Opinion
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It’s an Ice Age for Sure
Opinion -Some say in ice.From what I've tasted of desire. I hold with those who favor fire. But if it had to perish twice, I think I know enough of hate. To say that for destruction ice Is also great. And would suffice.-- Robert Frost, American poet.Robert W. -
NOAA AND NASA-GISS, ‘You Have Done Enough’
Opinion -On January 16, 2015, Associated Press Science Writer Seth Borenstein published a story titled “The heat is on; NOAA, NASA say 2014 warmest year on record. -
A Permanent Home for The Heartland Institute
Opinion -Legacy Quarterly Report Newsletter -Quarterly Performance Report First Quarter, 2015 -
The EPA’s Ozone Nightmare
Opinion -Putting aside its insane attack on carbon dioxide, declaring the most essential gas on Earth, other than oxygen, a “pollutant”, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is currently engaged in trying to further regulate ozone for no apparent reason -
Opinion Poll Shows Climate Change Matters (Sort of)
Opinion -A new poll conducted by The New York Times, Stanford University, and Resources for the Future sheds more heat than light on the public’s attitudes towards climate change. -
Wisconsin Sands Propping Up Fracking Revolution
Opinion -Unbeknownst to many, Wisconsin has played a key role in driving down prices at the gas pump thanks to its abundance of “frac sand,” a specialized silica sand required for the fracking process. -
Climate Alarmists Want to Turn Back the Clock
Opinion -Three centuries ago, the world ran on green power. Wood was used for heating and cooking, charcoal for smelting and smithing; wind or water power for pumps, mills, and ships; and whale oil or tallow for lamps. -
Hubert Lamb, a Life Spent in the Pursuit of Accurate Climate Understanding
Opinion -Legacy Climate Change Weekly -Climate Change Weekly #160 A new report by the Global Warming Policy Foundation (GWPF) details how the late Hubert Lamb spent his career trying to convince the scientific establishment and the public that Earth’s climate was constantly, naturally, -
Missouri House Passes Right-to-Work Legislation
Opinion -The Missouri House of Representatives has passed a bill to allow workers to opt out of union membership while remaining employed, known as a right-to-work law. -
Georgia Tax Credit Scholarship Program Limit Reached on First Day
Opinion -Tax credits for Georgia’s scholarship program reached their $58 million limit on Jan. 1 for 2015, nearly three weeks earlier than last year. -
Here comes the hurt? Big cuts expected in Rauner budget
Opinion -Gov. Bruce Rauner’s first budget address might be something never quite before seen from an Illinois governor. -
EPA’s Proposed Methane Rules Under Fire
Opinion -The Obama administration’s regulations proposed to cut methane emissions 45 percent by 2025 have sparked criticism from both industry sources and independent policy analysts. -
Montana, Tribe Fight EPA’s Proposed Carbon-Dioxide Rules
Opinion -The State of Montana and the Crow Nation have filed joint comments with the Environmental Protection Agency disputing EPA’s authority to impose new regulations on carbon dioxide emissions. Montana supplies coal to other states across the country. -
Analysis: U.K.’s National Health Service Continues to Deteriorate
Opinion -The United Kingdom’s single-payer health care system provides an important model, and cautionary tale, for those who advocate such a system in United States. -
Rescind Seventeenth Amendment, Indiana Lawmaker Proposes
Opinion -Indiana State Sen. Jim Smith (R-Charleston) is calling on his state to rescind its ratification of the Seventeenth Amendment. Ratified in 1913, the Seventeenth Amendment to the United States Constitution established direct election of U.S. -
Michigan May Curtail Wind Lawsuits
Opinion -Scrambling to meet a self-imposed 2015 renewable-energy deadline, lawmakers in Michigan may be caught between competing interests of proponents and opponents of wind farms. -
Obama Highway Plan Would Tax Businesses’ Overseas Earnings
Opinion -President Barack Obama’s budget, released in February, includes a six-year plan to spend $478 billion on highway infrastructure, or roughly $1,699,519 each year per mile of the nation’s 46,876 mile-long Interstate Highway System. -
When The Media Report ‘Patent Trolls’ – Think ‘People Protecting Their Private Property’
Opinion -You’ve heard the phrase “patent trolls,” yes? Certainly not a positive sounding term. I mean – trolls?How positive an image does that conjure?The Media are almost always opposed to all things good. -
Robbing Your Wallet: Low Gas Prices Mean Big Tax Increases
Opinion -When President Barack Obama first took office in January 2009, thenational average gas price was $1.95, but over most of Obama’s presidency, prices have risen continuously, averaging well over $3 per gallon through much of 2014. -
Why U.S Education No Longer Needs the Government
Opinion -At the end of the 19th century, when most communities in the United States were still built around agrarian economies and the average American spent most of his or her day working in a factory, mill, or farm, government-run public education made sense. -
Electronic Health Records Disaster, Part II
Opinion -A few days ago Dr. Jeffrey Singer, a surgeon in Arizona, had an op-ed in the Wall Street Journal regarding the fiasco of government-mandated electronic health records. -
A Common-Sense Case Against Common Core
Opinion -Review of The Story-Killers:A Common-Sense Case Against the Common Core, by Terrence O. Moore, Amazon Digital Services, Inc., 292 pages, $6. -
How Would States Respond to Unsubsidized Obamacare?
Opinion -consumer-power-report -Consumer Power Report #452 With the King v. Burwell case approaching at the Supreme Court, the question on the minds of Washington, DC observers is this: Which justice will save Obamacare this time, John Roberts or Anthony Kennedy? -
Vermont Lawmakers Submit Market-Oriented Health Care Bills
Opinion -Led by Vermont House Minority Leader Don Turner (R-Milton), a group of more than 20 state lawmakers stood together at the statehouse in February to announce a package of health care bills charting an alternative to Gov.
