Opinion
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Ohio Lawmaker Proposes Common Core Repeal
Opinion -On July 25, state Rep. Andy Thompson filed House Bill 237 to repeal Common Core national standards in Ohio. -
Miles to Go Before I Sue
Opinion -Another disappointed airline customer is Hongbo Han, who was distressed enough to learn he is not getting full credit for all the miles he’s actually flown that he has sued United Airlines in a class-action suit in Chicago. -
Warmists Debunk Arctic Methane Scare
Opinion -The UK Guardian and dozens of additional media outlets are hyping a claim this week rapidly receding Arctic sea ice will trigger a methane-release catastrophe within just a few years. -
Warmists Debunk Arctic Methane Claims
Opinion -Climate Change Weekly #99The U.K. Guardian and dozens of additional media outlets are hyping a claim this week that rapidly receding Arctic sea ice will trigger a methane-release catastrophe within just a few years. -
Latest Delay Exposes FATCA’s Fatal Flaws
Opinion -Since its passage in 2010, implementation of the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act has been delayed multiple times. -
Black Voters Want Choice, Michigan Charters Grow, and More: Friday’s Ed News Roundup
Opinion -Friday's ed newsA new poll shows nine in ten southern Black voters want school choice. Charter schools grow in Michigan. Each of the two national Common Core testing groups has its own challenges, writes Kathleen Porter-Magee. -
Seminars Offer Intellectual Development for Teachers
Opinion -For nearly 50 years the National Endowment for the Humanities has offered school teachers free seminars across the country and internationally that differ from the typical “professional development” light on brain food. -
NOAA Study: 2012 Heat Wave Mostly Natural
Opinion -Record-setting warm temperatures in the United States during early 2012 were mostly the result of natural weather events and had little connection with global warming, a team of scientists from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) -
The Economy? It Must be the GOP’s Fault, Right?
Opinion -Oh goody, the president is on a tour of speeches to address the economic stagnation for which he is to blame. Just what we all need — another speech. -
A Devine Look at America
Opinion -For a few years I was a regular contributor to Conservative Battleline on the website of the American Conservative Union (ACU) Foundation, edited by a fellow I knew only as Don Devine. He was always unfailingly supportive and liked my commentaries. -
Census: State, Local Government Tax Collections Hit Record High
Opinion -Local and state governments are collecting more tax money from individuals and businesses than ever. The U.S. Census Bureau in July released its State and Local Government Finance Summary, examining fiscal 2011 numbers. -
National Civics, History Tests to Disappear
Opinion -The National Assessment of Educational Progress exams in civics, U.S. history, and geography have been indefinitely postponed for fourth and twelfth graders. The Obama administration says this is due to a $6.8 million sequestration budget cut. -
Stand Your Ground, Post-Trayvon Martin America, You’re Not Racist
Opinion -After my youngest brother died at the age of 19 from what started as a rare childhood cancer, my mother never recovered. She bore her grief until the day she died a decade later, even castigating us over moments of merrymaking and laughter years later. -
What a Bad Trip!
Opinion -On the other hand, sometimes maybe even the courts can’t grant enough relief. -
Chicago’s Struggles Reflected In Big Moody’s Credit Downgrade
Opinion -First the Motor City, then the Windy City. -
South Carolina Tries School Choice
Opinion -South Carolina has a new, temporary school choice law tucked within its recently passed state budget. The bill, H.3710, authorizes nonprofits to offer private K-12 scholarships to in-state students with special needs. -
North Carolina Governor Signs Bill Cutting Personal and Business Taxes
Opinion -Last week, North Carolina legislators passed major tax reform legislation, and Governor Pat McCrory (R) on Tuesday signed it into law. -
Why Is Obama Lying on Climate Change?
Opinion -The fact that President Obama has been spreading lies about climate change to support his actions directing the Environmental Protection Agency to impose costly new restrictions on carbon dioxide emissions was exposed last week at a Senate hearing. -
U.S. Wind Turbines Kill 1.4 Million Birds and Bats Every Year
Opinion -Wind turbines in the United States kill 1.4 million birds and bats each year, according to a new peer-reviewed study. Even though wind power generates only 3 percent of U.S. -
The Long-Term Fate of Organic Carbon in Semiarid Grassland Soil
Opinion -How does it impact the rate-of-rise of the atmosphere’s CO2 concentration? When all was said and done - and the several pluses and minuses accounted for - Zhou et al. -
Georgia Rejects Common Core Tests Due to High Costs
Opinion -Testing costs have removed Georgia from the list of states that will administer PARCC, one of the two national Common Core tests, the state Department of Education announced. -
You Can’t Deny Ezra Klein Knows Next To Nothing About The Global Warming Debate
Opinion -Washington Post columnist Ezra Klein displayed his embarrassing lack of knowledge about the global warming debate last week in a column titled “You can’t deny global warming after seeing this graph. -
ObamaCare Will Bring about a Two-Tiered Health Care System
Opinion -President Obama’s health care law is supposed to insure 32 million additional people by this time next year. -
Global Warming Alarmists Seek to Restrict Air Conditioning
Opinion -Goodbye, incandescent light bulbs that provide bright white light rather than the nauseating yellow of compact fluorescents. Goodbye, affordable coal-powered electricity under EPA’s current and upcoming carbon dioxide restrictions.
