Opinion
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Pope’s Mistaken Moral Calculus on Global Warming
Opinion -Legacy Climate Change Weekly -Climate Change Weekly #153 Pope Francis evidently has decided to make fighting global warming an important papal cause in 2015. -
Taxpayers Lose Billions as Auto Industry Bailout Ends
Opinion -In late December 2014, the U.S. Treasury Department announced the official end of the automobile industry bailout, with loans given to two of the “Big Three” automakers having been repaid to the government’s satisfaction. -
Making Predictions
Opinion -If there is one thing pundits like to do it is to make predictions. If they turn out to be right you can always look back and quote them as proof of your prescience and if they are not, you can always ignore them. -
Vermont’s Single-Payer Cause of Death
Opinion -I've reported before on Vermont Governor Peter Shumlin's decision to pull the plug on a single-payer plan due to the astonishing levels of taxation that would be required to fund it (see: Vermont Governor Abandons Single Payer Plan). -
Exodus of the School Children
Opinion -The urban cores of the nation's 52 major metropolitan areas (over 1 million population) lost nearly one-fifth of their school age population between 2000 and 2010. -
2014: Year of Futility in the Fight Against Climate Change
Opinion -The year 2014 was another year of futility in the fight against climate change. Climatists redoubled efforts to convince citizens that urgent action is needed to stop dangerous global warming. -
Mississippi Officials, Grassroots Fight Common Core
Opinion -Both Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant and Lt. Gov. Tate Reeves have recently stated their disapproval of the Common Core K-12 math and language standards. -
State May Take Over 30 Colorado Schools
Opinion -Thirty Colorado schools are entering their fifth consecutive year of low performance, which may result in state intervention such as school closure, conversion to charters, or changes in leadership. -
Gore Champions Dark Money in Global Warming Debate
Opinion -Al Gore’s Climate Reality Project is promoting dark money to spread alarmist global warming propaganda. In a mass email sent Dec. -
Fewer Wisconsin School District Unions Recertify
Opinion -Only 305 Wisconsin school districts’ unions sought recertification this November, dropping from 408 that did the year before. Additionally, state employees voted to decertify 25 school district unions. -
People I Don’t Like
Opinion -At the end of every year it is customary to offer up lists of all kinds—the best this, the worst that—and it is a brief, generally amusing exercise. -
The Unpredictable Future and Winning Liberty
Opinion -As a new year begins, it is easy to consider that the prospects for freedom in America and in many other parts of the world to seem dim. -
Charter School Growth Continues
Opinion -In the past 20 years, charter schools have emerged in the United States and challenged their traditional public school counterparts as a different and sometimes better way to educate children, especially in the big cities. -
Rearranging Economic Development Agencies in Michigan Is an Old Idea
Opinion -As if to prove there is nothing new under the public policy sun, Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder in December 2014 announced a government reorganization marrying the state’s existing “economic growth and job training efforts under one department. -
Philadelphia Agency Sues Drugmaker
Opinion -In a move that could have serious consequences for the prescription drug industry, the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority filed a lawsuit alleging drug-maker Gilead Sciences is engaging in “price gouging” because some buyers of Sovaldi , -
Wheat Crops Grow Despite Climate Alarmists’ Lies
Opinion -Legacy Climate Change Weekly -Climate Change Weekly #152 Environmentalists delivered a dire report this Christmas season: Human-caused global warming is causing wheat harvests to fall. The message was repeated uncritically by much of the mainstream media. -
New Book Champions Parents as School Consumers
Opinion -Review of The School Choice Journey: School Vouchers and the Empowerment of Urban Families, Thomas Stewart and Patrick J. Wolf (foreword by Sen. Joe Lieberman), Palgrave Macmillan, 2014, 236 pp., $95.00. -
A Well-Written Overview of Governments’ Economic Misdeeds
Opinion -The Impending Monetary Revolution, the Dollar and Gold, Second Edition By Edmund Contoski; American Liberty Publishers, November 2014 281 pages, ISBN-13 978-0-9655007-1-5$28.95 on publisher’s website, http://www.amlibpub.com/order. -
Environmentalists and Energy Advocates Agree: Ethanol Reform Now
Opinion -We all expect to pay a price for missing deadlines—fail to pay a ticket on time, and you may find a warrant out for your arrest. But the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) can apparently miss deadlines with impunity. -
Google Goes Off the Climate Change Deep End
Opinion -Paul Driessen Co-authored this article with Chris Skates.In a recent interview with National Public Radio host Diane Rehm, Google Chairman Eric Schmidt said his company “has a very strong view that we should make decisions in politics based on facts. -
New York Holds Single-Payer Hearings
Opinion -New York Assemblyman Richard Gottfried (D-Manhattan), who chairs the Health Committee of the New York State Assembly, began holding hearings across the state of New York in December as part of an effort to drum up support for a single-payer health care -
Georgia Debates Gas Tax Hike, Transportation Infrastructure Needs
Opinion -In December 2014, Georgia state officials and infrastructure consultants met at an annual industry conference in Athens to discuss mounting transportation problems in the Peach State. -
North Dakota Joins High School Civics Initiative
Opinion -North Dakota has joined several states considering adoption of civics education requirements for graduating high school students. Betsy Dalrymple, the state’s first lady, joined several state legislators in making the Dec. -
Eminent Domain for Private Uses Lacks Economic Benefits
Opinion -In an era of increasing government economic intervention and regulations, people have many reasons to be concerned about future government growth.