Opinion
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Four Facets of Gov. Wolf’s Tax Plan
Opinion -On Wednesday, I testified before the Senate Finance Committee on the effects of Gov. Wolf's proposed tax increases. My testimony covered four key areas. 1) Wolf's plan represents more of the "same old, same old. -
New Sage Grouse Rules Limit Public Land Use
Opinion -The Obama administration is establishing new to limits on public land uses in 10 Western states to protect the habitat of the ground dwelling greater sage grouse. -
CMS Not Doing Enough to Fight Medicaid Fraud, GAO Finds
Opinion -Medicaid, the national government health care program meant to help provide health care for the impoverished, is riddled with fraud, according to a Government Accountability Office (GAO) study that analyzed Medicaid payment data from the year 2011 in -
Alabama Governor Approves Changes to Tax Credit Scholarship Program
Opinion -The governor approved changes to the Alabama Accountability Act, which provides tax credit scholarships for some students to attend private schools. Gov. Robert Bentley (R) signed modifications to the law on June 9, the Associated Press reports. -
Will FCC Lock-in Net Neutrality Gains in Legislation or Risk All in Court & Ballot Box?
Opinion -The appellate process will only get tougher for the FCC’s Title II Open Internet Order from here, which means both legal and electoral uncertainty over the permanence of the FCC’s net neutrality authority will only grow as the appellate process plays out -
Where is All the CO2 Going?
Opinion -When fossil fuels -- coal, oil and natural gas -- burn, the major combustion products are carbon dioxide (CO2) and water vapor. Water doesn’t matter since it is already everywhere and adding a little bit more to the Earth won’t tip any balances. -
Does Power and Clout Enable Exelon to Extort Its Will On All of Us?
Opinion -A Chicago Tribune headline of Wednesday, April, 20, 2015, "Study: Exelon Aid Could Cost $1. -
Is an Economically Solid Mobile Future in the Pipeline?
Opinion -Earlier this year Cisco released its annual Visual Network Index (VNI) Forecast Report: Mobile Data Traffic Update, 2014-2019. The report makes clear that North America, mostly the United States, has been a global leader in mobile broadband development. -
Oklahoma, Maryland, Fracking Policies Diverge
Opinion -In late May, the Oklahoma and Maryland state legislatures charted difference courses for energy oil and gas development in their respective states. Oklahoma Bars City Fracking Bans Oklahoma Gov. -
Ohio’s Obamacare Expansion Already $1 Billion Over Budget
Opinion -If Ohio Gov. John Kasich can fundraise as fast as he’s spending Obamacare money, he’s a shoo-in for the Republican presidential nomination. After just 17 months, Kasich’s Obamacare expansion has cost federal taxpayers $3.7 billion. -
Florida School Boards Association Abandons Lawsuit against Tax Credit Scholarship Program
Opinion -The Florida School Boards Association (FSBA) announced the group would not file an appeal after their challenge to Florida’s tax credit scholarship program was dismissed. -
Assessor’s Botched Valuations Cause Tax Hikes for Elmore County Farmers
Opinion -Mountain Home farmers face massive tax hikes after the Elmore County Assessor's office botched agricultural land valuations for decades. -
Welfare Reform Opponents Will Say Almost Anything to Halt Progress
Opinion -Several years ago, a stay-at-home mother who lived nearby unexpectedly lost her husband in a tragedy that shook her family to its core. -
Electric Car Sales Miss President’s Mark
Opinion -Michael Bastasch of the Daily Caller reports President Obama failed to keep his promise to have 1 million electric cars on the road by 2015. -
Washington Announces Endangered Species Reforms
Opinion -Just days after the country celebrated Endangered Species Day on May 15, the Obama administration announced the first of what it promises will be number of regulatory changes to improve the efficiency, transparency and effectiveness of the four decade -
Growth Concentrated in Most Suburbanized Core Cities
Opinion -There is considerable interest in urban core population trends, both because of recent increases in the interest of urban planning orthodoxy to restore living patterns more akin to the pre-World War II era. -
Crime Doesn’t Pay, and Neither Does IL Non-violent Sentencing
Opinion -I hurried on to the train Thursday, glanced down at my boarding pass and then saw I was seated next to a newly released inmate. The cheap sneakers, ill-fitting clothes and cellblock tats gave it away. -
Why We Went to Rome
Opinion -Quarterly Performance Report Second Quarter, 2015 -
Scholars Blast U.S. History Rewrite
Opinion -School Choice Weekly #91 Fifty-five top historians have signed an open letter criticizing the College Board’s revamp of its Advanced Placement U.S. history curriculum, in which half a million of the nation’s brightest students enroll each year. -
Senators Question Federal Agencies’ Backdoor Rulemaking
Opinion -U.S. Senators Lamar Alexander (R-TN) and James Lankford (R-OK) are challenging federal agencies to explain their use of industry guidelines to force businesses into compliance with the agencies’ wishes without legal authorization. -
Crony Socialism: Governments All Over the World Are Messing Up a Free Trade Market
Opinion -To quote the late, inordinately great Ronald Reagan, “Government is not the solution to our problem – government is the problem. -
“Skeptics” Gather in D.C.
Opinion -On Thursday and Friday, June 11-12, there will be a gathering of some of the nation’s and the world’s leading climate change “skeptics” in Washington, D.C. and joining them will be members of Congress and their staffs. -
Global Left’s Machiavellian Misrepresentation of the Pope Is Failing
Opinion -There has not been this kind of palace intrigue at the Vatican since the 1500s. Foreign potentates are making a power grab, trying to seize the moral authority of the papacy for their own, secular ends. -
Predicting Earthquakes. Not.
Opinion -The president of the Space and Science Research Corporation, John Casey, is also the author of “Cold Sun: A Dangerous ‘Hibernation’ of the Sun Has Begun!
