Opinion
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Vermont Legislators Question Gruber Work on Single Payer
Opinion -Several Vermont lawmakers expressed early skepticism of Gov. Peter Shumlin’s single-payer financing plan because it relied on economic modeling provided by prominent Obamacare architect Jonathan Gruber. -
Congress Pays For Entitlement Expansion With Cut To Penis Pumps
Opinion -The House and Senate are preparing to vote on the “Achieving a Better Life Experience” (ABLE) Act, a bipartisan bill that establishes tax-favored savings accounts for those with disabilities. -
Dear Bill Bennett: Get A Little More Reaganesque On Common Core
Opinion -I’m too young to know if Ronald Reagan’s former Education Secretary Bill Bennett has always been a squish. -
Oklahoma Legislators Take Steps to Cut Administrative Spending
Opinion -It seems like such a simple idea. Oklahoma state Sen. Kyle Loveless wants to reduce administrative spending in schools and increase teacher salaries. -
West Virginia School District Muscles Homeschoolers
Opinion -Homeschooling families in Ritchie County, West Virginia have been subjected to a barrage of phone calls from the local school district intended to convince them to reenroll their children in public schools. Some parents considered the calls harassment. -
Yes Virginia, There Is a Santa Claus, and 2014 Is Not the Warmest Year on Record
Opinion -On December 2, 2014, Dr. Roy Spencer posted on the Internet University of Alabama-Huntsville satellite global temperature data for November 2014 of 0.33 degree Centigrade. -
Paying Students for Achievement: Does It Work?
Opinion -Access to money, even play money, becomes increasingly important as students get older and discover that meeting many of their wants requires having money. -
Program Assists Students Who Need a Little Help to Finish College
Opinion -Until only a few years ago, the public was largely unaware a large number of college students fall short of graduation for lack of relatively small amounts of money to pay a final year’s tuition or buy books or even to repair a car in order to get to -
Cost of Prescription Drug Development
Opinion -I did a podcast interview with Yevgeniy Feyman of the Manhattan Institute, which went up on the Heartland site this morning. We discussed a new study showing it costs about $2. -
Harmful Consequences of EU Climate Policy
Opinion -Climate Change Weekly #149 The European Union’s (EU) unilateral efforts to tackle climate change have been a disaster for the economy and the region’s people. -
Hawaii State Hospital Ignores Court Order to Maintain Union Job Trust
Opinion -A federal court order is being ignored so union members at the Hawaii State Hospital can manipulate work rules to boost their pay, according to a Hawaii State Senate investigative committee report released in October. -
Missouri Students Forced to Accept Substandard Education
Opinion -In the wake of the tragic death of Michael Brown, Ferguson, Missouri has taken the national stage for all the wrong reasons. Segregation, poverty, police brutality; name the civil rights issue and, rightly or wrongly, Ferguson has become the poster child. -
The Gruberization of Environmental Policies
Opinion -Former White House medical consultant Jonathan Gruber pocketed millions of taxpayer dollars before infamously explaining how ObamaCare was enacted. “Lack of transparency is a huge political advantage,” he said. -
KIPP Plans to Double Enrollment in Los Angeles
Opinion -KIPP schools have a lofty plan for expansion in one major city, doubling enrollment over the next six years. In a plan published in October, KIPP LA announced a goal of operating 20 schools serving 9,000 students by 2020. -
Study: Bad Zoning Policies Lead to Economic Stagnation
Opinion -A team of New York-based researchers has found policies intended to preserve historic neighborhoods resulted in depressed economic activity, as such regulations discourage developers from investing in the communities. -
To Tackle National Debt, Sizing up the Problem is Key Step
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. -
The Net Neutrality Hybrid Proposals: They Definitely Are Not Comfortable
Opinion -Let me ask you this: “If a man has one foot in a bucket of boiling water and the other foot in a bucket of ice, do you think that, on average, he would be comfortable?”Answer: Not really. -
Congress Moves to Block EPA’s Land Grab
Opinion -Republican lawmakers are pushing hard to corral President Obama’s rogue Environmental Protection Agency with stringent bills and a blunt warning against finalizing its most dangerous land grab ever, the pending redefinition of “Waters of the United -
Three States Rush to Tie Common Core Testing to Graduation
Opinion -Three states are rushing ahead to integrate Common Core testing into their education systems. New Jersey, Maryland, and Washington state will tie graduation to Common Core tests. -
More Victims of Obamacare
Opinion -It's hard to keep track of all the you-passed-it-so-we-could-see-what's-in-it-and-now-we-see-it-sucks moments that Americans have had since Obamacare passed, but here's another one to add to the list, courtesy of Kaiser Health News:Obamacare 'Glitch' -
Testing May Discourage Parent Involvement, Study Finds
Opinion -Saying there was little research about how extensive testing in education impacted parental attitudes toward education, Jesse Rhodes studied the issue in early 2012. -
Hayek’s Warning: The Social Engineer’s Pretense of Knowledge
Opinion -Forty years ago, on December 11, 1974, Austrian economist, Friedrich A. Hayek, formally received that year’s Nobel Prize in Economics at the official ceremonies in Stockholm, Sweden. -
Low-Income D.C. Students Denied Scholarships Despite Law Giving Them Preference
Opinion -Some Washington, DC children are being denied participation in the Opportunity Scholarship Program, which gives students from low-income families scholarships to attend private schools, despite a law giving preference to these students with siblings in -
Maine, Michigan Voters Go Opposite Directions on Wildlife Management
Opinion -For the second time in ten years, voters in Maine rejected a ban on baiting, trapping, or hounding bears for hunting purposes.
