Opinion
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Seahorses in a Future Warmer World
Opinion -Adult seahorses appear to show great resilience to heat stress and are “not expected to go through any physiological impairment and behavioral change with the projected near-future warming,” but juveniles in their early life stages “display greater -
Private Charleston School May Manage Failing Public School
Opinion -Once construction of a new downtown Charleston, South Carolina elementary school is complete, the Brentwood Middle School now housing its students will be empty. Local leaders are considering using it as a model for a new experiment in school flexibility. -
House Passes Bill to Expedite Energy Production on Federal Lands
Opinion -The U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill that would remove obstacles to the permitting process for oil and natural gas production on federal lands. -
Mockery of $1 Million Bus Stop Blocks Two Dozen More
Opinion -Arlington County, Virginia dubs itself a “world-class” community. Such hubris has led to a $1.1 million bus stop. -
Heartland Institute Experts React to Chicago’s Ban on Indoor E-Cigarette Use
Opinion -The Chicago City Council today banned the use of electronic cigarettes indoors – treating e-cigarettes, which emit harmless water vapor, exactly like tobacco cigarettes, which emit smoke. -
Biofuels Industry Fights to Preserve Subsidies, Guaranteed Market Share
Opinion -Faced with the expiration of federal tax credits they deem essential to their industry, biofuels producers are lobbying Congress for new taxpayer subsidies.Permanent, Higher Subsidies?In December 2013, Rep. -
Colorado Consumers Paying Steep Price for Renewable Power Mandates
Opinion -Colorado consumers are paying a steep price for the state’s renewable power mandates, U.S. Energy Information Administration data show. -
Republicans Hope to Slim Chunky Federal School Lunch Regulations
Opinion -In response to public outcry and several “brown bag-ins” in schools across the country, the U.S. Department of Agriculture loosened new meat and grain restrictions on school lunches in December. -
Federal Wind Power Subsidies Expire, but Lobbyists Aren’t Giving Up
Opinion -Congress allowed longstanding taxpayer subsidies to wind power companies to expire at the end of 2013, putting into doubt the long-term future of the lucrative subsidies. -
Heartland Institute Experts Comment on $1.1 Trillion Federal Spending Bill
Opinion -House and Senate negotiators late Monday released a $1. -
It’s the Consumer, Stupid! – Part II
Opinion -In thinking about the brouhaha over AT&T's proposed "sponsored data" plan for its wireless service, I was reminded of a blog I wrote shortly after the oral argument in Verizon's appeal of the FCC's net neutrality regulations. -
Why Are the Media’s ‘Consumer Interest Groups’ So Leftist and Anti-Consumer?
Opinion -The Media’s double standard when describing political advocacy organizations is as obvious as it is unsurprising. The Media rarely if ever identify Leftist entities as Leftist - instead assigning them non-ideological descriptives. -
Study Shows America’s No Longer Near Top of Economic Freedom
Opinion -The United States is continuing to lose its economic freedom. That is the conclusion of the just-released Heritage Foundation 2014 Index of Economic Freedom. -
Heartland Institute Experts React to Net Neutrality Ruling by DC Circuit Court
Opinion -The D.C. Circuit Court today struck down the Federal Communication Commission’s (FCC) 2010 “net neutrality” rule requiring Internet service providers to treat all traffic across their networks the same – discriminating against none and favoring none. -
Va. Gov. McDonnell’s Roadmap for Successful Environmental Policy
Opinion -Conventional political wisdom says Republicans are not interested in the environment. After four years as governor, a look at Bob McDonnell’s environmental record might suggest otherwise. -
Obamacare Isn’t Getting the Young People It Needs to Succeed
Opinion -Consumer Power Report #402 The latest analysis of the signups for Obamacare reveal the risk pool is far older and sicker than supporters had hoped, with young people lagging dramatically in signups. -
Arizona to Consider Four Bills Expanding School Choice
Opinion -With at least four school-choice bills likely on the table this session, Arizona families could see more options in education in the next school year. Arizona’s education savings accounts (ESAs)—often praised by reformers as being “school choice 2. -
Many Lenders Were Ahead of New Mortgage Rules
Opinion -The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s new qualified mortgage stipulations, including the “ability-to-repay” rule, went into effect January 10, legally putting into effect some of the requirements lenders had already put into place on their own. -
Heartland Institute Experts React to Net Neutrality Ruling by DC Circuit Court
Opinion -The D.C. Circuit Court today struck down the Federal Communication Commission’s 2010 “net neutrality” rule requiring Internet service providers to treat all traffic across their networks the same – discriminating against none and favoring none. -
Heartland Institute Experts Comment on NLRB Recess Appointment Case Before Supreme Court
Opinion -The Supreme Court today heard arguments in Noel Canning v. NLRB, a case challenging President Barack Obama’s recess appointments to the National Labor Relations Board in 2012. -
Is Net Neutrality Trying to Mutate into an Economic Entitlement?
Opinion -Net neutrality activist opposition to AT&T’s new Sponsored Data offering exposes that the purpose of “net neutrality/open Internet” is not just about protecting consumers and free speech, or preventing anti-competitive behavior. -
EPA Inspector General Report Supports Agency Dropping Fracking Case
Opinion -The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Office of Inspector General has ruled EPA acted properly when it initially imposed, then later withdrew, restrictions on fracking operations near two Texas water wells. -
Annoying Greenies on the Defense
Opinion -After decades of controlling America’s energy narrative, on January 5, CBS’s 60 Minutes fired a shot that has put the green lobby on the defensive. -
Obama Signs Bipartisan Bill to Expedite Bakken Fracking
Opinion -President Barack Obama signed legislation expediting the permitting process for hydraulic fracturing on federal lands in the Bakken Shale basin in western North Dakota. The legislation sailed through the House and Senate with only one dissenting vote.
