Opinion
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Feds Grant Wind-Energy Industry 30-Year Eagle Kill Permits
Opinion -The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service issued a rule exempting wind-energy companies from prosecution under the Golden and Bald Eagle Protection Act for unintentionally killing eagles, up to a predetermined amount every year. -
Remembering Ronald Reagan’s American Exceptionalism
Opinion -In this week's edition of Heartland Weekly, we say happy birthday to President Reagan, explore ridiculous fracking claims, and challenge the crafted narrative of warming records. -
Move Some Federal Agencies Out of DC, Proposed Resolution States
Opinion -Congress is considering a resolution advocating the moving of federal government agencies’ headquarters from Washington, DC to other cities. -
Congressman Proposes Rolling Back Cigar Power Grab
Opinion -A Florida congressman is proposing a bill to roll back a 2016 power grab by the U.S. Food & Drug Administration, revoking the agency’s authority to restrict cigar sales. -
The Movie ‘Hidden Figures’ – Perspective from a Mortar Infantryman
Opinion -Looking back, we can appreciate the roles played by those who, at the cutting edge of the technology of their day, acted as computers even if, looking forward, it is not clear what role there will remain for us. -
Outdated Telecom Laws Pose a Challenge for Ajit Pai’s FCC
Opinion -The most modern part of America’s economy – communications – suffers under America’s most out-of-date law and most backward-looking regulation. -
The Left Didn’t Groove to the Beat of School Choice Week
Opinion -The record-breaking numbers for the seventh annual National School Choice Week (NSCW), which wrapped up January 28, were stunning. -
The 1889 St. Louis Convention of States
Opinion -A frequent argument against a convention for proposing constitutional amendments is that there are “no precedents” for determining the rules and procedures for such a gathering, other than the Constitutional Convention of 1787. -
‘Rush Revere’ Series Relates History to Real Life
Opinion -As I summarize my experiences as an adult reader of these books, I cannot emphasize too strongly that all my readers should gift these books to the young readers in their lives. -
Fishing Groups, Towns Sue to Block Offshore Windfarm
Opinion -Commercial fishing companies, trade groups, and seaport communities in four states are fighting against the development of a massive offshore windfarm planned to be built in the Atlantic Ocean. -
Chicago Teachers Union Refuses to Let Volunteers Run Library
Opinion -The Chicago Teachers Union (CTU) has said it would rather see a Chicago Public Schools (CPS) elementary school library shut down than allow parent volunteers to run it. -
PRESS RELEASE: Heartland Institute Experts React to Confirmation of Dr. Tom Price as Head of HHS
Opinion -"Price should urge President Trump and Congress to repeal Obamacare now, in its entirety, allowing state health care markets to work while Washington, DC decides on a replacement plan." - Michael Hamilton -
Do We Want The Tax Code To Prioritize Job Exporters – Or Job Importers?
Opinion -On this I am totally with the Libertarians – taxation is theft. But I am a Realist. In the panoply of evils – taxation is a necessary one. -
Travel Ban Is Revealing—but Does Not Threaten American Medicine
Opinion -A 90-day ban on travel from seven countries has sparked tremendous outpourings of “worry” or outright opposition by some 33 medical organizations. -
Energy Restrictions, Not Climate Change, Put Civilizations at Risk
Opinion -The gaseous emissions of a misanthrope. -
Where Wonder Led Me
Opinion -We didn’t know wonder was enlivening our home until it died. -
Chicago-Area Public School Mandates Students Discuss ‘White Guilt,’ ‘Blackeconomics’
Opinion -A Chicago, Illinois-area public high school forced students to attend presentations and seminars centered on race and progressive messaging. -
Natural Resources Defense Council: The Scaremongering Chemophobe-in-Chief
Opinion -The Natural Resources Defense Council is one of the largest, most politically influential environmental scaremongering groups pushing bans on modern chemicals and fossil fuel use. -
PRESS RELEASE: Heartland Institute Experts React to Defeat of North Dakota Dental Therapy Licensure Bill
Opinion -“The entrenched special-interest groups of dentists who opposed this measure may now congratulate themselves for robbing each other of a chance to innovate, grow their practices, and treat needy patients.” - Michael Hamilton -
PRESS RELEASE: Heartland Institute Experts React to U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Approval of Dakota Access Pipeline
Opinion -"This is a common-sense approval that is long overdue. This pipeline will make it easier for domestic oil producers to compete in a global marketplace." - Isaac Orr -
Trump Signaled Rule of Law is Still King with ObamaCare Order
Opinion -If President Trump follows the principles enshrined in his executive order on Obamacare, he will have done more to promote the rule of law in America in his first four hours in the White House than some presidents accomplished in four years. -
We Have a New Education Secretary
Opinion -School Choice Weekly #168 -
Michigan Legislator Proposes Teacher Pension Reform Plan
Opinion -A Michigan lawmaker says he plans to push forward a plan to reform the state’s unsustainable teacher-pension system. -
BLM Opens Ohio’s Wayne National Forest to Oil and Gas Production
Opinion -The U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has opened new areas in Ohio’s Wayne National Forest to oil and gas production.
