Opinion
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Wealthy Countries Resilient in the Face of Extreme Weather
Opinion -Editorial, Legacy Climate Change Weekly -Climate Change Weekly #262 -
House Rejects Amendments to Free Pentagon from Climate Change Policies
Opinion -environment-climate-news -The U.S. House decided to continue requiring the Department of Defense to expend resources on various Obama-era climate policies. -
Work Requirements, Block Grants Would Stop Medicaid’s ‘Pac-Man Doomsday’
Opinion -Editorial -Time is running out to stop Medicaid's "Pac-Man Apocalypse," but it's not unavoidable. The best time to reform Medicaid was yesterday, but the second-best time to do so is now. -
Will a Quest of Judicial Collegiality Rob Some Parents of School Choice?
Opinion -Editorial -Interpreting a decision of the U.S. Supreme Court and explaining it in plain language is more difficult than fathoming the infield fly rule in baseball. -
Health Care Is So Expensive Because You Don’t Pay For It Yourself
Opinion -Editorial -Almost everyone involved in health care will tell you that the greatest problem in our system is that we pay on a fee-for-service basis. Almost everyone is wrong. -
How to Fulfill the Promise of Online Education
Opinion -Editorial -The promise is lower costs and greater access — but traditional colleges are slow to act boldly. -
Rhode Island Senate Committee Ignores E-Cig Bill
Opinion -budget-tax-news -The Rhode Island Senate Committee on Health and Human Services met in September without considering a bill to add e-cigarettes to the state’s tobacco ban. -
Public Schools Are Breeding Grounds for Corruption and Violence
Opinion -Editorial -Some public school teachers are turning to violence to silence people with whom they disagree. -
Betsy DeVos: Let’s ‘Rethink School’
Opinion -school-choice-weekly, Editorial -School Choice Weekly #193 -
If Teachers Unions Are So Great, Why Aren’t Our Schools?
Opinion -Editorial -At least on Labor Day the damage they can do is limited. -
Will You Eat Dog Food to Fight Climate Change?
Opinion -Editorial -A recent study by researchers at the University of California Los Angeles examines the impact the family dog or cat has on greenhouse-gas emissions. -
Oil Spills Have Declined Significantly Over the Past Two Years
Opinion -environment-climate-news -The total number of oil spills and other related incidents in the United States declined significantly in 2016. -
Trump Administration Proposes Repealing Obama-Era Fracking Law
Opinion -environment-climate-news -President Donald Trump’s Department of the Interior has proposed repealing a 2015 Obama-era rule governing hydraulic fracturing on federal and tribal lands. -
The Hurricane Harvey Hustle
Opinion -Editorial -Facts about Harvey trump attempts to use it to advance manmade climate cataclysm agendas -
Kentucky Gov. Bevin Pitches Medicaid ‘HEALTH’ Plan
Opinion -budget-tax-news, health-care-news -Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin has gone on the road to answer voters’ questions about proposed state Medicaid reforms. -
PRESS RELEASE: Heartland Institute Scholars Comment on Historic Article V Planning Meeting in Arizona
Opinion -Press Release -"This balanced budget amendment planning convention is the proper first step to inform and educate all Americans about the power granted to the states in Article V of the U.S. Constitution." - Neal Schuerer -
A Thought-Provoking Prescription for National Revival
Opinion -budget-tax-news -Review of The Vanishing American Adult: Our Coming-of-Age Crisis—and How to Rebuild a Culture of Self-Reliance, by Ben Sasse (St. Martin’s Press, 2017), 320 pages, ISBN-13 978-1250114402, $16.78 on Amazon.com. -
Republicans Losing Faith in Higher Education System, Pew Center Reports
Opinion -school-reform-news -Republicans and Democrats disagree about the value of higher education, new research has found. -
House Considers Budget Bill As Deadline Approaches
Opinion -budget-tax-news -As the deadline for funding the federal government approaches, the House Budget Committee has approved House Concurrent Resolution 71, the proposed budget for the next Fiscal Year, placing it on the calendar for consideration by the full House. -
Ending Government Schools Does Not Mean Ending Public Education
Opinion -Editorial -Further limiting the influence of our current, failing, monopolistic education system would move us closer to the educational vision imagined by our Founding Fathers. -
How a ‘Convention of States’ Could Tweak the Constitution
Opinion -Editorial -Representatives of state legislatures from across the nation will converge in Phoenix, Arizona on Sept. 12 to participate in a traditional American institution called a “convention of states.” -
Yearning for More Robust Choice Than Charters Can Provide
Opinion -Editorial -Charter schools are not going to disappear overnight from the menu of education-reform options. -
Rising From the Political Ashes in Phoenix
Opinion -Editorial -In ancient mythology, the phoenix was a symbol of rebirth. As its former life came to an end in a show of flames and spontaneous combustion, a newer, even better life was born from the ashes of its predecessor. -
Fort Collins, Colorado Puts Taxpayer-Funded Internet Plan on November Ballot
Opinion -budget-tax-news -On November 7, Fort Collins, Colorado voters will consider a ballot question on whether to authorize the government to build a taxpayer-funded internet service.