Opinion
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Obama’s Slow Growth Policies Have Stacked The Deck Against American Workers
Opinion -President Obama told us in his December 4 economic coming out speech on inequality, which the Huffington Post called the most important speech of his presidency:But we know that people’s frustrations run deeper than these most recent political battles. -
‘Disrupting’ Higher Ed Will Destroy It
Opinion -“Disrupting” may have had its day as a pervasive buzzword, claims Judith Shulevitz in The New Republic. It is or is soon to be toast as “jargon cluttering the pages of Forbes and Harvard Business Review” and as part of the title of many a TED talk. -
School-to-Work and the Surveillance State
Opinion -Politicians are once again presenting us with a crisis they say only government action can solve: “Too many students are graduating unprepared for the workforce.” They point to the one-quarter of U.S. -
A Common Sense Case Against Common Core
Opinion -Review of The Story Killers: A Common Sense Case Against the Common Core, by Terrence Moore -
Will Insurers Ever Say Enough’s Enough To Obamacare?
Opinion -I’ve been working professionally in health policy since 1979 when I was hired to write the consumer contracts and other communications in plain English for the Blue Cross Blue Shield plan in Maine. -
The World in Crisis
Opinion -We close 2013 in a world that seems to be swiftly tilting toward ever-larger crises of government legitimacy, oncoming clashes of foreign powers, and an abiding sense of concern on the part of the American people that the economic realities of long-term -
Supreme Court Will Hear Case on EPA Greenhouse Gas Regulations
Opinion -The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to hear an important case involving a narrow aspect of the Environmental Protection Agency’s power to regulate greenhouse gas emissions from power plants and other stationary sources of pollution. -
Sound Science And The U.S. Economy Victimized By The EPA’s CIA Fake, John Beale
Opinion -While the American public is justifiably outraged about a high-ranking EPA official collecting large paychecks while messing around, skipping work and falsely claiming to be doing CIA work, it is the work that John Beale actually performed – rather than -
Amid Detroit’s Bankruptcy, a New Vibrancy Emerges
Opinion -For years the news media have depicted Detroit as nothing more than a dumping ground of endless ruin and “war-torn” neighborhoods abandoned by both businesses and residents. -
After the Taper: Fed’s Non-Plan is Unchanged
Opinion -It is getting more difficult to understand the logic underlying current monetary policy in the U.S. There are two main channels by which economists think monetary policy can influence growth and employment. -
Native Americans Protest Eagle Deaths at Wind Farms
Opinion -In the face of continued raptor deaths and the Obama administration’s ongoing efforts to encourage new industrial wind farm developments, American Indian tribes are becoming increasingly vocal opponents of new wind farms. -
Why I Sent My Children to a School of Another Faith
Opinion -I grew up in the Lutheran faith, while relatives on my father's side were Methodist. Faith mattered. -
NASA Satellite Data Contradict ‘Warmest November’ Claims
Opinion -Climate Change Weekly #113Global warming activists claim this November was the warmest on record, yet NASA and NOAA satellite data show temperatures were only modestly warmer than average. -
Ohio EPA Proposes Phosphorus, Nitrogen Restrictions
Opinion -The Ohio Environmental Protection Agency is proposing restrictions on phosphorus and nitrogen amounts in state waterways. Ohio would be only the third state to enact such restrictions, joining Florida and Wisconsin.Qualitative vs. -
Lawmaker: Police ‘Out of Control’ With Property Seizures
Opinion -Jacque Sutton didn’t commit any crime but police impounded his 1989 Mustang GT and charged him $900 to get it back. His offense was attending a party in 2009 at an art gallery in Detroit that didn't have a permit to hold an event with dancing and DJs. -
EPA Official Urges Caution Revising Environmental Chemicals Law
Opinion -Congress should proceed cautiously with proposed legislation to revise environmental health restrictions on chemical substances, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Assistant Administrator James Jones told a House Subcommittee. -
Why Malala Didn’t Go to Public School
Opinion -Since she was shot in the head by a would-be Taliban assassin, Malala Yousafzai has become one of the most recognizable and admired young people on the planet. -
The Cruelty of Opposition to Lifesaving Genetically Improved Food
Opinion -There is little food on the plate of humans anywhere that has not been genetically improved. We began to ferment grape juice into wine and add yeast to alter flour thousands of years ago. -
EPA Reduces 2014 Ethanol Mandate
Opinion -The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced it is reducing the amount of ethanol that must be blended into gasoline. EPA will require transportation fuel companies to blend 15. -
Is Common Core ‘Rigorous,’ Or More Nearly The Opposite?
Opinion -So often do avid boosters such as U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan and former Florida Gov. -
Even Obama Can’t Believe Obama
Opinion -In response to a question from a reporter (in his year-end press conference) regarding tax reform, President Obama — after saying that the debt ceiling is "not a negotiating tool" — said that he's open to discussing other issues with Republicans:If -
Barack Obama and the Meaning of Socialism
Opinion -Barack Obama is finishing his fifth year as president, and continues to try to move America further in the direction of increased government paternalism with the implementation of ObamaCare, a push for a higher minimum wage, more intrusive business -
The Supreme Court is Undermining Science and Society
Opinion -The Supreme Court has taken up another case based on the Environmental Protection Agency’s campaign of lies that carbon dioxide is the cause of “climate change” and claims about the quality of air in the United States. -
WSJ: Obama Repeals Obamacare
Opinion -If you missed Friday’s devastating Wall Street Journal editorial you should get over there and read it. If you are now suffering because of the Obamcare Disaster, it might bring you a smidgen of solace.
