Opinion
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Wind Power’s Future in U.S. Could Be Thwarted by Grassroots Opposition
Opinion -The luster is coming off wind power as an economically viable, environmentally friendly, community-friendly source of America’s energy future—and for some very good reasons. -
Cities Committing Costly Climate Mistakes
Opinion -Climate Change Weekly #254 -
GOP Needs To Stop Feeding The Hands That Bite Them
Opinion -The old idiom is “Don’t bite the hand that feeds you.” Which means don’t “turn on someone that has supported you.” -
Is $13.7 Billion a Good Price for Whole Foods?
Opinion -Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross called Amazon's recent $13.7 billion acquisition of Whole Foods a "clever move" because it marries Amazon's marketing and distribution expertise with a "high-quality, niche retailer." -
Prove Naysayers Wrong, Get Tax Reform Moving Now
Opinion -According to the June 2017 National Association for Business Economists’ (NABE) report, a survey of professional business forecasters, the Trump administration’s plans to overhaul the federal tax system isn’t likely to happen until 2018. -
Bottom-Up Cronyism – No Better Than Top-Down Cronyism
Opinion -Government cutting special deals for special friends – is always obnoxious, obnoxiously bad policy. -
Congress Targets 1973 Endangered Species Act for Improvement
Opinion -Saying the 1973 Endangered Species Act (ESA) is an expensive failure, U.S. Sens. Rand Paul (R-KY) and Dean Heller (R-NV) and U.S. Rep. Blaine Luetkemeyer (R-MO) introduced legislation to revise the ESA. -
PRESS RELEASE: Heartland Institute Names Former Congressman Tim Huelskamp Incoming President
Opinion -Huelskamp Will Succeed Founding President Joseph Bast, Who Has Led the Illinois-based, National Free-Market Think Tank Since 1984 Founding -
Documenting Ourselves into the Poor House
Opinion -Barack Obama was the first president since the Great Depression not to preside over any year with at least 3 percent growth in inflation-adjusted Gross Domestic Product (GDP). -
PRESS RELEASE: Heartland Institute Experts Reacts to North Carolina Action on Personal Education Savings Accounts
Opinion -"t has already been a very busy (and good) week for education choice advocates, and this news out of North Carolina is the cherry on the sundae." - Tim Benson -
The Trump DOJ “Slam Dunk” Antitrust Case Against Alphabet-Google
Opinion -What’s quintessential illegal monopoly behavior? -
Government Monopoly Money vs. Personal Choice in Currency
Opinion -For more than two hundred years, practically all of even the most free market advocates have assumed that money and banking were different from other types of goods and markets. -
Would You Bet on This ‘Next Big Thing’ in Education Reform?
Opinion -Many parents and community leaders might have enjoyed attending a May 17th summit in Burlingame, California on “reimagining” pre-K–12 education, where attendees brainstormed “the next big thing” in school reform. -
SCOTUS Rules in Favor of Schools’ Religious Liberty
Opinion -School Choice Weekly #184 -
PRESS RELEASE: Heartland Institute Expert Reacts to Signing of Education Choice Expansion Bill
Opinion -"Florida continues to be one of the leaders in expanding education opportunities for students." - Lennie Jarratt -
US Funding Dubious Science and Unfounded Fear
Opinion -Eco-militants that defiled scientific integrity in government agencies defy corrections. -
Rhode Island Considers Carbon Tax
Opinion -Rhode Island lawmakers are considering imposing a carbon tax that would increase energy costs and other prices of goods and services in the state. -
CBO Score Muddies American Health Care Act Debate
Opinion -CBO uses antiquated data to score the House Obamacare replacement bill. -
States Ask Feds to Approve Work Requirements for Medicaid
Opinion -State officials are ready to move forward with Obamacare repeal. -
The Cryptoeconomy Is Flowering Before Your Eyes
Opinion -The pace of development is red hot. Every innovation is being tested against user experience and investor enthusiasm. -
Senate Health Care Bill Rearranges Deck Chairs on Titanic
Opinion -Consumer Power Report #550 -
PRESS RELEASE: Heartland Institute Expert Reacts to Georgia Supreme Court Ruling on Tax-Credit Scholarships
Opinion -"This ruling is common sense, affirming monies that never pass through government coffers are not government money." - Lennie Jarratt -
Fake News Vs Real Collusion: Wash Post Concocts The Former, Protects The Latter
Opinion -The Washington Post is a legacy, old school fake news outlet. Aside from the New York Times, no newspaper carries more national clout. -
Book Exposes EPA Scare Tactics Behind Air Quality Rule
Opinion -In Scare Pollution, scientist and lawyer Steve Milloy, shows how the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency ignores the best scientific research to claim small particles are dangerous.
