Opinion
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Climate Policies Lock Chains on Developing Nations
Opinion -As part of his climate change initiative announced in June, President Obama declared, “Today I’m calling for an end of public financing for new coal plants overseas unless they deploy carbon capture technologies, or there’s no other viable way for the -
Dire Climate Warnings Not Happening
Opinion -The United Nations-sponsored International Panel on Climate Change is about to release its 2013 report, but details already are leaking out. -
Gina McCarthy Hopefully Kept Her Eyes Wide Open During Her Visit To Pebble Mine
Opinion -If EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy kept her eyes open last month during her tour of the Pebble Group’s proposed mining site in southwestern Alaska, she saw a mining group committed to the most impressive environmental stewardship possible. -
JP Morgan Chase to Refund $309 Million for Bogus Billing Practices
Opinion -The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has announced that JPMorgan Chase must refund $309 million to credit card customers who were improperly billed for add-on products. The CFPB and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency concluded that 2. -
No, We Don’t Have a Plan to Blow up the Bridge—or the Healthcare System
Opinion -If it’s your bridge, and not one being used by the enemy in wartime, you would want to obstruct a plan to destroy it. But what if the plan is called “healthcare reform”?Republicans are lambasted for not having a Plan. -
Obamacare’s Lowered Expectations
Opinion -Consumer Power Report #390On the eve of Obamacare’s launch, the White House is lowering expectations for it, downplaying their assumptions for signups and emphasizing this won’t be a launch so much as the start of a conversation with the American people, -
Ohio Works to Protect Consumers From Navigator Fraud
Opinion -Under an Ohio law, “navigators” hired under President Obama’s health care overhaul will have to pass a background check and meet other requirements beyond those mandated by the federal government. Rep. -
Sometimes You Have to Let Some Government Go
Opinion -There is an awful lot of government going on in Washington. Which is what happens when you spend $3.8 trillion - as DC is doing this year. Up from $2.9 trillion just five years ago. -
The Government’s Endless Orgy of Spending
Opinion -I frequently marvel that a loon like Nancy Pelosi could have become Speaker of the House and is currently the House minority leader. Recently she said, “The cupboard is bare. There’s no more cuts to make. It’s really important that people understand that. -
Tax Bills Pose Big Threats to Investors, Little Gain to Government
Opinion -There is a threat to the capital markets and financial industry from two proposed tax bills—one addressing carried interest taxation as it relates to investment managers, and the other a proposed tax on financial transactions. -
Implications of EU Ruling Google Abused Its Search Dominance
Opinion -Apparently EU antitrust authorities’ patience with Google has limits.The EU’s Competition Commissioner, Joaquin Almunia, said he will soon resolve his nearly three-year-old investigation of Google’s alleged abuse of its search dominance. -
As IRS Implements Obamacare, Privacy Concerns Rise
Opinion -The Internal Revenue Service has been under fire for overstepping its authority and unfairly targeting conservative groups for greater scrutiny when they sought tax-exempt status. -
IPCC Report on Hold While Politicians Revise Content
Opinion -The United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change is in full spin-control mode today after analysts pointed out politicians rather than scientists are driving IPCC’s Summary for Policymakers. -
State Audit Finds Trouble in St. Louis Schools
Opinion -A September audit of the St. -
NIPCC, Heartland Institute React to UN IPCC Climate Report Summary
Opinion -The United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) on September 27, 2013 released the “Summary for Policymakers” of its fifth and latest assessment of Earth’s climate. -
NFL Sacks Taxpayers for Stadium Subsidies and Other Goodies
Opinion -The National Football League sacks taxpayers from every angle. -
Omnipotence at Home, Impotence Abroad
Opinion -This essay is based on remarks delivered on September 27 at CPAC-St. Louis.The Heartland Institute addresses a wide range of topics, everything from school reform and health care to legal reform and telecommunications. -
The Latest Italian Job
Opinion -Nowhere is the art of bureaucratic precaution and obfuscation practiced with greater enthusiasm and single-minded efficiency than in Europe. And nowhere is this more in evidence than in Europe’s battle against technological progress in farming. -
The Outlook for Modeling Clouds (Adequately) … is Still Cloudy
Opinion -A new study highlights some of the details, revealing that there is “only very modest improvement in the simulated cloud climatology in CMIP5 compared with CMIP3,” and that even this slightest of improvements “is mainly a result of careful model tuning -
Texas Joins Growing Number of States to Welcome Captive Insurers
Opinion -For many years most states banned captive insurance companies, but now they are becoming increasingly popular and even used as tools of economic development. -
Arrival of Obamacare Navigators in Florida Sparks Concerns Over Privacy, Fraud
Opinion -How secure are Floridians’ health and financial information in the wake of Obamacare? -
Hospital Systems Drive Rural Health Care Crisis, Worsening Access Problems
Opinion -Rural health care is in a crisis caused by physician shortages and the growth of large hospital systems, according to a report from the Health and Human Services Office of the Inspector General. -
David Suzuki Attacks Climate Science
Opinion -David Suzuki, better known in Canada than in the U.S. and other parts of the world, is a former scientist and modern-day financier of the radical fringes of the environmental movement. -
Bill Would Require Milwaukee to Sell Vacant Schools
Opinion -MADISON — Vacant Milwaukee public school buildings would sit idle no more under a bill proposed by two Milwaukee-area lawmakers. State Sen. Alberta Darling (R-River Hills) and Rep.
