Opinion
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I Can’t Bear to Look
Opinion -In Illinois, an appellate court has upheld a Chicago city bus driver’s claim for emotional distress for having had to look at the body of the man she had just killed by running over him with her bus. -
Illinois Cuts Programs for Needy, Gives Workers Raises
Opinion -Illinois’ government workers could get a raise as programs for the needy are cut. A proposed human services budget includes tens of millions of dollars for public employee pay raises. -
Obama’s Electric Vehicle Loans Program is a Failure
Opinion -Mark it down: the report this month about the shutdown of Vehicle Production Group – beneficiary of a $50-million stimulus loan from the Department of Energy – means the Advanced Technology Vehicles Manufacturing initiative within the Loan Program Office -
Retailers, Credit Card Companies Sue Each Other Over Swipe Fee Settlement
Opinion -Seventeen major retailers have filed a federal lawsuit over a $7. -
Study of Oregon Medicaid Program Reveals No Significant Health Improvements
Opinion -A landmark study of Medicaid outcomes in Oregon published in the New England Journal of Medicine shows the program to be ineffective at improving the health of enrollees. -
‘Novel’ Student Data Bill Goes to Oklahoma Governor
Opinion -Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin signed a student privacy bill Oklahoma lawmakers passed by large margins in July. -
Obamacare Leads States and Cities to Consider Dumping Employees, Cutting Back Hours
Opinion -As the employer mandate of President Obama’s health care law goes into effect in the coming months, fiscally strained state and local governments are considering forcing some of their employees onto the new federal health insurance exchanges, while -
Illinois should embrace fracking
Opinion -Sandra Steingraber’s op-ed Thursday was disingenuous on many fronts.First, she stated that hydraulic fracturing, as currently practiced, is too risky for Illinois to utilize. -
To The Horror Of Global Warming Alarmists, Global Cooling Is Here
Opinion -Around 1250 A.D., historical records show, ice packs began showing up farther south in the North Atlantic. Glaciers also began expanding on Greenland, soon to threaten Norse settlements on the island. From 1275 to 1300 A.D. -
Lessons from Farmers for Health-Care Providers and Policymakers
Opinion -The past century brought an astounding increase in farmers’ productivity. It created economic instability and brought the virtual abandonment of many rural Southern farming towns. But the development of U.S. agriculture is overall a great success story. -
Obama Administration Supports Fracking and Natural Gas, Despite Environmental Opposition
Opinion -Last Thursday, the US Department of the Interior released a draft proposal that would “establish common-sense safety standards for hydraulic fracturing on public and Indian lands. -
Polar Sea Ice Exceeds the Long-Term Average
Opinion -Polar sea ice remains more extensive than the long-term average, as has been the case for most of this year. Satellite instruments have precisely measured polar sea ice extent since 1979, producing a 33-year record of objective data. -
Politicians Play Ridiculous Global Warming Card after Tornado
Opinion -Climate Change Weekly #92Not 24 hours passed from the time a devastating tornado ripped through Moore, Oklahoma, killing at least 24 people including eight children, until shameless global warming activists in Congress began exploiting the grief and pain -
Prominent Alarmist Wished for Oklahoma Tornado Tragedy
Opinion -Nobel Prize-winning global warming alarmist Thomas Schelling told the Atlantic in a 2009 interview, “I sometimes wish that we could have, over the next five or ten years, a lot of horrid things happening — you know, like tornadoes in the Midwest and so -
Heartland Institute Experts React to Keystone XL Pipeline Vote in Congress
Opinion -The U.S. House of Representatives yesterday voted to take approval of the Keystone XL pipeline out of the hands of the White House. -
Little Impact on FCC Open Internet Order Appeal from SCOTUS Chevron Decision
Opinion -What’s the impact on the Verizon appeal of the Open Internet Order of the Supreme Court’s strong reaffirmation of its Chevron deference standard, in Arlington v. FCC? -
Little Impact on FCC Open Internet Order Appeal from SCOTUS Chevron Decision
Opinion -What’s the impact on the Verizon appeal of the Open Internet Order of the Supreme Court’s strong reaffirmation of its Chevron deference standard, in Arlington v. FCC? -
Ohio Lawmaker Calls for End of Project Labor Agreements
Opinion -An Ohio lawmaker is offering a simple change to state law that could save 20 percent on building projects and give more companies a chance to compete for work with the state and local governments. State Rep. -
Politically Correct Lending Hands Corporate Welfare to Big Banks
Opinion -There seems to be only one kind of loan that bankers want to make—SBA loans. SBA stands for Small Business Administration, a federal agency that guarantees certain loans made by banks that operate within its guidelines. -
Poll: Americans Support Parent Trigger Laws
Opinion -Forty-nine percent of U.S. adults support Parent Trigger laws, which give parents the ability to petition for reforms at their children’s failing school, and 40 percent oppose such laws, a new poll finds. -
Richard Innes: Schools, Data-Mining, and Invasions of Privacy (podcast)
Opinion -Are schools collecting too much personal information about kids? The world has become an intensive data-tracking place, with grocery stores tracking your eating habits and Google tracking your internet history and search terms. Schools are no exception. -
That Trick Never Works
Opinion -As reported in the March 3, 2013 Idaho Statesman, a woman who has been designated a vexatious litigant by three western states for filing frivolous lawsuits--as well as by federal courts at the trial, appellate court, and U. S. -
Tumblin’ Dice
Opinion -Like a freight train coming closer, that ominous rumbling sound you hear is not another F5 tornado in the works, although it is likely to wipe out just as much wealth in the long run as the tornado that hit Moore, Oklahoma, and environs. -
Vermont Single Payer Health Care Financing Slides Toward Chaos
Opinion -In his 2011 inaugural address Vermont Gov. Peter Shumlin declared “we must create a single-payer healthcare system that provides universal, affordable health insurance for all Vermonters that brings these skyrocketing costs under control.
