Opinion
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Streams Are Cooling, Peer-Reviewed Study Shows
Opinion -Streams throughout the Pacific continental United States cooled during the past two decades, scientists report in the peer-reviewed Geophysical Research Letters. -
Defending Google Fiber’s Reasonable Network Management
Opinion -Google got it right. In a filing to the FCC, Google Fiber rightly asserts that its terms-of-service do not violate the FCC’s Open Internet order and is simply reasonable network management allowed under the FCC’s rules. Mr. -
Oklahoma Critics of Obamacare Skeptical of Medicaid Recommendations
Opinion -An evaluation of Oklahoma’s health-care provisions for the poor conducted by a prominent health care consultancy found much to applaud, particularly in the insurance premium-assistance program the state pioneered in 2004. -
The Revised Definition of GDP Concerning R&D and its Connection to Human Capital
Opinion -Along with today's release of the preliminary estimate of second quarter GDP, we have a new definition of GDP involving the recognition of R&D as investment. -
Obamacare Leads to More Part-Time Employees
Opinion -In order to avoid paying for insurance benefits mandated by President Obama’s health care law, employers are moving rapidly to shift their workforce to more part-time and temporary employees. -
Social Conservatism’s Last Stand: Ken Cuccinelli’s Virginia race is make or break time for social conservatives.
Opinion -Terry McAuliffe is a crony of the Clintons, as a former major Democrat Party fundraiser, 2008 Hillary Clinton for President Campaign Manager, and former National Chairman of the Democrat National Committee. -
Taxpayer Millions Squandered on EV Charging Study Project
Opinion -An audit by the Department of Energy’s Inspector General found that the persistent weak demand for electric vehicles harmed the deployment and timeliness of a $135 million-plus taxpayer funded charging network, which spun a cycle of excessive grants and -
President Obama’s Climate Plan Would Kill Hundreds Of Millions Of Birds And Bats
Opinion -A newly published peer-reviewed study reports U.S. wind turbines kill 1.4 million birds and bats every year, even while producing just 3 percent of U.S. electricity. -
Missouri to Seek Special-Needs Grants for Families
Opinion -Missouri has a new law to foster scholarships for families with autistic children that get them services from private facilities or public schools outside their district. -
Political Left and Right Say ‘No Sale’ to Obama’s ‘Grand Bargain’
Opinion -President Barack Obama in July proposed a “grand bargain” on taxes with Republicans which he said would spur jobs and income growth, especially for lower- and middle-income Americans. -
Wegmans to Cut Health Insurance Plans, Send Part-Timers to Government Exchanges
Opinion -The popular Wegmans grocery chain is cutting health benefits for its part-time employees and plans to send them to President Obama’s health insurance exchanges where they may get more generous benefits and subsidies than the company offers. -
Confusion Over New Obamacare Fee
Opinion -A new annual fee charged to health insurance plans and companies that self-insure took effect July 31. -
The Real Lesson of Detroit: Change or Die
Opinion -One thing that has become evident about Detroit’s recent bankruptcy filing is that the city’s problems, though dire, are by no means unique and are in fact just a more extreme case of the situation that faces many other big U.S. -
New Studies Debunk Alarmism, Included in the 97 Percent
Opinion -The current issue of Climate Change Weekly reports on two peer-reviewed studies that illustrate the duplicity by which agenda-driven global warming alarmists falsely claim 97 percent of scientists believe humans are creating a global warming crisis. -
MEDIA ALERT: Heartland Expert Will Testify Tomorrow Before Michigan Legislature on Common Core
Opinion -Joy Pullmann, education research fellow for The Heartland Institute, will testify before the Michigan State House Education Committee in opposition to the national Common Core education standards. -
Employer Mandate Delayed by Obama Administration
Opinion -The Obama administration has announced a unilateral one-year delay in reporting requirements for insurers and employers under Obamacare. As a result of that delay, the employer mandate to provide insurance is effectively delayed until 2015. -
Unwelcome Guest
Opinion -Another disappointed awards program member is David M. Schlessinger of Chicago, who is representing himself in a suit he filed against Marriott International Inc. in Chicago. -
New Framework for Digital Goods Taxes Introduced in US Senate
Opinion -As technology advances, more products are becoming available online in a digital format. Politicians are eyeing these digital goods -- applications, music, videos, ebooks and the like – as sources for more tax revenue. -
There’s An Economic Boom Lurking Once President Obama’s 2nd Term Ends
Opinion -The magician’s trick is deception, based on misdirection and distraction. He draws your attention over here, while he is carrying out the trick over there. President Obama’s economic policy speech last week at Knox College in Galesville, Ill. -
The Dirty Politics of “Clean” Energy
Opinion -Gas pump signage declaring “contains up to 10% ethanol” is so ubiquitous, most of us probably don’t even see it anymore—let alone think about why it is there, what it really means, or how it impacts the price of the gallon of gas being pumped. -
Tactics and Defunding Obamacare
Opinion -consumer-power-report -Consumer Power Report #383We are seeing a tactical failure on the part of Republicans in Congress when it comes to the most recent push to defund Obamacare. Witness the reaction of Sen. -
Drowning in Sea Level Nonsense
Opinion -New York Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D) and forty members of Congress believe the sea levels are rising, that a panel should be created to determine what should be done, and, of course, to throw billions of dollars at a problem that does not exist. -
Missouri Adopts Special-Needs Grants
Opinion -Missouri has a new law administering scholarships for families with autistic children that get them services from private facilities or public schools outside their district. -
TV Anticompetitiveness, A La Carte
Opinion -Freedom isn’t free.And quality video programming certainly is not free. It takes tens of billions of dollars to produce, protect, and provide service each year.
