Opinion
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Drug Manufacturers Raise Prices
Opinion -Several major drug manufacturers raised list prices for many drugs in July, two months after President Donald Trump offered his blueprint to lower prescription medication costs. -
FDA Delays CRISPR Clinical Trial
Opinion -The U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) halted one of the first proposed clinical trials of CRISPR, a new gene-editing procedure scheduled to begin clinical evaluation in late 2018. -
HHS Introduces Patient-Driven Payment Model
Opinion -U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Alex Azar announced the establishment of a Patient Driven Payment Model to be used initially in skilled nursing facilities. -
More States Join Court Challenge Against Affordable Care Act
Opinion -Three more states—North Dakota, South Dakota, and Wisconsin—have joined Texas’ lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act (ACA). -
The True 97 Percent Consensus: Congress Delivers Another Carbon Dioxide Tax Beat-Down
Opinion -Climate Change Weekly #292 -
PRESS RELEASE: Heartland Institute Expert Comments on Dismissal of New York City Climate Lawsuit
Opinion -“The Al Gore alarmists are on a losing streak that will continue because they don’t have the science, the economics, or the law on their side.” - Tim Huelskamp -
Public health groups should be applauding Big Tobacco’s harm reduction efforts
Opinion -It’s been more than 50 years since the surgeon general issued a report linking smoking to health hazards such as lung cancer and heart disease. -
Watching Weather Waves, but Missing Climate Tides
Opinion -Earth’s climate is never still – it is always changing, with long-term trends, medium-term reversals and minor oscillations. -
Opposing Carbon-Dioxide Taxes Supports American Energy
Opinion -House Majority Whip Steve Scalise of Louisiana and Rep. David B. McKinley of West Virginia recently introduced a congressional resolution stating a carbon-dioxide tax would harm the economy and therefore should not be enacted. -
Economics Versus DIY
Opinion -Millions of Americans engage in do it yourself (DIY) home improvements. -
PRESS RELEASE: Heartland Institute Experts Comment on Passage of Anti-Carbon Tax Resolution in U.S. House
Opinion -“A tax on carbon dioxide is a horrible idea. It is a job killer.” -- Tim Huelskamp. Ph.D. -
Carbon Taxes Are Uneconomic And Misanthropic
Opinion -Restricting the use of fossil fuels is an especially bad idea because expanding their use is the quickest, surest way to decrease poverty and increase human flourishing globally. -
Association health plans will create far more health care competition and choice
Opinion -Last week, the Department of Labor issued a rule change that makes it possible for small businesses and associations to offer more affordable health care plans, known as association health plans. -
Federal Regulations Cost Americans $1.9 Trillion in 2017
Opinion -The thousands of federal regulations implemented by executive agencies each year impose trillions of dollars in costs on the American people annually. -
House Appropriators Reject Trump’s EPA, Interior Budget Cut Requests
Opinion -The House Appropriations Committee’s draft bill to fund the U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) and Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for fiscal year 2019 provides substantially more funding than President Donald Trump requested. -
Gun control threatens Americans’ natural rights
Opinion -In the wake of Parkland and several other recent mass shootings, it seems clear that gun control advocates do not understand natural rights and the founding principles of the United States. -
Biosimilars Market Expected to Surge in Next Five Years
Opinion -You may be hearing a lot more about Biosimilars, nearly identical copies or “generic” versions of biologic drugs, as their market is expected to surge, reaching a global market share of close to $24 billion by 2023 -
Snares to Beware in Potential Labor-Education Merger
Opinion -By far, the biggest, boldest move under the Trump administration’s proposed executive-branch reorganization would be consolidation of the departments of Education and Labor, two behemoths of social policy. -
A Captivating Chronicle of the New Space Trailblazers
Opinion -Review of The Space Barons: Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, and the Quest to Colonize the Cosmos, by Christian Davenport (PublicAffairs, 2018), 320 pages, ISBN-13 978-1610398299, $20.80 on Amazon.com. -
The Party That Cried Wolf: The Real Danger to the Constitution Is Not Brett Kavanaugh
Opinion -If one asked a liberal strategist their opinion on President Donald Trump’s recent Supreme Court nomination, the lyrics to R.E.M.’s “It’s the End of the World as We Know It,” might be their retort. -
Socialism, Like Dracula, Rises Again From the Grave
Opinion -Welcome to the seemingly unending cycle of resurrections of the socialist idea in renewed appealing forms. -
The Biggest Impediment To Better Internet? Local Governments
Opinion -Thanks to the obscene over-officiousness of the Barack Obama Administration, we have spent much of our time the less decade or so discussing the incredible damage the federal government can do – and was doing – to…everything. -
Exposing Climate Hypocrisy, Scientific Malfeasance, and Doublespeak
Opinion -Marc Morano's Politically Incorrect Guide to Climate Change covers almost every climate change topic imaginable, exposing the lies and hypocrisy behind the scare along the way. -
The STRONGER Patent Act: A Reckoning in Congress?
Opinion -In March, Reps. Steve Stivers, R-Ohio, and Bill Foster, D-Illinois, introduced the Support Technology & Research for Our Nation’s Growth and Economic Resilience (STRONGER) Patents Act of 2018.
