Opinion
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Tiny, Rural Missouri School District Spends Little, Gets Exceptional Results
Opinion -school-reform-news -Strain-Japan School District, composed of a single K–8 school of 75 students in rural Franklin County, Missouri, is doing more with less, thanks to lots of collaboration among teachers, students, and parents. -
Catholic, ‘Hybrid’ Homeschooling Centers Expand Nationwide
Opinion -school-reform-news -Kari Beckman, a Catholic mother in Atlanta, Georgia, decided the home education she had designed for her children was not fulfilling her family’s needs. -
Supreme Court Vacates Lower Court Transgender Bathroom Ruling
Opinion -school-choice-weekly, Editorial -School Choice Weekly #171 -
Unlike The Tea Party, Leftist Political Rallies Leave Mounds Of Trash
Opinion -Editorial -There is an adage—restated many times and by many authors—that you can tell more about a person’s character by how he treats his social “inferiors” than by how he treats those equal to or above him. -
Fracking Ban Would be Bad for Nevada
Opinion -Editorial -Lawmakers in Nevada have introduced legislation that would ban hydraulic fracturing, also known as “fracking,” a process that has led to a dramatic increase in oil and natural gas production in the United States. -
A Map of Municipal Misadventure
Opinion -Some municipalities around the country have tried, and failed to set up or operate their own broadband communications networks, to compete in the business of broadband service. The reasons for the failures are numerous, but in all cases taxpayer money was -
Trump Charts His Road To Restoration Of Booming American Prosperity
Opinion -Editorial -Addressing a joint session of Congress on February 28, President Trump charted his path to restoring booming economic growth — major tax reform, repeal/replacement of Obamacare, massive deregulation and more. -
Escaping Obamacare Purgatory
Opinion -Editorial -Mischaracterizing Republican proposals to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act (ACA) is a blood sport Obamacare proponents play at patients’ expense. -
Obama’s Assaults On Trump – Are Assaults On Our Governmental System And Nation
Opinion -Editorial -There was once a long and fabulous tradition in American politics. A president, once no longer President, kept his trap shut about his successors. -
An Invigorating Call to Arms Promoting Passionate Civic Engagement
Opinion -budget-tax-news -Review of In the Arena: Good Citizens, a Great Republic, and How One Speech Can Reinvigorate America, by Pete Hegseth (Threshold Editions), 2016, 304 pages, ISBN-13: 978-1476749341; $17.30 on Amazon.com. -
Minnesota Peat Mine Wins Wetlands Case Against Army Corps of Engineers
Opinion -environment-climate-news -A federal judge in Minnesota ruled a peat mining company did not need a wetlands permit from the Army Corps of Engineers or the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to expand its operations onto adjacent private property. -
PRESS RELEASE: Heartland Institute Experts React to GOP Obamacare Reform Bill
Opinion -Press Release -The House GOP leadership plan attempts to herd patients toward insurance markets, reinforcing the federal government’s confusion between ‘health insurance’ and ‘health care.’" -Michael Hamilton -
GOP Premium Penalty to Replace Obamacare Tax Penalty?
Opinion -consumer-power-report, Editorial -Consumer Power Report #538 -
South Dakota Governor Cuts Hairy Occupational Licensing Restrictions
Opinion -budget-tax-news -South Dakota Gov. Dennis Daugaard (R) is cutting back some of the state’s occupational licensing requirements, exempting hair braiders from government rules intended for traditional hair stylists. -
ESAs Would Help ‘the Land of Opportunity’ Live Up to Its Name
Opinion -Editorial -The education-choice movement is based on a simple proposition: Parents should be given options for their child’s education. No longer should a child’s schooling be determined solely by ZIP code and the whim of circumstance. -
Reform the National Flood Insurance Program, Report Recommends
Opinion -environment-climate-news -A study by SmarterSafer.org recommends reforming the National Flood Insurance Program to reduce future risks associated with the flooding of property and minimize flood damage when it occurs. -
Trump Needs to Drain the “Healthcare” Swamp
Opinion -Trump needs to see through the subterfuge, and drain the third-party (“insurance”) swamp before it drains the life out of American medicine—into activities that patients would probably find to be of zero value. -
Socialism: Marking a Century of Death and Destruction
Opinion -Editorial -A harrowing experience through Lithuania's Soviet Era prisons is a reminder of the horrors of the regime and the threats standing even today. -
Montana Lawmakers Cook Up Food-Choice Bills
Opinion -budget-tax-news -The State of Montana is considering removing regulations that prevent people from purchasing “raw milk” and homemade foods directly from farmers and bakers. -
E-Cigarette Companies Ask Judge to Void Indiana E-Cigarette Restrictions
Opinion -budget-tax-news -In February, lawyers representing the plaintiffs—Legato Vapors, Jet Setter Juice, Rocky Mountain Ecigs, and Derb E Cigs Indiana—filed paperwork asking Barker to “enter the tendered proposed judgment order and permanent injunction. -
Diogenes Searching for Honest Policies
Opinion -Editorial -Renewable energy is defective solution in search of a problem, money and power. -
Missouri Becomes 28th Right-to-Work State
Opinion -budget-tax-news -Missouri is joining the growing number of states where union membership in a place of work is voluntary. -
Feds Transform Title IX into Enemy of Common Sense
Opinion -Editorial -The egregious excesses of the so-called Office of Civil Rights deserve remedial action now. -
When It Comes to Civics Education, the Left Wants to Keep Children in the Dark
Opinion -Editorial -America just finished celebrating Presidents Day, but in this instance, “celebrating” means something entirely different than it usually does.