Opinion
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Study: Regulations Cost Nearly One-Third of Average Household’s Budget
Opinion -The Competitive Enterprise Institute’s (CEI) 2015 annual survey Ten Thousand Commandments (10kC) examines the size, scope, and cost of federal regulations and how they impact U.S. consumers, businesses, and the economy. -
Greek Health Care Crisis Seen As Warning for United States
Opinion -Greece’s health care system is collapsing, and the tragedy should be a cautionary tale for the United States, says Dave Racer, a member of the Board of the Minnesota Physician-Patient Alliance (MPPA) and the legislative research director for the -
Clean Power Plan Means Death for Coal
Opinion -Legacy Climate Change Weekly -Climate Change Weekly #182 In 2008, then presidential candidate Barack Obama remarked, “If somebody wants to build a coal-fired power plant, they can. It’s just that it will bankrupt them. -
Free Lunch for Everyone: Should Taxpayers Buy Lunch for Kids Who Can Afford It?
Opinion -As Congress considers reauthorizing the Healthy Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010, much of the debate is properly focused on modifying inflexible restrictions on sodium and whole grains in school lunches. -
Please Don’t Feed the Pigeons
Opinion -Downtown Chicago, where I spend most of my time, has beggars on nearly every corner.Many of them have regular perches, like fishermen with favorite spots. Others, more creative – and usually more crafty – seem to wander around instead. -
Charter Forests Could Bring Innovation to Land Management
Opinion -A new report by the Property and Environment Research Center (PERC) offers an alternative approach to national forest management: the concept of “chartered forests. -
Partnership Provides Reviews of Health Care Facilities
Opinion -Yelp is probably best known for its restaurant reviews, but a new partnership with ProPublica, a nonprofit news organization, will add health care data to its review pages of providers. -
Congratulations Boston!
Opinion -Congratulations Boston! Your rejection of the "honor" of representing the US as its candidate for the 2024 Summer Olympics is an inspiring example of government performing its obligation to taxpayers and their hard earned money. -
We Need a Constitutional Convention, Part 2
Opinion -In the same way that EPA has extended its control over water—and even land—under clean water laws (See Part 1), it has exceeded Constitutional authority and the intent of Congress under the Clean Air Acts. -
Unlicensed Spectrum Needs No New FCC Regulation
Opinion -Everyone should have the freedom to innovate and compete in America, the land of opportunity. -
DOE Efficiency Rules not Dishwasher Safe
Opinion -Dishwasher manufacturers are warning the Obama administration its latest efficiency standards for their products could wind up using more water and possible create public health problems. -
How Important Is Homework for Student Achievement?
Opinion -Once a child is enrolled in school, the time for homework starts. Sending children home from school with homework is a long tradition that has come under criticism by some psychologists and writers as being a form of punishment. -
Lawsuit Forces Payback for Green Defamation of Property Owner
Opinion -In December 1993 several environmental radicals, led by a young man named Kieran Suckling, gathered in New Mexico and incorporated the Southwest Center for Biological Diversity. -
Obamacare Fails to Address America’s Costly Obesity Problem
Opinion -consumer-power-report -Consumer Power Report #467 In response to concerns about the possibility of rising health care costs under the Affordable Care Act (ACA), President Barack Obama insisted his signature law would cut health care expenses, in large part by creating a -
Nearly 2,600 Hospitals Pay Medicare’s Readmission Penalties
Opinion -The majority of the nation’s hospitals are being penalized by Medicare for having patients frequently return within a month of discharge -- this time losing a combined $420 million, according to new data from the federal government. -
Record Donations to Scholarship Programs Boost School Choice in Arizona
Opinion -Two Arizona tax credit scholarship programs reached their funding cap limits within a week of each other in early July. The programs expand school choice for Arizona children who may not otherwise have the opportunity to attend private schools. -
Government Slowly Kills the Private Sector – And Blames the Victim for Its Sputtering Demise
Opinion -One of the advantages Big Government advocates have in their efforts to end the private sector – is the size of the victim. A $17-trillion-a-year economy is so huge – it almost always takes a lot of time to dismantle. -
School Choice is Liberty’s Last Best Hope
Opinion -Although we often hear about distinctive American features such as apple pie, baseball, and freedom of speech, the single greatest characteristic of the American way is the willingness to provide opportunity for all. -
Scientists Back Besieged Climate Researcher
Opinion -More than 500 scientists and colleagues of Willie Soon, Ph.D., signed and sent a letter, along with supporting documents, to the Smithsonian Institution’s Board of Regents. -
New Yorkers Without Health Insurance
Opinion -Obamacare was supposed to insure the previously uninsured and make health care more affordable for the rest of us. -
Atlantic City Resident Fights Private Taking of Longtime Home
Opinion -An Atlantic City resident is fighting the New Jersey Casino Reinvestment Development Authority’s plan to seize his property and resell it for undisclosed private purposes. -
Is It Something in the Water at The New York Times? It Makes Economic Sense … Again
Opinion -Quite remarkably, for the second time in a week, The New York Times has shown some economic sense.Let me repeat that, with some emphasis added: For the second time in a week, The New York Times has shown some economic sense. -
Heartland Institute Experts React to President Obama’s Clean Power Plan
Opinion -President Barack Obama and Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Gina McCarthy today released the final Clean Power Plan, which requires power plants to reduce emissions of carbon dioxide by 32 percent from 2005 levels by 2030. -
Report: Electricity Prices to Increase Under Clean Power Plan
Opinion -A state-by-state analysis of the impact of the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) proposed Clean Power Plan (CPP) indicates people across the country can expect higher electricity bills if it is adopted.
