Opinion
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The EPA’s Methane Madness
Opinion -The Obama administration’s attack on America’s energy sector is insane. They might as well tell us what to eat. Oh, wait, Michelle Obama is doing that. Or that the Islamic State is not Islamic. Oh, wait, Barack Obama said that. -
Prioritizing Better Plans over Bigger Budgets for Georgia Roads
Opinion -With voters having rejected a 1 percent sales tax increase proposal in 2012, the 2014-15 session of the Georgia General Assembly created a joint study committee to study and make recommendations for funding construction, maintenance, and repair of the -
Formaldehype vs. Fact: Levels Are Far Lower in E-Cigarettes Than In Cigarettes
Opinion -Researcher Naoki Kunugita at Japan’s National Institute of Public Health recently fueled anti-e-cig hysteria with this unverifiable claim: “In one brand of e-cigarette the team found more than 10 times the level of carcinogens contained in one regular -
Obamacare Co-Op Goes Belly-Up in Iowa, Nebraska
Opinion -One of the things to come out of Obamacare were so-called 'Consumer Operated and Oriented Plans,' or Co-Ops as they are more often called. -
Unreliable Numbers Stop Illinois Exchange
Opinion -The Illinois House Human Services Committee approved legislation in December to establish a state-funded health insurance exchange. The legislation, advanced by state Rep. -
CLASSy Reminder of Early Obamacare Failure
Opinion -Chris Jacobs is policy director for America Next, a conservative think tank, and works a lot on health care issues. -
Proposed DOE Dishwasher Rules Will Cost Lots of Green
Opinion -New efficiency standards targeting residential dishwashers proposed by the U.S. -
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.
