Opinion
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Excessive Obamacare Costs Cause Many to Avoid Needed Care
Opinion -Many lower- and middle-income Americans who purchased insurance on government-run health insurance exchanges are skipping needed tests and doctor’s visits, a new study has found. -
Solar Net Metering Subsidies Are Too Costly for Louisiana
Opinion -Net-metering subsidies for solar power are running up large deficits and proving too costly for Louisiana. It is time for Gov. -
Members Say American Physical Society Violated Bylaws
Opinion -Climate Change Weekly #175 In an open letter to the president and officers of the American Physical Society (APS), three prominent members – Roger Cohen, APS fellow; Laurence I. -
E-Cigarettes Can Save Lives, Taxpayer Dollars
Opinion -For decades, lawmakers and regulators in the United States have attempted to reduce smoking rates using taxes, smoking bans, and regulations. Despite these heavy-handed policies, the decline in smoking has leveled off over the past few years. -
Medicare Rules, State Regulations Prevent Cost-Saving Innovations
Opinion -Have you ever wondered why doctors are reluctant to talk to you on the phone?It’s been almost a century since all the other professionals discovered the telephone is a handy way of communicating with clients, but not doctors. Why is that? -
Free Trade? Yes. Anti-Constitution, Anti-Transparency TPA/TPP? Definitely No
Opinion -Flying under the free trade flag, many in DC are pushing the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) and fast-track Trade Promotion Authority (TPA).U.S. President Barack Obama Defends Trans-Pacific PartnershipSpeaker Rep. -
A Terrible Week for Obamacare, and a New Plan to Replace It
Opinion -Consumer Power Report #463 This has been a terrible horrible no good very bad week for Obamacare – and that is no exaggeration. -
Louisiana Common Core Bill Awaits Governor’s Signature
Opinion -Centerpiece legislation of a compromise regarding Common Core received final passage on Friday, June 5 after a 38-0 Senate vote. The bill now awaits Gov. Bobby Jindal’s signature, according to a report on wwl.com. -
Missouri Legislators Cut Off Funding of Smarter Balanced Tests
Opinion -Missouri legislators voted to cut off funding of Common Core exams provided by the Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium. -
Wind, Solar Facilities Killing Millions of Birds, Other Animals
Opinion -The Institute of Energy Research reports on a study in the Wildlife Society Bulletin, showing every year 573,000 birds (including 83,000 raptors) and 888,000 bats are killed by wind turbines - 30 percent higher than the federal government estimated in -
An Immoral Food-to-Fuel Policy
Opinion -In the early 2000s, ethanol was touted as the solution to a variety of ills plaguing our nation. As is currently the case, those who worshipped at the altar of ethanol placed their faith in a false idol. -
Discriminatory Digital Taxes: Also Certain?
Opinion -As Benjamin Franklin famously wrote, "... in this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes." Technology has had an impact on both, providing us with longer life expectancies and a better quality of life. -
Free Trade: Less Government Everywhere Means Cheaper Stuff Here (and Everywhere)
Opinion -More government means more expensive everything. Every second and penny spent paying government taxes and complying with government regulations – raises the prices of the goods and services people proffer. -
EconPop: The Economics of RoboCop
Opinion -In this episode of EconPop, New York City comedian Andrew Heaton explains the economics of the popular 1984 sci-fi film RoboCop. Using the movie as a launching point, Heaton explains how private companies can provide public goods. -
Obamacare’s Muse: The UK’s NHS
Opinion -As I previously discussed in Townhall Finance, real and sustainable private investment is being held back in large part due to the regime uncertainty caused by such regulations as Dodd-Frank, Obamacare and climate change. -
Keynesian Medicines are Not a Cure for China’s Ills
Opinion -Keynesians never seem to learn. Every time an economy slows down or reverses gears and “goes negative,” in terms of growth and employment, their only answer is a call for “aggregate demand” stimulus and more government spending manipulation. -
Pipeline Lack Hurts Energy Production
Opinion -Thanks to what’s sometimes called the “shale revolution,” America has re-emerged as an energy superpower.Even with prices 40 percent lower than a year ago, we remain the world’s No. 1 producer of crude oil and other liquid hydrocarbons. -
State Senate Votes to Expand Alabama Accountability Act
Opinion -The Alabama Senate in an 18-14 vote approved the latest version of a bill to expand the Alabama Accountability Act scholarship program on June 3. The bill now moves to the House of Representatives, according to a report by al.com. -
With legal ‘fig leaf’ gone, real intentions exposed
Opinion -There are three ways to “balance “ a state budget: raise taxes, cut spending or play “make believe.” At least that’s the explanation a budget director for a former governor gave me years ago. -
Fear Itself: The EPA’s Reliance on Bad Radiation Science Frightens Americans and Increases Vulnerability to Terrorism
Opinion -The name of the theory behind this hysteria is “linear no-threshold” or LNT. By the phony logic of LNT, any tiny amount of radiation will kill some number of people out of every million or billion people exposed. -
Legislative Pulse: West Virginia
Opinion -Editor’s Note: West Virginia State Del. Joshua Nelson (R-Boone) is serving his second term in West Virginia’s House of Delegates. Nelson serves on the Energy, Government Organization, Industry and Labor, and Veterans Affairs committees. -
Nevada Governor Signs Nation’s Most Inclusive ESA Program into Law
Opinion -Nevada Gov. Brian Sandoval signed the nation’s first nearly universal education savings account (ESA) program into law today. On May 29, the Nevada State Assembly voted to create the most inclusive ESA program for K-12 students in the country. -
You Can Fight in a War but Can’t be a Security Guard in Michigan
Opinion -Michigan is tied for the nation’s most stringent licensing requirement to become a private security guard. -
Is Chicago Heading Toward Bankruptcy?
Opinion -Moody’s Investors Service, a credit rating agency headquartered in New York City, is downgrading Chicago’s government-issued bonds to one of its lowest ratings, citing the city’s massive underfunded pension liabilities as a significant credit risk for
