Opinion
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Environmental Journalism Has Become Ideological Warfare
Opinion -Why do so many climate-related news reports sound like propaganda written by zealous, even fanatical, environmentalists who could never be called impartial or objective? -
Are Right to Try Laws False Advertising?
Opinion -consumer-power-report -Consumer Power Report #462 Health Affairs posted a lengthy rebuke of state Right to Try laws arguing such laws create unrealistic expectations on the part of terminally ill patients and their families. -
First Universal ESA Program in the Nation Awaits Nevada Governor’s Signature
Opinion -On Friday, May 29, the Nevada State Assembly voted to create the first universal education savings account (ESA) program for K-12 students in the country. -
Illinois Should not Subsidize Exelon’s Nuclear Plants Study Argues
Opinion -Exelon Corp., one of the nation’s biggest utilities operating in 48 states with more than 32,000 megawatts of generating capacity and the nation’s largest fleet of nuclear plants in the U.S. -
‘Iris Effect’ Reduces Climate Sensitivity
Opinion -Legacy Climate Change Weekly -Climate Change Weekly #174 A new paper by researchers Thorsten Mauritsen and Bjorn Stevens in Nature Geoscience lends credence to climate scientist Richard Lindzen’s speculation changes in cloud cover in the tropics in response to surface warming -
Markets, Not Janet Yellen, Should Set Interest Rates
Opinion -Financial markets in the United States and around the world are all waiting with “bated breath” for when the Federal Reserve modifies its “easy money” policy and starts to raise interest rates. -
Radical Eco-Activists Hijacking the Pope’s Message on the Environment?
Opinion -Radical activists are hijacking the forthcoming papal encyclical on the environment and the planned appearance by Pope Francis before the U.S. Congress and the U.N. General Assembly this Fall to promote their own secular, “progressive” agenda. -
Allowing Municipal Bankruptcy Could Save Cash-Strapped Illinois Governments
Opinion -Much attention has been given to Illinois’ growing state pension issues, but many municipalities in the state also face pension liabilities that could lead them to bankruptcy even if they cannot declare it. -
FDA Going ‘Full Speed Ahead’ on E-Cig Regulations
Opinion -U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Acting Commissioner Dr. Stephen Ostroff announced the agency’s intention to proceed “full steam ahead” on regulations intended to reduce e-cigarette use. -
States Backing Away from Renewable Power Mandates
Opinion -Marita Noon, executive director of Energy Makes America Great Inc., reports 2015 may go down in the books as the year support for renewable energy died. -
Nevada Senate Approves ESA Program
Opinion -Nevada is a step closer to enacting the first universal education savings account program in the nation. -
Minnesota House Passes Death Tax Reform
Opinion -The Minnesota House of Representatives has approved an omnibus tax bill cutting government revenue by $2 billion. -
National Security, The Seattle Oil Rig, And Greenpeace’s Dirty Money
Opinion -President Obama had it all wrong in his commencement address at the U.S. Coast Guard Academy in New London, Connecticut. He warned that climate change “deniers” endanger our national security – denying “undermines the readiness of our forces,” he said. -
States’ Growing Autonomy Frees Up Federal Highway Funding
Opinion -With no political consensus on how to fund a $90 billion shortfall in the U.S. Highway Trust Fund, attention has focused to shifting a larger share of transportation funding to the state and local levels. -
Yet Another Terrible Idea: States Consider Combining Their Failed ObamaCare Exchanges
Opinion -ObamaCare is an unmitigated disaster. A total, miserable failure.Everything President Barack Obama and his Democrats promised it would do? -
Exelon Posts $2 Billion Profit, Seeks New Restrictions on Competitors
Opinion -Fresh off a $2 billion profit in 2014, utility giant Exelon is attempting to strong-arm the Illinois legislature into placing new restrictions on lower-cost electricity competitors. -
How FCC Hurt Its Title II Anti-Stay Case
Opinion -The FCC’s latest legal brief opposing a stay of its Open Internet Order, hurt its legal case more than it helped. -
Leaving the Church of Environmentalism
Opinion -In March 2009 while the Environmental Protection Agency was rushing to fulfill a presidential campaign pledge to document that carbon dioxide (CO2) and five other greenhouse gases endangered public health and the environment, a longtime employee, Alan -
Louisiana House Reaches Common Core Compromise
Opinion -Lawmakers in the Louisiana House of Representatives came to a compromise on Common Core, according to an Associated Press report. Two separate bills have garnered support from the House as well as Gov. Bobby Jindal. -
Papal Climate Conference, Statement Ignore Evidence
Opinion -Pope Francis hosted a one-day conference, “Protect the Earth, Dignify Humanity: The Moral Dimensions of Climate Change and Sustainable Development,” as a prelude to his promised encyclical on climate change. -
Maryland County Council Dials up Telecom Tax Hike
Opinion -The Prince George’s County Council is considering increasing the Maryland county’s tax on landline and wireless phone service by 4 percentage points. -
Barack “Climate Change” Obama
Opinion -“Woe to the land that’s governed by a child. -
Schweikart Reviews Overdue Account of America’s True History
Opinion -The final Heartland Author Series event before The Heartland Institute moves its headquarters from One South Wacker Drive, #2740, to its new facility in Arlington Heights was held on Thursday, May 21, from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. -
“Blended Learning” Could Be an Answer for America’s Education Woes
Opinion -Bruno Behrend, a senior Fellow for Education Policy at The Heartland Institute in Chicago, was one of the featured speakers on Friday, May 15 at the two-day Amplify School Choice conference held in Chicago, organized by Josh Kaib, Assistant Editor of
