Opinion
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Goodbye OPEC, Hello Independence
Opinion -October 17 was the fortieth anniversary of the oil embargo slapped on America by the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC). -
Universal Health Insurance Lie
Opinion -There are many things that might have been done to reform healthcare in the United States after Barack Obama was elected. -
Polar Sea Ice Remains Above Long-Term Average
Opinion -Polar sea ice extent remains above the long-term average, NASA/NOAA satellite instruments report. Fueled by record Antarctic sea ice extent, polar sea ice this month continues a year-long trend of primarily above-average extent. -
The ObamaCare Website: The World Outruns the Government – By a Decade
Opinion -We recently found out that the incredibly effective ObamaCare exchange website is - well, not exactly state-of-the-art. -
A Surge of the Best and Brightest to Save Obamacare
Opinion -consumer-power-report -Consumer Power Report #393President Obama and the White House are swinging into campaign mode on his health care law today, with a Rose Garden event following multiple defensive Sunday appearances, announcements of changes to Obamacare’s homepage, and an -
Predicting America’s Future
Opinion -One of the great parlor games of pundits, politicians, journalists, and just about everyone else is predicting the future. -
Maryland School Officials Will Police What Kids Say on Facebook
Opinion -In May 2013, Maryland lawmakers passed a cyberbullying law, making it a misdemeanor to use a computer to “inflict serious emotional distress on a minor. -
Report: Rural Virginia Hospitals Won’t Qualify if Required to Re-Enroll in Medicare
Opinion -Nearly two-thirds of rural hospitals in the United States would fail to meet location requirements if required to re-enroll in Medicare, an inspector general’s report from the Department of Health and Human Services has found. -
The Modern FCC Competition-Policy Linchpin
Opinion -When will the FCC acknowledge the obvious?Every day many tens of millions of Americans competitively substitute wireless for wired communications and wired for wireless. -
Nashville Must Pay Millions More for Convention Center Land
Opinion -The City of Nashville must make up for the $15 million in fair market value a private real estate development company says it lost when city officials used eminent domain laws to take the firm’s land to build the Music City Convention Center. -
Singularities
Opinion -In astrophysics, there is a concept called a “singularity.” Most often discussed in terms of the Big Bang or black holes, a singularity is, among other things, a point in spacetime from which no prior matter or information can escape. -
The Age of Climate Alarmism is Coming to an End
Opinion -You can be forgiven for not noticing that the United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change released a summary of its Fifth Assessment Report late last month. -
Three Common Core Executive Orders Change Little
Opinion -The governors of Iowa, Maine, and Arizona recently issued executive orders on Common Core national education standards, but to little effect. On October 16, Iowa Gov. -
Thorner: Lake Forest Parents Would be Wise to Hear Both Sides on Common Core
Opinion -With all that is happening currently in Washington, D.C. -
If Someone Really Wanted to Harm Obamacare…
Opinion -Now I’m not suggesting that anyone go out and do this, but if someone really wanted to hurt ObamaCare, he (or she) would hack into healthcare. -
Fukushima and the Misunderstood Effects of Radiation
Opinion -More than two years have passed since a major earthquake and devastating tsunami damaged the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, and still not a single case of radiation illness or death has occurred as a result. -
Expanding Our Understanding of Climate Change
Opinion -In a short book titled What We Know About Climate Change, Massachusetts Institute of Technology meteorologist Kerry Emanuel explains why he believes humans are causing a global warming crisis. -
Global Warming Alarmism Denies Sound Science
Opinion -Sound science dealt several devastating blows to global warming alarmism during the past few weeks, despite the best efforts of global-warming activists to sustain the drumbeat of climate fear. -
National Tests Undermine Three Years of Accountability
Opinion -The U.S. Department of Education says states can drop their own tests in favor of piloting national Common Core tests in spring 2014 after a tussle with California over a new law enacting the same policy. -
Wisconsin Okays Property Tax Relief Measure
Opinion -Assembly Democrats in Wisconsin were feeling rejected—again—after Republicans dismissed their version of property tax relief, just before the GOP’s $100-million property tax cut plan passed in the Assembly with bipartisan support. -
Illinois Supreme Court Strikes Down Internet Tax
Opinion -Efforts to tax Internet sales wherever they occur suffered a blow with a 6 to 1 ruling against Illinois’ “Amazon tax” by the state’s supreme court. -
Obamacare Charges New Fee for Self-Insured Employers
Opinion -A new annual fee of $1 per person covered is now being charged to health insurance plans and employers for companies that self-insure. -
2013 Shattering Records for Fewest Tornadoes
Opinion -Legacy Climate Change Weekly -Climate Change Weekly #106Fewer tornadoes have occurred in 2013 than in any other year in recorded history, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration reports. -
Reindeer Reproduction in a Warming World
Opinion -According to the authors of this study, who examined satellite derived measures of vegetation green-up, population densities, calf body masses and female reproductive success, the “effects of global warming on plant productivity and onset of spring are
