Opinion
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Twelve Attorneys General Sue to Block Association Health Plans
Opinion -health-care-news -Attorneys general from 11 states and Washington, DC filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia challenging the Trump administration’s June 20 rule expanding access to association health plans (AHPs). -
Labor Day Needs an Education Revolution
Opinion -Editorial -With Labor Day on the horizon, many Americans are worried that automation will soon monopolize the job market. -
San Francisco Bans Plastic Straws
Opinion -environment-climate-news -San Francisco became the latest city to ban the sale or distribution of single-use plastic straws at restaurants, bars, and retailers countywide. -
Energy Socialism Comes to Congress, States
Opinion -Editorial, Legacy Climate Change Weekly -Climate Change Weekly #297 -
Fake Energy Leftist Billionaire Tom Steyer Gets His Man In Florida Governor Race
Opinion -Editorial -Tuesday’s Florida primary delivered a surprise Socialist winner in their Democrat gubernatorial primary. -
Texas Officials Scuttle Giant Wind Project
Opinion -environment-climate-news -By a unanimous vote, the Texas Public Utility Commission (PUC) rejected what would have been the largest wind-energy project ever constructed in the United States. -
Trump’s ‘Skinny’ Insurance Plans Will Help Millions of Families
Opinion -Editorial -On August 2, the Trump administration issued a proposed rule allowing the sale of short-term, limited-duration health insurance plans, also known as short-term plans. -
Alexa, What Is the Meaning of Life, and Do You Control It?
Opinion -Editorial -Alexa, are you a just-for-fun toy, or are you a super-serious genie that dwells in the mysterious computing cloud from which you will descend to be a player in every aspect of our existence? -
To Reduce Urban Violence, Let’s Consider the Real Causes — Not Guns, Police or ‘Low’ Taxes
Opinion -Editorial -To solve a problem, one must first diagnose its cause. This rings true in all walks of life. Yet this fundamental principle seems to be ignored when the problems of inner-city crime and poverty are considered. -
FDA Claims There’s Market Freedom While Blocking Tobacco Harm Reduction Products
Opinion -Editorial -In July, an NPR segment reported the United States is in the midst of a “significant shortage of injectable opioids.” -
Government Job-Guarantee Policies Guarantee Nothing but Fewer Jobs
Opinion -Editorial -Job-guarantee proposals have dominated headlines of late, with high-profile politicians such as Sens. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), Bernie Sanders (I-VT), and Cory Booker (D-NJ) advancing the policy. -
Medicaid Recipients Who Can Work, Should Work
Opinion -Editorial -After a federal judge blocked Kentucky’s Medicaid work requirement, President Donald Trump’s Council of Economic Advisers released a study that concluded many people who receive Medicaid benefits can work but choose not to. -
Educational Choice Must Truly be Free
Opinion -Editorial -Oscar Wilde once said, "Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery that mediocrity can pay to greatness." -
Don’t Let the Postal Service Kill E-Commerce
Opinion -Editorial -E-commerce has revolutionized the economy, giving consumers access to every imaginable product, at the best prices, without leaving their homes. -
The Ash Heap of History Awaits
Opinion -Editorial -Time to put socialism back where it belongs. -
Californians Should Stay Sway From Destructive, Foul-tasting Soda Taxes
Opinion -Editorial -Recently, California legislators dealt a devastating blow to onerous taxes when they passed a bill that prevents grocery taxes, including unpopular and ineffective “soda taxes.” -
Is America in the Midst of Another Civil War?
Opinion -Editorial -An email circulating several weeks last ago contained powerful truths that drew my attention. -
President Moves to Expand LNG Exports to Europe
Opinion -environment-climate-news -The administration of President Donald Trump is stepping up efforts to increase exports of U.S. liquefied natural gas (LNG) to Europe. -
A Panacea or a Death Sentence?
Opinion -Editorial -This summer the Administration published its much-anticipated plan to modify enforcement of the Endangered Species Act (ESA). -
Heartland’s James Taylor on NewsmaxTV Talking EPA and Coal
Opinion -News -Heartland Institute Senior Fellow for Environment and Energy Policy James Taylor was a guest on "America Talks Live" on NewsmaxTV. -
Don’t Limit Health Care by Calling It a ‘Right’
Opinion -Editorial -The future of Obamacare is as tenuous as ever thanks to the Trump administration’s restoration of federalism. -
Maine Governor Corrects Media on Medicaid Controversy
Opinion -health-care-news -After major media outlets published a story claiming Maine Gov. Paul LePage said he would “go to jail before expanding Medicaid,” the governor’s office issued a response refuting the story. -
Medicaid Expansion Will Appear on Nebraskans’ 2018 Ballot
Opinion -health-care-news -An organization dedicated to Medicaid expansion has submitted 133,000 signatures to the Nebraska Secretary of State in an effort to place on this November’s ballot an initiative to expand Medicaid in the state. -
Trump Administration Proposes Freezing Fuel Economy Mandates
Opinion -environment-climate-news -The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration formally proposed freezing automobile fuel mileage mandates at 2020 levels through 2026.
