Opinion
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Report: Feds Struggle to Produce Timely, Relevant Education Research
Opinion -The U.S. Department of Education needs to improve the speed, transparency, and relevance of its research, a federal review has found. -
Study: Banning Plastic Grocery Bags Does Not Cut Disposal Costs
Opinion -Banning plastic grocery bags does not reduce disposal and recycling costs, a study of several U.S. cities shows. Consumers choose plastic bags far more often than paper or reusable bags to carry their purchases. -
Study: Hydraulic Fracturing Is ‘Game-Changer’ for U.S. Economy
Opinion -A new policy study explains the facts about hydraulic fracturing so legislators and regulators can make better-informed decisions on fracking issues. -
Two and a Half Cheers for Ryan-Murray
Opinion -My life’s work is devoted to cutting the federal government in half. -
Federal Regulations Load States with Education Employees
Opinion -State departments of education employ an average of 142 employees per million state residents, according to a Heritage Foundation analysis. -
First Federal Budget in Four Years Receives Tepid Response from Many
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Despite Hype, Few Complete Free Online Classes
Opinion -Amid breathless media reports that free online university classes will dramatically change education, a new study finds few who enroll complete or even attend the classes. -
EPA Overstepped Authority on Farm Runoff, Court Rules
Opinion -In a sharp rebuke to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, a federal court ruled a poultry farm owner did not have to get a federal pollution permit for small amounts of feathers or other chicken residue that inadvertently washed into a nearby stream. -
EPA Attempts to Grab More Power Under the Clean Water Act
Opinion -A long-simmering dispute over which bodies of water the U.S. -
Stocks Climb on Fed’s QE ‘Taper’ News, Others Not So Impressed
Opinion -Outgoing Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke on Wednesday announced a slight decrease in the Fed’s unprecedented “quantitative easing” program. -
You CAN Opt Out of Obamacare: Here’s How
Opinion -Heartland Institute Policy Advisor Merrill Matthews, who is resident scholar with the Institute for Policy Innovation, posted a PolicyByte the other day titled “Mandate Revolt: Health Insurers Offering Coverage for Those Who Refuse Obamacare. -
Christmas and the Constitution Can Coexist
Opinion -Many educated Americans likely recognize the expression “separation of church and state” but probably do not know it appears nowhere in the Constitution. -
Common Core Slows School Reform Movement
Opinion -The Wall Street Journal dubbed 2011 “the year of school choice” because 13 states enacted school choice laws and another 28 considered doing so. That was just the beginning. -
The Five Biggest Education Stories of 2013
Opinion -Education reporting is often treated as the armpit of the newsroom, where editors assign new reporters or lump the subject in with coverage of parades and spaghetti dinners. -
Heartland Institute Experts React to Federal Reserve Slowing Quantitative Easing
Opinion -The Federal Reserve today announced it will slow the third round of “quantitative easing” (QE3), reducing the Fed’s purchase of government bonds from a rate of $85 billion per month to $75 billion per month, and will not raise interest rates. -
Adoption of New Bulbs Requires Big Subsidies and Killing Incandescents
Opinion -The full implementation of the incandescent light bulb ban takes effect in two weeks, which in the U.S. government’s anti-liberty wisdom will effectively eliminate the competition to companies like Cree, Inc. -
Wind Company Fined for Eagle Deaths
Opinion -In what appears to be a precedent-setting case for renewable energy projects’ impact on wildlife, the U.S. -
Governor Fires Firm that Found 40% Error Rate in Illinois’ Medicaid Rolls
Opinion -Illinois has fired the private company that found 40 percent of the state's Medicaid enrollees shouldn’t be in the system. Now the state will hire hundreds of unionized, public employees to do the job. Gov. -
Most Indiana Kids Read with Family
Opinion -Eighty-five percent of Indiana children under age six have relatives reading to them at least three times a week, according to a recent study. -
National Renewable Electricity Standard: Why Raise Electricity Prices?
Opinion -Earlier this month, Representatives Jared Polis (D Colorado), Ben Ray Luján (D New Mexico), and Ann Kuster (D New Hampshire) introduced the National Renewable Electricity Act of 2013 (RES Act) into the US House of Representatives. -
Former Mayor Smuggles Guns to Mexico, Keeps Taxpayer-Funded Pension
Opinion -A conviction for gun smuggling isn’t stopping a former Columbus, New Mexico mayor from getting nearly $17,000 a year in taxpayer-funded pension money. -
Electricity Prices Rise Dramatically Under Ohio Renewable Mandates
Opinion -Electricity prices in Ohio have risen approximately triple the national average since Ohio enacted renewable power mandates in 2008. -
You CAN Opt Out of Obamacare: Here’s How
Opinion -Heartland Institute Policy Advisor Merrill Matthews, who is resident scholar with the Institute for Policy Innovation, posted a PolicyByte the other day titled “Mandate Revolt: Health Insurers Offering Coverage for Those Who Refuse Obamacare. -
Paul Krugman Doesn’t Get The True Depth Of Conservative Villainy
Opinion -Paul Krugman has found out the hidden truth of his political opponents once again: Republican opposition to Obamacare is motivated by how much they hate the poor:“The purpose of most health care reform is to help the unfortunate — people with
