Opinion
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Author of AMS Paper Trashes AMS Climate Expertise
Opinion -Neil Stenhouse, lead author of a paper accepted for publication by the Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, trashed the expertise of American Meteorological Society meteorologists in an article published yesterday in the UK Guardian. -
Washington Charter Opponents Turn to Lawsuit
Opinion -The first-ever charter school law in Washington state has come under fire from a coalition arguing the voter-approved measure is unconstitutional. The law allows for 40 charter schools to open over a period of five years. -
Heartland Institute Experts Comment on Illinois Pension Reform Bill Vote
Opinion -The Illinois Legislature today will vote on a bill to reform the state’s public pension system, which is $100 billion in debt and has contributed to Illinois having the worst credit rating of all 50 states. -
Et tu, Cardinal Dolan? “Less Eligibility” as justification for Obamacare
Opinion -The media is giving mixed reports of Cardinal Dolan's interview on Meet the Press with David Gregory. According to Fox News, the Catholics oppose Obamacare and, according to NBC News, the Catholics embrace it. -
Heartland Institute Experts React to U.S. Supreme Court Rejecting ‘Amazon Tax’ Case
Opinion -On Monday, the United States Supreme Court rejected without comment an appeal by Amazon and Overstock – two of the world’s largest online retailers – of a New York court decision that upheld the state’s 2008 law requiring the collection of taxes for -
Is It Time to Let Adults Play Online Poker Again?
Opinion -Two and a half years ago Eric Holder and the U.S. Justice Department applied dubious legal logic to shut down one of America’s quintessential pastimes – poker games among consenting adults. -
The White House Has the Worst Cyber Monday Ever
Opinion -Consumer Power Report #399The White House promised the problems with the federal health insurance exchange would be solved by November 30. That day having arrived and passed, now things should be working just swimmingly. Except they aren’t. At all. -
FCC Shouldn’t Pick Wireless Technologies
Opinion -Some wireless competitors and the DOJ/OSTP are urging the FCC to effectively change their spectrum aggregation rules to treat low-band spectrum-technology <1 GHz competitively different than high-band spectrum-technology >1 GHz. -
History Falsifies Alarmist Sea Level Claims
Opinion -Cities with thriving coastal ports during the Medieval Warm Period, the Roman Warm Period, and the Holocene Climate Optimum are now landlocked, meteorologist Robert Endlich explains in a fascinating new essay. -
The Menace and Immorality of the Welfare State
Opinion -In the United States policies are being promulgated by those with political power in Washington, D. C. that involve a massive and dangerous growth in the size and scope of government. -
Common Core Even Affects Letter Grades
Opinion -National curriculum mandates are influencing schools across the country in myriad ways, big and small. One not-so-obvious change is that Common Core standards can influence how teachers grade student work. -
FCC Shouldn’t Pick Wireless Technologies
Opinion -Some wireless competitors and the DOJ/OSTP are urging the FCC to effectively change their spectrum aggregation rules to treat low-band spectrum-technology <1 GHz competitively different than high-band spectrum-technology >1 GHz. -
History Falsifies Alarmist Sea Level Claims
Opinion -Cities with thriving coastal ports during the Medieval Warm Period, the Roman Warm Period, and the Holocene Climate Optimum are now landlocked, meteorologist Robert Endlich explains in a fascinating new essay. -
Scientific Journal Retracts Story Linking GM Corn to Rat Cancer
Opinion -The journal Food and Chemical Toxicology retracted a study claiming a link between genetically modified corn and cancer in laboratory rats. Scientists pointed out several flaws in the study, which was published in 2012. -
Wealth, Inequality, and Pope Francis
Opinion -With everyone from the Pope to the president spouting off these days about the alleged evil of purportedly growing wealth disparity in the world, it’s worth a few moments to remind ourselves – and to help educate others – about what wealth actually means. -
U.N. Climate Change Talks: It’s Really All About the Money
Opinion -“Rich countries are still not pledging enough money to begin financing a shift to a cleaner global economy,” reports the Financial Times (FT) in its coverage of the United Nations climate talks in Warsaw that ended with little more than a “vague road map -
Violence is Very Human
Opinion -The “knockout game” is in the news these days along with much discussion of bullying. Football is a game of violence with rules in which players frequently sustain injuries. Terrorism has been adopted to advance the Islamic goal of global domination. -
Did The BLS Give Obama A Major Election 2012 Gift?
Opinion -Just one month before the 2012 election, the Obama campaign received a major illegal campaign contribution from the Commerce Department. -
The Real Story of Thanksgiving
Opinion -Every year around this time, most schoolchildren hear the same ol’ Thanksgiving story in their classrooms across the nation. That so-called official story is a heartwarming tale of how the Pilgrims and Native Americans shared a bountiful feast together. -
Federal Student Loan Profits Rival Apple’s, Exxon Mobil’s Profits
Opinion -It probably wouldn't come as a shock to most people to learn that Exxon Mobil and Apple were two of the most profitable companies in the U.S. last year. With profits of $44.9 billion and $41. -
Five Reasons Illinois’ Pension ‘Fix’ Is a Step Backward
Opinion -There’s immense pressure on Illinois legislators to pass a pension bill. Legislators are scheduled to be back in session December 3. -
AMS Survey Shows No Consensus on Global Warming
Opinion -The release of Climate Change Reconsidered II: Physical Science makes it clear that there is no scientific consensus on the causes or consequences of climate change. -
Another Gold-Standard Study Shows Preschool Ineffective
Opinion -Initial results from a high-quality study of Tennessee’s government preschool program show its participants scored lower on cognitive tests than peers who did not attend the program. -
IRS Backs Down, Agrees to Return Seized Bank Accounts
Opinion -The Internal Revenue Service has filed motions to voluntarily dismiss two civil forfeiture actions against innocent Detroit-area small-business owners. Terry Dehko of Fraser, Mich. and Mark Zaniewski of Sterling Heights, Mich.
