Opinion
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A ‘Revenue Neutral’ Carbon Tax Is a Costly Myth
Opinion -Editorial -The Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, and other media outlets are reporting that a bipartisan group of top economic advisors has signed a statement supporting a carbon dioxide tax that returns all revenue to the American people. -
Retiring Ohio Gov. Kasich Signs Occupational Licensing Sunset-Review Bill
Opinion -budget-tax-news -Every occupational license in Ohio will be put on a six-year clock for review and potential elimination under a bill passed by the legislature in December 2018. -
Entrepreneurs Seek to Disrupt College Admissions Testing—Will Knowledge or Critical Thinking Model Prevail?
Opinion -Editorial -Starting a company from scratch that’s able to compete with the long-entrenched SAT and ACT in the college-entrance testing business sounds like an impossible dream. -
Don’t Buy The Carbon Dioxide Tax Myth – It Just Means More Government Control
Opinion -Editorial -The carbon dioxide tax is like the Hydra of myth. -
A Simple Solution to Solve Legislative Gridlock
Opinion -Editorial -Remove some of the powers that nationally unelected political party leaders now have. -
How the Word Liberalism Came to Mean Its Opposite
Opinion -Editorial -Over time, words sometimes change their meanings or connotations. -
Time to Dump the Whole United Nations Climate Fiasco
Opinion -environment-climate-news -President Donald Trump was right to announce the United States will withdraw from the Paris Agreement on climate change, but he should go farther. -
UN Climate Conference Makes Little Progress
Opinion -environment-climate-news -The 24th meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP24) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change ended after two weeks of negotiations with very little to show for the efforts of the thousands of participants. -
Many Teachers Love the Choice That Union Leaders Loathe
Opinion -Editorial -The ESA is the latest innovation in choice, and quite likely the most promising for bringing about enduring reform of K–12 education. -
Public Health Officials Should Avoid ‘Deeming’ Epidemics, Especially When They’re Ignoring the One They Created
Opinion -Editorial -Words matter. For example, when the head of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) decries an “epidemic,” the media and state policymakers pay attention. -
Manufacturing Benefits from Trump’s Deregulation Agenda
Opinion -Editorial -The performance of the first two years of the Trump administration appears to have met with this sector’s general approval. -
Stop Michigan Counties’ Unconstitutional Stealing
Opinion -Editorial -Can Oakland County confiscate a citizen’s personal property for $8.41 in unpaid taxes? This question will likely be answered by the Michigan Supreme Court later this year. -
Senators: Fulfill Your Constitutional Duty and Confirm Wheeler Now
Opinion -Editorial -It’s time for the Senate to act and fulfill its constitutional obligation by immediately confirming Andrew Wheeler as EPA administrator. -
The Insanity Begins
Opinion -Editorial -So if we shut down these plants where does the electricity come from to replace the kilo-watts these plants provided, from both a base and peak load perspective? -
Statewide Rent Control Bill Speeds Toward Passage in Oregon
Opinion -budget-tax-news -The Oregon legislature is poised to pass the nation’s first statewide rent control law. -
PRESS RELEASE: New Study Outlines Fallacies of So-Called ‘Sustainable’ Investments
Opinion -Press Release -‘Fiduciaries have a moral obligation — and, in some cases, a legal obligation — to avoid sustainable investment practices’ -
NY Governor Pushes Goal of 100 Percent Renewable Electric Power by 2040
Opinion -environment-climate-news -New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) has set a goal that 100 percent of the electricity used in the state come from renewable power sources by 2040. -
Labor Unions Push to Reverse Decades of Legal Reforms
Opinion -budget-tax-news -Unions and their congressional allies seek to reverse reforms of labor regulations. -
SOTU 2019 and American Medicine
Opinion -Editorial -While President Trump called for unity and cooperation in his 2019 State of the Union address, the views of the audience showed a sharp and bitter divide, especially on issues affecting the health and medical care of Americans. -
CO Supreme Court Rejects New Oil and Gas Drilling Restrictions
Opinion -environment-climate-news -Colorado's Supreme Court rejected a lower court's decision that the state's oil and gas regulator must give greater protection to public health or environmental protection when permitting new oil and gas development. -
Why I Won’t Sign Onto Climate Leadership Council’s Plan
Opinion -Editorial -Recently, I received a request from Janet Yellen, chair of the Climate Leadership Council, sign the “Economists’ Statement on Carbon Dividends.” -
Government (-driven) Shutdowns Have Human Consequences
Opinion -Editorial -Too many government regulators burden and shut down private sector businesses and jobs. -
Wheeler Is More Than Qualified To Lead EPA. Confirm Him Now!
Opinion -Editorial -When Andrew Wheeler became acting Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) administrator in July 2018, EPA was in turmoil. Seven months later, EPA is operating smoothly, effectively, and efficiently under Wheeler. -
EPA Proposes Easing Carbon Dioxide Emission Standards for Coal Power Plants
Opinion -environment-climate-news -The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has proposed significantly loosening the standards limiting carbon dioxide emissions from coal-fueled power plants.
