Opinion
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Government is a Great Servant but Horrid Master
Opinion -Editorial -Today bigger, supremely powerful global governments are justified by environmental claims. -
Heartland Weekly: ‘The Eagle Has Landed,’ 50 Years Later
Opinion -heartland-weekly, Editorial -Week of July 15, 2019 -
Kentucky Governor Proposes Allowing Some Agencies to Leave Underfunded Pension System
Opinion -budget-tax-news -Gov. Matt Bevin is proposing to allow regional universities and quasi-state agencies to reduce their future pension costs. -
The Tech Titans, Antitrust Policy, and the ‘New Brandeisians’
Opinion -Editorial -The “tech titans”—Amazon, Apple, Facebook, and Google—have caught the unwanted attention of the federal government, with “techlash” hearings held over the past two years garnering much media fanfare on Capitol Hill. -
Time Runs Out for Proposed Louisiana Fantasy Sports Tax
Opinion -budget-tax-news -The Louisiana State Legislature adjourned before final passage of a proposed tax on fantasy sports players. -
Thanks To Republicans, The Free Internet Is Flourishing
Opinion -Editorial -One year ago, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) imposed the Restoring Internet Freedom (RIF) rule, and the internet is flourishing. -
We Are Surrounded By Intellectual Property – Until We Aren’t
Opinion -Editorial -Tom Cruise has made more than a little bit of money as an actor. -
A ‘Drain The Swamp’ Test: Will The Trump Admin Reward Amazon’s Killer Cronyism?
Opinion -Editorial -An ironic thing about government cronyism. Only the hugest companies who need the government help the least – can afford to bribe and buy it. -
Are Intelligent Machines Coming for Your Job and Your Wages?
Opinion -Editorial -A specter haunts Europe, the United States, and the rest of the world: the specter of massive technological unemployment and, therefore, widespread immiseration. -
The ‘Blue Dog’ Solution to the Debt Crisis
Opinion -Editorial -It’s time for a balanced-budget amendment to the Constitution. -
Can Congress Help Americans Save for Retirement?
Opinion -Editorial -Despite the legislative gridlock and Washington’s political fixations, legislation is advancing through Congress with bipartisan support that would make it easier for Americans to enjoy financial security when they retire. -
Government Spending Blunts Economic Progress
Opinion -Editorial -Can the U.S. economy grow at a rate of 3 percent, 4 percent, or even better in the years ahead? -
Why Does the Left Loathe the Free-Market System?
Opinion -Editorial -People respond to incentives. This is the case regardless of how the politico-economic system in which we live and work is structured. -
Is A New Tax Needed for Taxing Times?
Opinion -Editorial -Our existing political systems evolved at a time of much more gradual social, economic and technological change and to restrain excessive government they were designed to be cumbersome. -
Report: Wealthiest Colleges Receive Billions in Federal Aid
Opinion -budget-tax-news, school-reform-news -The 25 colleges and universities with the largest endowments in the country reaped $6.9 billion in Department of Education funding despite holding a quarter-trillion in existing assets, collectively. -
Florida Establishes Another School Choice Program
Opinion -budget-tax-news, school-reform-news -Family Empowerment Scholarships are designed to ease the 14,000-student waiting list for other programs funded by tax credits for donations to scholarship funds. -
Colorado Voters Could End TABOR Refunds
Opinion -budget-tax-news -The state’s Taxpayer’s Bill of Rights (TABOR) requires the state and local governments to refund excess revenues to residents. -
Medicare Is $38 Trillion Short – And Other Reasons Government Shouldn’t Run Anything
Opinion -Editorial -America’s Left has certainly evolved. Fifty years ago, it was the Left who didn’t trust Big Brother and wanted to stick it to The Man. Now they LOVE Big Brother, because they now are The Man -
New Hampshire Gov. Sununu Vetoes Paid Leave Mandate
Opinion -budget-tax-news -The New Hampshire General Court is considering budget funding proposals that would raise business taxes, tax capital gains, and impose a payroll tax for paid family leave. -
Forced Collection of Teachers’ Union Dues Contested in Federal Court
Opinion -school-reform-news, budget-tax-news -A federal district court in California is considering a case to decide whether teachers have to pay union dues if they are not informed membership is voluntary and they are waiving certain First Amendment rights by joining. -
Pennsylvania Governor Says He Will Veto Education Tax Credits Expansion
Opinion -budget-tax-news -H.B. 800 would raise the tax credit cap by $100 million and the ceiling on the income of families qualifying for the scholarships. -
Justice Department Appeals Court Ruling Rejecting Road Through Alaskan Wildlife Refuge
Opinion -environment-climate-news -The U.S. Justice Department is appealing a decision by the Federal District Court of Alaska blocking the federal government from exchanging land with the state and an Alaskan Native Corporation to build a road through the Izembek Wildlife Refuge. -
F.A. Hayek on Individual Liberty
Opinion -Editorial -The rebirth of a belief in and an enthusiasm for socialism and government planning among a noticeable number of people, and elected officials raises many of the fundamental issues surrounding freedom. -
Federal Court Will Hear Challenge to Constitutionality of Obamacare
Opinion -budget-tax-news -The U.S. Supreme Court found the ACA, known as Obamacare, was constitutional under Congress’ taxing power.
