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‘Thousands of NSA Analysts Can Listen to Domestic Phone Calls,’ Read Emails, Texts, IMs
Opinion -UPDATES: Aplenty – from late last night – below. Please, indulge us and read from top to bottom – for clarity’s sake.—–That’s some good news right there. -
The Magic, Fairy Dust Naivete That Is Progressive Economics
Opinion -Let’s proclaim the Good News: Government money is free. No, not just to the beneficiaries of government programs. To society as a whole. Meaning there is no economic cost to government spending whatsoever. -
Conservatives Reach Common Ground On A Carbon Tax, And That’s The Problem
Opinion -A much-anticipated carbon tax debate in Washington D.C. last Thursday brought some much needed clarity to assertions that conservatives should or indeed do support a carbon tax. -
House, Senate at Odds on NCLB Rewrite
Opinion -Although Democrats and Republicans largely agree the largest federal education law is in shambles, House Republicans and Senate Democrats have different ideas about how to revise No Child Left Behind. -
Pennsylvania School Pension Burdens Reflected in Tax Requests
Opinion -Pension problems facing Pennsylvania school districts have come home to roost. As we wrote in a recent blog, “Unless there is agreement on pension reform legislation . . . most school districts in Pennsylvania face ruinous increases in pension funding. -
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Breakthrough!
Opinion -This essay is based on remarks delivered on June 19, 2013 at Heartland’s annual President’s Council Retreat. -
California’s Environmental Tax Grab
Opinion -Well, well, well. It seems California is not all that interested in theenvironment after all. As this editorial in the Wall Street Journalnotes (June 18, 2013, p. -
‘Thousands of NSA Analysts Can Listen to Domestic Phone Calls,’ Read Emails, Texts, IMs
Opinion -UPDATES: Aplenty – from late last night – below. Please, indulge us and read from top to bottom – for clarity’s sake.—–That’s some good news right there. -
Kansas Common Core Opponents Look to 2014
Opinion -Although frustrated by a three-vote defeat of a bill to reconsider Common Core national education standards or related tests in 2013, former Kansas Board of Education member Walt Chappell is resolute: “House Bill 2289 [to repeal Common Core] is still -
Climate Alarmists Caught Doctoring ‘97 Percent Consensus’ Claims
Opinion -Global warming alarmists have been caught doctoring the results of a widely cited paper asserting there is a 97 percent scientific consensus regarding human-caused global warming. -
Detroit Offers Creditors Pennies on the Dollar
Opinion -Less than one month after Detroit emergency manager Kevyn Orr issued a report declaring the city’s finances to be in worse shape than nearly anyone suspected when he assumed the job in March, Detroit has defaulted on a scheduled debt payment of $39. -
Just Drop the Tacos and Step Away from the Counter …
Opinion -Taco Bell®, long a young person’s favorite place for inexpensive and tasty late-night snacks and likely an occasional target of late-night robberies, now finds itself on the wrong end of a lawsuit for alleged stealing--brought by a prisoner in the -
Marco Rubio’s Insider Problem
Opinion -What was Marco Rubio sent to Washington to do? The concern among Rubio’s team of the rising chorus of “Marco’s gone Washington” shouldn’t surprise them considering his approach to the gamesmanship of typical Senatorial give and take. -
The Magic, Fairy Dust Naivete That Is Progressive Economics
Opinion -Let’s proclaim the Good News: Government money is free. No, not just to the beneficiaries of government programs. To society as a whole. Meaning there is no economic cost to government spending whatsoever. -
The Obamacare Propaganda Boom
Opinion -consumer-power-report -Consumer Power Report #378The latest polling on Obamacare is the worst it has ever been, with majorities of Americans saying they expect their family will be worse off under it and majorities saying it would be better to go back to the pre-Obamacare -
Why the Grand Common Core Compromise Is Dangerous
Opinion -Not everything worth doing should be done by the federal government. That may be the understatement of the millennium, but it’s the key to understanding why the current push for Common Core standards in education is a bad idea. -
School Choice Set to Grow, Financially Insolvent Districts, and More: Friday’s Ed News Roundup
Opinion -Friday's ed newsSouth Carolina is poised to become the 23rd school choice state. Early this morning, Wisconsin's legislature also passed a school vouchers expansion inside the state budget. -
Greenbacks Beat the Greens in Uber-Green California
Opinion -If there is anyplace the gang green can expect to get its way, it would surely be California. -
Big Apple “Voluntary” Composting Idea Stinks: Carries Health Risks, Says New York-Based Risk Expert
Opinion -Mayor Bloomberg is planning on creating a "voluntary" composting program that will eventually become mandatory, the New York Times reported on Sunday. -
If 6 Was 9
Opinion -Also on the food front, you just knew this was going to happen back when Budweiser®, Schlitz®, and Pabst Blue Ribbon® brand beers became no longer good enough for the cognoscenti and everybody started getting into microbrews: more brands, more logos, and -
Debate Highlights Obstacles for a ‘Conservative’ Carbon Tax
Opinion -A much-anticipated carbon tax debate in Washington D.C. last Thursday brought some much needed clarity to assertions that conservatives should or indeed do support a carbon tax. -
A Don’t-Miss Science Conference July 13-14
Opinion -An energetic group of medical doctors, nuclear physicists, astrophysicists, climate scientists, and just plain folks desiring to get up close and personal with some of our nation's greatest scientists will be meeting at the Houston Marriott South on -
California Assembly Rejects Fracking Ban
Opinion -The California State Assembly overwhelmingly rejected a bill that would have banned oil and natural gas fracking in the state. By a vote of 37-24, the Democrat-dominated Assembly voted down AB 1323. -
Models Predicted Too Much Warming, New Data Show
Opinion -Climate models used by the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change and other climate groups to predict future temperatures have failed miserably at predicting climate in recent years, new data show.