Opinion
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Essentially, a Hand Up
Opinion -I have heard several people over the years suggest some pretty crazy policy ideas related to the adoption of broadband, including one who suggested that if people will not adopt broadband in their house voluntarily that they might have to be forced to do -
A Supreme Chance to Bury Crony Capitalism
Opinion -In addition to being on the side of the angels, Benedictine monks at St. Joseph Abbey in Covington, La., appear to be on the side of entrepreneurship and freedom. People around the country could end up benefiting. -
Detroit Offers Powerful Lesson on Property Taxes
Opinion -Detroit recently followed in the footsteps of several other U.S. cities in filing for bankruptcy. Theories abound as to the root of the problem, but one cause cannot be ignored: taxes. -
Global Warming Alarmism Memorably Debunked
Opinion -Review of Climate Change: Natural or Manmade? -
22% of Federal Student Loans Are In Default or Delayed Default
Opinion -Only 40 percent of individuals with direct federal student loans are currently repaying their debt. -
NSA, Net Neutrality, It’s All About Controlling the Internet – and You
Opinion -We’ve been seeing a wide array of incredible, all-encompassing government overreaches on cell phones and the Internet come cascading out ever since Edward Snowden first broached the subject.We learn of new Fourth Amendment violations seemingly every week. -
“We win and they lose”
Opinion -“An economy in distress, vast natural resources locked up with no plans to put them to use, and a regulatory regime that inhibits the development of resources and the creation of jobs.” Sound familiar? -
Why the Climate Models Are Wrong
Opinion -Climate science is in turmoil. Contrary to predictions by the world’s leading climate models and despite rising levels of atmospheric carbon dioxide, global surface temperatures have been flat for 16 years. How can it be that the climate models are wrong? -
Concern Rises Among Obamacare Implementers
Opinion -consumer-power-report -Consumer Power Report #385This past week I attended and spoke at the Colorado Health Symposium. -
How Many Ways Can You Slip and Fall? Let Us Count Them …
Opinion -Just as “ambulance chaser” has become a common, if pejorative, shorthand for a plaintiff’s personal injury lawyer, so “slip and fall” is shorthand for a common kind of personal injury suit, albeit generally less serious than an “arm off,” “leg off,” or -
Will Democrat Voters Support Obama’s Suspension Of Democracy And Calculated Deception?
Opinion -On July 18, President Obama held an event at the White House to promote Obamacare. -
Boxer’s Own Experts Contradict Obama on Climate Change
Opinion -Expert witnesses called by Sen. Barbara Boxer to testify during Senate Environment and Public Works hearings contradicted a key assertion made by President Barack Obama on climate change. -
Obama’s Climate Plan: Kill Birds and Bats by the Hundreds of Millions
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. -
Proposed Constitutional Amendment Would Secure Parent Rights
Opinion -Rep. Mark Meadows of North Carolina has proposed a bill to amend the U.S. Constitution to guarantee parents have the supreme right of educating, caring for, and otherwise directing the upbringing of their children. -
Fracking Brings Employment and Economic Revival
Opinion -Signs of pride and prosperity were evident all over Williamsport and the gorgeous northern Pennsylvania countryside around it. Friendly, happy people greeted us. New cars, trucks, hotels, and restaurants sparkled in a clean, bustling downtown. -
Your Tax Dollars at Work . . . to Harass Employers Over Wages
Opinion -Labor activists using tactics adopted from the Occupy Wall Street movement are crashing restaurants across the nation in an effort to raise wages for workers – and they’re receiving taxpayer money to fund the effort. -
Oregon Senate Rejects Bill to Extend Clean Fuels Program
Opinion -The Oregon Senate rejected a bill that would extend the state’s Clean Fuels Program beyond its scheduled 2015 expiration date. -
Duke Energy’s ‘Clean Coal’ Power Plant Off to Bad Start
Opinion -Duke Energy’s “green” initiative to gasify coal for allegedly “cleaner” burning at its Edwardsport, Ind. -
Education Pensions Drain Tax Coffers, Redistribute Wealth to Administrators
Opinion -Today’s taxpayers are heavily indebted for yesterday’s education through outsized pension promises to teachers and administrators, and a new study finds retired school administrators are hauling home the biggest piles of cash. -
How to Fix the Republican Party
Opinion -Why does the Republican Party keep nominating all these loser candidates, like Bob Dole, John McCain, and Mitt Romney? Why did Republican primary voters pick George Bush over Jack Kemp in 1988? -
Hobby Lobby Wins Temporary Restraining Order on Contraception Mandate
Opinion -A federal appeals court in Denver reviewing the case of Hobby Lobby v. Sebelius ruled for-profit corporations have religious liberty, granting Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc. a temporary restraining order against the federal contraception mandate. -
Wisconsin DNR Grants Exploratory Permit for Iron Ore Mine
Opinion -The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources has opened the regulatory door for a proposed iron ore mine in Iron and Ashland counties by approving a permit for preliminary drilling in the Penokee Range.DNR’s action comes four months after Gov. -
North Carolina Overhauls K-12
Opinion -Despite 13 weeks of teachers union protests, North Carolina passed into law a state budget that makes thousands of poor children eligible for vouchers, eliminates K-12 tenure, ends automatic pay increases for master’s degrees, and creates an A-F public -
Capricious Net Neutrality Charges Part 32, FCC Open Internet Order Series
Opinion -Net neutrality is in the eye of the beholder.It’s rapidly devolved into a gotcha game -- where if someone doesn’t like something or someone, they cry “net neutrality violation!
