Opinion
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Heartland Institute Comments on Obama’s Climate Change Deal with China
Opinion -President Obama today announced “an historic agreement” with China to cut CO2 emissions in the coming 15 years. The United States, says Obama, will double the current pace of its carbon emission cuts. -
Who’s to Say Teachers Can’t Modify Common Core? No One
Opinion -I currently am on a second career after retirement—I teach math in middle school. During my last few years of work, I started taking courses in ed school at night. -
California Voters Reject Two Health Measures
Opinion -Californians on Election Day voted down two statewide ballot measures that would have made significant changes to health care in the state. -
To Protect the Poor: Ten Reasons to Oppose Harmful Climate Change Policies
Opinion -To Protect the Poor: Ten Reasons to Oppose Harmful Climate Change PoliciesBy E. Calvin Beisner[Editor’s note: E. -
Interview: E. Calvin Beisner Discusses the Ongoing Work of the Cornwall Alliance
Opinion -Interview: E. Calvin Beisner Discusses the Ongoing Work of the Cornwall Alliance[Editor’s Note: Heartland Institute Research Fellow H. Sterling Burnett interviewed E. Calvin Beisner after his speech at the Ninth International Conference on Climate Change. -
The Times Scores a Double
Opinion -Always good for a laugh, The New York Times op-ed page on Monday, November 10, 2014, hit the Daily Double.First, in a column entitled “The Obama Opposition,” Charles M. Blow crudely accused President Obama’s detractors of racism. -
From the Battlefield to the Oilfield, it’s All About Jobs for Veterans
Opinion -One-and-a-half million to 2 million men and women served in America’s defense during the Global War on Terror. According to the U.S. -
GOP Can no Longer Blame Harry Reid for Obamacare
Opinion -The time for Republican self congratulation is over, and the work needs to begin. It appears that the majority of the voting population recognizes that our country is in dire condition. Time is running out to fix it. -
U.S. Economy Leads While Rest of World Struggles
Opinion -Policy analysts and pundits alike seem to enjoy downplaying the U.S. economy’s recovery since the recession of 2009, especially in light of the recent announcement that China has become the world’s biggest economy. -
The Federal Communications Congress?
Opinion -Apparently Congress has an aspiring legislative rival in the Federal Communications Commission.The FCC is considering administratively bypassing Congress and unilaterally reversing longstanding U.S. -
Australia May End Subsidies for Renewable Power
Opinion -The Australian government should end subsidies for renewable energy sources and renewable energy targets, an independent panel of experts concluded after a six-month review requested by the government. -
Ohio Medicaid Expansion Exceeds Projections
Opinion -Ohioans newly eligible for Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act are enrolling in much larger numbers than expected, reaching 401,307 in September, according to the Ohio Department of Medicaid’s latest caseload report. Earlier projections by Gov. -
Lowering Expectations, or Accepting Reality?
Opinion -Advocates of the Affordable Care Act have been looking beyond 2014's lackluster enrollment figures (7-8 million exchange enrollees, depending on the day and the source - most of whom apparently were previously insured, according to the Heritage -
FDA Regulatory Expansion Jeopardizes Public Health
Opinion -The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has proposed expanding its regulatory authority over tobacco products to include cigars, pipe tobacco, hookah tobacco, electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes), and dissolvable products and gels. -
Heartland Institute Experts React to President’s Call for Net Neutrality Regulations
Opinion -President Barack Obama today urged the Federal Communications Commission to regulate broadband networks under Title II, a strict regulatory regime designed for the copper-wire telephone networks of an earlier age, and impose “net neutrality” regulations. -
Congressional Approval Required for Insurance Company Bailouts
Opinion -Insurance companies made out well with passage of the Affordable Care Act, getting a major expansion in the size of the market thanks to the law’s mandate that most Americans buy health insurance, either through their job or through one of the new -
Gordon Tullock: Economist Who Explained Why Government Corruptly Grows
Opinion -Why is it that government grows in size and scope, and is so difficult to stop or reverse? -
One Blog, Two Shameful Acts, Three Shameless Organizations
Opinion -Imagine two companies, one worth more than $31 billion and the second worth $315 billion, ask for and receive $1.6 billion in federal low interest loans to build a power plant. -
For a Free Society, Promote School Choice
Opinion -Many Americans are caught up in the political squabbles over several recent Supreme Court decisions. -
Nearly 68,000 Florida Students Using Tax Credit Scholarships
Opinion -The number of low-income students served by the Florida Tax Credit Scholarship program has reached a new high, with more than 67,800 students enrolled in participating private schools this fall. -
NY Lawsuit Demands Charter Funding Equity
Opinion -Charter school families in upstate New York have filed a lawsuit over what they see as an unfair lack of funding compared to traditional district schools. -
L.A. School District Defies Parent Trigger Law
Opinion -With the Obama administration unilaterally giving states No Child Left Behind waivers, one California district is attempting to defer choice for parents who petition for their legal right to transform failing schools. -
Florida Teacher Wins Fight Against Standardized Testing—For Now
Opinion -It was a calculated act of civil disobedience. -
Vermont STILL Without Functioning Obamacare Site?
Opinion -I was reading an online article this morning on the election results in Vermont and what it may mean for the state's plan to adopt single-payer health care in 2017, and ran across this nugget buried at the end:In the meantime, Vermont's current health
