Opinion
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Treasury Department Issues New Rules to Stem Tide of Corporate Inversions
Opinion -The U.S. Department of the Treasury in October announced new rules to limit tax benefits for U.S. companies merging with foreign corporations or moving their global headquarters overseas to avoid U.S. double taxation of profits. -
It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World of Health Prices
Opinion -One of the things that health policy experts with any sense understand is that one of the major problems with the system we have today is prices are often completely detached from reality and wildly inflated for no particularly good reason. -
America’s Densest Cities
Opinion -There is a general perception that the densest US cities are in the Northeast, where downtowns tend to be bigger and inner city densities are higher. -
Goodbye Eric Holder
Opinion -In a nation where there is a scarcity of good news, hearing Eric Holder give a farewell speech upon his announcement that he will be leaving as the Attorney General was surely welcome in some circles. -
Protect the Poor – From Climate Change Policies
Opinion -In a more rational, moral, compassionate, scientifically literate world, this Cornwall declaration would not be needed. -
More Virginians Lose Their Insurance Coverage
Opinion -ALEXANDRIA, Va. —Another quarter of a million people in the commonwealth of Virginia will likely lose their health insurance plans by the end of the year. -
In War Over Common Core: Louisiana Officials Lawyer Up
Opinion -Controversy in Louisiana over Common Core implementation reached a climax at the end of July when the state’s Board of Elementary and Secondary Education voted 6-4 to join a lawsuit against Gov. Bobby Jindal. -
Misguided Attacks on Suburbia Undermine Essential Values, Affront Critical Voting Bloc
Opinion -Writing in The Orange County Register, the distinguished urbanologist Joel Kotkin notes that many conservatives are now “waging a war on middle-class America” through their support for trendy progressive “smart growth” policies. -
Chicago Bears Linebacker Sues Cleveland over Targeted “Jock Tax”
Opinion -This month, the Ohio Supreme Court agreed to hear a dispute between former Chicago Bears linebacker Hunter Hillenmeyer and the City of Cleveland over the constitutionality of the city’s special tax on high-earning athletes visiting the city to play -
Massive Online Classes Expand into K-12
Opinion -In 2013, ten million students of all ages participated in more than 1,200 massive, open, online courses offered by more than 200 universities. Known as MOOCs, these online classes once took the TED Talk crowd by storm. -
Some Useful FACTS About Global Warming and Climate Change
Opinion -Thanks to Sunday’s Climate March in New York and Tuesday’s Climate Summit at the United Nations, Americans and others will have been deluged with the lies that have been told to sustain this greatest of all hoaxes.Here are the known facts. -
New Climate Report Misses Point on US Cities
Opinion -The doubtful claim that low density US cities impose a cost to the economy of $400 billion is countered by their being the most affluent in the world. Nine of the top 10 cities in GDP per capita are in the US and more than 70% of the top 50. -
Why I Blew the Whistle at EPA
Opinion -[Editor’s note: Alan Carlin delivered these remarks when accepting the Climate Change Whistleblower Award at the Heartland Institute’s Ninth International Conference on Climate Change, July 8 in Las Vegas. -
Finding Out What’s in Obamacare, Part ∞
Opinion -Finding Out What’s in Obamacare, Part ∞ Everyone is familiar with former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s quote about needing to “pass the bill so that you can find out what is in it. -
Studies: E-Cigarette Regulations Hinder Public Health Goals
Opinion -Despite various legislative efforts to curb smoking — ranging from higher sin taxes on tobacco to public-relations campaigns intended to discourage the use of e-cigarettes — smoking rates have consistently risen in New York City. -
FTC Implicitly Urges FCC to Not Reclassify Broadband as a Utility
Opinion -The FTC implicitly laid down an important jurisdictional, political, and public marker against FCC reclassification of broadband as a utility, in its recent FCC filing in the FCC’s Section 706 inquiry proceeding. -
U.S., Global Crop Production Sets New Records in 2014
Opinion -The U.S. Department of Agriculture has forecast record U.S. corn yields this year as warmer temperatures, longer growing seasons, more precipitation, and higher atmospheric carbon dioxide levels have enhanced crop output. -
More Modest Benefits from Obamacare
Opinion -One of the things that has continued to draw my attention is how truly, staggeringly slight the gains achieved under the Affordable Care Act (a.k.a. Obamacare) have been. -
Heartland Institute Reacts to Resignation of Attorney General Eric Holder
Opinion -Eric Holder, who has served as U.S. Attorney General for the entire Obama presidency, publicly announced today he is stepping down. The following statements from experts at The Heartland Institute – a free-market think tank – may be used for attribution. -
Medicaid Spending Hikes Put Wisconsin Budget in Peril
Opinion -Wisconsin’s Department of Health Services (DHS) has requested a $2.78 billion increase in funding for the 2015-17 biennium budget, increasing the agency's total budget to nearly $23 billion, or roughly one-third of the entire state budget. -
Top Ten Things Parents Hate About Common Core
Opinion -This is the year new national Common Core tests kick in, replacing state tests in most locales, courtesy of an eager Obama administration and the future generation’s tax dollars. -
Environmental Activists Threaten Louisiana Water Purification
Opinion -Environmental activists are targeting Multi-Chem, a company that blends chemicals for oil production, as the company seeks a water discharge permit for its Vermilion Parish, Louisiana facility. -
Federal 340B Drug Pricing Program Creates Windfall for Hospitals
Opinion -NASHVILLE—Hospitals and clinics across Tennessee and the United States are reportedly using a federal entitlement to pad their profits and subsidize other operations, depriving pharmaceutical manufacturers of revenue and jeopardizing future drug -
Indiana Toll Road’s Bankruptcy Has Little Impact on Taxpayers
Opinion -In November, the company which had won a 75-year concession contract to operate, maintain, and improve the 157-mile Indiana Toll Road filed to begin Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings.
