Opinion
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Florida Lawmaker Drums Up New Music Therapy Licensing Regs
Opinion -A Florida lawmaker is proposing to place individuals who want to practice music therapy, the use of music production or singing as a form of physical or psychological therapy, under the regulation of state bureaucrats. State Sen. -
Exxon under Attack for Exercising Prudence
Opinion -Legacy Climate Change Weekly -Climate Change Weekly #191 At the behest of radical environmentalists, Democrats on the House Oversight and Government Reform committee are pushing the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Justice Department to investigate ExxonMobil for its -
Chicago City Council Considers Bitter New Sugar Tax
Opinion -Prompted by Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s call for new ideas to pay for the city’s $63 billion debt burden, Alderman George Cardenas (D-Ward 12) is proposing a 1-cent-per-ounce tax on the price of soda and other beverages containing more than five grams -
While We’re Lost in the ‘Patent Troll’ Freakout, ‘Reformers’ will Eviscerate Private Property Rights
Opinion -The small and dwindling contingent in favor of the terrible, patent-smashing bills being considered in Congress suffer from an obsessive fetish — “patent trolls.” It’s at once a mantra — and a Pavlovian fervor-inducer. -
Florida Smart Solar Amendment Gathers 100,000 Signatures
Opinion -Consumers for Smart Solar has obtained more than 100,000 signatures for the “Smart Solar Amendment,” it is promoting, bringing the proposed Florida constitutional amendment closer to state supreme court review. -
West Virginia Lawmakers Propose Food Stamp Work Requirement
Opinion -Two West Virginia lawmakers have unveiled a proposal to reinstate the state’s work requirements for food stamp recipients. State Dels. -
Fresh Ideas for Reforming America and Truly Helping People
Opinion -Review of The Conservative Heart: How to Build a Fairer, Happier, and More Prosperous America, by Arthur C. Brooks, Broadside Books, 2015, 265 pages; ISBN-13: 978-0062319753: $15.55 on Amazon.com. -
Solar Power Plant’s Carbon Dioxide Emissions Shock Californians
Opinion -The Ivanpah solar power plant in the Mojave Desert, promoted and supported by the Obama administration in its push to reduce America’s carbon dioxide emissions, is running afoul of California's strict carbon emission laws. -
SPR Sale Makes Sense Only with Common Core Math
Opinion -What does it really mean if we sell off 58 million barrels of the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR), as President Barack Obama proposes? -
Heartland Institute Experts Comment on House Highway Bill that Reauthorizes Export-Import Bank
Opinion -The U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday voted 363–64 to approve $325 billion in spending on highway projects. The bill also reauthorizes the Export-Import Bank and approves selling off part of the nation’s Strategic Petroleum Reserve.The U.S. -
Study: New Clean Air Regulations Will Increase Poverty Among Blacks, Hispanics
Opinion -A study from the National Black Chamber of Commerce (NBCC) forecasts the Obama administration’s new clean power plan (CPP) rules, aimed at reducing carbon dioxide emissions from the electric power sector, will decrease employment and increase the poverty -
New York Gov. Cuomo Bets Big on Solar
Opinion -In the largest economic development effort he has undertaken in his five years as governor of New York, Democrat Andrew Cuomo has committed up to $750 million to build a giant solar panel factory the state claims will be the largest of its kind in the -
Thousands Forced to Enter Obamacare Exchange
Opinion -consumer-power-report -Consumer Power Report #480 It’s the most not-so-wonderful time of the year: The open-enrollment period for the national Obamacare exchange began on November 1, and millions of Americans were greeted with the good tidings of increased health insurance -
Kentucky City Goes Bust Due to Land Dispute Lawsuit
Opinion -Lawmakers in Hillview, Kentucky are declaring the city bankrupt after losing a land dispute with a local company. -
West Virginia Lawmakers Consider Taxing E-Cigs Like Tobacco
Opinion -West Virginia lawmakers are considering increasing the state’s sin taxes on tobacco and adding a tax on e-cigarettes to help patch a possible $12 million gap between state spending and revenue. -
Maine Snuffs Out Public Use of E-Cigarettes
Opinion -A new law expanding Maine’s ban on public tobacco use to include e-cigarettes took effect in October, prohibiting e-cigarette use in restaurants, public beaches, and other gathering spots. -
The March to Paris Has Begun
Opinion -Less than one month from now the nations of the world will meet in Paris for the 21st Session of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP21). -
War, Big Government, and Lost Freedom
Opinion -We are currently marking the hundredth anniversary of the fighting of the First World War. For four years between the summer of 1914 and November 11, 1918, the major world powers were in mortal combat with each other. -
‘Abuse of Passed Out Girl’: How Internet Search Engines Choose to Ignore Sexual Assault
Opinion -Editor's Note: The following article was originally published on FoxNews.com. -
Estate Tax Change Introduced in Congress
Opinion -A lawmaker has introduced in Congress a bill to modify the federal estate tax, called the “death tax” by many, to allow individuals inheriting money from their family to choose between paying the tax in its entirety or a small portion of their annual -
No Food Stamps for Fleeing Felons, USDA Rules
Opinion -The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) issued a new rule requiring consistent application and definitions of rules preventing individuals convicted of felonious criminal activity from receiving food stamp benefits while on the lam. -
Sixth Circuit Provides Bridge Over Troubled WOTUS
Opinion -In what has been a rough couple of months for the Obama administration on the regulatory front, the U.S. -
Peachtree City, Georgia Lawmakers Boot Up Taxpayer-Funded Internet
Opinion -The Peachtree City, Georgia City Council recently approved spending $3.2 million in taxpayer dollars to build and fund a municipal broadband Internet system. -
Obama Signs Budget-Busting Spending Deal
Opinion -President Barack Obama signed a bipartisan budget agreement with Congress, suspending the federal government’s debt limit and removing legislative caps on government spending. The Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015 (BBA) removes any limits on U.S.
