Opinion
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GAB’s Kevin Kennedy is in Denial
Opinion -Right-of-center activists and organizations in Wisconsin have fought a silent war against the state's Government Accountability Board since 2013 over the issue of political free speech. -
Budget Deal Ends Obamacare Enrollment Mandate
Opinion -consumer-power-report -Consumer Power Report #481 Just in time for Halloween, Congress and President Barack Obama reached a budget agreement that some experts, including the Urban Institute’s Richard Johnson, are calling “an unexpected bit of sanity coming out of Washington,” -
Courts Rein In Obama’s Regulatory Overreach
Opinion -The surest evidence that President Barack Obama's environmental policies have gone too far comes from the federal courts, which in the past five months have struck down or limited several of his executive orders and regulations. -
Legislative Solution would Benefit NV Energy, Casinos, Electricity Consumers
Opinion -Nevada's casinos and the state's largest electricity supplier are locked in an escalating conflict, but the Nevada Legislature can turn the impasse into a victory for both parties if it will merely restore economic freedom to electricity markets. -
Supreme Court to Hear State/Federal Electric Power Cases
Opinion -The Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) agreed to hear an appeal of a case to further clarify the authority states have to encourage selective intrastate electric power production in the face of interstate competition regulated by the Federal -
Spain to Charge Distributed Electric Generators for Grid Use
Opinion -In early October, the Spanish government approved a number of fees to be paid by utility customers who use distributed generation, most often roof-top solar photovoltaic panels, to avoid purchasing electricity from the power grid. -
Common Core Math Standards Encourage Dubious ‘Inquiry-Based’ Approaches
Opinion -Purveyors of the inquiry-based and student-centered math agenda, which has persisted for more than 20 years, argue traditionally taught math has never worked for the vast majority of the nation’s student population, and they say mental math is the key to -
Video: “Policing for Profit Visualized: How Big Is Civil Forfeiture?”
Opinion -Institute for Justice, a public-interest law firm based in Virginia, has published a new video explaining how civil asset forfeiture corrupts the criminal justice system and incentivizes unconstitutional treatment by law enforcement. -
Common Core Math Strategies Supplanting Standard Processes
Opinion -The following are three examples of calculation strategies students might discover on their own if they were taught standard algorithms first and allowed to master them before moving on. -
President Obama Demands Agreement with Climate Policies
Opinion -On October 5, 2009, President Obama issued an executive order, FEDERAL LEADERSHIP IN ENVIRONMENTAL, ENERGY, AND ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE, that showed his policies toward reducing greenhouse gas emissions for the rest of his term in office. -
What Lessig’s Presidential Candidacy Did for Net Neutrality & Copyright
Opinion -No surprise that political activist Larry Lessig, the intellectual leader of the net neutrality and anti-copyright movements, ran one of the most cynical, undemocratic, and stunt-driven Presidential candidacies ever, because that’s exactly the kind of -
Hawaii Ends Expensive Net Metering Scheme
Opinion -Hawaii is ending its expensive and controversial net metering program for people installing roof top solar systems on their homes or businesses. -
Milwaukee Drug House Spotter Seeks Deal On Charges She Kept A Drug House
Opinion -The city official who taught landlords how to spot drug houses only to be charged with keeping a drug house appears to be looking for a deal in court. Regina Simms, 45, of 9541 West Rio St. -
Like Apple, Amazon’s Wind Energy Power Claim is 100-Percent Myth
Opinion -Giant technology companies who deliver much of their services via “cloud” computing – such as Apple, Google, and Facebook – have claimed for years that they generate the massive amounts of electricity they need from renewable sources, despite their -
Common Sense Needed for Consumer Product Regulation
Opinion -It's the fourth quarter with under two minutes remaining in the activist-driven campaign against a widely-used plasticizer, diisononyl phthalates (DINP). -
Removing Barriers to Broadband Deployment
Opinion -One of the more important hearings for the future of broadband took place last week in the House of Representatives Energy and Commerce Committee. The Committee gathered to discuss "Breaking Down Barriers to Broadband Infrastructure Deployment. -
Google’s Gambit to Dominate Spectrum Access Administration
Opinion -Google is cleverly and stealthily leveraging a Google-friendly-FCC and lax U.S. -
Obama Strong Arms on Climate
Opinion -On October 5, 2009, President Obama issued an executive order, FEDERAL LEADERSHIP IN ENVIRONMENTAL, ENERGY, AND ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE, that sneak-previewed policies toward reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions for the rest of his time in office. -
Lawmakers Hit Brakes On Proposed Fiduciary Broker Rules
Opinion -Lawmakers in Congress are fighting with U.S. Department Labor Secretary Thomas Perez and President Barack Obama over proposed new regulations on the investment industry. -
Heartland Institute Experts React to President Obama Rejecting Keystone XL Pipeline
Opinion -President Barack Obama today announced he has rejected construction of the Keystone XL pipeline, a project of TransCanada that would bring crude oil from Alberta to American refineries. -
Hillary Clinton Misunderstands (Misrepresents?) How Government Pummels the Economy
Opinion -Hillary Clinton is going to be the Democrat presidential nominee. (Sorry, Bernie Sanders fans. You too, Martin O’Malley fans – both of you.) Unless – and likely even if – she is indicted for her latest foray into self-defined ethics. -
Keystone Decision is About Obama’s Position on the World Stage
Opinion -Today, in finally denying the Keystone pipeline, President Obama showed his true colors. -
Congress is Worthless for Limiting Spending
Opinion -It is hard for people to grasp the magnitude of the U.S. debt problem—and what the ultimate “day of reckoning” will be. The national debt reached $1 trillion for the first time in 2009. It is now well over $18 trillion. -
Certificate of Need Is Restricting Health Care Innovation in Georgia
Opinion -Competition has long been proven to improve services, lower prices, and give consumers more choices, but despite the success of the free market, Georgia has decided to restrict competition in its health care industry.
