Opinion
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Transform The VA Into A Pro-Growth Model For First Rate Health Care
Opinion -The VA (Veterans Administration) scandals show why so many people have been so highly motivated for so long to fight against Obamacare. -
Video: Democrat Reps Have Most Charter School Constituents
Opinion -National Alliance for Public Charter Schools President Nina Rees discusses a new report from her organization on charter school enrollment with the Wall Street Journal's Mary Kissel. -
Pros and Cons of a Carbon Tax for the Energy Industry
Opinion -Re: “Which mistake would be worse?,” May 19 letter to the editor.A letter from a solar industry executive displayed a rare form of candidness that usually isn’t tolerated from other industries. -
Scandal Exhaustion
Opinion -Listening to President Obama respond on May 21 to the latest scandal regarding something about which he knew and did nothing—the mess at the Veterans Administration—was such a familiar event that I have reached a point of exhaustion trying to keep up -
Common Core and K-12 Science Education — Could This be a Start to Climate Youth?
Opinion -POLITICS AND CLIMATE SCIENCEAt a Chicago fundraiser May 29, 2013, President Obama said “I don’t have much patience for people who deny climate change. -
The Corruption of Science
Opinion -Eisenhower in his farewell addresswarned that a “scientific-technological elite” dependent on government money would exert undue influence on government policy. -
Parent Trigger Momentum Slows, OK Common Core, and More: Friday’s ed news
Opinion -Friday's ed newsPARENT TRIGGER: The enthusiasm over Parent Trigger laws has waned this year, as fewer states consider the new school choice idea. -
EU Mulls Lawsuit Over Washington State’s Billions for Boeing
Opinion -Washington State’s $8. -
The Tea Party’s Coming Rorschach Moment
Opinion -With his renomination this week, prepare for a slew of “how Mitch McConnell crushed the Tea Party” pieces over the next few days. Here’s a good one from Peter Hamby. -
Democrat States Raise Spending Quadruple the Rate of Republican States
Opinion -States under full Democrat control have increased total spending over 400 percent faster than states under full Republican control, according to a newly released analysis by Americans for Tax Reform. -
Bill to Replace Common Core Headed to SC Governor’s Desk
Opinion -The South Carolina House Tuesday passed a bill that would create a committee to review and replace national Common Core standards in the state before the 2015-16 school year. Gov. Nikki Haley’s spokesperson said the governor intends to sign the bill. -
NJ Governor Dumps Pension Promise, Shorts Required Contribution
Opinion -Add Chris Christie’s name to the list of New Jersey governors who reneged on state pension promises. Faced with an $800 million budget deficit and falling revenue projections, Christie slashed $900 million from a $1. -
The Coming Nine Months: Mud in the Eye of the So-Called ‘Permanent’ Drought?
Opinion -My last couple of posts have dealt with major weather/climate stories I think are lurking. The worry about the upcoming hurricane season is something I will have every year for the East Coast until we reverse the pattern we were in during the 1950s. -
Thorner: Shocking Far Reaching Tentacles of Common Core
Opinion -For most individuals, what is next revealed will be the most shocking aspect of Dr. -
Ohio School Board Won’t Discipline Employees For Breaking Law
Opinion -The Sylvania School Board will not take disciplinary action against their superintendent and other staff who violated Ohio law during a recent property tax levy campaign. The board placed a 3. -
The Slow, Sure Death of ‘Climate Change’ Lies
Opinion -Even though President Obama continues to lie about “climate change” and employs the many elements of the federal government to repeat those lies, this huge hoax is dying. -
CNN Boss on Global Warming: Boring! Take Nap Now…
Opinion -CNN viewers are not interested in global warming stories, CNN president Jeff Zucker admitted Monday evening."When we do those [global warming] stories, there does tend to be a tremendous amount of lack of interest on the audience's part,” said Zucker. -
Despite Losing in Court, IRS Still Trying to Regulate Tax Preparers
Opinion -One week after the federal court victory of three independent tax return preparers over the IRS became final, thus blocking the IRS from imposing a licensing scheme on hundreds of thousands of tax return preparers, the IRS is back at it. -
What the World Needs Now is a Lot Less Poverty
Opinion -In a News & Analysis item recently published in Science, Kintisch (2014) discusses the most recent IPCC report, noting it “is meant to be a practical guide to action,” especially in regard to what the report identifies as eight major climate risks: -
Lessons from the Great French Inflation
Opinion -Governments have an insatiable appetite for the wealth of their subjects. When governments find it impossible to continue raising taxes or borrowing funds, they have invariably turned to printing paper money to finance their growing expenditures. -
Cities With Money In Bank Seek Taxpayer Handouts
Opinion -The Wisconsin Urban Alliance is asking state taxpayers for nearly $12 million for 21 of its cities and villages to offset the costs of a brutal winter. -
Healthcare Fixed, on to Climate Change
Opinion -Now that 8 million or more have signed up on health insurance exchanges under the Affordable Care Act (ACA), the President is deploying his phone and his pen to solve another urgent problem: climate change. -
Mike Pence Tries to Make Obamacare Work
Opinion -Consumer Power Report #420 Indiana Gov. Mike Pence spoke at the American Enterprise Institute earlier this week in defense of his Medicaid expansion in Indiana. -
North Carolina Legislature to Study Open Enrollment
Opinion -A North Carolina bill that would let students enroll in any school district in the state was deferred to a study committee instead of brought forth for a vote. The chairman of the subcommittee that pushed the proposal, Sen.
