Opinion
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Court to Hear Federal Lawsuit Against Louisiana Vouchers
Opinion -The U.S. Department of Justice has not withdrawn its legal challenge to Louisiana vouchers on racial grounds, despite claiming it merely wants more information. U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan recently said he did not know the U.S. -
Beware Of The Foolish Politics Of Climate Change
Opinion -Last week, while America dithered over whether or not to depose Syria’s president, an ocean away, a different leader was decisively dumped. The election of Australia’s new prime minister has international implications. -
AP Tests: Waste of Tax Money?
Opinion -Politico recently published a story on the increasing numbers of students who are failing Advanced Placement (AP) tests in U.S. high schools. -
The Ethanol Debacle
Opinion -The government mandated blend of ethanol in every gallon of gasoline is a full-fledged disaster and neither Congress, nor the Environmental Protection Agency shows any indication of either repealing or abandoning it. -
New House Bill Would Extend Internet Access Tax Moratorium
Opinion -Congress is considering two bills that would make the Internet Tax Freedom Act permanent. Since 1998, The Internet Tax Freedom Act has placed a moratorium on state and local taxation of Internet access and discriminatory taxes on emails and other data. -
Most States Use Useless Preschool Ratings, Study Finds
Opinion -Twenty-six states rate preschools with a system that doesn’t identify quality institutions, finds a recent study in Science journal. -
5 BIG Implications from Court Signals on Net Neutrality
Opinion -Economic rationality, competition, and broadband pricing freedom are the big winners, and common carrier-like net neutrality was the big loser, if the Appeals Court panel decides Verizon v. FCC as expected. -
Act 10 Wins Again, Reconsidering Common Core, and More: Friday’s Ed News Roundup
Opinion -Friday's ed newsWISCONSIN: A federal judge upholds contentious collective bargaining limits. PARENT TRIGGER: Why it's a bad long-term idea and good short-term idea. OBAMACARE: The U.S. -
Modeling the East Asian-Western North Pacific Monsoon & ENSO
Opinion -How well does the FGOALS-s2 model do? In comparing the new versus the old version, it is evident that although the new model has improved over its earlier version, it still suffers from a number of bothersome inadequacies... -
Environmental Activist Naomi Klein Trashes Joe Romm for Ignorance
Opinion -Environmental activist Naomi Klein published an open letter this week eviscerating Center for American Progress front man Joe Romm for making ignorant statements and irresponsibly making hatchet-job attacks on people with differing points of view. -
The Sluggish Recovery of Real Net Domestic Private Business Investment
Opinion -Making sense of economic fluctuations is a daunting task. The economy comprises a gigantic set of interrelated assets, inputs, processes, transactions, and outputs, and its dimensions can be and have been measured in countless ways. -
NJ Cops, Others Collecting Millions in Disability Benefits . . . and Paychecks
Opinion -Meet New Jersey’s “disabled” double-dippers. They receive two sets of checks from the state – one for working and another because they cannot work: As a lawyer for Gov. -
Government Home Visits to Increase Under Obamacare
Opinion -Thanks to Obamacare, states can receive federal grants to increase home visits by government workers, raising concerns about further government intrusion into family life. -
California City Okays Eminent Domain to Seize Underwater Mortgages
Opinion -A city of 105,000 persons near San Francisco, Calif., has become the first municipality in the nation to approve seizing “underwater” mortgages. The Richmond City Council approved the measure in September on a 4-3 vote. -
A Science-Based Rebuttal to Global Warming Alarmism
Opinion -On September 23, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is scheduled to release the first portion of its Fifth Assessment Report (AR5). AR5 will conclude once again that mankind is causing dangerous climate change. -
Gun Control Recalled
Opinion -Colorado voters yesterday successfully recalled two Democrat Colorado state Senators who led passage of a package of state gun control laws reflecting President Obama’s overcooked national rhetoric in the wake of the tragic Sandy Hook elementary school -
Sauce for the Goose
Opinion -If gender no longer determines whom you can marry and whocan serve in combat, then should it still determine who can play on which highschool sports teams? -
Urban Core Boomer Populations Drop 1 Million 2000-2010
Opinion -This may be a surprising headline to readers of The Wall Street Journal and the Washington Post, which reported virtually the opposite result in their August 19 editions. -
Duluth Treats Water Vapor-Emitting E-Cigarettes Like Regular Smokes
Opinion -City officials in Duluth, Minn., have extended the city’s cigarette regulations to include the increasingly popular electronic cigarettes (also known as e-cigarettes), which produce water vapor instead of tobacco smoke. -
Solar: Obama’s Proxy War in the Desert
Opinion -Syria isn’t the only battle into which President Obama is injecting himself where he doesn’t belong. True, on a global scale, Arizona’s fight over net metering seems insignificant. -
Study: Pension Reforms Would Increase Teacher Pay, Freedom
Opinion -Public pensions’ fiscal crises have become a hot topic, but two simple pension reforms would mean more money and freedom for current and future teachers without costing taxpayers another dime, says a new study. -
Alarmists Now Claim They Predicted Record Arctic Ice Growth
Opinion -After Arctic sea ice experienced record 60-percent growth in August 2013 compared to August 2012, global warming activists now claim they predicted the expanding polar sea ice. -
Food Stamps and Fungibility of Money Lead to Unintended Outcomes
Opinion -Members of Congress have locked political horns over the dramatic growth in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), known informally as “food stamps.” Federal expenditures on food stamps have grown from $38 billion, with 28. -
The Curse of Liberalism
Opinion -“Liberalism has become an ugly blend of sanctimony, self-interest, and social connections,” writes Fred Seigel whose credentials include being a senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute.
