Opinion
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Will Advocates of Government-Run Medicine Regret Better Cuba Relations?
Opinion -This morning CNN reported President Obama will be announcing a new Cuba policy, one that lightens sanctions, permits greater travel, and opens business and banking opportunities. -
Cities: Better for the Great Suburbanization
Opinion -The massive exodus of people from rural areas to urban areas over the past 200 years has been called the "great urbanization." For more than two centuries, people have been leaving rural areas to live in cities (urban areas). -
Millennials Hit Hard by Government Intrusion
Opinion -For decades, the quality of life of the incoming generation of Americans has built on and improved on that of the previous generation. -
Common Core Is Not Right for Mississippi
Opinion -Mississippi needs new, more rigorous academic standards in its K–12 schools. But Common Core is not the answer.Amid public outcry, Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant (R) and Lt. Gov. Tate Reeves (R) have changed their minds about Common Core. -
Hot 2014 Doesn’t Prove Manmade Global Warming Hysteria Right
Opinion -The data may show Earth experienced its hottest year on record in 2014, but that would not be proof humans are causing global warming. It wouldn’t even prove the year was the hottest on record, or even particularly hot. -
Shumlin Single-Payer Effort Hurts Re-Election
Opinion -Vermont Gov. Peter Shumlin’s efforts to bring government-run single-payer health care to his state may have cost him politically and prevented his direct reelection to another term. -
Certificate of Need Under Fire in North Carolina
Opinion -Some North Carolina legislators are gearing up to challenge the state’s certificate of need law, charging it limits patient access to care and drives up costs. -
Congress Approves $1.1 Trillion Spending ‘Cromnibus’ Bill
Opinion -Before adjourning in mid-December, the 113th Congress agreed on a $1.1 trillion government spending bill, keeping the federal government operational until the end of the next fiscal year in September 2015. -
Fracking Leading to Economic Growth, Rapid Job Creation in North Dakota
Opinion -While much of the rest of the nation is still struggling to recover from the 2007-2008 recession, the fracking boom in North Dakota has been a job-creating machine. -
Why Progressives Must Reverse Course on Climate Change
Opinion -[Editor’s Note: Heartland Institute Research Fellow H. Sterling Burnett interviewed Tom Harris after his speech at the Ninth International Conference on Climate Change. Harris expanded on his ICCC talk. -
Coordinated Care Increases Health Care Costs
Opinion -A study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association has found consolidation between physician practices and hospitals may increase some forms of care coordination but leads to higher total expenditures per patient. -
FCC Hikes E-rate Telecom Taxes
Opinion -The Federal Communications Commission voted in mid-December to hike fees on consumers’ wireless services to increase subsidies for Internet connectivity for schools and public libraries. -
Heartland Institute Climate Experts React to Approval of Lima Accord
Opinion -Over the weekend, climate negotiators from nearly 200 nations approved the “Lima Accord,” an agreement to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by cutting back on the burning of coal, natural gas, and oil for energy starting in 2020. -
How Obama and His Environmental Base Are Planning to Eradicate the Oil and Gas Industry
Opinion -Why does the Environmental Protection Agency’s regulatory war against hydraulic fracturing look like the Natural Resources Defense Council’s 2007 agenda for eliminating domestic oil and natural gas development?Because it is. -
New Law Means Pennsylvania CO2 Regulations Will Require Legislative Approval
Opinion -Pennsylvania law now requires state legislature approval of any state-developed carbon-dioxide reduction plan before it is submitted to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency under its proposed Clean Power Plan rule. -
The Benefits of a Warmer World
Opinion -Climate Change Weekly #150 Climate alarmists assume global warming will restart in the coming years. Based on that assumption and model projections, they warn of a coming catastrophe for humans and the planet. -
Civil Asset Seizure Rules Pad Police Pocketbooks
Opinion -Actor and director Mel Brooks once famously observed, “It’s good to be the king,” but it’s also very profitable to be the lawman. -
Stop the Outrageous Spending
Opinion -At some point between Thanksgiving and December 1, the federal government made history, as the value of outstanding U.S. Treasury securities exceeded $18 trillion—that’s an 18 with 12 trailing zeroes. -
Walker’s Reelection Disappoints Teachers Unions
Opinion -Wisconsin teachers unions were faced with another disappointment as Gov. Scott Walker was reelected on Nov. 4. The teachers unions generally supported Walker’s Democratic challenger Mary Burke. -
Minnesota Taxpayers Removed from Funding Equation
Opinion -Minnesotans faced 39 school operating levy referendums on the ballot this fall, fewer than in any election since 1996. They nixed one of every four proposals at the polls. Chalk one up for taxpayers? Not exactly. -
Colorado Legislation Requires Transparency in Teachers Union Negotiations
Opinion -Colorado has established a law making teachers union negotiations transparent. -
Illinois Statehouse Drops Plan to Revive Anti-Ridesharing Bill
Opinion -In late November, the Illinois General Assembly abandoned a plan to override outgoing Gov. Pat Quinn’s veto of heavy restrictions on ridesharing network companies. -
Repealing and Replacing Obamacare with Patient Power
Opinion -Editor’s note: Republican control of Congress is likely to bring a serious effort to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act. -
Jonathan Gruber’s Day On The Stand
Opinion -Consumer Power Report #448[Subscribe] Earlier this week, Jonathan Gruber testified before the House Oversight and Government Committee concerning his many statements, which have sparked political fury from the left and right, concerning the dishonest way
