Opinion
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The Founders on Taxation
Opinion -It’s amusing the way the media feels it necessary to treat whatever Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez says as serious political economy. -
NM Supreme Court Approves Program Lending Textbooks to Religious Schools
Opinion -The court’s decision reversed its own 2015 ruling that the textbook lending program was unconstitutional -
Michigan Supreme Court Agrees to Hear Property Tax Case
Opinion -The Michigan Supreme Court will hear a case later this year in which officials took a man’s property for $8.41 in unpaid taxes. -
Virginia Should Embrace Telemedicine and Reduce Regulatory Barriers
Opinion -Communications technology improvements have led to rapid increases in the efficiency and reach of industries across the modern economy. -
PRESS RELEASE: NOAA Tweets a Cartoon During Record Cold Snap, The Heartland Institute Responds
Opinion -“This shows why climate scientists are the new theocracy and climate ‘science’ is a religion not science.” -
Supreme Court Upholds Osage Nation in Wind Farm Dispute
Opinion -The U.S. Supreme Court declined, without comment, to consider an appeal from Osage Wind LLC of an appeals court decision granting the Osage Nation the right to seek damages from the operators of an 8,400-acre wind farm in Osage County, Oklahoma. -
Virginia and New York Snag Amazon’s HQ2 for $2 Billion
Opinion -Incentives offered by the winning states were not as high as the average bid. -
How to Argue Climate Change
Opinion -Climate Change (aka Global Warming) is becoming an even bigger issue with the new Democratic congress and its calls for a “Green New Deal.” -
‘Green New Deal’: It’s a Dessert Topping AND a Floor Wax!
Opinion -Socialism has never been more insanely expensive. -
Executive Branch Sites Continue to Promote Obama’s Climate Politics
Opinion -Waters keep rising in the D.C. Swamp. -
Fossil Fuels Have, and Should Continue to Benefit Humanity
Opinion -Contrary to assertions made in the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s (IPCC) most recent report, it’s time to praise and expand the use of fossil fuels, not restrict them. -
Obama-Era ‘Waters of the United States’ Rule Scuttled
Opinion -The Trump administration rescinded the Environmental Protection Agency’s 2015 “Waters of the United States” rule. -
Generic EpiPen to Become Available Soon
Opinion -Drug maker Sandoz announced it will debut a generic EpiPen model that provides a more affordable option for the rising number of allergy patients in the United States. -
The Heartland Institute Releases Policy Brief on Dental Therapy
Opinion -The Heartland Institute, which publishes Health Care News, has released a Policy Brief for state legislators on the myriad benefits of dental therapy. -
How to Defeat the Democrats’ Dangerous ‘Green New Deal’
Opinion -The Heartlander, Winter 2018 -
Report: California Rail Project Mismanaged, Underfunded, Behind Schedule
Opinion -California State Auditor Elaine M. Howle says mismanagement by the California High-Speed Rail Authority is responsible for cost overruns. -
The Myth of the Revenue-Neutral Carbon Tax
Opinion -Climate Change Weekly #312 -
Circuit Court Approves Use of Eminent Domain for Pipeline Construction
Opinion -A federal appeals court affirmed a ruling granting the companies building the NEXUS natural gas pipeline in Ohio and Michigan eminent domain authority for a right of way to build the pipeline across private property. -
‘Green New Deal’ Relies on Minerals Environmentalists Won’t Allow Us to Mine
Opinion -The Green New Deal proposes a massive expansion in the use of renewable energy technologies that rely on critical minerals we are not allowed to mine in the United States. -
House Democrats Propose ‘Green New Deal’ to Reshape the Economy
Opinion -Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) is pushing legislation she calls a “Green New Deal (GND),” to eliminate the United States’ use of fossil fuels and replace them with select renewable sources of energy. -
Trump Administration Seeks New DOI Secretary After Zinke Steps Down
Opinion -Ryan Zinke stepped down as Secretary of the U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) at the end of 2018. -
California Utility Regulators Delayed Enforcing 2016 Wildfire Law
Opinion -Inaction by California utility regulators may have contributed California’s deadly wildfire season in 2018. -
MT Supreme Court Nixes Education Tax-credit Scholarship Program
Opinion -The Montana Supreme Court ruled the state’s education tax credit program unconstitutional -
America Has Won the War Against OPEC Price Gouging
Opinion -American innovation has delivered a conclusive victory in one of the most significant economic battles of our time: the war against international oil price gouging.
