Opinion
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Population Control Behind UN’s Agenda 21
Opinion -By Nancy Thorner and Bonnie O'Neil - Obama and UN seek to transformThe following commentary by Ben Zycher on the United Nations’ top climate change official, Christiana Figueres, executive secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate -
Left Launches Witch Hunt Against Climate Scientists
Opinion -New York Times, Boston Globe, and others help Greenpeace attack scientistswho disagree with its extreme views on global warming CHICAGO (March 1, 2015) — A week ago, the Boston Globe, New York Times, and Washington Post ran stories repeating claims made -
Will Agenda 21 Continue to go Forward Despite Proven Deception?
Opinion -By Nancy Thorner and Bonnie O'Neil Man-made climate change alarmists continue to be caught revising history. -
Market, Not Politics, Should Decide Indiana’s Nursing Home Choices
Opinion -Most people instinctively understand when government shelters companies from competition it is ultimately the consumer who suffers from higher prices, lower quality, or both. -
The real face of unemployment and underemployment
Opinion -Brian Perry is a college-educated law clerk who worked at the Providence, Rhode Island-based Lovett, Scheffrin, and Harnett law firm for more than 25 years before being laid off in 2008. -
Georgia Lawmaker Proposes Restrictions on Uber, Other Ridesharing Companies
Opinion -A Georgia lawmaker has introduced a bill to restrict popular ridesharing services such as Lyft and Uber from operating in the state. House Bill 224, by state Rep. -
Oregon Governor Resigns Amid Green Energy Scandal
Opinion -In the face of a growing pay-to-play green energy scandal, John Kitzhaber resigned as governor of Oregon effective February 18, only a month into his historic fourth term as the state’s chief executive. -
Florida Liberals, Conservatives Team Up for Solar
Opinion -If an odd coalition of environmentalists and conservative activists have any say in the matter, the sun may shine brighter on the solar industry in Florida.Florida has plenty of sunshine and people. -
Where Are the ‘Young Invincibles’?
Opinion -I've followed Obamacare in Rhode Island for a few years now, in large part because of my affiliation with a terrific free-market think tank there, the Rhode Island Center for Freedom & Prosperity. -
Sierra Club Misrepresents Itself Before New Mexico Legislature
Opinion -The Sierra Club engaged in ethical misconduct this morning, misrepresenting itself in hearings before the New Mexico House of Representatives Energy, Environment & Natural Resources Committee. -
U.N. Climate Chief Resigns amid Sex Scandal
Opinion -Legacy Climate Change Weekly -U.N. Climate Chief Resigns amid Sex Scandal Climate Change Weekly #161 Rajendra Pachauri, chairman of the United Nations’ influential Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), has resigned in the wake of sexual harassment allegations. -
Hawaii Rejects Sugary Beverage Labeling, Tax
Opinion -Legislation in Hawaii requiring sugary beverages include warning labels was rejected by the Health Committee of the Hawaii House of Representatives after witnesses including many small businesses and consumers testified against the measure. -
Fargo Foregoes Facts – Public Health Officials Misinform on Smokeless Tobacco
Opinion -Two public health officials in Fargo, North Dakota, this week were the source of grossly misleading claims about smokeless tobacco for a local media story. -
Environmental Extremism Imperils Nation’s Freedom and Prosperity
Opinion -Our American constitutional republic is in peril. -
Reforming Michigan School Retirement System Is the Right Choice
Opinion -Closing the Michigan Public School Employees Retirement System to new employees is on the agenda of Michigan House leaders this year. -
Bobby Jindal Speaks Against Common Core at CPAC
Opinion -Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal told a crowd of his constituents at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) what he believes their priorities should be going forward. Repealing Common Core Standards was among his desired goals for America. -
Connecticut Gov. Malloy Plans Sales Rate Tax Reduction, Hiking Other Taxes
Opinion -Connecticut Gov. Dannel Malloy proposes removing exemptions from the state sales tax and lowering the tax rate, to bring in additional revenue and balance the state's budget. -
Federal Railroad Loan Program Needs Protections for Taxpayers
Opinion -A little-known federal loan program called the Railroad Rehabilitation and Improvement Financing program, created by Congress in 1998 to aid short-line railroads in financing modest improvements, represents a risk of taxpayers’ money. -
Illinoisans Shouldn’t Be Forced to Give to Unions
Opinion -For the first time in decades, an Illinois governor has dared to utter the words “right to work.” Gov. -
Medicaid Expansion Dead in Utah?
Opinion -It looks like Utah Governor Gary Herbert's Medicaid expansion is dead. From an AP report carried by the Baltimore Sun:Governor's Medicaid expansion plan may have hit dead endGov. -
Payback Requirements Surprise Obamacare Subsidy Recipients
Opinion -Roberta and Curtis Campbell typically look forward to tax time. Most years they receive a refund, a little extra cash to pay off credit card bills, but this year, the California couple got a shock. -
Professional Licensing Rules Prove Unnecessary, Raise Consumer Prices
Opinion -In the 1950s, my dad taught himself to cut hair on an Army troopship sailing between Tokyo and San Francisco. Later, when he attended college on the G.I. -
Report: States, Local Governments Face Huge Budget Challenges
Opinion -In recent years, state and local governments have largely remained in a fiscal holding pattern, continuing a slow recovery from the impacts of the Great Recession, but health care costs will create a growing problem in the near future. -
A Plea to Arizona Legislators Regarding Common Core
Opinion -The Arizona House of Representatives Education Committee meeting on House Bill 2190 was strikingly similar to the landscape of American opinion on Common Core.
