Opinion
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Inspector General Warns of Fannie and Freddie Losses
Opinion -Defenders of the government-sponsored mortgage behemoths Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac have been boasting of big profits. Now a federal inspector general is warning of big losses. -
Nothing Is Constant But Change
Opinion -We reported last fortnight on the case of Florida lawyer Scott Weiselberg, who decided to rent the Adam Sandler film “Big Daddy” on his iPhone in 2010 but downloaded the high-definition version of the movie before discovering his iPhone did not support -
Your Mortgage, Their Rent
Opinion -Wall Street investment banks and mortgage bankers seem poised to get what they want in housing finance reform – at the expense of taxpayers. When firms compete for government subsidies and regulatory advantages, economists call it “rent seeking. -
Obama’s College Plan, SC’s First Choice, and More: Friday’s Ed News Roundup
Opinion -Friday's ed newsFEDERAL LOANS: President Obama promises to “shake up” higher education with a new college ratings system. Richard Vedder says the idea will further escalate college costs. -
Study: Obamacare Could Shrink Workforce by 900,000
Opinion -According to a new study, if you’re single, earning less than $22,000 annually, and are getting health insurance through your employer, President Obama’s law may make you reconsider showing up for work in 2014. -
Philadelphia Schools Struggle to Avoid Detroit’s Fate
Opinion -Philadelphia schools opened on time September 9 after city officials agreed to supply the district at least $50 million more than previously allocated. -
ObamaCare’s Biggest Wrong: Collecting the Premiums
Opinion -One of the long-standing problems in the individual health insurance market is collecting premiums.The individual market is largely made up of people with tentative work histories. -
Report Offers Solutions for Pension Reforms
Opinion -The bankruptcy filing of Detroit and the nearly unprecedented triple-downgrade of Chicago’s general obligation debt by Moody’s Investors Service this summer have garnered national headlines, but the pension problems that were cited as major reasons for -
‘Respected Senior Scientists’ Urge Suppressing Climate Evidence
Opinion -Three “respected senior scientists” urged a colleague of Georgia Tech climate professor Judith Curry not to publish scientific findings because the findings would support skeptics of a global warming crisis. -
It’s (Financially) In the Hole!
Opinion -Minnesota’s golf season typically runs shorter than in most places, but for one city-owned course, it was over before it started this year—and taxpayers are still being hit with substantial upkeep costs. -
Democrats and Lawlessness
Opinion -In the third of the six films of the Star Wars saga, the Sith Lord who has infiltrated to become the ruling Chancellor of the democratic republic confederation of peaceful worlds announces to the elected Assembly of representatives of those worlds that -
Climate Reductio ad Absurdum
Opinion -Recently, three researchers at the University of California, Berkeley, had a study published that claimed that a “substantial” correlation between violence and climate change could be made. -
Shale Gas Better Climate Solution Than Carbon Tax
Opinion -In a recent commentary ("The importance of Maryland's leadership on climate change," Aug. 18), former presidential adviser Carol M. Browner praised Gov. Martin O'Malley's proposals to reduce carbon pollution. -
A Tale of Two Climate HockeySticks
Opinion -The false "hockeystick" graph with which (in 2001) the UN climate panel claimed that current surface temperatures are "unprecedented" in a millennium is at odds with hundreds of scientific papers and with their own previous position. -
America’s Second Civil War
Opinion -“War,” said Carl von Clausewitz, “is but a continuation of politics with the admixture of other means.”But as every school child used to know, if A=B, then B=A. -
ObamaCare Pushes Big Medical Practice Changes
Opinion -The Affordable Care Act will have a profound influence on how doctors practice medicine; and the way hospitals care for patients. -
Conservative Legislators Soundly Reject ‘Revenue Neutral’ Carbon Tax
Opinion -Conservative state legislators gathering earlier this month at the American Legislative Exchange Council’s annual meeting overwhelmingly defeated a resolution supporting a “revenue neutral” carbon tax. -
The Dangers of California’s ‘Investment Authority’ Bill
Opinion -The big budget bills in California have been resolved for this legislative session but the public has good reason to remain on alert. -
NC Superintendent: Schools More Important than Kids
Opinion -RALEIGH—North Carolina State Superintendent June Atkinson supports charter schools because the independent public schools will “not be a big competitor for our public schools,” she said in October. She doesn’t feel the same about private schools. -
The ‘Gore Effect’ Visits The Heartland Institute
Opinion -One of the most embarrassing aspects of being Al Gore is the propensity of the weather to turn frigid virtually every time Gore schedules a public event to cry wolf about global warming. -
E-cigarette Regulation: Take Sensible Approach to Help Smokers Quit
Opinion -For all the heated rhetoric, there's little dispute in the scientific community: those who quit smoking cigarettes and switch to e-cigarettes reap immediate as well as long-term health benefits. And those improvements are dramatic. -
Walking on the Water
Opinion -Then there’s the inconvenient, and one would think obvious, fact that water is, well, wet. -
Who Will Protect the Fleeced?
Opinion -Katya Wachtel and Sam Forgione of Reuters wrote this in a recent investment recap piece: “Billionaire investor George Soros dumped 7.85 million shares of U.S. Airways Group Inc in the second quarter, a regulatory filing on Wednesday showed. -
Environmentalists Want You Powerless
Opinion -The power plant closures are coming; the power plant closures are coming; the power plant closures are coming; and while no one is riding through town to announce the news, the results to America could be nearly as dire as the coming of the Redcoats.