Opinion
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America’s Kids Need Sleep And Time To Play To Avoid Mental Health Problem
Opinion -As debate rages over possible ways to curb school shootings such the one that occurred recently in Parkland, Florida, increased attention to the mental well-being of young people often pops up as a recommended priority. -
California Says It Will Block Trump’s Offshore Drilling Plan
Opinion -California government officials declared they will block President Donald Trump’s plan to include a portion of the outer continental shelf (OCS) off the state’s coast in his proposal to expand offshore oil and gas exploration and production. -
Indiana Utility Cuts Rate Request in Response to Federal Tax Cut
Opinion -An Indiana utility reduced its proposed rate increase, saying the recently enacted federal tax reform law allowed it to reduce its request. -
Entitlement Reform Would Give Wisconsinites a Real Helping Hand
Opinion -A package of bills approved by the Wisconsin Senate that are currently awaiting Gov. Scott Walker’s (R) signature. -
The Falsehoods and Truths About Libertarianism
Opinion -Duke historian Nancy MacLean made waves in 2017 with her book Democracy in Chains. -
President Trump Can End Drug Shortages, Reduce Prices By Promoting Competition
Opinion -The kickback scheme created by the "safe harbor" is directly responsible for drug shortages and price hikes because it has destroyed the economic incentive to produce many critical life-saving medicines. -
PRESS RELEASE: Heartland Institute Experts React to EPA Review of CAFE Standards
Opinion -“It is time to end CAFE standards entirely.” - H. Sterling Burnett -
Tennessee Should REIN in Regulations—Tennesseans Deserve It!
Opinion -Thanks to state Rep. Martin Daniel’s (R-Knoxville) proposed Regulations of the Executive in Need of Scrutiny Act (REINS Act), Tennessee is now at the vanguard of a growing movement to bring transparency and accountability back to government. -
Are Parents to Blame for Distressed State of American Youth?
Opinion -We seem never to consider the role of parents -
Fossil Fuels Under Fire
Opinion -Climate Change Weekly #282 -
Homeland Security Dept. Waives Environmental Rules for Border Wall
Opinion -To speed up construction of President Donald Trump’s proposed border wall between the United States and Mexico, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security is waiving more than 30 environmental rules for a segment of the wall in New Mexico. -
(Hot) Air Let Out of California’s Climate Change Lawsuit
Opinion -California thought there might have been some kind of conspiracy by oil companies to hide secrets about global warming. Umm ... no. -
Mises the Man and His Monetary Policy Ideas Based on His “Lost Papers”
Opinion -One day in 1927 Austrian economist, Ludwig von Mises, stood at the window of his office at the Vienna Chamber of Commerce, and said “Maybe grass will grow there, because our civilization will end.” -
EPA Rejects Connecticut’s Request for Limits on Pennsylvania Coal Plant
Opinion -The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency rejected a request from the government of Connecticut to place new limits on ozone emissions from a Pennsylvania-based coal-fired power plant. -
New England Imported Natural Gas from Russia This Winter
Opinion -During the recent severe winter in the northeastern United States, utilities had to import natural gas from Russia to heat homes and keep the electricity on. -
Ohio Senate Considers Dental Therapy Bill
Opinion -A bill that would authorize dental therapists in Ohio is under consideration in the state’s Senate Committee on Health, Human Services, and Medicaid. -
Obama Interior Department Official Violated Ethics Laws
Opinion -The Inspector General of the U.S. Interior Department has found a former Interior Department official in the Obama administration violated federal law to benefit a family member affiliated with a global animal welfare group. -
The Left’s Small-Minded View of Small-Town America
Opinion -Macur’s New York Times story is just another instance of “redneck porn,” in which coastal elites hold their noses long enough to observe the inmates of small-town America for a few days and predictably find them greatly wanting. -
Collectivism’s Progress: From Marxism to Race and Gender Intersectionality
Opinion -By many objective signs and indicators the world is becoming a far more materially comfortable place. -
Congress Learns Sect 230 Is Linchpin of Internet Platform Unaccountability
Opinion -U.S. Internet policy politics has shifted. -
New Minnesota Organization Protects Property Rights, Fights Wind Farms
Opinion -A group of Minnesota landowners banded together in 2017 to form Wind Locked, LLC, a conservation holding company established to support landowners’ efforts to block wind turbine construction near agricultural and rural lands. -
Silicon Valley’s Anti-Conservatism Is Getting Really Ridiculous
Opinion -It is the world’s worst kept secret that most massive companies of the Silicon Valley – and the broader Tech World – loathe conservatives and conservatism. -
The Good, the Bad, and the Missed Opportunities of the ‘Climate Science Tutorial’ in San Francisco
Opinion -Chevron left many false and misleading claims before the court, claims that contaminate the public debate on climate change and will continue to haunt the fossil fuel industry and threaten our energy freedom unless they are faced and debunked. -
Dispelling Myths About Offshore Energy
Opinion -Climate Change Weekly #281
