Opinion
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A Rare Debate on the “Settled Science” of Climate Change
Opinion -CHICAGO, October 2, 2014 — In 1997 during the Kyoto Protocol Treaty negotiations in Japan, Dr. -
Hong Kong v China – Less Government Is So Obviously Better
Opinion -Perhaps lost in the incessant, rolling bad news shuffle that is the Barack Obama Administration are the ongoing Hong Kong protests of rising Chinese domestic interference. -
A Victory for Our Energy Independence: Cove Point Gas Plant Is Approved
Opinion -Victories are hard won and often seem few and far between on the free market energy and environment front. We spend much of our time, bemoaning and battling bad policies, regulations, laws and court decisions. -
Traffic Congestion in the World: 10 Worst and Best Cities
Opinion -The continuing improvement in international traffic congestion data makes comparisons between different cities globally far easier. -
Ebola 1, Electronic Health Records 0
Opinion -For years we've been told that electronic health records are going to save health care in America, making it less expensive and ensuring that patients get the right, medically-appropriate care. -
Seniors Dispersing Away From Urban Cores
Opinion -Senior citizens (age 65 and over) are dispersing throughout major metropolitan areas, and specifically away from the urban cores. -
The Texas Textbook Massacre
Opinion -Would you want the textbooks at your child's school to teach your kids the Soviet Union still exists and is the greatest danger your child will face in their lifetime? -
Conservationists, Wind Industry Clash over Minnesota Eagle Deaths
Opinion -Conservationists, Wind Industry Clash over Minnesota Eagle DeathsConcerned the proliferation of wind farms in the Upper Midwest and Great Plains will lead to more eagle kills, wildlife advocates clashed with wind industry officials at a public hearing in -
Anti-Tenure Lawsuit Filed in New York
Opinion -Teacher quality is the most important in-school factor in students’ education, the National Council on Teacher Quality says. -
Louisiana Homeowners Wary of Government-Backed Spycam Network
Opinion -Law enforcement officials in suburban Louisiana are backing a new distributed surveillance program which some say represents a creepy invasion of privacy by the government. -
John Fund Contrasts AGS Holder and Meese at Federalist Society Luncheon
Opinion -Part 1: Assistant to Attorney General Meese under Reagan, compares tenure of AG Holder to Meese at Chicago Federalist Society event featuring John Fund. -
Feds Rule Blind Spider Not Protected by ESA
Opinion -The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has determined a blind, cave-dwelling spider does not merit protection under the Endangered Species Act. The FWS found the Warton’s Cave meshweaver, is not distinct enough from other types of spiders to merit protecting. -
Health Care Isn’t ‘Different’
Opinion -Frequently we hear that health care is somehow 'different' from other goods and services, and therefore normal economic forces either don't apply or should be suppressed whenever they would normally apply. -
Pennsylvania Decision to Expand Medicaid Could Prove Costly
Opinion -The state of Pennsylvania has announced it will expand its Medicaid program under an agreement reached with the federal Department of Health & Human Services, even after the federal government rejected many of the state’s proposed waiver requests that -
North Carolina Lawmakers Allow Waiting Kids to Enter Choice Program
Opinion -When the North Carolina legislature approved a budget allocating more money for a new school voucher program in late July, it answered one mom’s prayer. -
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District Court Rebukes State Regulators’ Hair-Raising Raids
Opinion -In September, the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit issued a stinging 44-page rebuke to Orange County police officers, for their role in a SWAT-style, warrantless raid executed against an Orlando, Florida barber shop catering -
Beyond Polycentricity: 2000s Job Growth (Continues to) Follow Population
Opinion -The United States lost jobs between 2000 and 2010, the first loss between census years that has been recorded in the nation's history. -
Education Incentives can Help End Low Expectations
Opinion -Behavioral psychologists and economists long have considered incentives to be a normal part of human nature, but applying them to education still stokes controversy. -
Education Incentives Can Help End Low Expectations
Opinion -Behavioral psychologists and economists have considered incentives to be a normal part of human nature for decades, if not centuries, but applying them to education still stokes controversy. -
Schools Finding Problems with Longer School Years, Extended Class Time
Opinion -As most kids headed back to school this August, they found others had never left. More children are in school year-round, or before- and after-hours, or get shorter summer breaks. -
New Commuting Data Shows Gain by Individual Modes
Opinion -The newly released American Community Survey data for 2013 indicates little change in commuting patterns since 2010, a result that is to be expected in a period as short as three years. -
Activists Make Embarrassing Errors Attacking Texas Climate Texts
Opinion -The climate activist group National Center for Science Education embarrassed itself last month by making basic errors attacking climate science in Texas. -
High-Priced Drug Treatments – Worth the Cost?
Opinion -Drug manufacturer Merck won approval in September from the Food and Drug Administration for its new “game-changing” treatment, Keytruda, for late-stage melanoma, a deadly skin cancer. -
Despite Evidence, Politicians Still Turn to Sin Taxes for Quick Fixes
Opinion -Despite veritable mountains of academic evidence proving excise taxes on politically unpopular goods are unreliable revenue sources drawn from those who can least afford to have more money taken from them, city and state governments constantly flirt with
