Opinion
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Response to Pope Francis’s Intervention into Global Warming
Opinion -The Pontifical Academy of Sciences has released its climate document “Climate Change and The Common Good” which may be the Encyclical on climate issued by Pope Francis this June. -
EPA May Force Hotels to Monitor Shower Use
Opinion -The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing hotels monitor the length of time their guests use the shower. -
Student Privacy Laws Need Strengthening
Opinion -If there ever was an issue to unite all parents, teachers, and any educational stakeholder—which ultimately includes all of us—it should be student privacy. -
Climate Change and School Science Standards
Opinion -by H. Sterling Burnett and Taylor SmithClassrooms have emerged as a new front in the increasingly contentious debate over the causes and implications of climate change. -
Report on School Choice Avoids Facts, Protects Status Quo
Opinion -Teachers unions and other defenders of the education status quo are terrified of school choice. As a result, they frequently present misleading reports as truthful. -
Heartland Institute Experts React to South Carolina House Vote to End Certificate of Need Health Care Regulations
Opinion -The South Carolina House of Representatives on Wednesday voted 103‒1 to repeal the state’s certificate of need (CON) law in 2018. CON laws are a complex set of regulations that adversely affect the health care choices of South Carolinians. -
Government Spinning Up New Rules for Clothes Driers
Opinion -The Department of Energy is considering updating efficiency rules for residential clothes dryers again, after regulations enacted in 2011 took effect in January 2015. -
Colorado Legislature considers debt a public pension rescue
Opinion -As its legislative session nears its end, Colorado is considering a bill that would authorize the state to issue up to $10 billion in bonds to shore up the state’s severely under-funded public pensions. -
Missouri Legislators to Consider Expanding School Transfer Law
Opinion -Some Missouri students may soon be able to transfer to better performing schools if House Bill 42 becomes law. Rep. -
FCC’s New Do Not Track List Authority
Opinion -Will the FCC create an Internet “Do Not Track” list like the FTC created the “Do Not Call” list enjoyed by three quarters of Americans? -
Francis Is Out of His Element: The Pope Should Focus on Fighting Poverty, Not Climate Change
Opinion -Eight years ago, I was deeply honored to be invited to participate in the first papal conference on climate change, the Pontifical Council on Climate Change and Development. To my great and lasting regret, I was unable to participate. -
Auto Insurance Reforms a Good Start
Opinion -With Senate Bill 248 the Michigan Legislature is attempting to address a number of problems with the auto insurance market in the state. -
Heartland Institute Experts Comment on Missouri Senate’s Passage of the Compact for a Balanced Budget
Opinion -The Missouri state Senate on Monday passed Senate Bill 433, known as a the Compact for a Balanced Budget bill. -
Illinois Bill Limits Automated License Plate readers
Opinion -SPRINGFIELD — A bill to regulate what police can do with information gathered by automated license plate readers and how long they can keep that information passed the Illinois House on Friday. The measure by Rep. -
New Jersey Considers Raising Teacher Education Standards
Opinion -New Jersey is the latest state to consider raising standards for students entering the state’s university-level education programs. -
‘Turf’ War in Maryland County: Activists Push to Ban Lawn Chemicals
Opinion -If the county council of Montgomery County, Maryland has its way, it may soon be more difficult for property owners to maintain their lawns as they wish: well-kept, lush, and green. -
Heartland Daily Podcast – Rome: Heartland Attacked By Name at Vatican Climate Conference
Opinion -The Vatican’s climate conference took place today, April 28, in Rome. -
UN Backs Coal Power for the Poor
Opinion -The United Nation's is breaking with the World Bank and environmental non-governmental organizations, agreeing to continue coal-fired power plants in developing countries. -
Why the Prevailing Wage Law Proves Problematic
Opinion -The MacIver Institute published an interesting video explaining how prevailing wage policies inflate the cost of government projects. Writing for Watchdog. -
Certificate of Need Laws Raise Health Care Costs, Reduce Access
Opinion -In ancient times, wealthy city-states built impregnable walls to ward off attacks from neighboring tribes and other enemies. -
Alabama Supreme Court Upholds School Choice Law
Opinion -The Alabama Supreme Court (ASC) overturned a lower court’s ruling against the Alabama Accountability Act (AAA) school choice program. -
(At Least) Three Reasons Why Government Being in the Broadband Business is a Terrible Idea
Opinion -Likely the least regulated private economic sector going into the Age of the Barack Obama Administration – at least at the federal level – was the Internet. Which is largely why the Web has become an ever-evolving, free speech-free market Xanadu. -
Piketty’s Wealth Driven Inequality: Virtually All in Housing?
Opinion -The Economist headline reads: "Through the roof: Rising house prices may be chiefly responsible for rising inequality" This is no surprise to those of us who have been chronicling the loss of destruction of middle income housing affordability where urban