Opinion
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A Devastating Review of the Green New Deal
Opinion -Editorial -This week the American Enterprise Institute issued a devastating critique by Benjamin Zyndar of the Grean New Deal (GND) proposal introduced by Senator Markey in the Senate and Representative Ocasio-Cortez in the House of Representatives. -
The Freedom to Falsify
Opinion -Editorial -AFT president’s talk is rife with platitudes, attitude, and misinformation. -
Central Banking Is Central Planning
Opinion -Editorial -At a time when the appeal of and demands for a new “democratic” socialism seem to have caught the imagination of many among the young. -
The Eternal Stupidity: ‘Let’s Have Government Do It’
Opinion -Editorial -Wisdom is eternal. Because it is so rare a commodity it is treasured by all who actually like and respect all that is good. -
Trump Acts to Speed Oil and Gas Infrastructure Construction
Opinion -environment-climate-news -President Donald Trump signed two executive orders to speed construction of multistate pipelines, liquefied natural gas terminals, and cross-border infrastructure projects, to remove key obstacles to interstate commerce. -
Actions Speak Loudest in Energy Policy
Opinion -Editorial, Legacy Climate Change Weekly -Climate Change Weekly #321 -
PRESS RELEASE: Heartland Institute Reacts to Tennessee Legislature Passing Education Savings Account Bill
Opinion -Press Release -“The Tennessee Senate made a statement with the passage of a second ESA program, declaring education access for all students is more important than state dictates and local monopolistic district control.” - Lennie Jarratt -
Evil Twins: Tyrannical Thanos And The Totalitarian Green New Deal
Opinion -Editorial -In Avengers: Infinity War, Thanos, the Mad Titan, certainly has a warped sense of environmental sustainability. -
PRESS RELEASE: Heartland Institute Experts React to Victory for Coal Power in Indiana
Opinion -Press Release -“The Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission (IURC) deserves praise for standing up for electricity consumers.” - James Taylor -
California Activists Push for Forcing Insurance Companies to Disclose Fossil Fuel Connections
Opinion -environment-climate-news -Environmental activist groups have petitioned California’s new insurance commissioner to require insurance companies to publicly disclose their investments in fossil fuel-related companies and any fossil fuel projects they underwrite or insure. -
Renewables Push Undermines Power Grid Serving 65 Million
Opinion -environment-climate-news -In recent years, environmental zealots have called for replace coal and nuclear power plants with green energy source, a shortsighted plan that could very well endanger the future of American energy production. -
Green New Deal Resolution Unanimously Rejected in Senate
Opinion -environment-climate-news -The U.S. Senate voted to reject the much-publicized Green New Deal (GND) resolution, authored by Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) and Sen. Ed Markey (D-MA). -
New Mexico Enacts 100 Percent Renewable Energy Mandate
Opinion -environment-climate-news -New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham signed a law requiring 50 percent of the electricity provided by the state’s utilities to be generated by renewable sources by 2030, 80 percent by 2040, and 100 percent by 2050. -
Proposed Montana Building Regulations Would Apply to Trailers
Opinion -budget-tax-news -Tiny houses don't fit tax and regulatory policies designed for big homes. -
The Underlying Reasons Why the “New Energy Economy” Is Nonsense
Opinion -Editorial -There is a particular need for such people to understand the difficulties of transforming intermittent energy sources. -
Why “Medicare for All” Is a Pipe Dream
Opinion -Editorial -Medicare has already become a system to be gamed. -
Educrats vs. Students: the Milwaukee Showdown
Opinion -Editorial -"Power to the education establishment!" — it could become the rallying cry for Democrats during their 2020 presidential nominating convention in Milwaukee. -
Republicans’ Green New Deal-Lite Is Political Suicide
Opinion -Editorial -Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.)—is drafting a “Green Real Deal” as a 10-percent-less alternative to Ocasio-Cortez’s Green New Deal. -
The Only Solution to the Left’s Existential Climate Change Is Pre-Emptive War on China, India, Russia
Opinion -Editorial -The United States isn’t the world’s leading emitter of carbon dioxide. -
Parents Should Be Able to Put Kids in Safe Schools
Opinion -Editorial -Florida, a leader in school choice, is addressing the bullying epidemic in the Sunshine State’s public schools by allowing parents to transfer their children to safer schools. -
Bourbon Exports: Casualty of the Trade War
Opinion -Editorial -It’s a cornerstone of political economy that producers and traders need stable rules. -
The Greening of Prince Edward Island
Opinion -Editorial -The Canadian province of Prince Edward Island is, geographically, the size of Delaware, but with a much smaller population. -
Report: Population Shifts Will Change States’ Representation in U.S. Congress
Opinion -budget-tax-news -Some states will gain, others lose, seats in the U.S. House -
Heartland Weekly: Facebook Bans Heartland Video on Socialism
Opinion -heartland-weekly, Editorial -Week of April 15, 2019