Opinion
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Government-Owned Internet Projects are a Bad Deal for Taxpayers, Consumers
Opinion -Despite claims of helping low-income earners access the Internet, and thereby joining the digital economic revolution, taxpayer-funded Internet infrastructure projects have a long and expensive history of failing to achieve their stated goals, even -
The Court Cops Out
Opinion -Like the camel that gets its nose under the tent, once the federal government butts into people’s business it’s very hard to get it out. But in a per curiam decision in Zubik v. -
Dramatic Global Growth Predicted for Geothermal Power
Opinion -A new report from BCC Research says geothermal energy is expected to grow rapidly around the world 2015 to 2020. -
Supreme Court Protects Employers from Coercion, Fines in Insurance Mandate Case
Opinion -A unanimous US Supreme Court ruling in Zubik v. -
Utah Lawmakers Call for Seventeenth Amendment Repeal
Opinion -Utah lawmakers recently approved a resolution calling on Congress to ratify an amendment to the U.S. Constitution repealing the Seventeenth Amendment. -
Do All Students Need to Master High-Level Math?
Opinion -Review of The Math Myth: And Other STEM Delusions, By Andrew Hacker (The New Press, 2016), 240 pp.; $17. -
New York Students, Parents, Teachers Criticized for Opting Out of State Testing
Opinion -The New York Post recently published an article strongly criticizing parents who choose not to have their children take state-mandated standardized tests. -
FCC Dials Up ‘Obamaphone’ Program Expansion to Pay for Internet Access
Opinion -The nation’s top telecommunications regulatory agency voted in March to approve expanding an existing entitlement program to provide subsidies to lower-income people purchasing high-speed internet service. -
The Trust Ramifications of an EU-Google Search Bias Conviction
Opinion -The Sunday Telegraph reports that the EU is poised to fine Google an EU record ~€3b for “web search monopoly abuse” and that “Google will be banned from continuing to manipulate search results to favour itself and harm rivals. -
Trump Would Renegotiate Paris Climate Agreement If President
Opinion -Legacy Climate Change Weekly -Climate Change Weekly #214 In an interview with Reuters, Republican presidential contender Donald Trump threw climate alarmists into a tizzy by saying he would renegotiate the conditions for America’s involvement in the United Nations’ global climate -
Google Doodle Celebrates Birthday of Radical Marxist Yuri Kochiyama
Opinion -The notion that the most powerful players on the Web – Facebook, Google, Twitter, etc. – favor the left and actively discriminate against conservatives is all in our heads, right? We’re all just paranoid. Well … -
Arkansas Medicaid Expansion Law Faces Funding Hurdles
Opinion -After initially falling short of the required votes, the Arkansas Senate approved funding for Arkansas Works, which Governor Asa Hutchinson (R) signed into law in 2013 as a hybrid “private option” Medicaid expansion program. -
Heartland Institute Experts React to EPA’s Proposal to Increase Ethanol in Gasoline
Opinion -Press Release -Heartland Institute Experts React to EPA’s Proposal to Increase Ethanol in GasolineThe Environmental Protection Agency on Wednesday proposed a new standard that would increase the amount of ethanol in the country’s gasoline supply by 700 million gallons -
SCOTUS Strikes Down Maryland Power Subsidy Scheme
Opinion -The U.S. Supreme Court struck down a Maryland electricity subsidy scheme on April 20, 2016, concluding in a unanimous decision, in Hughes v. -
Wisconsin Judge Declares State’s Right-to-Work Law Unconstitutional
Opinion -A Wisconsin county judge has ruled a state right-to-work law violates labor unions’ legal entitlement to money earned by public workers. The lawsuit was filed by labor unions looking to overturn Wisconsin’s right-to-work law, which was signed by Gov. -
Heartland Institute Experts React to Dismissal of Nevada Education Savings Account Lawsuit
Opinion -Press Release -Heartland Institute Experts React to Dismissal ofNevada Education Savings Account LawsuitOn Wednesday, Clark County judge Eric Johnson dismissed a lawsuit brought by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) to reverse a 2015 law enacting education -
Presidential Candidate Trump Say’s He’d Renegotiate the Paris Climate Accord
Opinion -In an interview with Reuters, Republican presidential contender Donald Trump says he would renegotiate America’s role in the U.N. global climate accord reached in Paris in December 2015. As the U.S. -
Heartland Part of Full-Page Ad in New York Times Standing Up For Free Speech on Climate, Against Abuse of Power
Opinion -Heartland Institute President Joseph Bast was proud to add his name to those of 42 others who stand together against this egregioius abuse of power, as well as the right to speak out publicly against the state ideology of man-caused climate change. -
Trans Bathrooms Edict Proves Feds Have Too Much Power
Opinion -school-choice-weekly -School Choice Weekly #138 -
Green Activists and State AGs Collude Against Climate Dissenters
Opinion -E-mails uncovered by the Energy and Environment Legal Institute (EELI) show several state attorneys general (AGs) who have threatened possible prosecution of climate skeptics had collaborated in previous months with anti-fossil-fuel lobbyists to shape -
Obamacare Health Insurance Deductibles and Premiums Continue to Rise
Opinion -A pair of online health insurance cost trackers, released approximately six years after President Barack Obama signed the Affordable Care Act (ACA) into law on March 23, 2010, show health insurance premiums and deductibles offered on the Obamacare -
Newark, New Jersey Cabbies Uber-Mad Over Uber Deal
Opinion -Newark, New Jersey taxicab companies are protesting against a deal reached between city lawmakers and Uber, a popular transportation network company connecting drivers and riders. -
Alternative College Admission Test Not Aligned with Common Core Enters Testing Stage
Opinion -High school students seeking admission to institutions of higher learning have traditionally had to choose from a limited number of options for aptitude exams accepted on college applications. -
Missouri County Judge Overturns Policing for Profit Reforms
Opinion -A Missouri county judge overturned a state law passed in 2015 placing restrictions on the proportion of revenue city and county governments can collect from traffic enforcement and capping the total amount of fines and penalties charged to taxpayers for