Opinion
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Celebrate Progressive Human Achivement Hour, Reject Regressive Earth Hour
Opinion -The technology liberated by fossil fuels allows us to live a longer and better life. You can now have fresh vegetables from all over the planet and not having to live off canned vegetables that I had to eat back in the 1930s – 1950s. -
Haley Rejects Gas Tax Hike Proposal
Opinion -Following up on her promise to reject any gasoline tax increases without offsetting decreases in the state’s income tax rate, Gov. Nikki Haley (R-SC) announced her plan to veto House Bill 3579 and Senate Bill 523. -
Unnecessary Collateral Damage From FCC Title II Internet Regulation
Opinion -The collateral damage is beginning to pile up from the FCC’s February decision to trigger Title II telephone utility regulation of the Internet. -
Deciphering the Indecipherable Affordable Care Act
Opinion -Health Care Made Easy: Answers to All of Your Healthcare Questions Under the Affordable Care Act, Michelle Katz, Adams Media: Avon, MA, December 2014, 240 pages; ISBN-10: 1440580197 For anybody concerned about health, who has health insurance or is -
Study: Los Angeles Fast-Food Ban Went Bust
Opinion -In 2008, the city of Los Angeles passed strict regulations on fast food restaurants in an effort to force citizens to adopt a better diet. But seven years later, the regulations have had no effect on either the diets or weight of area residents. -
Millennials’ Dangerous Growing Addiction to Government
Opinion -When a friend and recent college graduate informed me he was receiving food stamps, I was floored. He is a healthy, educated, intelligent individual, but, like many of the millennials I know, entitled. Completely and utterly entitled.“Is something wrong? -
Ted Cruz Gets Common Core Way Better Than ThinkProgress Does
Opinion -ThinkProgress has not one but two articles bashing this tweet from Sen. (and now presidential candidate) Ted Cruz:Federal Govt has no business sticking its nose in education. We need to repeal every word of Common Core! -
Are Hospitals the Enemy?
Opinion -No. At least, probably not.But over at Slate, Reihan Salam makes a pretty compelling case for hospitals being a major problem in terms of health care costs. -
Obamacare ‘a Little Better’ Than Expected Means Millions More Uninsured
Opinion -In February, the Obama administration announced 11.4 million people had signed up for Obamacare in the second open-enrollment period, leading President Barack Obama to say, “The Affordable Care Act (ACA) is working. -
Panel weighs municipal bankruptcy; other options available, some witnesses say
Opinion -SPRINGFIELD — Do Illinois cities need the option of filing bankruptcy? It’s something the state has to consider, says state Rep. Ron Sandack, R-Downer’s Grove. -
High-Deductible Alarmism
Opinion -Kaiser Health News is a pretty good source of information on what's happening in the world of health care policy. That said, the general bent of the articles tend towards support for government-oriented rather than market-oriented policies. -
Overhaul Public Pensions Now
Opinion -Unless local and state governments act now, a tsunami of underfunded public pension plan obligations will soon rush ashore and drown taxpayers with tax hikes and crippling debt. -
Playing Accounting Games with Social Security
Opinion -Earlier this month, the Congressional Budget Office released its “Updated Budget Projections: 2015 to 2025.” From that release, the media has widely reported that the projected budget deficit for 2015 is $486 billion. -
Climate Witch Hunt Is Bad For Science, Bad For Witch Hunters
Opinion -Desperate times breed desperate measures, and for climate alarmists these are desperate times.There has been no measurable global warming for 18 years. -
How the California Dream Became a Nightmare
Opinion -Important attention has been drawn to the shameful condition of middle income housing affordability in California. -
The Trouble with Google as Truthsayer
Opinion -Google, Inc., with its $385 billion share value, has bumped Exxon to become America’s No. 2 ranking company in market capitalization.That may not be a good thing. -
Congressman’s Letter Attacking Climate Scientists Generates Heated Responses
Opinion -Rep. Raul Grijalva, ranking member of the U.S. -
Battling Over the Doc Fix
Opinion -consumer-power-report -Consumer Power Report #456 Congress is currently trying to find a path forward on the notorious “doc fix,” whose scheduled expiration on March 31 would result in a 20 percent pay cut for doctors receiving reimbursement from Medicare. -
Obamacare Failing, Doctors Will Take Future Blame
Opinion -The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released a report on March 9 projecting Obamacare premium prices to outpace both private insurance premiums and government spending between 2016 and 2018. -
BBC Drops the Ball on Baseball & Smokeless Tobacco
Opinion -It’s almost baseball season, which means it’s time for anti-tobacco extremists to start grabbing easy headlines. One especially zealous state lawmaker wants to ban smokeless tobacco by players and fans in all California ballparks (here). -
The Obvious Has Apparently Happened
Opinion -The Wall Street Journal reports today on a study showing that what pretty much everyone with any basic economic understanding predicted has come to pass, that the 30-hour 'full-time' employee definition in Obamacare has caused many firms to cap their -
VA Scandal: Out of Sight, Out of Mind
Opinion -In the year since news broke of significant problems at the Veterans Administration health program, VA Secretary Eric Shinseki resigned and was replaced by former Procter & Gamble CEO Robert McDonald and Congress passed legislation giving veterans -
Mackinac Center Gets FOIA Charges Reduced from $1,550 to $50
Opinion -In celebration of Sunshine Week (March 15-21), the Mackinac Center for Public Policy announces its victory in persuading the Michigan Liquor Control Commission to release public information at a more reasonable cost. -
Sierra Club Representative Misleads in New Mexico Renewable Mandate Hearings
Opinion -The Sierra Club appears to be hiding its efforts to prevent the New Mexico legislature from freezing the state’s renewable energy mandate at 15 percent.