Opinion
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Fewer Wisconsin School District Unions Recertify
Opinion -Only 305 Wisconsin school districts’ unions sought recertification this November, dropping from 408 that did the year before. Additionally, state employees voted to decertify 25 school district unions. -
People I Don’t Like
Opinion -At the end of every year it is customary to offer up lists of all kinds—the best this, the worst that—and it is a brief, generally amusing exercise. -
The Unpredictable Future and Winning Liberty
Opinion -As a new year begins, it is easy to consider that the prospects for freedom in America and in many other parts of the world to seem dim. -
Charter School Growth Continues
Opinion -In the past 20 years, charter schools have emerged in the United States and challenged their traditional public school counterparts as a different and sometimes better way to educate children, especially in the big cities. -
Rearranging Economic Development Agencies in Michigan Is an Old Idea
Opinion -As if to prove there is nothing new under the public policy sun, Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder in December 2014 announced a government reorganization marrying the state’s existing “economic growth and job training efforts under one department. -
Philadelphia Agency Sues Drugmaker
Opinion -In a move that could have serious consequences for the prescription drug industry, the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority filed a lawsuit alleging drug-maker Gilead Sciences is engaging in “price gouging” because some buyers of Sovaldi , -
Wheat Crops Grow Despite Climate Alarmists’ Lies
Opinion -Legacy Climate Change Weekly -Climate Change Weekly #152 Environmentalists delivered a dire report this Christmas season: Human-caused global warming is causing wheat harvests to fall. The message was repeated uncritically by much of the mainstream media. -
New Book Champions Parents as School Consumers
Opinion -Review of The School Choice Journey: School Vouchers and the Empowerment of Urban Families, Thomas Stewart and Patrick J. Wolf (foreword by Sen. Joe Lieberman), Palgrave Macmillan, 2014, 236 pp., $95.00. -
A Well-Written Overview of Governments’ Economic Misdeeds
Opinion -The Impending Monetary Revolution, the Dollar and Gold, Second Edition By Edmund Contoski; American Liberty Publishers, November 2014 281 pages, ISBN-13 978-0-9655007-1-5$28.95 on publisher’s website, http://www.amlibpub.com/order. -
Environmentalists and Energy Advocates Agree: Ethanol Reform Now
Opinion -We all expect to pay a price for missing deadlines—fail to pay a ticket on time, and you may find a warrant out for your arrest. But the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) can apparently miss deadlines with impunity. -
Google Goes Off the Climate Change Deep End
Opinion -Paul Driessen Co-authored this article with Chris Skates.In a recent interview with National Public Radio host Diane Rehm, Google Chairman Eric Schmidt said his company “has a very strong view that we should make decisions in politics based on facts. -
New York Holds Single-Payer Hearings
Opinion -New York Assemblyman Richard Gottfried (D-Manhattan), who chairs the Health Committee of the New York State Assembly, began holding hearings across the state of New York in December as part of an effort to drum up support for a single-payer health care -
Georgia Debates Gas Tax Hike, Transportation Infrastructure Needs
Opinion -In December 2014, Georgia state officials and infrastructure consultants met at an annual industry conference in Athens to discuss mounting transportation problems in the Peach State. -
North Dakota Joins High School Civics Initiative
Opinion -North Dakota has joined several states considering adoption of civics education requirements for graduating high school students. Betsy Dalrymple, the state’s first lady, joined several state legislators in making the Dec. -
Eminent Domain for Private Uses Lacks Economic Benefits
Opinion -In an era of increasing government economic intervention and regulations, people have many reasons to be concerned about future government growth. -
States Struggle To Fund Exchanges
Opinion -When the Affordable Care Act was first rolled out, the federal government awarded grants totaling $1.2 billion to assist the 14 states and Washington, DC to help them set up state-based health insurance exchanges. -
Australian City Takes Moderate Approach to Sea-Level Rise
Opinion -Councilors of the Australian coastal city of Shoalhaven have taken a moderate approach to planning for sea level rise. Shoalhaven’s future planning decisions and real estate notices will be made in anticipation of sea levels rising by nine inches by 2050. -
Fracking is Fundamental
Opinion -“It is a sad day when a state chooses to listen to the fear, uncertainty, and doubts spread by anti-fossil fuel agitators rather than making a decision for economic strength that would benefit schools, communities, and many of its poorest -
Hydro Power Gives Michigan a Renewable Energy Advantage
Opinion -Many states are scrambling to identify low-emission power sources to comply with federal Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) restrictions on carbon dioxide emissions, but Michigan is blessed with affordable, reliable, zero-emission hydro power to help -
Tribe’s Opinion That ‘EPA’s Clean Power Plan Is Unconstitutional’ Means More Than You Think
Opinion -It’s a dead certainty that the Left will denounce Harvard constitutional law professor Lawrence Tribe for accepting a retainer from coal giant Peabody Energy to write an analysis concluding that “the EPA acts as though it has the legislative authority to -
Yes, Virginia, There is No Political Santa Claus
Opinion -At a time of the year when gift giving and charitable good spirit fills the air, please allow me to be the one who rains on the parade: “Yes, Virginia, there is no Santa Claus! -
High School Seniors’ Post Largest Ever Single-Year Decline in Smoking; E-Cigs May Have Played a Role
Opinion -The Monitoring the Future survey shows that past 30-day cigarette use among 12th graders dropped from 16.3% in 2013, to 13.6% in 2014, the largest single-year decline in the survey's 39-year history (datahere). -
Technology Is Driving Fracking Revolution
Opinion -Although energy producers have utilized fracking since the 1940s, today’s fracking revolution results from recent technological advances and new oil and natural gas discoveries. -
Study: $2.6 Billion to Develop New Drugs
Opinion -A recent study by the Tufts Center for the Study of Drug Development found the cost of the lengthy research and development process “from discovery to marketplace” of a new drug is approximately $2.6 billion.
