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Hydraulic Fracturing, Clearing the Air
Opinion -A new study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Science has found air pollution from China is lowering air quality in the western United States. -
Virginia House Delegates Okay Huge Increase in Film Tax Credits
Opinion -While some states are rethinking and downsizing their incentive programs for the film industry, members of Virginia’s House of Delegates have voted to increase the state’s cap on refundable corporate income tax credits to the film industry from $5 -
Feds Block MOOC Access in Sanctioned Countries
Opinion -Last October, the U.S. Department of State announced a partnership with massive open online course provider Coursera to “expand learning opportunities worldwide.” In January, that partnership received some alterations. -
America Will Succeed Despite Doomsayers
Opinion -Review of The Myth of America’s Decline: Politics, Economics and a Half Century of False Prophecies, by Josef Joffe (Liveright 2013), 352 pages, ISBN- 978-0871404497Josef Joffe’s The Myth of America’s Decline is the most brilliant discourse on world -
House Punts on Debt Ceiling, Cedes Power of the Purse
Opinion -The House of Representatives on Tuesday voted to suspend the federal government’s debt ceiling after House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) and other Republican leaders dropped demands for spending concessions in exchange for more borrowing. -
The Paradox of America’s Energy Renaissance
Opinion -Today’s unconventional crude oil and natural gas basins such as the Marcellus, the Bakken, and the Eagle Ford teem with activity, having already injected multiple benefits of a resurgent U.S. energy industry into the broad fabric of the country’s economy. -
Two New Polls Show Increasing Skepticism About Warming Crisis
Opinion -New polling data show the American public is growing increasingly skeptical of assertions about an imminent global warming crisis. -
Taxpayers Win as Appeals Court Rejects Licensing of Tax Preparers
Opinion -The District of Columbia Circuit Court of Appeals in February ruled the Internal Revenue Service has no legal authority to impose a nationwide licensing scheme on tax-return preparers. The decision affirms a January 2013 ruling by U.S. -
Emails Reveal EPA Collaboration with Activist Groups
Opinion -The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency routinely collaborates with environmental activist groups to develop stringent regulatory policies and strategies, according to emails obtained under the Freedom of Information Act. -
Dr. Hartzler: What’s Better than Fuzzy Math
Opinion -The answer to better math learning may be a "salad bowl." Not with lettuce and tomatoes—with multiplication and division. Hear Dr. -
The Shape of Obamacare’s Economy
Opinion -consumer-power-report -Consumer Power Report #406 The White House just undermined everyone who was speaking from its talking points sheet over the past week on the CBO analysis by reacting as if all the criticisms of Obamacare’s effect on labor markets are true. [http://vlt. -
Common Core Tests to Cost S.C. Taxpayers Millions
Opinion -The 22-state consortium that is developing Common Core math and English tests for K-12 students will soon no longer be a cheap date for South Carolina taxpayers. -
The Ignorance and Hypocrisy Behind Oil Export Bans
Opinion -US oil and gas production was already declining, when the 1973 Arab oil embargo sent oil and gasoline prices skyrocketing and created block-long lines at gas stations. -
Online Learning in Libraries Targets High-School Dropouts
Opinion -The concept of the traditional library continues to evolve from rooms teeming with musty books, dusty shelves, and spinster librarians shushing patrons. -
Wyden Introduces Senate Bill to Boost Logging
Opinion -U.S. Sen. Ron Wyden (D-OR) unveiled a bill designed to boost logging on federal lands in Western Oregon. Wyden said the bill will create jobs and help rural economies struggling under increasingly stringent logging restrictions. -
Sallie Mae: Fueling $1 Trillion Federal Student Loan Crisis
Opinion -Sallie Mae, a government-sponsored enterprise turned “private,” exhibits a “pattern of breaking the rules and ignoring its contractual obligations,” said U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass. -
CBO Report Shows Obamacare’s Economic Damage
Opinion -On Tuesday, the Congressional Budget Office released a budget projection update which decimates Democrats' claims that Obamacare does not hurt the American economy. -
Study: School Choice Increases Property Values
Opinion -A new study finds school choice increases local property values. Study authors Robert Shapiro and Kevin Hassett found property values increased in relation to student achievement gains. -
If You Work Full Time, You Will Not Be Poor
Opinion -President Obama said in his State of the Union last week, “But Americans overwhelmingly agree that no one who works full time should ever have to raise a family in poverty.”Thank you, Mr. President. -
Global Warming Improving Mental Health?
Opinion -Legacy Climate Change Weekly -Climate Change Weekly #117 Freelance writer Marlene Cimons, an adjunct professor of journalism at the University of Maryland, wrote an editorial published by LiveScience and Yahoo News claiming increases in the frequency and severity of extreme -
Chicago Aldermen Barely Discuss Issuing Another $1.9 Billion of Debt
Opinion -Neither triple downgrades in Chicago’s credit rating nor data showing the city is in worse debt shape than bankrupt Detroit could stop the Chicago City Council from doing what it’s done for decades—borrow huge sums of money with little discussion or -
FL Voucher Expansion, Defending For-Profits, and More: Friday’s Ed News Roundup
Opinion -Friday's ed newsFLORIDA: The House speaker wants to make the state's biggest source of tax dollars--the sales tax--available for a voucher expansion.ALASKA: A Senate committee approves a measure that would amend the state constitution to allow vouchers. -
Net Neutrality Neutered
Opinion -In a victory for the future of the Internet and for property rights, last month the Circuit Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia overturned — we should all hope permanently — the heart of the Federal Communication Commission’s so-called “Net -
Heartland Institute Experts: Approve the Keystone XL Pipeline
Opinion -The U.S. State Department this week issued its latest report on the proposed Keystone XL pipeline, stating its construction would not cause a significant increase in the emission of greenhouse gases.