Opinion
-
The Founders Wanted a Laser-Targeted Article V Convention (Part 3 of 8)
Opinion -This is part 3 of the 8 part series establishing that the laser-focus of the Compact for America approach to organizing an Article V convention with the specific job advancing and ratifying a pre-drafted, specific federal Balanced Budget Amendment is -
Heartland Institute Experts React to President Obama’s New Methane Emissions Rules
Opinion -The Barack Obama administration announced Wednesday it would move forward with developing new regulations to cut methane emissions generated by the oil and gas industry. -
Resist EPA’s ‘Clean Power Plan,’ Coalition Urges States
Opinion -In the latest challenge to the Obama administration’s intensifying regulatory actions, a coalition of free-market and conservative organizations is calling on state governments to resist the Environmental Protection Agency’s Clean Power Plan. -
The Need for CBO Reform
Opinion -Consumer Power Report #449 During the past week, the House voted to direct the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) to use “dynamic scoring” of legislation. I’ll wait while you yawn, but this is actually an important development. -
Requiem for a Failed Socialist State
Opinion -No folks, it’s not Bernie Sanders’ Vermont nor Jerry Brown’s California Democratic Republic that’s about to get flushed down the economic toilet. We are talking about Nicolas Maduro’s Venezuela that he inherited from his predecessor Hugo Chavez. -
Doctors’ PAC Targets Pro-Obamacare Incumbents
Opinion -Beleaguered members of Congress who supported Obamacare and squeaked by in the recent election now have a new nemesis, a PAC of doctors, surgeons, and nurses demanding the lawmakers change their ways. Arizona surgeon Dr. -
Low Gas Prices Not an Argument for a Carbon Tax
Opinion -Climate Change Weekly #154Almost before consumers began to reap the benefits of lower gasoline prices after a decade of pain at the pump, climate humbugs and their political lackeys started hinting now would be a good time for carbon or gasoline -
‘Settled Science’ of Global Warning Based on False Assumptions
Opinion -The global satellite dataset shows no global warming for 18 years, 3 months. (See the figure below). -
Book Review: The Moral Case for Fossil Fuels
Opinion -Alex Epstein explains in philosophical terms how the public has been duped by the likes of Paul Ehrlich, John Holdren, Amory Lovins, and Bill McKibben for decades. -
Biosimilars Coming to the Market?
Opinion -The use of generic medicines has dramatically reduced the cost of prescription drugs in this country. It now looks like ‘biosimilars,’ which are roughly speaking generic versions of biological medicines, may finally be coming to the market in the U.S. -
The Doctor Will See You in 18.2 Weeks
Opinion -A report by a Canadian think tank documents long waits for necessary medical care in Canada's government-run, single-payer health care system. Canada’s single-payer health care system is frequently touted as a model for the United States to follow. -
Dr. Death: Ezekiel Emanuel
Opinion -Dr. Ezekiel Emanuel is the brother of the current mayor of Chicago and, like MIT’s Johnathan Gruber, an architect of Obamacare, which proponents prefer to call “the Affordable Care Act.” It turns out one of the ways the good Dr. -
Ethanol: Useless for Energy Independence, Bad for the Hungry
Opinion -In the early 2000s, ethanol was touted as the solution to a variety of ills plaguing our nation. As is currently the case, those who worshipped at the altar of ethanol placed their faith in a false idol. -
The Founders Wanted a Laser-Targeted Article V Convention (Part 2 of 8)
Opinion -This is part 2 of the 8 part series establishing that the laser-focus of the Compact for America approach to organizing an Article V convention with the specific job advancing and ratifying a pre-drafted, specific federal Balanced Budget Amendment is -
Wyoming Shouldn’t Run Away From Its Riches
Opinion -My very first job as an engineering student was as a surveyor in Powell, Wyoming. What a great start for a young, impressionable youth, to be surrounded by men and women with a frontier spirit devoid of politics and overflowing with straight talk. -
Indiana Lawmakers Propose E-Cigarette Taxes, Regulations
Opinion -In January, a bipartisan group of Indiana lawmakers proposed a tax increase on e-cigarette sales in the state and an increase of regulations on e-cigarette use. State Reps. -
I Am Charlie! We Are All Charlie!
Opinion -The vile scum who murdered 13 people on the staff of the satirical French magazine Charlie Hebdo on Wednesday, and four others in a Paris grocery store today, are now rotting in Hell. -
Was the Drop in Uninsured Almost All Medicaid Expansion?
Opinion -One of the things I've been saying for a while is that when the dust clears and Obamacare is fully implemented, it's probably going to look an awful lot like a massive Medicaid expansion with a modest boost in the individual health insurance market. -
Obamacare “Success” Needs Closer Look
Opinion -The New York Times today reports that the number of uninsured people in the U.S. -
Medical Device Tax Repeal Tops New Congress’ Agenda
Opinion -The new Republican majority in Congress is expected to repeal the tax on medical devices, with a vote possibly happening in January. A provision in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) placed a 2. -
How Many Of World’s Poor Will Climate Alarmists Let Die?
Opinion -'How many people do you want to kill or let die?" That's how I'm going to respond from now on to anyone who argues we should end or sharply restrict fossil fuel use to prevent global warming.Arguing the science has no effect on global warming alarmists. -
Reevaluating Eminent Domain’s Benefits Necessary for Economic Success
Opinion -The Fifth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution requires government to provide “just compensation” to private individuals in return for taking private property for public use. -
Minnesota companies score Obamacare exemptions
Opinion -In a significant victory for religious liberty and economic freedom, the American Manufacturing Company has received a permanent federal exemption from provisions of the Affordable Care Act that contradict the owner’s religious convictions. -
Andrew Cuomo’s Fracking Psuedo-Science
Opinion -What do Bigfoot and New York’s ban on fracking ban have in common? The evidence supporting the existence of both is equally (un)credible.Gov.
