Opinion
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Georgia Rail Supporters Need to ‘Board the Logic Train’
Opinion -After voters in Clayton County, GA voted to join the Metropolitan Atlanta Regional Transportation Authority (MARTA) in November 2014, some pundits were predicting MARTA’s expansion to future counties, and a rail revival in metro Atlanta. -
Republicans Consider Obamacare Replacement Strategy
Opinion -Several weeks ago I wrote a piece that appeared in National Review, arguing that the GOP Congress must have legislation ready to go in the event the U.S. -
State Death Tax Changes May Hurt Family Landowners
Opinion -In the United States, more than a third of all forest land is owned by families. Studies tell us half of these family forests are owned by people over the age of 65. -
How the Left Wants to Eradicate Planes, Trains and Automobiles by Shutting Off Their Financial Fuel
Opinion -“Planes, Trains and Automobiles” is not just the name of Steve Martin and John Candy’s 1987 everything-goes-wrong comedy film. It’s also the prospective casualty list of the foundation-led anti-fossil-fuel campaign called the Divest-Invest movement. -
A Question for 2015: Is the FCC Unlawful?
Opinion -In May 2001, I published a law review article titled, “The Public Interest Standard: Is It Too Indeterminate to Be Constitutional? -
The NYPD’s Revolt Is A Direct Threat To Democracy
Opinion -Since the moment when police officers turned their backs in protest on New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio, we’ve seen the type of escalating activity in the city which would be more recognizable as the preview to a messy Latin American coup d’etat. -
Pope’s Mistaken Moral Calculus on Global Warming
Opinion -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 -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.
