next thirteen years. -
Scientists Test Use of Genetically Modified Mosquitoes to Fight Malaria
Opinion -Medical entomologists have taken a significant step forward in combating the spread of malaria, the highly lethal mosquito-transmitted infectious disease. -
Hyping Climate Fears to Push Socialism
Opinion -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 -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 -Texas’ current civil asset forfeiture laws are rated among the worst in the nation. -
Senate Confirms Andrew Wheeler as EPA Administrator
Opinion -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 -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 -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 -The United States has the strongest intellectual property protections in the world -
Indiana House Passes Self-Defense Lawsuit-Immunity Bill
Opinion -The legislation would provide immunity from civil lawsuits by the perpetrators of violent crimes. -
Ode to a Butterfly
Opinion -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 -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 -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 -'Red Flag' laws raise concerns about constitutional rights -
Heartland Weekly: Trump Tapped the Right Man in Will Happer
Opinion -Week of March 11, 2019 -
Make America Greater: Approve the PCCS!
Opinion -America absolutely needs outside expert review of climate claims used to oppose fossil fuels. -
Maine Legislators Propose Expanding Bear Hunting Opportunities
Opinion -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 -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 -less burdened with taxes and regulations, they have higher incomes and faster growth -
High-Tax States Are Striking Out with Professional Athletes
Opinion -High state taxes give professional athletes an incentive to move
