Opinion
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What Should Republicans Do About Obamacare’s Failed Launch?
Opinion -Consumer Power Report #395What should Capitol Hill Republicans do about Obamacare’s failed launch? Currently, they’re backing away slowly. -
Nebraska Moves Forward with Study of Natural Climate Change
Opinion -The Nebraska Climate Assessment and Response Committee will proceed with a study on the effects of natural climate change on the state, despite vigorous opposition from global warming activists. -
Learning and Succeeding "Differently"
Opinion -Having a child who struggles in school torments parents – whether it’s because of attention deficit disorder, dyslexia, an inability to comprehend “whole word” approaches in learning to read, or just a need to “learn differently” from peers. -
Van Hollen Was Right — Sorta
Opinion -I got a fair amount of push-back from Chris Van Hollen’soffice over my post that called him a liar for saying that only 5% of employerswere affected by Obama’s delay in the employer mandate. -
JPMorgan Chase Agrees to $13 Billion Settlement With Feds
Opinion -After much back and forth, JPMorgan Chase agreed in November to pay $13 billion to settle federal charges that it sold “mortgage-backed securities” without properly informing buyers of their highly risky nature. -
Global Warming Is Not Likely to Favor an Invasive Ant Species
Opinion -The authors of this study note that there findings are just the opposite of classical views of global climate change, wherein the ranges of many invading species are believed to increase in response to warming, especially those that are currently -
New York Retailers Win Credit Card Surcharge Case
Opinion -U.S. District Judge Jed Rakoff in October ruled in favor of a group of retailers who challenged New York's credit card surcharge law. -
Oregon Legislature Blocks Local Bans on Genetically Modified Crops
Opinion -Oregon Gov. John Kitzhaber (D) signed into law a bill preventing county governments from banning genetically modified crops. -
The Biggest Failure of Obamacare: Increasing the Number of Uninsured
Opinion -Some people have been surprised by the failure of the Obamacare web site and more broadly of the federal exchanges generally.But those of us who have followed this legislation closely weren’t surprised at all. -
2013 Shattering Records for Lack of Tornadoes
Opinion -The United States is on pace this year for the lowest number of tornadoes in recorded history, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration reports. -
Labor Day 2013: Lincoln, Labor, and Liberty
Opinion -I've just finished reading Rich Lowry's new book, Lincoln Unbound, and as someone who has read a lot of books on Lincoln, I happily commend it to you. -
United States on Pace for Quietest Hurricane Decade
Opinion -As the 2013 hurricane season comes to a close, the United States is on pace for its quietest hurricane decade in recorded history. With just over a month to go in the 2013 hurricane season, no hurricanes had struck the United States this year. -
Texas Republicans Consistently Block Needed Education Reforms
Opinion -In Texas, more than 2,000 students per week are dropping out of public schools—3 million students during the last two decades. -
National Academies of Science Study: Fracking Captures 99 Percent of Methane
Opinion -Containment measures employed by energy production companies capture 99 percent of the methane released by natural gas fracking operations, scientists report in a peer-reviewed study published by the National Academy of Sciences. -
North Carolina Backtracks on Plans to Inspect Homeschools
Opinion -North Carolina homeschool parents erupted in anger when David Mills, director of the state’s Department of Non-Public Education, said he planned to randomly visit homeschools across the state for “review of tests results, immunization records, and -
Pacific Ocean Reveals Much Warmer Past
Opinion -Climate Change Weekly #108The global warming of the past 100 years has done little to raise temperatures above unusually cool levels, scientists report in the peer-reviewed journal Science. -
WI Voucher Attacks, LA Legal Wrangling, and More: Friday’s Ed News Roundup
Opinion -Friday's ed newsWISCONSIN: The state department of education constantly attempts to undermine Wisconsin’s vouchers program, says a new report. LOUISIANA: More legal wrangling in the Obama administration’s lawsuit against vouchers for poor black kids. -
Of Sharks and Windshields
Opinion -The Obama administration is beginning to resemble a damaged car windshield: A small ding from an unexpected flying pebble turns into a spider web of cracks, leaving the windshield difficult to see through and dangerously unstable. -
Thank Global Warming For Softening The Blow Of Hurricane Sandy
Opinion -One year ago [Tuesday], Hurricane Sandy made landfall in New Jersey, killing more than 100 people and causing more than $50 billion in damage. -
New Tesla Fires, Old Volt Ones Explained, Not Absolved
Opinion -Tesla’s once-Teflon Elon Musk, the adored Paypal/SpaceX/electric-car innovator who’s been showered with unmitigated media praise and highly inflated stock values, has another lithium ion battery fire to explain. -
Chicago Council Approves Nation’s Highest Cigarette Tax; Retailers Push Back
Opinion -Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s proposal to give Chicago the highest cigarette tax in the nation won overwhelming approval from the Chicago City Council on Nov. -
Food Stamp Independency
Opinion -Today, the first-ever program-wide reduction in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (“SNAP”), also known as food stamps, will take place. -
Heartland Institute Experts Applaud Ticket Scalping Bill in Michigan
Opinion -Residents of Michigan could soon gain the liberty to sell tickets to sporting events and concerts at a price above its face value – a currently illegal, but largely tolerated practice known as scalping. State Rep. -
America’s Health Care in Crisis: Fighting Back Against Obamacare
Opinion -Americans are getting increasingly angry about the realities of Obamacare — and for good reason.
