Opinion
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The Wisdom of Adam Smith for Our Own Times
Opinion -The continuing growth in government spending, taxing and regulation of economic affairs in the United States and in many other parts of the world has raised anew the essential issue of political control and intervention in the market place. -
Predicting the Weather? The Climate? You’re Kidding, Right?
Opinion -With some of the most sophisticated computers and satellites at its disposal, the U.S. Weather Service cannot tell you with any certainty what the weather will be in your area two weeks from now. -
How is Prohibiting Consumers from Getting Free Stuff Pro-Consumer?
Opinion -The Media Marxist Left pushing the terrible Internet policy known as Network Neutrality oft are absurdly called “consumer groups.”Major U.S. -
Governments Are Still Racing to Waste Money on Light Rail
Opinion -Backers of the Greenlight Pinellas project propose to build a 24-mile light-rail line from downtown St. Petersburg to Clearwater, Florida. This would be a disaster for transit riders, taxpayers, and auto drivers in the region. -
Common Core and Critical Thinking: Sounds Good, but is it?
Opinion -To briefly summarize Common Core, the decision to adopt the Common Core standards was left almost exclusively in the hands of the governors and the state boards of education. -
A Red State/Blue State Breakdown of the New EPA Power Plant Rules
Opinion -The new EPA rule is being presented as “anti-coal,” but when you read through the details it’s really more “pro-wind.” If adopted, I doubt that it will force any more coal-fired plant shutdowns than are already planned. -
Wisconsin Imposes New Regulations on Voucher schools
Opinion -Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker signed a bill requiring voucher schools to provide more data to the state and federal governments, saying it will increase their transparency to government officials and parents. -
Seattle’s Upcoming $15 Minimum Wage Is Already KIlling Jobs, Cutting Benefits
Opinion -The Seattle City Council has made Seattle the first city in the nation to mandate a $15 minimum wage for all workers. -
The Human History of Atomic Science
Opinion -Review of The Age of Radiance: The Epic Rise and Dramatic Fall of the Atomic Era, by Craig Nelson (Scribner 2014), 448 pages, ISBN- 978-1451660432The Age of Radiance: The Epic Rise and Dramatic Fall of the Atomic Era, a new book by Craig Nelson, likely -
Australia Poised to Repeal Carbon Tax
Opinion -Australia’s tax on carbon dioxide emissions faces likely repeal after a coalition led by the Liberal Party seats a Senate majority on July 1. -
Study: More Harm Than Good from Targeted Business Incentives
Opinion -Although most empirical studies on tax incentives “find that they have little or no effect on employment or the economy as a whole,” states and local governments have been steadily increasing the number of taxpayer handouts to select businesses. -
President Obama’s and EPA’s Attack on Fossil Fuels
Opinion -On June 2, 2014, the Environmental Protection Agency issued proposed rules to reduce carbon dioxide output from current operating fossil-fueled power plants. -
Proposed Australian Carbon Tax Diversion a Warning to U.S. Proponents
Opinion -What happens to carbon tax revenues after proponents pledge to use the revenues to support global warming programs and other narrowly targeted actions? Australian carbon tax supporters are beginning to provide an answer. -
Welcome to the “No Pee” Section of the Swimming Pool
Opinion -America is poised to become the “no pee” section of the global swimming pool and the useless actions will cost us a bundle—raising energy costs, adding new taxes, and crippling the economy. Even some environmentalists agree. -
Heartland Institute Experts React to President Obama’s Power Plant Emission Rule to Fight Global Warming/Climate Change
Opinion -The Obama administration today mandated a 30 percent cut in carbon dioxide emissions at power plants by 2030. The 645-page rule issued by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) can be made final next year after a period of public comment. -
Just Assume We Have a Climate Crisis
Opinion -Climate modelers and disaster proponents remind me of four guys who were marooned on an island, after their plane went down. -
The Myth of the Climate Change ‘97%’
Opinion -[This op-ed excerpt by Joseph Bast and Roy Spencer, was first published in the Wall Street Journal on May 27, 2014]Last month Secretary of State John Kerry warned graduating students at Boston College of the "crippling consequences" of climate change. -
The Economics Of Replacing Obamacare: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly
Opinion -Republicans have not unified behind a single bill to replace Obamacare because conservatives have been debating among themselves exactly what the components of that bill should be. -
The Top Ten Reasons to Oppose Broadband Utility Regulation
Opinion -Few official bad ideas come along that are as bad as this one. -
A Period of Peril on the East Coast
Opinion -With the upcoming hurricane season right around us, I want to amplify a bit for you some of the background research we do along with why I am very concerned about the Eastern Seaboard in the coming few years. -
The Regulatory Death of Energy in America
Opinion -Before President Obama took office in 2009, the amount of electricity being produced by coal-fired utilities was approximately fifty percent of the total. -
Glaciers and Global Warming
Opinion -The melting of glaciers is often cited as evidence mankind is causing global warming through carbon dioxide emissions. A corollary of this is that melting glaciers raise sea levels, which will reach catastrophic levels unless CO2 emissions are reduced. -
Congress Passes Water Bill Promoting Public-Private Partnerships
Opinion -Recent action in Congress may catalyze more private investment in water and wastewater infrastructure in the United States. The House and Senate both passed the bipartisan Water Resources Reform and Development Act (WRRDA) of 2014 (H.R. -
Muni broadband: The gift that keeps on taking
Opinion -LUS Fiber, the municipal broadband system in Lafayette, La., last month received another warning from city auditors, an advisory that appears to have become an annual thing.
