Opinion
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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. -
What’s Next for Obamacare’s Exchanges?
Opinion -consumer-power-report -Consumer Power Report #388What’s Next for Obamacare’s Exchanges?We’re 22 days away from the launch of Obamacare’s exchanges, and here are three strands of activity around them that indicate concerns for their future. -
DOE Hid Info About Loan Recipient’s Bad Condition in April House Hearing
Opinion -Being an Obama administration stimulus failure doesn’t mean you have to be electric, and it also doesn’t mean the Department of Energy won’t pretend you’re still legitimate when Congressional pressure is on. -
To Bee or Not To Bee
Opinion -Activist groups continue to promote scary stories that honeybees are rapidly disappearing, dying off at “mysteriously high rates,” potentially affecting one-third of our food crops and causing global food shortages. -
Milwaukee Stonewalling Building Sales to Choice Schools, Law Firm Says
Opinion -MADISON – The Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty rates the City of Milwaukee a failure for its policy of giving Milwaukee Public Schools the authority to sell or lease the district’s unused school buildings. -
Global Warming Takes Center Stage in Lindsey Graham Primary
Opinion -Lindsey Graham’s support for global warming restrictions is taking center stage affecting the incumbent U.S. Senator's bleak poll numbers in his bid to survive a primary challenge in the 2014 elections. -
100 Years After Woodrow Wilson, Mark Levin Pens A Brilliant Response
Opinion -One hundred years ago, Woodrow Wilson was leading a counterrevolution against the Constitution. Unfortunately, he was doing it from the White House, as President of the United States. The more things change, the more they stay the same.
