Opinion
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Heartland Weekly: Harvard’s Bogus ExxonMobil Study
Opinion -A new Harvard study by Naomi Oreskes and Geoffrey Supran is full of biased statements coming from researchers with an axe to grind. This story and more in last week's edition of Heartland Weekly. -
Texas District Institutes No-Homework ‘Family Nights’
Opinion -A Texas school district has marked off six “family nights” on its 2017-18 school calendar, at parents’ request. -
Is Big Brother Trying to Enforce Climate Orthodoxy?
Opinion -Editorial, Legacy Climate Change Weekly -Climate Change Weekly #264 -
Utah Solar Power Utility Reaches Deal on Net-Metering Program
Opinion -Under pressure from Utah Gov. Gary Herbert, Rocky Mountain Power is scrapping a plan for a rapid reduction in its payment rates for excess power generated by rooftop solar systems. -
Later School Start Times Would Bring Billions in Economic Benefits, Study Finds
Opinion -Starting school later in the morning would improve the U.S. economy by billions of dollars per year, a new analysis has found. -
Book Analyzes Campus War Against Freedom of Thought
Opinion -school-reform-news -Review of No Campus for White Men: The Transformation of Higher Education into Hateful Indoctrination, by Scott Greer (WND Books, March 14, 2017), 240 pp.; $11.52 on Amazon.com: ISBN-10: 1944229620, ISBN-13: 978-1944229627 -
Northeastern States Pledge Steep Cuts in Carbon Dioxide Emissions
Opinion -Nine states, stretching from the Mid-Atlantic to Maine, have agreed to more stringent reductions in greenhouse-gas emissions by the end of the next decade. -
Secretary of State Slashes Special Envoy Positions, Axes Climate Envoy
Opinion -U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson announced plans for a dramatic cut in the number of special envoy positions at the State Department, including eliminating the envoy on climate. -
Ohio Legislature to Consider Campus Free Speech Act
Opinion -Two Ohio state representatives announced they are introducing a bill to protect free speech at the state’s public colleges and universities. -
NYC Charter School Gains Equivalent to Months of More Learning, Study Finds
Opinion -School Choice Weekly #195 -
Strategic Petroleum Reserve Tapped for Struggling Refineries
Opinion -The U.S. Department of Energy is releasing oil from the nation’s Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR), to relieve pressure on struggling refineries hit by Hurricane Harvey. -
House, Senate Split on Trump’s Proposed Education Cuts
Opinion -U.S. Senate committees voted to reject proposed cuts to the Department of Education (DOE) the Trump administration made earlier in 2017, while the House voted to accept some but not all of the proposed cuts. -
Climate Change Alarmists, End Your Attacks on Science
Opinion -Dr. Arturo Casadevall and Dr. Ferric C. Fang correctly distilled down the scientific method into a five word query: “but what if I’m wrong? -
EPA Endangerment Finding Endangers USA
Opinion -President Trump must reverse EPA’s climate change “Endangerment Finding” -
PRESS RELEASE: Heartland Institute to Host the America First Energy Conference Nov. 9 in Houston, Texas
Opinion -One-day event will be a deep dive into President Donald Trump’s energy agenda -
Family Combines Learning and Travel in ‘Road Schooling’
Opinion -A family for whom travel is a way of life incorporates learning into their lifestyle, through a form of homeschooling they call “road schooling.” -
Conservatives Split on Funding for Louisiana Gasification Plant
Opinion -Conservatives are split on whether to support the $3.8 billion Lake Charles Gasification project intended to turn waste from oil refining into synthetic natural gas while capturing various emissions and converting them into valuable chemicals. -
New York’s Clean Energy Mandates Could Cost $1 Trillion, Study Says
Opinion -New York’s Clean Energy Standard (CES), a renewable energy mandate, could cost Empire State ratepayers and businesses close to $1 trillion over the course of the program. -
Balanced Budget Amendment Article V Convention an Enormous Success
Opinion -With a focus on balancing the monumental debt plaguing the United States, the states push for an amendment aimed at restoring federal fiscal restraint. -
Prosecuting or Removing ‘Faithless’ Presidential Electors is Unconstitutional
Opinion -A 2016 Colorado Democratic presidential elector who pledged to vote for Hillary Clinton is suing because the state removed him from his position after he voted for Ohio Gov. John Kasich instead. He joins two other electors with somewhat similar claims. -
PRESS RELEASE: Heartland Institute Experts React to Revelation of Antifa Teacher Yvette Felarca’s Long History of Workplace Misconduct
Opinion -"The shamelessness of Felarca, the Berkeley Teachers Federation, and BAMN is as terrifying as it is astounding. These people will stop at nothing—as the ‘BAMN’ name plainly states—to get their way." - Teresa Mull -
Joint Tax Reform Framework Includes Foreign Minimum Tax
Opinion -After a round of meetings, President Donald Trump and congressional Republicans released a plan detailing their shared goals for federal tax reform, including a new tax on American companies’ overseas profits. -
Good News About Vouchers the PDK Pollsters Failed to Disclose
Opinion -Recent polling results show school choice gaining traction. The latest, released September 13 by Chicago-based GenForward, revealed robust support from Millennials for vouchers to help needy children choose private schools. -
Poll: Public Vastly Underestimates Average Public School Teacher Salary
Opinion -The American public thinks government school teachers are underpaid, until they learn how much they actually make, a new poll has found.
