Opinion
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With Global Conflict at the Door, World Leaders Pursue Futile Climate Efforts
Opinion -On September 23, representatives from 190 nations will gather at the Climate Summit 2014 at United Nations headquarters in New York City, including 125 heads of state. -
Apple’s New Security Policy Is Great News for iPhone, iPad Users
Opinion -Apple Corp. last night announced that it is implementing a new security protocol that will make it impossible for the firm to turn over users’ personal information to government agencies, or anyone else. -
Interview: Alan Carlin Explains How Politics Infiltrated EPA
Opinion -Heartland Institute Senior Fellow James M. Taylor interviewed Alan Carlin after Carlin’s talk at the Ninth International Conference on Climate Change. Carlin provided more insight into some of the main points in his ICCC talk. -
Global Warming Boosts Tree Growth, New Study Reports
Opinion -Trees are growing at an accelerated rate due to global warming, scientists conclude in a new peer-reviewed study. -
Surprise, Electronic Health Records Aren’t Saving Money or Time
Opinion -One of the things favored by supporters of government-directed medical care is electronic health records. -
Auditor General Report Presents Novel Ideas for Pa. Pension Reform
Opinion -If one mines down into Pennsylvania Auditor General Eugene DePasquale’s recent pension report, one can find some gems hidden among the recommendations that I believe risk the creation of a too-big-to-fail “financial super-fund site. -
End the Costly Integration Ban – Part II
Opinion -For almost eight years, I have been urging, along with other Free State Foundation scholars, an end to the costly so-called "integration ban. -
The Miracle and Morality of the Market
Opinion -One of the great fallacies arrogantly believed in by those in political power is the notion that they can know enough to manage and command the lives of everyone in society with better results than if people are left to live their own lives as they -
Ryan Leads On Welfare Reform And Fighting Poverty
Opinion -No one in Washington is taking the lead in addressing poverty and welfare reform like House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan. Almost alone, he has noted that this year marks the 50th anniversary of the War on Poverty. -
Democrats at Risk of Global Warming Election Backlash
Opinion -Recent polling numbers may induce Republicans on the November ballot to turn certain Democrats’ obsession with global warming into a Republican weapon, slamming Democrats for ignoring much more important issues. -
Heartland Institute Joins Free-Market Coalition against Internet Sales Tax
Opinion -A broad coalition of conservative leaders and free-market proponents has signed “An Open Letter to the United States Congress: Oppose the Marketplace and Internet Tax Fairness Act,” voicing opposition to S. -
Obamacare Web Sites Still in Trouble
Opinion -I ran across this article today on the Vermont Watchdog site, describing the serious problems that still exist with that state's Obamacare exchange. -
State Regulators Ban Ridesharing Companies’ New Carpool Services
Opinion -Smartphone apps are increasingly placing new powers in the hand of users— whether it’s finding hookups on Tinder, sharing anonymous sentiments on Yik Yak, or flagging down an Uber cab that’s heading your way, with a few taps on a smartphone. -
Bobby Jindal Pwns Other Governors On Common Core
Opinion -In August, Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal sued the federal government over Common Core. -
SHOCKER! Climate Alarmist Musical Finally Runs Out of Taxpayer Money, Quickly Closes
Opinion -The asinine ambitions of our know-it-all federal bureaucrats know no bounds. Really. No. Bounds. -
Virginia Governor Scales Back Health Plans
Opinion -RICHMOND, Va. — In a much-anticipated announcement, Gov. Terry McAuliffe on Sept. 8 laid out a ten-point plan to cover more low-income Virginians’ health needs. -
A Model for Innovation Protection: Section 1201
Opinion -Today the House Judiciary Committee is undertaking the next in its series of hearings discussing the Copyright Act. -
Introducing the Energy Pyramid
Opinion -When I was in elementary school, my teacher taught our class about the food pyramid and the importance of a balanced, healthy diet. -
Heartland Institute Hires New Managing Editors for Four Public Policy Newspapers
Opinion -School Reform News, Budget & Tax News, Health Care News, and Environment & Climate News aimed at elected officials, inform on issues from free-market perspective The Heartland Institute is proud to announce four new members of its editorial team: Heather -
Free Speech Groups Defend Climate Debate
Opinion -Several media and civil rights groups are aiding the Competitive Enterprise Institute, National Review, and two individual commentators after Pennsylvania State University Meteorology professor Michael Mann sued CEI and National Review for what Mann -
Obamacare’s Abortion Fiction
Opinion -consumer-power-report -Consumer Power Report #437 Obamacare’s passage through the House of Representatives was possible thanks to a supposed compromise among conservative Democrats who opposed taxpayer funding for abortion. -
United States, France among Worst Countries for Tax Competiveness
Opinion -Earlier this week, the Tax Foundation’s annual International Tax Competitiveness Index (ITCI) report was released, disclosing some unsurprising results. -
Heartland Institute Responds to Activist Groups’ Attempt to Purge Texas Text Books of Inconvenient Climate Science Facts
Opinion -The National Center for Science Education (NCSE) and the Texas Freedom Network, two left-wing activist groups, released a report this week claiming non-alarmist facts about the climate “distort” science and must be removed from drafts of new social -
Why Do Progressives Have An Archie Bunker View Of Globalization?
Opinion -One of the underappreciated aspects of the current debate over corporate tax inversions is how it represents not just an opportunity for some progressive populism, but is just another aspect of the same view which motivates the left’s general disgust
