Opinion
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Federal Regulations Cost Americans $1.9 Trillion in 2017
Opinion -environment-climate-news -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 -environment-climate-news -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 -Editorial -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 -health-care-news -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 -Editorial -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 -budget-tax-news -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 -Editorial -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 -Editorial -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 -Editorial -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 -environment-climate-news -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 -Editorial -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. -
Rejecting Carbon Colonialism
Opinion -Editorial -African Development Bank breaks with anti-fossil fuel banks to fund coal power, prosperity. -
NOAA’s Flood and the New Religion of Climate Change
Opinion -Editorial -The people of Earth continued their transgressions and humanity was told by the high priests of climate change that the Earth (Gaia) would punish humankind. -
Forget Global Warming: Winter is Coming — and It Will Be a Doozy
Opinion -Editorial -The recurring theme of civilization’s relationship with climate is that the end of each warming period went badly for humanity. -
Heartland Weekly: Kavanaugh’s Confirmation Battle
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Last Days of the European Union?
Opinion -Editorial -Greece is on the verge of settling the repayment of its bailout loans from the International Monetary Fund, European banks and other creditors. -
When Environmentalists Oppose Science
Opinion -Editorial -In the era of self-driving cars, big data and increasingly sophisticated bio-medical advances, the age-old question of how regulation can keep up with technology is more relevant than ever. -
Be Grateful Trump Won the Presidency
Opinion -Editorial -There are many Americans who have not yet accepted President Trump as their president. -
EPA Policy: Meet the New Boss, Same as the Old Boss
Opinion -Editorial, Legacy Climate Change Weekly -Climate Change Weekly #291 -
Federal Right to Try Bill Enacted
Opinion -President Donald Trump signed federal Right to Try legislation on Wednesday, May 30 at the White House. Now the seriously ill or terminal can apply to use experimental treatments that have passed the safety phase of the FDA approval process. -
New Obamacare Exemptions Shield Millions of Working-Class Families
Opinion -The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services issued four new guidelines, that go into effect in April, that protect millions of families from paying penalties for not having insurance. -
San Antonio Increases Campaign Finance Reporting Requirements
Opinion -budget-tax-news -The San Antonio, Texas City Council approved an ordinance that will require political campaigns to collect and disclose the names, employers, and occupations of individuals donating $100 or more to candidates running for city office. -
Climate Skeptics Are More Eco-Friendly Than Climate Alarmists, Study Finds
Opinion -environment-climate-news -A new study shows Americans who are skeptical of claims humans are causing catastrophic climate change are more eco-friendly than those who say they are very concerned about global warming. -
States’ Financial Grades Are in, and Illinois Has Failed Yet Again
Opinion -Editorial -Truth in Accounting’s latest “Financial State of the States” rankings placed Illinois in 49th place—barely beating out New Jersey. The Prairie State was labeled a “Sinkhole State” and earned a “financial grade” of “F.”
