Opinion
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Pennsylvania Considers Work Requirements for Medicaid
Opinion -Medicaid has become the nation's largest health insurance program, and states like Pennsylvania are considering adding work requirements as part of legislation intended to scale back the cost and size of entitlement programs. -
Arizona Enacts Dental Therapy Licensing Law
Opinion -Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey signed a new dental therapy law that allows midlevel dental practitioners to provide preventative and restorative dental care to patients in the state. -
Chicago’s Sexual Assault Crisis Proves Kids Need More Ways to Escape Unsafe Schools
Opinion -Editorial -Reporters at the Chicago Tribune have done yeoman’s labor in the paper’s “Betrayed” series uncovering widespread sexual assault, abuse, and harassment at Chicago Public Schools (CPS) during the past decade. -
Heartland Weekly: Welcome the ‘Health Care Wars’
Opinion -Editorial -Week of June 11, 2018 -
Gold Appears Quiescenta
Opinion -Editorial -Gold news has not received much media coverage lately. That's not because what's been happening is unimportant. -
Will Student Loan Debt Crush Alabama’s Graduates?
Opinion -Editorial -Unfortunately, many recent college graduates report putting off buying cars or homes, saving for retirement, or marriage due to student loan debt. -
Pope Ignores Fossil Fuels’ Essential Role in Human Flourishing
Opinion -Editorial, Legacy Climate Change Weekly -Climate Change Weekly #288 -
After 170 Years, Socialism Becomes Reality in America
Opinion -Editorial -It was in 1848 that Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels published their epic work, Communist Manifesto, that has impacted so much of the world since that time, but not in positive ways. -
American Cancer Society Sees Zero Cancer Risk for Smokeless Tobacco
Opinion -Editorial -Smokeless tobacco was not among 17 risk factors – a tacit acknowledgment that the risk of cancer from smokeless tobacco is de minimis. -
They Said It Best When They Said Nothing at All
Opinion -Editorial -For years, perhaps decades, or perhaps forever, Washington D.C. has been the butt of jokes with punchlines about how the political class talks and talks and talks while little gets solved. -
A Comprehensive Guide to a World of Political Complexity
Opinion -budget-tax-news -Review of The Road to Ruin: The Global Elites' Secret Plan for the Next Financial Crisis, by James Rickards (Portfolio Sentinel, 2016), 352 pages, ISBN-13 978-1591848080, $16.14 on Amazon.com. -
Vatican Criticizes Banking, Calls for ‘New Economy’
Opinion -budget-tax-news -The Vatican’s Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith and Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development published a magisterial teaching calling for governments to increase financial regulation. -
A Remarkably Prescient Song
Opinion -Editorial -Over 35 years ago during the 1981-82 recession, Billy Joel released “Allentown” about the plight of this Pennsylvania town. -
Sales Taxes and Alabama’s Future Economy
Opinion -Editorial -Presidential tweets and a Supreme Court case have reignited the question of taxing internet sales. -
Stockton, California Launches Universal Basic Income Experiment
Opinion -budget-tax-news -Partnering with a private charity, the City of Stockton, California will test whether a government-administered universal basic income (UBI) program can lift people out of poverty. -
Our Nation’s Defense Is Too Important To Hire But One Cloud Storage Company
Opinion -Editorial -I would be perfectly fine with – and actually feel a whole lot better – if the DoD created three backups of everything. Maybe even four would be good. -
New York’s Top Court Say’s Chimpanzees Aren’t Human and Don’t Have Human Rights
Opinion -environment-climate-news -New York state’s Court of Appeals, determined chimpanzees are not legal persons, and as such don’t have the rights of legal persons. -
Massachusetts Considers Licensing Dental Therapists
Opinion -A proposed law in Massachusetts would license dental therapists in the state who would provide oral health care services such as cleanings and some nonsurgical care under the supervision of a licensed dentist, particularly to low-income residents. -
Washington, DC Funds Failing Transit System with Tax Hikes
Opinion -budget-tax-news -The Washington, DC City Council is proposing raising taxes on ridesharing services and alcohol to increase funding for the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA). -
Direct Primary Care Clinic Opens in Indiana
Opinion -PureHealth Functional Family Medicine in Indidana provides services through the direct primary care model, meaning patients bypass insurance middlemen and help set the stage for a future of lower health care costs. -
Alaska Legislature Approves Smoking Ban Expansion
Opinion -budget-tax-news -The Alaska Legislature approved a bill that would prohibit the use of cigarettes and e-cigarettes in privately owned spaces such as bars, restaurants, and taxis. -
Chicago’s ‘Netflix Tax’ Upheld
Opinion -budget-tax-news -Cook County, Illinois Circuit Court Judge Carl Anthony Walker rejected a lawsuit filed by Chicago residents challenging the city’s “Netflix tax” on streaming audio and video services, ruling in favor of the city and affirming the legality of the levy. -
Colorado Enacts Pension Reform
Opinion -budget-tax-news -The Colorado Legislature and Gov. John Hickenlooper enacted some reforms to the state’s public pension system. -
Montana Utility Commission Considers ‘Lifeline’ Reform Ideas
Opinion -budget-tax-news -The Montana Public Service Commission met with free-market groups, community members, and industry stakeholders to discuss how state utility regulators can help the Federal Communication Commission administer the Lifeline subsidy program.