Opinion
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Electricity Prices Soaring In Top Wind Power States
Opinion -Electricity prices are soaring in states generating the most wind power, U.S. Energy Information Administration data show. Although U.S. -
Medicaid Expansion Increases ER Visits
Opinion -One of the many promised benefits of expanded Medicaid coverage, according to advocates of the Affordable Care Act, was a reduction in emergency room visits. -
Medicaid Reform Offers More Compassionate Options for the Poor
Opinion -Financing for Medicaid, the national entitlement program providing health care for the poor, is shared with the states under a specific formula, with the federal government paying about 60 percent of the total costs. -
Environmentalists Halt Obama Administration Plan to Cut Trees in Alaska
Opinion -A family-owned timber firm that operates the last significant sawmill in Alaska’s Tongass National Forest has won a momentous U.S. Forest Service contract: the Big Thorne Project, which will allow the harvest of nearly 150 million board feet of wood. -
Federal Regulators’ War on Toys Strangles Businesses
Opinion -The Consumer Product Safety Commission has proposed new rules governing toy magnet sets, in response to rare incidents involving accidental ingestion of the products. -
Federal Survey Data on Tobacco: It’s Not About The Children
Opinion -I have documented for several years a nonstop decline in smoking rates among American teens (here, here, here, and here )Rates of smoking and use of other tobacco products among teens are so low that they no longer provide a valid basis for the draconian -
Heartland Policy Brief: Exposing the ‘Merchants of Smear’
Opinion -Press Release -Media’s Smear of Global Warming Skeptics Traces Back to ‘Paper-Thin’ Evidence Peddled by Al Gore, Ross Gelbspan -
Insurance Premiums Are Rising Though President Claims the Opposite
Opinion -Insurance affordability was the great promise of President Obama’s Affordable Care Act (ACA) when he signed the law in 2010. -
Obamacare’s Broken Promises
Opinion -consumer-power-report -Consumer Power Report #440 With the upcoming second round of enrollment for Obamacare, let’s check on a few of the promises that sold the health care law to the American people. -
How the American Diet Was Ruined
Opinion -Review of The Big Fat Surprise: Why Butter, Meat, and Cheese Belong in a Healthy Diet, by Nina Teicholz, Simon & Schuster, 2014, 496 pages, $17. -
President Litella Strikes Again
Opinion -It's hard to keep track of all the "never mind" moments the Obama administration seems to be having regarding Obamacare - "you can keep your plan," "you can keep your doctor," "health premiums willl go down," and so forth. -
Study: World’s Economic Freedom Ascends, as U.S. Freedom Falls
Opinion -An annual study conducted by an international group of non-partisan think-tanks found, shockingly, that the United States, once rated as the third most economically free nation in the world, is now little more free than the United Kingdom and other -
Another Obamacare Talking Point Goes Up In Flames
Opinion -For a long time we were told that Obamacare would lower health insurance premiums. -
Federal Investigators Caught ‘Catfishing’ with Woman’s Seized Pics
Opinion -Online dating sites and social media networks such as Facebook or Twitter are sometimes littered with fake profiles of attractive young women, tempting lonely Internet users. -
Quiet Period for Obamacare Is About to End
Opinion -Obamacare has largely been out of the news cycle for a couple of months, but that is about to change as we head towards the 2014 election. Here are some of the things we can expect to see in the news. -
Attacking Homeschooling Is Attacking Choice
Opinion -Homeschooling seems to be an easy target for critics of school choice. It always has been. -
Study: High-Tax States Losing Power to Pro-Growth States
Opinion -Contrary to common claims that people prefer moving to high-tax states because of accompanying high levels of government services, data compiled by the Internal Revenue Service and from experts with the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) show -
Metropolitan Housing: More Space, Large Lots
Opinion -Americans continue to favor large houses on large lots. -
Taiwan High Speed Rail Near Bankruptcy
Opinion -Efforts are underway by the Taiwan government for a government led restructuring to avoid bankruptcy (Plan to stop Taiwan's high-speed rail going bust set for review). -
Time for Travel Caution in Dealing with Ebola Outbreak
Opinion -Breaking news as this article was being written is that Howard University hospital in Washington, D.C. has admitted a patient -- a recent traveler to Nigeria -- who has symptoms that could be associated with Ebola. -
Poor Countries Want Modern Living, and They Want It Fast
Opinion -More than seven billion people now populate Earth, including six billion who live in developing economies. -
Shreveport Veterans Hospital Provides Substandard Care
Opinion -Veterans at the Shreveport, Louisiana Veterans Administration hospital have had to contend with substandard care as many nurses spend less time on work than on cell phones, iPods, or accessing personal data on hospital computers, an investigative report -
NOAA Says Global Warming Not Linked to Extreme Weather
Opinion -Legacy Climate Change Weekly -Climate Change Weekly #142 Contrary to claims often repeated by environmental radicals, global warming is not responsible for extreme weather events, according to a new report by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). -
EPA Antics on Sea Level Rise–Gina McCarthy’s Miami Trip
Opinion -EPA Administrator McCarthy is going to be in Miami October 8 during or close to a King Tide and I suspect call the high tide of the year due to global warming. The reason for the name of King Tide is given by Wikipedia that follows this paragraph.