Opinion
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Understanding EPA’s Fracking Flip Flop
Opinion -What do you get after six years and spending $29 million in taxpayer money? An Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) report on hydraulic fracturing that leaves much to be desired. -
Coalition of Professors Works to ‘Increase Viewpoint Diversity’ on Campuses
Opinion -A budding coalition of professors has formed in an effort to protect free speech and foster a broader range of ideas and perspectives on the nation’s college campuses. -
Arthur B. Robinson Joins Board of Directors of The Heartland Institute
Opinion -Dr. Robinson received the “Voice of Reason” award at the Ninth International Conference on Climate Change (2014) and presented at the Second International Conference on Climate Change (2008). -
Insurer Unconvinced by Divided FDA’s Approval of Muscular Dystrophy Drug
Opinion -An insurer declines to cover a drug the FDA granted accelerated approval. -
Trump’s Energy Policy: 10 Big Changes
Opinion -President-elect Donald Trump intends to hit the ground running on energy and environment policy. -
Federal Court Blocks Hawaii GMO Bans
Opinion -The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals blocked three measures, from counties on Kauai, Hawaii Island, and Maui, that would have banned or placed a moratorium on the use of genetically modified organisms in crops and seeds. -
Massachusetts Voters Reject Proposal to Lift Charter School Cap
Opinion -Thousands of Massachusetts students will remain in schools they want to leave, after the state’s voters rejected a ballot initiative that would have increased the number of charter schools allowed in the state. -
Classroom Choice Could Relieve Many Parents’ Education Concerns
Opinion -Little birds are flying around everywhere these days, tweeting “school choice” as the last hope for education reform. -
Cost of Texas High School Football Stadium Swells to $70 Million
Opinion -The price tag for the Katy, Texas Independent School District’s (ISD) new high school football stadium has reached $70.3 million, far surpassing the $58 million bond voters approved in 2014. -
Study: Electric Power Competition in Pennsylvania Benefits Consumers, the Environment
Opinion -A new Kleinman Center for Energy Policy study finds Pennsylvania’s decision to open its wholesale and retail electric power markets to competition in 1996, has resulted in lower prices, increased capacity, and improved air quality. -
DOE Projects Further Increases in Federal K–12 Spending
Opinion -The U.S. Department of Education (DOE) announced federal spending on K–12 schools is projected to reach record highs in the next 12 years. -
Empire Center: Gov. Cuomo’s Green Energy CES Boondoggle Already Beginning to Collapse
Opinion -‘New Yorkers shouldn’t relent until the entire Clean Energy Standard is consigned permanently to the policy ash heap.’ -
NFL Player Joins Private Investors’ Stadium Financing Proposal
Opinion -A player on a Seattle, Washington professional sports team is partnering with a group of private investors to finance construction of a new sports stadium in the city. -
EpiPen Manufacturer Faces Backlash over Steep Price Increase
Opinion -Mylan faces a class-action lawsuit for allegedly gouging patients with EpiPen prices. -
DOE: Number of Homeschooled Students Has Doubled Since 1999
Opinion -The number of homeschooled students in the United States more than doubled between 1999 and 2012, according to U.S. Department of Education (DOE) estimates. -
Coal Industry: EPA Modelling Shows Clean Power Plan Understates Power Plant Closures
Opinion -Citing new EPA modelling, the National Mining Association says the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency grossly overstated the number of coal-fired power plants that would retire in absence of the Clean Power Plan. -
The 25th Anniversary of the End of the Soviet Union
Opinion -December 24, 2016 marks the 25th anniversary of the formal end of the Soviet Union as a political entity on the map of the world. -
Business ‘Savant’ Andrew Ross Sorkin Gets Elon Musk Very, Very Wrong
Opinion -Musk isn't the genius he's propped up to be. -
Trump Is Looking To Go – ‘Big League.’ Congress Says They’re Ready. Let’s Do It
Opinion -President-elect Donald Trump is from all appearances looking from Day One to very rapidly go very “big league.” -
This Wireless Future
Opinion -Not long ago, to be connected online a person had to be anchored to a desk with a personal computer. -
Chicago Homeowners Challenge City’s Airbnb Law
Opinion -A group of Chicago, Illinois homeowners is challenging a new law that imposes city taxes on individuals using Airbnb and other peer-to-peer economy companies that match homeowners with people seeking short-term housing. -
Pesticide and Insecticide Regulation: Another Good Target for EPA Reform
Opinion -Europe gives Trump administration excellent tutorials on how not to regulate pesticides -
Chicago Business Appeals Judge’s Rotten Food Truck Ruling
Opinion -A Chicago, Illinois business owner is appealing a county judge’s decision upholding restrictions on where food truck owners can operate. -
Utah Lawmakers Weigh Medicaid ‘Improvement’ vs. Expansion
Opinion -The state's expansion of Medicaid is unrelated to the Affordable Care Act, but delays at the federal level will prevent it from going forward.