Opinion
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Study: Electric Vehicle Subsidies Carry High Costs with Questionable Results
Opinion -A recent report by the Manhattan Institute concludes the billions of taxpayer dollars spent in the United States subsidizing so-called “zero-emissions vehicles” produce few if any environmental benefits. -
Psychosocial School Rise Raises Need for Choice
Opinion -All fine and good, but technological gimmickry have a way of losing the point of education. -
PRESS RELEASE: Heartland Institute President’s Statement on Andrew Wheeler Taking Helm at EPA
Opinion -"We wish Mr. Wheeler luck, because his success at the head of the EPA will be good news for all Americans who care about the environment." - Tim Huelskamp -
Pope Francis’s Misguided War on Fossil Fuels
Opinion -It seems that Pope Francis has learned little since his 2015 papal encyclical calling on the world to fight climate change by limiting the use of modern technologies and fossil fuels. -
Battle Lines Being Drawn Over Replacing Kennedy
Opinion -Washington is abuzz over the retirement of Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy. -
We Should Welcome the ‘Health Care Wars’
Opinion -In the wake of the new tax reform law, which eliminated the Affordable Care Act’s (ACA) individual mandate, mainstream news reports might cause one to think the country’s health care system is on the verge of COLLAPSE. -
Legislative Pulse: Fighting Energy Insecurity in California
Opinion -California state Sen. Ted Gaines (R–El Dorado Hills) says policies enacted mandating roof top solar panels on new homes and higher gas taxes hurt the states residents. -
Let’s End Welfare Recipient-Fake Energy Wind And Solar – Not Actual Energy Source Coal
Opinion -The ongoing, rolling fact is – “green energy”…is neither green nor energy. -
Celebrate the Advance of Freedom on Independence Day
Opinion -This Independence Day liberty-loving Americans had much to be grateful for. -
Patients Now Have Right To Try, Thanks to Conservatives & Trump
Opinion -At last, regulatory flexibility for the seriously ill from the FDA. -
Crumbling Cookies Don’t Dilute the Value of Rewards in Education
Opinion -Lesson: Cookies induce happiness -
America’s Revolution: It Wasn’t About a Tax or Tariff, It Was About Consent
Opinion -The American Revolution was not about a tax or tariff. It was about the consent of the governed or, more precisely, the lack thereof. -
Cold Facts About Faux Antarctica Meltdown
Opinion -Nearly all of the major news outlets last month ran attention-grabbing headlines uncritically reporting a supposed crisis of rapidly increasing melting of Antarctica. -
Keep It in the Ground … By Blocking Pipelines
Opinion -If they can’t stop energy development, they block pipeline transport (and get unexpected help). -
Heartland Weekly: Sen. Rand Paul on Heartland Podcast
Opinion -Week of June 25, 2018 -
Are We Making the Opioid Problem Worse?
Opinion -Opioid abuse is taking a tremendous toll on America, with 42,000 opioid-related deaths in 2016. -
Oklahoma Lawmakers Fail to End Wind Energy Subsidy
Opinion -A bill to end a taxpayer subsidy Oklahoma gives various renewable energy providers was rejected by a single vote in the Oklahoma Senate. -
The Right to Try Medicine
Opinion -Right to try establishes that Americans and not bureaucrats decide about trying a potentially life-saving drug. -
Amazon Killed Toys ‘R’ Us – But Much More Dishonestly Than The Way You Think
Opinion -Toys ‘R’ Us got royally screwed by online retail monster Amazon. -
Federal Judge Tosses Out Bogus Climate Lawsuit
Opinion -Climate Change Weekly #290 -
Will California Residents Begin Paying North Dakota Taxes Too?
Opinion -A Supreme Court case to be decided by the end of June could require California residents to pay taxes to a variety states, counties, cities and even mosquito abatement districts across the country. -
Federal Judge Overturns Oakland’s Ban on Coal Export Terminal
Opinion -A federal judge in San Francisco struck down the City of Oakland’s ban on the operation of a coal terminal, clearing the way for coal to be exported from the West Coast port. -
Protesters Aren’t Stopping US Pipeline Network Growth
Opinion -With rising protests backed by sympathetic media coverage, one might conclude that the US pipeline network is in decline, but this is not the case. -
Insuring Disaster
Opinion -Subsidizing building in risky areas is poor policy, but I think that transparency makes direct subsidies a better option.
