Opinion
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Evolutionary Biologist Shows Polar Bears Resilient to Climate Change
Opinion -Professor Susan Crockford, an evolutionary biologist at the University of Victoria (Canada), reports that polar bears have successfully adapted to severe climate change many times in the past and will likely adapt to future climate change, as well. -
The Silly Politics of Mediscare
Opinion -consumer-power-report -Consumer Power Report #339With the selection of House Budget Chairman Paul Ryan (R-WI) as Mitt Romney’s running mate in the coming election, the issue of Medicare reform is likely to be the subject of loud demagoguery from now until November. -
Aug. 17 Special Session Bill Would Barely Dent Illinois’ Fiscal Fiasco
Opinion -The failure of Illinois’ legislators to pass a pension bill in June was actually good news. The proposals that were on the table would have preserved Illinois’ flawed pension system without addressing its core problems. -
Regulator Rejects Obama Mortgage Write-Down Plan
Opinion -The nation’s top government housing supervisor has rejected a plan by the Obama administration to reduce mortgage balances for hundreds of thousands of homeowners. -
It’s Time to Start Testing Organic Food
Opinion -Editor’s Note: This article is the first in a series of articles by Mischa Popoff and Jay Lehr on modern agriculture and organic farming.There can be no mistaking the fact that modern agriculture is under attack. -
Some Conservatives are Pushing for Carbon Tax Swaps
Opinion -Carbon taxes have reentered the political discussion amid reports former Congressman Bob Inglis (R-SC) is building support for a carbon tax swap that would eliminate subsidies for all energy companies, tax all fuels based on carbon emitted during -
Poll Examines How Americans Would Cut Education Spending
Opinion -When state and local education budgets need cutting, Americans favor firing administrators, freezing salaries, basing layoffs on performance instead of seniority, increasing the number of students top teachers teach, and replacing pensions with -
Daily School Reform News Roundup, August 6 to 10
Opinion -An auditor's report finds no widespread test cheating in Washington, DC.Struggling students desperately need to learn algebra, writes charter school teacher Ryan Hall.Idaho officials approved a charter school that plans to focus on America's heritage. -
After Supreme Court Decision, Additional Legal Challenges Face Obamacare
Opinion -The Supreme Court may have ruled the individual mandate of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act constitutional, but legal challenges to the federal health care law have only just begun. The case taken by the Supreme Court, NFIB v. -
Monckton Exposes Bias, Flaws in Skeptic Magazine Global Warming Article
Opinion -Readers of Skeptic magazine should exercise skepticism themselves regarding the magazine’s biased and flawed reporting on global warming, a well-known global warming expert observes in a newly published paper by the Science and Public Policy Institute. -
Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker to Speak at Heartland Institute Dinner August 9
Opinion -On Thursday, August 9, 2012, the Chicago-based Heartland Institute will celebrate the 28th anniversary of its founding with a reception and dinner featuring a keynote speech by Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker. -
Heartland Institute, R-Street Issue Report on Tobacco Use, Insurance Rates
Opinion -A new policy brief co-published by The Heartland Institute explores a growing body of data, including several studies from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, finding certain tobacco and nicotine products pose lesser health risks than smoking. -
Bird Conservancy Sues Feds for Wind Turbine Information
Opinion -The American Bird Conservancy has filed suit in federal court accusing the U.S. -
Vermont Health Insurance Exchange Is Bridge to Single Payer
Opinion -Unlike those in other states which have chosen to implement President Obama’s health care law, Vermont’s health insurance exchange isn’t expected to last long. -
Study: Ohio Schools Can Do More With Less
Opinion -Ohio’s public schools, like many across the country, will soon have to learn to do more with less. A new study lays out a blueprint to maintain or improve their current performance, for a lot less money. -
Obama’s Green ‘Investments’ Drown in Red Ink
Opinion -“We’ll invest $15 billion a year over the next decade in renewable energy, creating five million new green jobs that pay well, can’t be outsourced, and help end our dependence on foreign oil,” candidate Barack Obama pledged in a November 1, 2008 radio -
When It Comes to the Jobless Numbers, President Obama Isn’t Talking Straight
Opinion -“This morning we learned that our businesses created 172,000 new jobs in the month of July,” President Obama bragged regarding last Friday’s jobs report. “That means we’ve now created 4.5 million over the last 29 months and 1.1 million new jobs this year. -
When It Comes to the Jobless Numbers, President Obama Isn’t Talking Straight
Opinion -“This morning we learned that our businesses created 172,000 new jobs in the month of July,” President Obama bragged regarding last Friday’s jobs report. “That means we’ve now created 4.5 million over the last 29 months and 1.1 million new jobs this year. -
Will Ted Cruz’s Primary Victory Finally Awaken Florida’s Establishment Republicans?
Opinion -How many times must a Ted Cruz, a Richard Mourdock, a Marco Rubio, a Rand Paul, a Nikki Haley, a Mike Lee, etc. -
Supreme Court Decision Creates Unprecedented Expansion of Federal Powers
Opinion -The Supreme Court’s decision on the constitutionality of the individual mandate to buy health insurance was an unprecedented expansion of federal powers, blindsiding the parties and virtually obliterating the notion that the federal government is one of -
Pennsylvania Considers Ending Property Taxes
Opinion -Pennsylvania’s legislature is considering legislation that would end school property taxes and instead increase income and sales taxes to raise the $13 billion the state spends on K-12 schools. “It’s been very well received,” said state Sen. -
Polar Bears May Have Survived 4-5 million Years of Climate Change
Opinion -A new genetic study suggests polar bears arose between 4-5 million years ago and thus survived the more than 50 glacial/interglacial cycles of the Pleistocene... Read MoreRegional Climate Models: How Well Do They Work? -
Foreclosures, Debt Forgiveness Could be Taxed Again Beginning January 1
Opinion -Financially strapped homeowners stand to become even more downtrodden in 2013. -
No, Romney Won’t Raise Your Taxes $2,000
Opinion -Mitt Romney's tax plan is a winner, and, lacking a serious rebuttal, President Obama settles for fabricating charges.