Opinion
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Wyoming Continues Battle Over Science Standards
Opinion -A 21st-century version of the classic range war is playing out in Wyoming. This time, the state is divided over rejecting the Next Generation Science Standards, a set of science curriculum and testing mandates intended to spread nationwide. -
Study Finds Smart Growth Policies Are Ineffective, Unpopular
Opinion -Supporters of the use of government regulations to guide “green” development argue that zoning laws and other mandates are effective tools in driving economic growth towards preferred outcomes. -
Beware Common Core Proponents Asking for Treats
Opinion -It always seems appropriate that Halloween comes just days before an election. Politicians are masters at dressing themselves up in ways that obscure reality, in particular their positions on tough issues. -
Obamacare Rate Shock in 2015
Opinion -Hanging around actuaries as long as I have, one of the old sayings I picked up was, "Figures don't lie, but liars figure. -
Humans Aren’t Responsible for National Parks Changes
Opinion -Climate Change Weekly #145 The climate is changing, but Professor Daniel B. Botkin believes the best-available evidence does not show those changes are humankind’s fault. -
Overregulation ‘Protects’ Consumers from Ride-sharing Carpools
Opinion -In a classic case of regulatory overreach, the California Public Utilities Commission has notified three ride-sharing companies — Lyft, Sidecar and Uber — that their respective experimental new features violate state laws regarding chartered -
Some States’ Tax Policies Are Frightful, Others Are Treats
Opinion -Just in time for Halloween, the nonpartisan Tax Foundation has released its annual “State Business Tax Climate Index,” finding some states treat businesses in a rather beastly manner, while others give their local employers the fiscal equivalent of a -
These Policies are on the Ballot
Opinion -At a speech October 2, President Obama said, “These policies are on the ballot. Every single one of them.” This can be said to be the most truthful statement during the six years of President Obama’s administration. -
Air Monitoring Data at Frac Sand Facilities Not Scary
Opinion -Halloween is upon us, and once again opponents of frac sand mining are trying to scare people in Wisconsin and other parts of the Upper Midwest by producing one-sided studies based on unscientific, anecdotal evidence (which is subject to cherry-picking -
Tax Study Details Reforms Needed for Connecticut’s Success
Opinion -As other states are starting to initiate significant tax reform, Connecticut still has not done anything to make its tax climate more business-friendly, despite its recent placement at the bottom of several national rankings and its slow economic -
A State-Based Solution for Replacing Obamacare
Opinion -The United States is more than four years into the Obamacare experiment, and it appears Americans of all ideological persuasions are going to be disappointed by the results. -
FDA Considers New Label Requirements
Opinion -The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is proposing an update to requirements regarding nutritional labels on food, which it claims will help consumers maintain healthy dietary practices. -
“Exchanges Have Become Like Medicaid”
Opinion -Consumer Power Report #442 Elisabeth Rosenthal of The New York Times reports on the growing push by providers to make up the difference from lost insurance revenue with a host of new charges: As insurers ratchet down payments to physicians and -
Gateway Claims Aimed at E-Cigarettes: Counterfeit, Déjà Vu
Opinion -In their war against e-cigarettes, government officials often claim that the devices are a gateway to smoking. CDC director Dr. -
You Want More Affordable, Accessible Food for the Planet? You Want Less Government
Opinion -What is far and away the most important global trade commodity? Food. People have to eat.Before the world’s peoples can afford to purchase from us an iPhone, or a Ford pickup truck – they have to buy (hopefully our) food. -
Winning Freedom Requires Radical Solutions
Opinion -Suppose that there was a button in front of you that if you pushed it would, in one instant, abolish all the governmental controls and regulations on the U.S. economy. -
Regcession—Why Americans aren’t Feeling Obama’s ‘Vigorous Recovery’
Opinion -President Obama is trying, according to CNN, to “convince voters of a vigorous recovery that a majority still doubts. -
Heartland Institute Experts Comment on Wind Turbines Being a ‘Human Health Hazard’
Opinion -Earlier this month, the Health Board of Brown County, Wisconsin was among the first government agencies in the U.S. to declare wind turbines a “human health hazard. -
Small Business Administration Slows Local Economies, Study Finds
Opinion -Instead of delivering an economic boost to struggling localities, the U.S. Small Business Administration hurts local and regional economies, a new study has found. -
Health Threat from Wisconsin Wind Farm Affirmed
Opinion -In a shot across the bow of wind power promoters, the Brown County Wisconsin Board of Health has declared the Shirley Wind Farm a “human health hazard. -
Vermont Governor Seeks Control of Medicare
Opinion -Vermont Gov. Peter Shumlin (D) and members of his administration travelled to Washington, DC to meet with U.S. -
Wind Syndrome: A Public Health Crisis Mandated by Government
Opinion -Wind farms are a “human health hazard,” or so concludes Wisconsin’s Brown County Health Board (BCHB) with regard to the Shirley Wind Project, owned by Duke Energy (DE). -
Is Obamacare ‘Medicaid for All’?
Opinion -I've occassionally made the point that one sign of just how poor the access to care is for people on Medicaid is the fact that while you often hear fans of government-run health care advocate 'Medicare for All,' you never hear anyone advocate 'Medicaid -
Nevada Ranchers Challenge Federal Stranglehold on Land
Opinion -In May, a month after Nevada rancher Cliven Bundy’s dramatic standoff over grazing fees with United States Bureau of Land Management, ranchers and land-rights activists in the northern part of the state followed Elko County Commissioner Grant Gerber on a