Opinion
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PRESS RELEASE: Heartland Institute Applauds Wisconsin Works for Everyone Welfare Reform Plan
Opinion -Press Release -“Congratulations to Gov. Walker and the Republican legislature for their leadership in passing groundbreaking welfare reforms.” - Tim Huelskamp, Ph.D. -
A Welcome Respite for Autonomous Vehicles
Opinion -Editorial -Since Elaine Herzberg’s death last month when an Uber autonomous test vehicle struck and killed her in Tempe, Arizona, we have learned more information about this tragic incident. -
Banning Internet ‘Fast Lanes’: The Left’s Latest Crony Assault On The Free Market And Reality
Opinion -Editorial -There are very many stupid aspects of the stupid government power grab that is Network Neutrality. A brief reintroduction…. -
Dayton to Take Minnesota in the Wrong Direction
Opinion -Editorial -On the heels of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, Minnesota’s Governor Mark Dayton is proposing to fund at least part of his $46 billion, two-year budget proposal with about $320 million of state tax increases. -
Colorado Must Keep the Comanche Power Plant Running at Full Steam
Opinion -Editorial -Xcel Energy, the leading provider of electricity in Colorado, is attempting to fudge the numbers to justify the closure of units one and two at the coal-powered Comanche Power Plant. -
Nations Failing to Keep Paris Climate Commitments
Opinion -environment-climate-news -Global greenhouse gas levels continue to rise as a number of countries are finding it is easier to say they will cut emissions than it is to actually do so. -
Trump Administration Eases Coal-Ash Disposal Regulations
Opinion -environment-climate-news -The U.S Environmental Protection Agency is revising 2015 rules governing the disposal of coal ash, to provide states and utilities greater flexibility in managing the waste product. -
The ‘Russia Collusion!’ Nonsense Employed to Smear a Republican by…Qatar
Opinion -Editorial -There are a great many ridiculous ancillary results of the Left-Media’s ridiculous “Russia Collusion!” assault on now-President Donald Trump. -
Congresswoman Virginia Foxx Shares Insight into New Higher Education Bill
Opinion -school-reform-news -Congresswoman Virginia Foxx Shares Insight into New Higher Education Bill -
Easter Island Myths and Realities
Opinion -Editorial -The island’s demise was a human and Little Ice Age tragedy, not “ecological suicide.” -
Calls For Return Of Net Neutrality Are Hypocrisy At Its Worst
Opinion -Editorial -The Internet Association (IA), a lobbyist organization that includes Amazon, eBay, Facebook, Google, and other Silicon Valley big businesses, is pressuring U.S. senators to use Congress' authority under the Congressional Review Act (CRA). -
Obama Policy Linked to School Shootings
Opinion -Editorial -RealClearInvestigations cites a deliberate Obama policy of allowing thousands of troubled, often violent, students to commit crimes without legal consequence. -
Reasons for Anti-Capitalism: Ignorance, Arrogance, and Envy
Opinion -Editorial -Why is the free enterprise or capitalist economic system so widely disliked, hated and opposed? -
UC San Francisco Authors Inadvertently Validate Our Call for Retraction
Opinion -Editorial -The Chafee article must be retracted. -
Retract the UC San Francisco E-Cigarette “Gateway” Study
Opinion -Editorial -Some published articles are so flawed that they deserve retraction. -
Science Catastrophe Scares and IPCC Ascent Explained
Opinion -environment-climate-news -This book describes how in the latter half of the 20th century, as government began to dominate science, scientists discovered they could get huge amounts of funding if they raised public terror over alleged crises in their fields of research. -
How Did Americans Lose Their Right to Privacy?
Opinion -Editorial -Americans want their right to privacy restored. -
America’s Kids Need Sleep And Time To Play To Avoid Mental Health Problem
Opinion -Editorial -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 -environment-climate-news -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 -environment-climate-news -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 -Editorial -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 -Editorial -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 -Editorial -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 -Press Release -“It is time to end CAFE standards entirely.” - H. Sterling Burnett
