Opinion
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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. -
Economy Continues to Struggle Despite Unemployment Report
Opinion -The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) released its January 2015 report on Friday, and the Obama administration is sure to be happy with its findings.According to the report, the U.S. -
Walker Plans New Jock Tax to Fund New Basketball Arena
Opinion -Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker is proposing a “jock tax” to help pay off $220 million in government bonds to fund a new basketball arena for the Milwaukee Bucks. -
Study: Intellectual Property Abuses Threaten Innovation, Cost Consumers Billions
Opinion -New Heartland Institute Policy Brief Explains‘Why Patent Reforms Are Needed’ CHICAGO – “Patent trolls” are harming the U.S. -
Obamacare Failure to Screen Contractors Cost Taxpayers $400M+
Opinion -An internal investigation into how the federal government awarded contracts for developing and building the Affordable Care Act’s online exchanges has found the process was fraught with expensive errors. The U.S. -
Wyoming Congresswoman to Wrangle Federal Overreach
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Nevada’s Sandoval Proposes Package of Tax Hikes
Opinion -Nevada Gov. Brian Sandoval is proposing a new package of business taxes and fees to help fund a planned $700 million increase in state spending. -
Report: Intellectual Property Abuses Threaten Innovation and Cost Consumers Billions
Opinion -Last week House Judiciary Chairman Bob Goodlatte reintroduced the Innovation Act, a patent-reform measure that passed the House in the previous Congress 325-91 and is supported by a diverse swath of American industry, including Google, the National -
Senators Struggle to Rewrite NCLB Law
Opinion -After six years and 24 hearings, two prominent U.S. senators have agreed to start over in drafting a bipartisan bill to fix the Bush-era national education law No Child Left Behind. Sen. -
Battling Hurricane Gray through Education Choice
Opinion -Based on projections, by the year 2030 the United States will experience an alarming, age-driven dependency ratio, transferring a majority of the economic responsibility of public health care and education to a small working class. -
FCC Boots Up New ‘Net Neutrality’ Internet Regulations
Opinion -At the urging of President Barack Obama, Federal Communication Commission chairman Tom Wheeler and Democrats on the commission have placed the entire Internet under the control of the FCC. -
Obama Administration to Change How Doctors are Paid
Opinion -Building on years of rhetoric and experiments aimed at changing how doctors are paid, Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia Burwell announced in late January Medicare would start to evaluate and compensate doctors based not only on what services are -
Divesting People of Better Living Standards
Opinion -Co-Authored by Roger Bezdek“Social responsibility” activists want universities and pension funds to eliminate fossil fuel companies from their investment portfolios. They plan to spotlight their demands on “Global Divestment Day,” February 13-14. -
Scholarships for Disabled Students Likely to Pass in Mississippi
Opinion -The statistics paint a bleak picture in Mississippi. Data accumulated in 2012 found that nearly 55,000 students age 6 to 21 were determined to have disabilities.
