Opinion
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EPA Power Grab Incites States to Consider Nullification
Opinion -The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has in recent years imposed numerous new regulatory rules strangling the freedoms of businesses and property owners. -
Water, Water Everywhere, and Not a Drop the EPA Doesn’t Want to Control
Opinion -There is an old saying in the West: “Whiskey’s fer drinkin,’ water’s fer fightin’!” Just as when the country was being settled, water today is a critical but relatively scarce commodity and hence the subject of much dispute. -
Feds Going Cuckoo for Unthreatened Birds
Opinion -Stop me if you've heard this one before. -
The Evolving Urban Form: Sprawling Boston
Opinion -Few terms are more misunderstood than "urban sprawl. -
Take a Bow for the New Revolution
Opinion -From the outset, President Obama directed his powerful government agencies and congressional allies to help him “fundamentally transform” the United States. -
Senate Approves Education Bill Keeping Feds in Charge of Education
Opinion -On July 16 the U.S. Senate passed S.B. 1177, the “Every Child Achieves Act” (ECAA). This bill is the reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) and the update of No Child Left Behind (NCLB). -
Asset Forfeiture Reform Bill Offered in Pennsylvania
Opinion -The Pennsylvania House of Representatives is considering a bill requiring law enforcement agencies to obtain a criminal conviction before seizing private property or cash. -
Devolving Online Gaming Regulation to States is a Good Bet
Opinion -Instead of seeking to intrude further into people’s entertainment habits, national lawmakers should allow states to set their own policies on online gaming.U.S. -
East Hampton, NY Taxi Regulations Drive Uber Out of Town
Opinion -Celebrity residents of East Hampton, New York, a resort town located in the Hamptons region on Long Island, took to social media to announce their displeasure over new taxicab regulations that has forced ridesharing company Uber to cease service in the -
Panelists Explore High Human-Welfare Costs of Climate Policies
Opinion -The panel titled “Climate Policy Impacts,” held at the Tenth International Conference on Climate Change” featured Arizona state Senator Carlyle Begay’s (D) presentation “[The Nongovernmental International Panel on Climate Change], Saving Humanity from -
Domestic Government Spy Program Jeopardizes Citizens’ Rights
Opinion -Amateur “plane spotters”—hobbyists using radio equipment and visual observation to track and record air traffic above their neighborhood—discovered a fleet of small airplanes owned by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and U.S. -
Federal Judge Block’s Obama’s New Fracking Rules
Opinion -In a legal setback for the Obama administration's environmental agenda, a federal judge in Wyoming sided with the Attorneys Generals of Colorado, North Dakota, Utah, and Wyoming, temporarily blocking implementation of the administration’s regulations -
HHS is Coercing States to Expand Medicaid, Ten States Tell House Committee Chair
Opinion -A primary provision of Obamacare is Medicaid expansion, but according to the Kaiser Family Foundation, 21 states have yet to expand their coverage as of July 2. Holdouts include most Southern states and half of the Midwestern states. -
NCLB Rewrite Passes in the Senate, Disappoints Some Education Advocates
Opinion -The Every Child Achieves Act (ECAA) passed in the U.S. -
Obama Proposes Privatizing TVA
Opinion -As part of his federal budget proposal, President Barack Obama is proposing to study privatizing or devolving the operation of the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA). -
Repealing Obamacare Would Grow Economy, Reduce Uninsured by 10 Million
Opinion -I have asked, and the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) has answered.I have been urging CBO to do a comprehensive estimate of all the effects of the Affordable Care Act, effectively for the first time since 2012. It did so in June. -
The Best Renewable Energy Investment
Opinion -When you read a headline such as one from CNBC touting “Solar power’s stunning growth,” realize that it’s thanks to you—even if you’ve never even thought of putting solar panels on your roof or live in an apartment where you couldn’t install them if you -
Why Entitle-ify Special Access If There’s No FCC Utility Rate Regulation?
Opinion -We will learn quickly and unequivocally at the FCC’s August 6th meeting, if the FCC is true to its word -- that there will be no “utility-style rate regulation” of broadband. -
Congress Considers Raising Airport User Fee Cap
Opinion -Congressional lawmakers are considering increasing a cap on user fees added to air travelers’ ticket prices to help fund airport maintenance and improvement projects. -
FCC’s Title II Trifecta Gamble
Opinion -The FCC could not have gambled more riskily in how it implemented net neutrality. It simultaneously snubbed all three branches of the U.S. Government with its Title II utility regulation approach. -
Is Free School Lunch the Next Great American Entitlement Program?
Opinion -by Julie Kelly and Jeff StierAs Congress considers changes to the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act (HHFKA), one little-known section of the law is expected to sharply increase the number of students receiving free lunch (and breakfast) over the next several -
Maryland Bans Fracking Despite Governor’s Opposition
Opinion -Maryland has placed a moratorium on hydraulic fracturing, also called “fracking,” for energy extraction in the state until October 2016. The bill became law without Gov. -
A Congresswoman Demands Peace, Love and Big Brother Internet, Man
Opinion -Democrat Rep. Anna Eshoo (D-CA) just penned an editorial for the San Francisco Chronicle. That has the patchouli whiff of her writing while sitting at the corner of Haight and Ashbury – in August 1968. -
An “Austrian” Economist’s Advice for Greece and the EU
Opinion -For months, now, the mass media and the financial markets have anxiously watched and waited to see the outcome of a war of words, accusations, and threats that have been fought between Greece and its Eurozone and European Union partners.
