Opinion
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Heartland Policy Brief: Exposing the ‘Merchants of Smear’
Opinion -Press Release -Media’s Smear of Global Warming Skeptics Traces Back to ‘Paper-Thin’ Evidence Peddled by Al Gore, Ross Gelbspan -
Insurance Premiums Are Rising Though President Claims the Opposite
Opinion -Insurance affordability was the great promise of President Obama’s Affordable Care Act (ACA) when he signed the law in 2010. -
Obamacare’s Broken Promises
Opinion -Consumer Power Report #440 With the upcoming second round of enrollment for Obamacare, let’s check on a few of the promises that sold the health care law to the American people. -
How the American Diet Was Ruined
Opinion -Review of The Big Fat Surprise: Why Butter, Meat, and Cheese Belong in a Healthy Diet, by Nina Teicholz, Simon & Schuster, 2014, 496 pages, $17. -
President Litella Strikes Again
Opinion -It's hard to keep track of all the "never mind" moments the Obama administration seems to be having regarding Obamacare - "you can keep your plan," "you can keep your doctor," "health premiums willl go down," and so forth. -
Study: World’s Economic Freedom Ascends, as U.S. Freedom Falls
Opinion -An annual study conducted by an international group of non-partisan think-tanks found, shockingly, that the United States, once rated as the third most economically free nation in the world, is now little more free than the United Kingdom and other -
Another Obamacare Talking Point Goes Up In Flames
Opinion -For a long time we were told that Obamacare would lower health insurance premiums. -
Federal Investigators Caught ‘Catfishing’ with Woman’s Seized Pics
Opinion -Online dating sites and social media networks such as Facebook or Twitter are sometimes littered with fake profiles of attractive young women, tempting lonely Internet users. -
Quiet Period for Obamacare Is About to End
Opinion -Obamacare has largely been out of the news cycle for a couple of months, but that is about to change as we head towards the 2014 election. Here are some of the things we can expect to see in the news. -
Attacking Homeschooling Is Attacking Choice
Opinion -Homeschooling seems to be an easy target for critics of school choice. It always has been. -
Study: High-Tax States Losing Power to Pro-Growth States
Opinion -Contrary to common claims that people prefer moving to high-tax states because of accompanying high levels of government services, data compiled by the Internal Revenue Service and from experts with the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) show -
Metropolitan Housing: More Space, Large Lots
Opinion -Americans continue to favor large houses on large lots. -
Taiwan High Speed Rail Near Bankruptcy
Opinion -Efforts are underway by the Taiwan government for a government led restructuring to avoid bankruptcy (Plan to stop Taiwan's high-speed rail going bust set for review). -
Time for Travel Caution in Dealing with Ebola Outbreak
Opinion -Breaking news as this article was being written is that Howard University hospital in Washington, D.C. has admitted a patient -- a recent traveler to Nigeria -- who has symptoms that could be associated with Ebola. -
Poor Countries Want Modern Living, and They Want It Fast
Opinion -More than seven billion people now populate Earth, including six billion who live in developing economies. -
Shreveport Veterans Hospital Provides Substandard Care
Opinion -Veterans at the Shreveport, Louisiana Veterans Administration hospital have had to contend with substandard care as many nurses spend less time on work than on cell phones, iPods, or accessing personal data on hospital computers, an investigative report -
NOAA Says Global Warming Not Linked to Extreme Weather
Opinion -Climate Change Weekly #142 Contrary to claims often repeated by environmental radicals, global warming is not responsible for extreme weather events, according to a new report by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). -
EPA Antics on Sea Level Rise–Gina McCarthy’s Miami Trip
Opinion -EPA Administrator McCarthy is going to be in Miami October 8 during or close to a King Tide and I suspect call the high tide of the year due to global warming. The reason for the name of King Tide is given by Wikipedia that follows this paragraph. -
Private Companies Mimic Government’s ‘Choke Point’ Program
Opinion -Earlier this year, an innovative new credit-card processing service company quietly changed its terms of service to exclude legitimate firearms transactions, seemingly falling into compliance with federal law-enforcement agencies’ crackdown on certain -
Desperate Wildlife Extinction Claims are Part of the Warming Hoax
Opinion -One thing that those of us who have been longtime observers and debunkers of the lies surrounding global warming and/or climate change have noticed is that the “Warmists” have gotten increasingly desperate after more than eighteen years in which there -
Free-Market Innovations, Not Bans, Hold Key to Highway Safety
Opinion -Since 2009, the United States Department of Transportation (DOT) and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) have been on a quest to “eliminate” distracted driving, which occurs when a driver’s hands, eyes or mind are busy doing -
No, A Carbon Tax Cannot Create Jobs, Jobs, Jobs
Opinion -A tax on carbon dioxide emissions would destroy far more jobs – and wealth – than it would create, despite the well-intentioned hopes of Forbes.com contributor James Conca.In a Forbes. -
Mixed Results for Accountable Care Organizations
Opinion -One of the more interesting things about Obamacare (and by "interesting" I mean "would be hysterical if it wasn't likely to louse things up so badly) is the planners' infatuation with something called accountable care organizations (ACOs). -
Medicare Drug Plans Need Tools to Combat Drug Abuse
Opinion -In August, House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Health Chairman Kevin Brady introduced a bill, the Protecting Integrity in Medicare Act of 2014, designed to help Medicare drug plans reduce fraud.
