Opinion
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Who’ll Stop the Rain? Not Bill Nye
Opinion -The great John Fogerty classic was a testament to bad news and deception that seemed to be coming from all angles. -
Gov. Kitzhaber Resigns Amidst Green Energy Scandal
Opinion -As of February 18, John Kitzhaber will no longer be governor of Oregon, having submitted a letter of resignation on Friday 13th. -
Oklahoma Bill Champions K-12 ESAs
Opinion -For the second year in a row, legislators in Oklahoma are seeking to implement education savings accounts within the state. -
Top Global Warming Lies
Opinion -Climate Change Weekly #159 [Subscribe] David Letterman’s nightly top-ten list is usually pretty funny. By contrast, a top-ten list assembled this week by The Heartland Institute’s James Taylor is not funny at all. -
Congressman Reboots Proposed Ban on Internet Access Taxes
Opinion -Rep. Bob Goodlatte, a Republican from Virginia, has reintroduced the Permanent Internet Tax Freedom Act for consideration by the U.S. House of Representatives. -
Entitlement Cost Explosion Drives Alabama Budget Shortfalls
Opinion -The state of Alabama is projecting a $265 million deficit this year, caused primarily by ballooning costs for entitlement programs such as Medicaid. In 2003, Alabama spent $220 million on Medicaid. -
Republicans Should Go Big On Obamcare ‘Fix’
Opinion -Earlier this week I read an op-ed in the Wall Street Journal by Dr. Scott Gottlieb and Tevi Troy, two individuals I have a great deal of respect for. -
What to Call a New York Times Reporter of Climate Science?
Opinion -The title of Justin Gillis’ recent NYT article is an excellent tip-off of how bad environmental reporting has gotten: "What to Call a Doubter of Climate Change?"Now, as a skeptical Ph.D. -
Patent Trolls Come in All Shapes and Sizes
Opinion -Mythological trolls — described as old and ugly creatures living under bridges or in caves — are known for one central feature: generally troublesome and injurious to human enterprise. -
Ohio District Makes Little Effort to Inform Parents of Parent Trigger Option
Opinion -Ohio residents may never know whether a parent trigger law works, even though Columbus has a pilot program. According to Greg Harris, director of nonprofit StudentsFirst Ohio, the pilot program was set up to fail. -
Politicians, Activists Call for Increased Gasoline Taxes
Opinion -Just as Americans are receiving some relief from high gasoline prices, some politicians and activists want to increase in the federal gasoline tax. -
Rauner’s Latest Executive Order Establishes Criminal Justice Reform Commission
Opinion -Illinois needs to do a better job of ensuring criminals don’t reoffend, Gov. Bruce Rauner said Wednesday at the Sangamon County Courthouse. -
Connecticut Lawmaker Proposes New Tax on Soda, Sweets
Opinion -A bill proposed by State Rep. -
Falling Unemployment Rate Is More Than A Little Misleading
Opinion -The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) released its January 2015 report this morning, and on the surface the situation looks good for the Obama administration: 257,000 jobs were added in January, wages improved, and the number of full-time workers -
If Obamacare Is Saving the Impoverished, Why Are So Few Signing Up?
Opinion -From its inception, the Affordable Care Act (ACA)—popularly called Obamacare— has been touted as the necessary fix for the nation’s health care system needed prior to its passage. -
Keystone Pipeline Awaits President’s Decision
Opinion -After two weeks of debate, the U.S. Senate passed a bill approving construction of the final leg of the Keystone XL pipeline, by a 62-36 vote. -
Memo to the CDC: Tell the WHOLE Truth About E-Cigarettes
Opinion -The contrast between the spin put on youth e-cigarette use data last Fall and the story told by the actual data, released last month, is startling but not surprising, given the U.S. government’s over-zealous tobacco prohibition posture. -
How the States Can Make the Debt Ceiling Debate Real
Opinion -For the past year or so, there has been no statutory limit on how much the federal government borrows. The debt ceiling was abandoned in the last budget deal. -
For-Profit Charters Under Unfair Attack, Defenders Say
Opinion -Bob Fayfich estimates fewer than 2 percent of the 176 charter schools in Pennsylvania have for-profit companies hired to run the nonprofit charter schools. -
FDA Simplifies ‘Compassionate Use’ Process
Opinion -This is good news for patients facing terminal illnesses:FDA seeks faster patient access to experimental drugs The Food and Drug Administration wants to dramatically simplify and speed up the application process for access to investigational drugs. -
Virginia House Passes Asset Forfeiture Reform Bill
Opinion -In early February, the Virginia House of Delegates overwhelmingly approved a bill to reform the state’s civil asset forfeiture laws. -
Obama’s Free-Tuition Plan Already Exists, and You’re Paying for It!
Opinion -One of the most hotly contested proposals put forward by President Barack Obama during his State of the Union address is the president’s free-tuition plan for students attending two-year community colleges. -
Hawaii Wind Farm, Failing, for Sale
Opinion -An SEC filing required as a condition of the potential sale of windfarms from Hawaii’s largest wind farm developer, First Wind, to TerraForm Power, Inc. -
The Morality of Capitalism: Liberty, Honesty, and Humility
Opinion -In American culture there is one persistent villain portrayed as the enemy of humanity, the perpetrator of deception, and the agent for social corruption and human harm: the businessman.
