Opinion
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Why So Many Children Struggle to Read
Opinion -Federal, state, and school district efforts to address struggling readers expend a great deal of time and fortune, yet our reading woes continue. -
Fed Fuel Regulations Throw Md., Va. Carnival Cruise Jobs Overboard
Opinion -The Environmental Protection Agency acts as if every new burdensome demand makes a huge difference for the health and wellbeing of humans, in addition to claims that its costly, excessive regulations upon private business are actual net job creators. -
NYC Mayor Bloomberg Pushes Mandatory Composting
Opinion -Mayor Michael Bloomberg—the man who brought about the failed supersize soda ban and restrictions on trans fats in city restaurants—is pushing for a law forcing New York City residents to compost their food refuse. -
GED Test Shifts to Fit Common Core
Opinion -On January 2, 2014, the GED test shifted to a new version fully aligned with Common Core national K-12 benchmarks. The high school equivalency test now costs nearly twice as much and will be offered only on computers. -
Huge Supreme Court Win for Property Owners
Opinion -Property owners who need permits to develop vacant land or improve existing structures now have important protections from abusive federal, state, and local governments, thanks to a recent ruling of the U.S. Supreme Court. -
Louisiana Law Will Phase out Solar Tax Credit
Opinion -Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal has signed legislation phasing out the state’s tax credit for solar energy. The credit will expire at the end of 2017. Weaning Off Tax SubsidiesSponsored by Rep. -
The Childishness Behind Economic Development
Opinion -Being the parent of a four-year old, I’m often the target of my son’s lobbying efforts for a new toy. -
Small Business Owners Sue Feds Over IRS Rules
Opinion -A group of small business owners and individuals in six states are suing the federal government over an Internal Revenue Service regulation imposed under President Obama’s health care law which will force them to pay exorbitant fines, cut back employees’ -
Oregon Ranchers, Environmentalist Groups Reach Deal on Wolves
Opinion -Oregon cattle ranchers and environmental groups reached a settlement that clarifies when ranchers can kill wolves that are preying on livestock. -
Raise Standards for Teachers and Free Them to Teach
Opinion -Criticizing teachers is like criticizing policemen or mothers, but romanticizing the U.S. education system blinds us to the harm it can do to children. -
Hot Weather and Climate Change—a Mountain From a Molehill?
Opinion -On Sunday, Death Valley temperatures reached 129oF, a new June record high for the United States, according to the National Weather Service. -
Charter School Enters Columbus’s Poorest Neighborhood
Opinion -Franklinton Preparatory Academy is a new public charter high school that opened this August in the poorest, most underserved neighborhood of Columbus, Ohio. -
Small Business Exchange Delayed as Open Enrollment Approaches
Opinion -In the latest setback for the implementation of President Obama’s health care law, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has formally delayed the small business health insurance exchange originally set to begin open enrollment in October. -
Massachusetts Town Bans Use of Wind Turbines at Night
Opinion -The Fairhaven, Massachusetts Board of Health voted to shut down the town’s two wind turbines each night between 7 p.m. and 7 a.m. after dozens of residents filed more than 400 complaints against the turbines. -
Heartland Institute Experts React to Delay of Obamacare Employer Mandate
Opinion -Late Tuesday afternoon, the Obama administration announced it was delaying until 2015 the mandate that employers provide insurance under Obamacare. -
Arbitrary Spectrum Policy
Opinion -The FCC is picking market winners and losers again. -
FWS: Wolves No Longer Need Endangered Species Protection
Opinion -The U.S. Interior Department announced it will remove Endangered Species protection for most wolves in the lower 48 states. -
$$$ Millions for ‘Nashville’ Production, But No Clear Benefits
Opinion -Nashville’s famous Broadway Street is crowded with tourists year-round, but it’s hard to find even one visitor who regularly watches the ABC drama “Nashville,” which state officials subsidized with taxpayer money to advertise the city. -
Thoughts About Utility-Scale Solar Energy
Opinion -This paper discusses issues with regard to solar energy installations in Georgia and the controversy of the Georgia Public Service Commission mandating a 500 Megawatt utility-size solar plant be built. -
Arbitrary Spectrum Policy
Opinion -The FCC is picking market winners and losers again. -
Colorado District Implements Innovative Teacher Pay
Opinion -A trailblazing Colorado school district has implemented a first-in-nation pay system that will reflect teachers’ value by rewarding hard work instead of seniority. The Douglas County School Board will pay its best teachers up to 9. -
States Mull New Taxes, Fees on Electric and Hybrid Vehicles
Opinion -Owners of hybrid and electric vehicles likely will face new taxes or fees to replace the savings they enjoy from paying less in gasoline taxes (if they drive a hybrid) or nothing (if they drive a fully electric vehicle), based on rules already passed in -
What Families Do with School Choice
Opinion -Madison, Wisconsin mother Mary Keaveny has enrolled her five children in three different kinds of schools. The children, ages two to 16, all began learning at home, even the two with dyslexia. -
Crime Down in Urban Cores and Suburbs
Opinion -The latest data (2011) from the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Uniform Crime Reports (UCR) indicates that violent crime continued to decline in both the suburbs and historical cores of major metropolitan areas (over 1,000,000 residents).
