Opinion
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Two Paths Forward for Healthcare
Opinion -Editorial -Numerous prominent Democrats now support Medicare for All, the most recent proposal for a single-payer healthcare system. -
Oregon Considers In-Home Visits to New Parents
Opinion -health-care-news -Oregon is considering taking the idea of “nanny state” to a new level with a program that would send government-sanctioned health care workers to the homes of new parents to make sure newborns are getting proper care and screening. -
Education Secretary DeVos Celebrates 15 Years of DC Opportunity Scholarships
Opinion -budget-tax-news, school-reform-news -The only federally funded school voucher program has been a success -
The Heartland Institute: Fighting Socialism and its Green New Deal Battle Cry!
Opinion -Editorial, Legacy Climate Change Weekly -Climate Change Weekly #315 -
Offshore Drilling Ban Rejected by Virginia Senate
Opinion -environment-climate-news -A Virginia Senate committee voted down a bill to ban oil and gas production off the state’s coast. -
Arizona AG Sues State University Over Real Estate Deals
Opinion -school-reform-news, budget-tax-news -Arizona State University land deals allow commercial developments to benefit from tax exemption -
Amazon’s Titanic Government Cronyism Is Finally Receiving Some Pushback
Opinion -Editorial -As Amazon milks the very last pennies from the multi-billion-dollar tax breaks Arlington, Virginia is giving Amazon for its half of the second headquarters – Amazon will all over again start looking for a new location to be bribed into making its new HQ. -
Cold Outbreaks Are Not Caused by Global Warming
Opinion -Editorial -Global cooling – and global totalitarian socialism – are the catastrophes we should fear most. -
Gold, Inflation, and Theft
Opinion -Editorial -President Trump is reportedly considering former Godfather’s Pizza CEO and one-time presidential candidate Herman Cain for the Federal Reserve Board of Governors. -
More Internet And Access? We Need More Spectrum And Less Government
Opinion -Editorial -The Left is the world’s worst choir. Singing dissonantly if not concordantly about how good things are – no matter how bad things are. And, conversely, about how bad things are – no matter how good things are. -
100 Percent Renewable Cities—Is Your Mayor Smarter than a 5th Grader?
Opinion -Editorial -Mayors in more than 100 US cities have announced plans to transition their electrical power systems to 100 percent renewable by 2050. -
PRESS RELEASE: Heartland Institute Experts React to Supreme Court Ruling Against Excessive Fines as Penalties
Opinion -Press Release -“State and local governments have increasingly been using fines and asset forfeiture to pad their budgets without imposing taxes directly. It is a cowardly and unconstitutional way to raise money while dodging responsibility for it.” - S.T. Karnick -
The Minimum Wage When Elizabeth Warren Was Kid
Opinion -Editorial -"Back when I was a kid, a minimum-wage job could support a family of three. Today, a full-time minimum-wage job in America won’t keep a mama and a baby out of poverty." -
California, Connecticut Legislatures Consider Taxing Firearms and Ammunition
Opinion -budget-tax-news -States are imposing taxes and fees that raise the cost of gun ownership -
Heartland Weekly: Senators: Do Your Duty and Confirm Wheeler Now!
Opinion -heartland-weekly, Editorial -Week of February 11, 2019 -
Virginia House of Delegates Overwhelmingly Rejects Electric Power Fossil Fuel Ban
Opinion -environment-climate-news -The Virginia House of Delegates rejected a bill to end the use of fossil fuels to generate electricity in the state by 2036. -
Michigan Public Employees Abandon Unions, Exercising Their Right to Work
Opinion -budget-tax-news -Michigan public-sector employees are opting out of union membership -
EPA Says Obama Era Mercury Rules Are Not Justified Based On Benefits
Opinion -environment-climate-news -The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced it has determined Mercury and Air Toxics Standards (MATS) imposed by the Obama administration in 2011, were not “appropriate and necessary.” -
Washington State Restricts Ownership of ‘Assault Rifles’
Opinion -budget-tax-news -Voters in Washington State approved a ballot measure that imposes restrictions on firearms ownership, including raising the minimum age to purchase semiautomatic rifles from 18 to 21 years. -
Trump Tweets Highlight Climate Contradictions
Opinion -Editorial, Legacy Climate Change Weekly -Climate Change Weekly #314 -
‘Loss and Damages’ Provisions Added to Paris Climate Agreement
Opinion -environment-climate-news -Delegates to the recent U.N. climate conference in Katowice, Poland added provisions to the Paris climate treaty asking countries to submit “transparency reports” on their contributions to climate change and report “loss and damage” due to climate change. -
Global Warming Myth Debunked: Humans Have Minimal Impact on Atmosphere’s Carbon Dioxide and Climate
Opinion -Editorial -Global warming activists argue carbon-dioxide emissions are destroying the planet, but the climate impacts of carbon dioxide are minimal, at worst. -
Pritzker Wages War on Ideal Climate for Illinois Crop Conditions
Opinion -Editorial -Newly-elected Democratic Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker said “I believe in science” in his inaugural address but then promptly said he would take action to combat ideal climate conditions for Illinois crops. -
Green New Deal Guarantees More Red Tape And Red Ink
Opinion -Editorial -No doubt most Americans have heard of Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., and her "Green New Deal" (GND).
