Opinion
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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 -
Curbing EPA Abuses
Opinion -Russian President Vladimir Putin is outraged that the United States has indicted 14 FIFA soccer officials, accusing them of corruption, racketeering, fraud and conspiracy, involving bribes totaling over $150 million in kickbacks for awarding tournament -
Heartland Institute Experts React to $1.1 Billion Tax Hike in Nevada
Opinion -The Nevada Legislature this week approved a $1.1 billion tax increase that includes hikes on businesses, payroll, sales, and cigarette taxes. The Senate passed the package by a vote of 18–3 Monday; the Assembly approved it 30–10 on Sunday night. -
The Feds Want to ‘Reform’ Fraud-Riddled ObamaPhone – By Expanding It to the Internet
Opinion -Remember this woman?“Everybody in Cleveland low minority got ObamaPhone. Keep (Barack) Obama in President, you know? He gave us a phone, he’s going to do more. -
Nevada Considers Universal Education Savings Accounts
Opinion -Nevada legislators are considering something truly amazing nowadays: giving every student in their state an opportunity for a better education.Senate Bill 302 would create the first universal education savings account program in the nation. -
Low Energy Prices Help Those Who Need It Most
Opinion -Want to know how you can get another $1,300 every year? Support hydraulic fracturing.Hydraulic fracturing, also known as “fracking,” has made the United States the world’s leading producer of natural gas and oil. -
Opinion: ‘Zero Rating’ Is Next Battlefield in FCC’s Digital War on Consumers
Opinion -The Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) recent decision to claim full regulatory power over the way the Internet works was bad enough, but the next battle in the government’s war on consumer-friendly innovation is approaching fast. -
California Board Rejects Additional Delta Water Withdrawal
Opinion -The California State Water Resources Control Board (SWCB) rejected on February 3 part of a request to allow additional pumping of water from the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta to Southern California.
