Opinion
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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 -
Louisiana Rejects Opportunity for Federal Preschool Funds
Opinion -As education budgets tighten, Louisiana has declined to apply for federal preschool dollars, citing the added regulations as too high a cost. -
Yes, Warming Is Benefiting Human Welfare
Opinion -Global warming has benefited human welfare ever since the end of the Little Ice Age and will continue to do so for many more decades at the very least, according to a newly published article in the UK journal The Spectator.
