Opinion
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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. -
Vast New Government Coding System: Did That Turtle Hit You or Bite You?
Opinion -If President Obama's administration has its way, health care providers will soon be forced into a massive new government coding scheme where they will have to distinguish for filing purposes between whether your injury was caused by walking into a -
Huntington Beach May Ban Fire Pits
Opinion -The Indie band Best Coast praises Los Angeles (and the South Bay) in general in its song “The Only Place.” The song is notable for California’s freedom and carefree life under sun and sand. -
Heartland Institute Education Expert Joy Pullmann Testified Today Against Common Core Before Wisconsin Legislature
Opinion -Heartland Institute Research Fellow Joy Pullmann testified today before the Wisconsin Legislature’s Joint Committee on Education in opposition to the state adopting Common Core education standards. -
After Oklahoma Tornado, Politicians Play Ridiculous Global Warming Card
Opinion -Not 24 hours after the tragic Oklahoma tornado, Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) and Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-CA) began callously exploiting the tragedy to advance their own political agenda regarding global warming. -
Holocene Histories of Atmospheric CO2 Concentration and West Greenland Air Temperature
Opinion -What can be learned from a cursory glance at the data? That the CO2 concentration of Earth’s atmosphere appears to have had no consistent impact on July air temperatures in the vicinity of North Lake, Greenland, over the past seven millennia... -
Pence Highlights Indiana’s School Choice
Opinion -Indiana Gov. Mike Pence discussed Indiana's lead in the school choice movement at a conference in Washington DC this week. School choice leaders across the country gathered at the American Federation for Children's annual policy summit. -
The Left – Feeble Arguments, Weak Shots, Conspiracy Theories and Zero Debate
Opinion -Last Monday at Red State, I wrote:How Ridiculous is Net Neutrality? Let the Left’s ‘Consumer’ Groups DemonstrateIn which I referenced a bit of good news on the Internet front. -
Pearson-Taught Students May Be Getting an Unfair Testing Advantage
Opinion -The largest education company in the world put reading passages from its new Common Core-aligned curriculum in the sixth- and eighth-grade tests it administered in New York, prompting concerns that schools using Pearson materials gained a testing -
Kansas Town, Chinese Investors Feel Duped by Ethanol Plant Deal
Opinion -In 2007, the 6,000 residents of Ulysses, Kan., were given big promises and high hopes with the proposal of a second major ethanol processing plant. -
IRS Scandal Brings Calls for Heads to Roll, Obamacare to be Delayed
Opinion -The scandal involving the Internal Revenue Service that exploded into the headlines in mid-May is still being investigated, but the implications already appear wide, perhaps even to the point of delaying implementation of Obamacare. -
A Bee in Their Bonnet
Opinion -Chemophobic anti-pesticide groups are at it again. This time they’re attacking a widely used and safe new insecticide, but their assertions and real agendas are nothing new. -
Preexisting Condition Troubles Illustrate ObamaCare’s Flaws
Opinion -An early ObamaCare health insurance program that has been operating for nearly three years is foreshadowing big problems to come with the larger health overhaul law. -
A Six-Pack of Scandals Could Define and Destroy the Obama Presidency
Opinion -It’s been a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad week at the White House—and it isn’t looking like next week will be any better. -
Obama’s New Minimum Wage, Insurance Mandates Will Create Labor Market Tsunami
Opinion -By John C. Goodman President Obama recently proposed raising the federal minimum wage. If the president gets his way, the mandate will jump from its current $7.25 an hour to $9 an hour and be indexed for inflation. -
Alaska Continues Its Record Long, Snowy Winter
Opinion -Anchorage, Alaska set a record last week for its longest snow season on record. The city also set a record for its lowest May 17 maximum temperature. -
Detroit Emergency Manager Calls for ‘Complete Restructuring’ of City Operations
Opinion -The emergency financial manager for Detroit has issued a report that says the city's finances are in worse shape than nearly anyone suspected before Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder (R) appointed him to the job in March. -
How Obamacare Is Making Insurance Worse
Opinion -Consumer Power Report #374One talking point about Obamacare that has received little pushback is that whatever you can say about what the law will do to premium costs, or taking away a plan and a doctor you like, it’s going to put you on a better – -
No Net Profit
Opinion -Jacobs High School student Allison Leja of Algonquin, Illinois sued Carpentersville-based Community Unit School District 300 after she was allegedly hit in the face in the gymnasium by a volleyball net she was tightening with a crank. -
Poll: 57 Percent of Public Opposes Government Preschool
Opinion -Government preschool programs have expanded greatly in the past decade, but a new poll finds 57 percent of Americans believe parents, not the government, should pay for preschool. -
Common Core Fairy Tales
Opinion -Sol Stern is a nice man. It’s too bad he’s deceiving himself and others about Common Core, an enterprise that essentially nationalizes U.S. education. -
America’s Private Video Market Success
Opinion -It’s hard to be a “public interest” group when private interests better serve the public. -
Does Solar Energy Actually Make Massachusetts Safer?
Opinion -Earlier this month, Massachusetts governor Deval Patrick announced that his state reached the goal of 250 megawatts of installed solar energy capacity. “When we set ambitious goals and invest in achieving them, Massachusetts wins,” said the governor. -
Schools Test New Ways to Deploy Teachers
Opinion -Two years ago Romain Bertrand was a middle-school math teacher, finishing his fifth year teaching in North Carolina’s Charlotte-Mecklenberg district and thinking he needed a way to reach more teachers and students.
