Opinion
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Senate Passes No Child Left Behind Reauthorization
Opinion -The U.S. Senate approved a bill that would replace the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB), the controversial education law Republicans and Democrats have heavily criticized. Sen. -
Sustainability: The Overly Used Word Intended to Silence Conservatives (Part 1)
Opinion -By Nancy Thorner and Bonnie O'NeilThe once rarely used word, "sustainability", has become rather common today, arguably overused by those who want to make changes in our World. Dictionary.com provides two meanings for the word: "1. -
Problems with Access, Budgets Complicate Medicaid Expansion
Opinion -Thirty states have expanded Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act, and Missouri, Utah, and Virginia are considering expansion. There is a huge amount of money involved with this decision. -
Smoke and Mirrors: The Truth About US Unemployment
Opinion -by: Justin Haskins & Robert Paquin IIIIn a subtle but obvious attack against Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker, President Barack Obama mocked “trickle down” economics and praised Democrat Minnesota Gov. -
Minnesota Rep. Mack Discusses Future of State Health Insurance Exchange
Opinion -Editor’s Note: Rep. Tara Mack is a Republican member of the Minnesota House of Representatives, representing District 57A (Apple Valley and Burnsville). -
Toledo officials should have known better
Opinion -Toledo officials announced last week they were instituting a hiring freeze, eliminating overtime and cutting discretionary spending and travel — all because of a projected $4 million to 6 million budget shortfall. -
Why Doctors Will Soon Be Blamed for America’s Health Care Problems
Opinion -Consumer Power Report #468 In the wake of the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to shield the Affordable Care Act (ACA) from legal precedence, the rule of law, and common sense in the landmark case King v. -
Status Quo Government Meddling and Cronyism Is…Progress?
Opinion -It hasn’t been a great year from the perspective of shrinking government. In fact, it’s been terrible. Really awful, pork-and-cronyism-filled programs are being refunded, renewed – and even resurrected. -
Claims of Global Warming Health Threat Receive Pushback
Opinion -Many health care experts disagree with claims made in a report in the Lancet supporting President Barack Obama’s assertion climate change poses a public health threat through increased risk of food insecurity and air pollution, among many other things. -
Pernicious Egalitarianism Shrinks 8th Grade Algebra Programs
Opinion -The San Francisco Unified School District (SFUSD) decided recently to eliminate first-year algebra for 8th graders. Algebra will now be offered only in high school. -
Senate Bill Would Allow Over-the-Counter Sales of Birth Control Pills
Opinion -To make birth control pills easier to afford and more accessible, Sens. Kelly Ayotte (R-NH) and Cory Gardner (R-CO) are sponsoring Senate Bill 1438, the Allowing Greater Access to Safe and Effective Contraception Act. -
North Carolina Voucher Program Upheld, Expected to Expand
Opinion -The North Carolina Supreme Court ruled the state’s Opportunity Scholarship Program (OSP) is constitutional on July 23, reversing a ruling by Wake County Superior Court. -
Seattle Hospital Cuts Cost of Outpatient Services 35 Percent
Opinion -While health care costs continue to rise throughout the United States, Swedish Health Services (SHS), a Seattle-based health care provider, has cut prices for 90 percent of its outpatient services by an average of 35 percent in its five hospitals, two -
New Orleans Parents Call for More Choice
Opinion -New Orleans parents say school choice has improved their children’s educational opportunities in the wake of Hurricane Katrina, but they are still pushing for greater reform and more school choice options. -
California Cuts Health Insurance Exchange Budget
Opinion -Covered California, the California’s state health insurance exchange set up under Obamacare, will cut spending and lower enrollment expectations for 2016, after 2015 sign-ups failed to meet state agencies’ goals. About 1. -
John Stuart Mill and the Dangers of Unrestrained Government
Opinion -One of the great voices for personal liberty was that of the British economist and political philosopher, John Stuart Mill. -
UAW, Detroit Auto Companies Grapple With Rising Health Care Costs
Opinion -Detroit auto companies such as Chrysler and Ford have begun negotiations over employee health care benefits with the United Auto Workers (UAW) union, which represents 135,000 hourly workers. -
VA Wait Times Persist While Budget Balloons
Opinion -The amount of scandals at the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) keeps piling up, with the number of veterans waiting longer than a month for medical attention now 50 percent higher than it was one year ago. -
EPA’s Punitive, Fraudulent Clean Power Plan
Opinion -The Environmental Protection Agency’s new Clean Power Plan (CPP) requires that states reduce their electric utility sector carbon dioxide emissions an average of 32% below 2005 levels by 2030. -
Obama’s Clean Power Plan: Solar Companies Win, Taxpayer’s Lose
Opinion -The solar industry is jubilant over President Obama’s Clean Power Plan, released in its final form on Monday, August 3. -
Obama Delivers Deathblow to Coal with Clean Power Plan
Opinion -Amid all the promises President Barack Obama has broken since he has occupied the White House, he’s kept one: his promise to destroy the coal industry.In 2008, candidate Obama remarked, “If somebody wants to build a coal-fired power plant, they can. -
Congressional Republicans Attempt to Delay, Defang Clean Power Plan
Opinion -U.S. Senate and House Republicans are attempting to delay or render moot the Obama administration’s Clean Power Plan (CPP), which is expected to be finalized in August. On June 24, the U.S. -
Pasco Teachers Union Threatens Illegal Strike: Five Things Every Parent Should Know
Opinion -Just weeks after the legislature approved one of the largest increases in K-12 public education spending in state history, union executives in the Pasco School District are demanding an 11% pay raise or they’ll recommend teachers strike against children -
He Can’t be Serious
Opinion -As I‘ve noted before, picking on The New York Times is so easy that I really should stop doing it, but sometimes it just has to be done.
