Opinion
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The Berlin Wall and The Spirit of Freedom
Opinion -This November marks the 25th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. On November 9, 1989, as the shaky East German communist government resigned, the Berlin Wall came tumbling down. Large crowds formed on both sides of the Wall. -
Budget Rules May ‘Encourage’ Agencies’ Year-End Shopping Sprees
Opinion -Scholars from the Mercatus Center at George Mason University searched through numerous public spending databases for evidence of wasteful “use it or lose” spending by government agencies. -
A Suicidal Collapse of Western Civilization?
Opinion -My background is basically European -- and more specifically, Western European. -
Stop That Fracking Pipeline!
Opinion -My small farm is nearly in the path of a new pipeline that will carry huge tonnages of shale gas from West Virginia to the Mid-Atlantic states. My neighbors mostly hate the idea. Many farms have hostile signs saying “No Pipeline!” or “Save the County! -
White House #AskDrH Climate Social Media Campaign an #EpicFail
Opinion -On Thursday afternoon (Nov. 13), the White House's vaunted social media squad invited Americans to go on Twitter, Facebook, Vine, or Instagram and pose questions about climate change to the president's science advisor using the hashtag #AskDrH. -
GAO: Crop Insurance Subsidies Cost Taxpayers Billions
Opinion -A new study by the Government Accountability Office has found crop insurance subsidies cost taxpayers approximately $9 billion per year, and are continuing to rise. -
Texas Schoolbooks Should Be Free of Warming Absolutism
Opinion -Controversy continues over the adoption of new schoolbooks in Texas, as environmental lobbyists fight to have sound science concerning global warming removed from the curriculum. -
State Retirement Funds Play Tricks on Retirees, Taxpayers
Opinion -Awareness of the problem of underfunded public pensions is increasing among the public, as states seek to balance their budgets without reneging on prior agreements with workers, but a less publicized liability problem is also becoming a concern. -
GAO Confirms SHOP Exchanges Flopped
Opinion -It's difficult to pinpoint what the biggest failure of Obamacare has been to date when comparing expectations to actual results. -
Dependence Level Higher with Cigarettes Than with Smokeless Tobacco
Opinion -As noted previously (here), Drs. Karl Fagerström and Tom Eissenberg have described a continuum of dependence among tobacco and nicotine products. -
How The Free Market Can Save American Education
Opinion -Only one week after Election Day, Washington, DC’s focus has shifted from furious campaigning to National Education Week and the Thought Leader Summit (held from Nov. -
Proposed Water Rule Could Put ‘Property Rights of Every American Entirely at the Mercy’ of EPA
Opinion -It seems incredible, but a single missing word could turn a water law into a government land grab so horrendous even a U.S. -
Obamacare Primarily Expands Medicaid
Opinion -Four years ago, the White House argued the Affordable Care Act would make “affordable, high-quality care” accessible to an estimated 50.7 million uninsured Americans. -
Supreme Court Takes Obamacare Case
Opinion -The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to hear a case challenging the IRS decision to authorize payment of tax credits through federally established insurance exchanges under the Affordable Care Act. The case, King v. -
The Agony of Jonathan Gruber, Redux
Opinion -Consumer Power Report #444[Subscribe] As you’ve probably heard by now, Jonathan Gruber, the architect of Obamacare, has stepped in it again – and loudly. -
Philadelphia Seizes Residents’ Property in Ridesharing Crackdown
Opinion -Uber, the smartphone-driven “ride-share” company, launched its UberX service in Philadelphia in late October, prompting a regulatory crackdown by the city’s transportation enforcement agency. -
What They Really Think of Us
Opinion -In college my friends and I had an expression we would use regarding people that we thought might not be quite up to snuff in the brainpower department: "Dumber than a sack of hammers" (presumably they might outwit a single hammer, but a whole sack of -
CO2 Increase Is Not a Nemesis, Science Shows
Opinion -Despite increasing amounts of CO2 gas in the atmosphere, mean global surface temperatures have not shown any increase over the past 18 years.In addition:• Raw U.S. -
Congress Could Turn Tables on Obamacare Proponents
Opinion -Opponents of Obamacare recieved two pieces of good news in early November. -
How Online Education Can Save Conservatism
Opinion -Education, business, and government leaders are gathering this week in Washington, DC to discuss the future of American education at the Thought Leader Summit (held from Nov. 10–13), an event held as a part of the National Education Initiative. -
Cold Breaks Records, Again!
Opinion -During 2014, the United States has experienced an unusual amount of record breaking cold weather and weather-related phenomena. In large part due to the polar vortex, hundreds, if not thousands of cities and towns in the U.S. -
Mixed Results for Market Freedom in Midterm Elections
Opinion -While the Republican Party picked up at least eight seats in the U.S. Senate, voters in four states under GOP control approved binding minimum-wage increases. -
Measuring Current Metropolitan Area Growth From 1900
Opinion -Growth in the current land areas of the 52 major metropolitan areas (over 1 million) provides an effective overview of changes in how the population has been redistributed United States since 1900. -
Top Ten Adjectives to Describe FCC Title II Net Neutrality Regulation
Opinion -The top ten most descriptive adjectives for the President’s claim that Title II utility regulation authority is needed to implement net neutrality are:UNTRUEUNWARRANTEDUNNECESSARYUNFAIRUNPOPULARUNECONOMICUNWORKABLEUNCERTAINUNLAWFULUNCONSTITUTIONALWhy are
