Opinion
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Walmart Cuts Insurance for Part-timers
Opinion -When Walmart announced on its corporate blog earlier this year it would stop providing health care benefits to employees who worked less than 30 hours, some commenters on the blog attacked the corporation for being “greedy monsters” and “horrible human -
‘Tiny Housing’ Movement Pits Millennials Against Regulators
Opinion -Advocates of the growing “micro-housing movement” are trying to promote smaller housing alternatives for people pursuing simpler lifestyles. -
Costs Will Rise as Another Obamacare Feature Kicks In
Opinion -Looks like another mistaken assumption by the authors of Obamacare and other devotees of government-run health care is being exposed. We’ve heard for years that the ‘fragmented’ nature of health care in the U.S. -
New D.C. Streetcar Project Becomes Trainwreck for Residents
Opinion -On the roads of the nation’s capital, there seem to be two constant things: the roads are always congested, and there is always lots of construction going on. -
What Women Want – Healthcare Version
Opinion -Some time ago I recall making that point to some friends in the health policy community that politically-viable major health care reform that is based on markets instead of central planning would face a fairly tough test - persuading women, often the key -
Activists Push to Censor Texas Textbooks
Opinion -There is a controversy over proposed new school textbooks in Texas—not over what is actually in the books but instead over scientific facts environmental lobbyists want the publishers to keep out of them. The activists want to censor the textbooks. -
Progressives Offer Bipartisan Plan for Health Care? Not Quite
Opinion -Last week the Center for American Progress released a health care reform plan it claimed should draw bipartisan support because it includes Republican ideas. -
Net Metering Gives Big Advantage to the Wealthy
Opinion -Champagne wishes and caviar dreams are coming true thanks to a government policy called net metering, which allows wealthy environmentalists who have installed solar panels on their roofs to profit unfairly at the expense of economically-disadvantaged -
2014 Won’t Be Warmest Year
Opinion -Legacy Climate Change Weekly -Climate Change Weekly #144 Contrary to projections made by environmental journalist Seth Borenstein in a widely reprinted article, 2014 will not be the hottest year on record. -
Analysis: Is Medicaid Really That Bad?
Opinion -Health policy experts around the nation have diverged sharply on the question of whether Medicaid provides high-quality, effective medical care to the poor. -
EPA Ripping Off Taxpayers to Support its Policies
Opinion -For those concerned about the U. S. government going in debt $1.5 billion every day, rejoice. Here is a chief example--EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy will be in Atlanta October 26 to address the National Congress of American Indians. -
Missouri Parents Fight for School Transfer Law
Opinion -The ongoing struggle between parents and the Missouri government over the state’s school transfer law is another example of politics and bureaucracy winning out over parents, children, and their futures. -
Fear the Day Government’s Great Fiction Lies Exposed
Opinion -“Government is the great fiction through which everyone endeavors to live at the expense of everyone else,” wrote the celebrated French legislator, economist, and political theorist Frederic Bastiat 165 years ago. -
Will the FCC Break the Internet?
Opinion -Actions speak louder than words.The world is watching to see where the FCC’s actions will lead international telecommunications regulators going forward.Will FCC leadership reinforce the successful Internet policy status quo? -
Union Organizes Home Health Workers in Minnesota
Opinion -When the Service Employees International Union in Minnesota announced its victory in unionizing 27,000 home health care workers in August, it celebrated in a rapidly changing political environment. -
Climate Alarmists Falsely Imply Carbon Dioxide Is Soot
Opinion -We no longer hear of carbon dioxide emissions; instead the climate change lobby has shortened it to carbon emissions. Is this just a convenient abbreviation? We think not. -
Fracking Debate Splits the Environmental Movement
Opinion -Fracking Debate Splits the Environmental MovementBy Bonner R. CohenEnvironmentalists are at odds with one another over hydraulic fracturing for oil and gas. -
Sierra Club Facing Investigations
Opinion -Sierra Club Facing InvestigationsBy H. -
New California Law Chooses Fire Over Chemicals
Opinion -Flame-retardant chemicals put into furniture since the mid-'70s to prevent fires have received such a black eye in California the state legislature passed a new law requiring furniture sold in the Golden State to carry warning labels indicating whether -
All We Got Was Expanded Medicaid
Opinion -Ever see one of those t-shirts that read, “I went to Paris and all I got was this stupid t-shirt,” or something similar? -
Feds Approve Cove Point Gas Plant
Opinion -Feds Approve Cove Point Gas PlantBy H. Sterling BurnettThe federal government has approved the expansion and modification of the Dominion’s Cove Point natural gas liquefaction plant in Calvert County, Maryland. -
Predictions of Doom Caused by Tax Relief Measures Ring Hollow
Opinion -Many years ago, the Chinese philosopher Lao Tzu opined, “Those who have knowledge, don’t predict. Those who predict, don’t have knowledge. -
Private Toll Roads Present Better Options for Drivers, State Budgets
Opinion -As some states increasingly see toll roads as a good way to pay for neglected highways, one transportation expert is warning about using toll roads as “cash cows.” Other states, he notes, are privatizing their toll roads and reaping the benefits. -
