Opinion
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We Don’t Need the Fed
Opinion -Who should run the Federal Reserve System when chairman Ben Bernanke’s term expires next year: Vice Chair Janet Yellen or former Obama adviser Lawrence Summers? Neither. Who then? No one. -
States Implement New Teacher Evaluations that Include Student Performance
Opinion -This school year, school districts nationwide have begun implementing new teacher evaluation systems that include student test scores. -
Tesla Had to Repay Its Dept of Energy Loan to Avoid Default
Opinion -When it comes to Tesla Motors, an irrational exuberance has overtaken Wall Street, the Department of Energy, electric car advocates, government interventionists, crony capitalists, techie nerds and Elon Musk fanboys everywhere. -
Fed Policies Pit Savings Versus Low Interest Rates
Opinion -Five years after the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression, economists are still starkly divided regarding its causes. -
Will Australians Vote to End the Carbon Tax?
Opinion -There’s an election in Australia on Saturday, September 7, and while the economy is of the greatest concern, it is a carbon tax that has driven up costs and put businesses into closure that is the issue that will determine the outcome. -
North Carolina Centralizes, Expands Student Data Collection
Opinion -This year, all North Carolina public schools will feed a vast amount of student information such as grades, classes, discipline problems, and test scores into one online system. International education giant Pearson, Inc. -
Major New Report on Climate Science Says Global Warming Is Not a Crisis
Opinion -The Nongovernmental International Panel on Climate Change (NIPCC) will release a major new report on climate change science produced by an international team of 40 scientists at a press conference on September 17 at the James R. -
Housing Drives Construction Spending to Four-Year High
Opinion -Total construction spending hit a four-year high in July as private residential and nonresidential activity increased while public spending declined, according to an analysis of new Census Bureau data by the Associated General Contractors of America. -
Michigan Bill Says No Credit Score Should Be No Factor In Insurance Discounts
Opinion -The use of credit scores for insurance purposes has been a controversy for years in Michigan. -
Illinois School Keeps Students—and Parents—In the Dark
Opinion -The lights are off every Tuesday inside Grove Avenue Elementary School in Barrington, Illinois, thanks to the Green Tuesdays program, aimed to raise awareness about the environment. -
$620 Billion Promised, Only $62 Billion Set Aside in Illinois
Opinion -Opponents of pension reform try to downplay Illinois' $100 billion in official pension debt because it's "not due at one point in time." They like to compare the pension debt to a "mortgage," which is paid over 30 years. -
Poll: Most People Don’t Blame Humans for Global Warming
Opinion -Only 43 percent of likely voters say global warming is caused by humans, according to the latest Rasmussen Reports survey. -
The Obama Green Failure Train Rolls on With Ecotality
Opinion -Thirteen years ago a former executive chef/kitchen manager launched an environmentally friendly cleaning products company to compete with industry giant Ecolab, his former employer, where he had worked and achieved the position of district sales manager. -
The Three-Decade Delay of a Nuclear Waste Repository
Opinion -There was a time when the United States was a can-do nation that built canals, bridges, railroads, and highways. Now we are a nation whose civil engineers annually report the dangers of decaying infrastructure. -
Virginia Gubernatorial Candidate Proposes Raft of School Choice
Opinion -As the race for governor in Virginia heats up, education has become a focal point for gubernatorial candidate Ken Cuccinelli. -
The Super Resources that Only Democrats Could Hate
Opinion -Energy is a super-resource. It is beneficial to several targeted economic problems and may even help some political conditions. The qualities of energy make it a special category of elements found in nature: a super-resource. -
Book Review: ‘Taxing Air: Facts and Fallacies about Climate Change’
Opinion -Taxing Air: Facts and Fallacies about Climate Change — by Bob Carter and John Spooner, with Bill Kininmonth, Martin Fell, Stewart Franks, and Bryan Leyland — could be the best textbook yet written on climate change for all ages and backgrounds. -
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. -
Stop Denying Climate Science and Act! (before people realize it’s a scam)
Opinion -The full-court press is on. Alarmist scientists, politicians, pressure groups, newspapers, ministers, rabbis and bureaucrats want Americans to “stop stalling” on climate change. -
2013 Hurricane Season Continues Record Inactivity
Opinion -Climate Change Weekly #103This week marks the halfway point of the 2013 Atlantic hurricane season – and not a single hurricane has formed anywhere in the Atlantic. -
Lisa Jackson Hires Lawyer for Email Concealment Fiasco
Opinion -In a sign her troubles have undergone a significant expansion, the Washington Free Beacon reported last week that former EPAAdministrator Lisa Jackson has hired a lawyer as new details of her use of private email accounts to conduct official government -
Wisconsin Officials Want More Data from Private Schools
Opinion -Top Wisconsin officials have introduced a plan to require more data collection from private voucher schools. The scheme is unlikely to become law, however, said Jim Bender, president of School Choice Wisconsin. -
Peer-Reviewed Study Indicates Recent Warming Is Natural
Opinion -Nature is responsible for most of the planet’s warming in recent decades, a newly published peer-reviewed study indicates. -
The Importance of Length-of-Record in Assessing Sea Level Change
Opinion -How long of a tide gauge data set is needed to be able to accurately evaluate the magnitude of any global warming that may have been driven by human activities?...
