Opinion
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Medicaid Managed Care Blues in the Bluegrass State
Opinion -Kentucky’s $6 billion Medicaid system provides health care to more than 700,000 low-income residents. As with many states, the size and cost of the program has increased dramatically in recent years. -
Michigan Law Prohibits Schools from Deducting Union Dues
Opinion -Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder signed a bill to prevent public schools from automatically deducting union dues from employee paychecks. -
Justice Kennedy: Individual Mandate Would Fundamentally Alter Citizen-Government Relationship
Opinion -Justice Anthony Kennedy, considered the likely key player in the Supreme Court case over President Obama's health care law, asked a series of questions in today's hearings that has everyone in Washington buzzing. -
Bernanke Commits to Ultra-Low Rates, Raising Worries About ‘Boom’
Opinion -The Federal Reserve appears committed to more years of historically low interest rates despite indications of an improving economy and rising price inflation, leading one economist to refer to Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke as “a madman. -
‘Spectrum Crunch’ Tied to FCC’s Actions
Opinion -No one knows when the United States will run out of wireless spectrum, but many in the industry agree a crunch is coming. -
Idaho Legislation Would Give Teacher Associations Equal Access
Opinion -The Idaho House of Representatives passed a bill that would let teachers know they have both union and non-union options for buying professional liability insurance and legal employment protection. -
School Reform Podcast: RiShawn Biddle on Critiquing the Parent Trigger
Opinion -High-profile writers and publications have recently written the Parent Trigger needs to change drastically, or that parents can't be trusted with its power. -
Obamacare Heads to Supreme Court: Liveblog
Opinion -Today is the day. Advance reading for President Obama's health care law’s week at the Supreme Court from: Richard Epstein, Ilya Somin, Jonathan Adler, George Will, Ezekiel Emanuel, and Avik Roy on the week ahead. -
Heartland Institute Experts React to First Day of Obamacare Hearings at Supreme Court
Opinion -The United States Supreme Court today began three days of hearings on a challenge to the constitutionality of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA), also known as Obamacare. -
Days of Reckoning
Opinion -consumer-power-report -Consumer Power Report #320Today I’m participating in a liveblog reacting to the Supreme Court’s first day of consideration of the case against President Barack Obama’s health care law. You can join in here. -
Goal Prevented
Opinion -A 46-year old Londoner is suing the Baptist church, saying time spent as a “fervent evangelist” kept him from playing football (soccer, in the United States) for Manchester United. -
Missouri Study Disputes FCC Broadband Coverage Report
Opinion -A Federal Communications Commission study concluding Missouri is below the national average in broadband Internet access has been refuted by a subsequent study conducted by the Missouri Public Service Commission. The FCC reported 86. -
New York’s ‘Cracker’ Loss Reflects Bad Policy
Opinion -After months of public courtship and deliberation, Royal Dutch Shell has announced it will build its $3.2 billion “cracker” facility in Pennsylvania. -
The Intersection of Science and Social Engineering
Opinion -Legacy Climate Change Weekly -Climate Change Weekly #43The question of whether humans are causing a severe global warming problem is on the surface almost entirely one of science. -
There Is No Free Condom
Opinion -According to the White House and its allies in the media, one of the most pressing issues in the country at the moment is whether all institutions that offer insurance to their employees and students should be forced to provide contraception, -
Mississippi Charter Bill to Return as Senate Draft
Opinion -A 14-12 vote sent Mississippi’s latest charter school bill out of the House Education Committee and onto the floor. House Bill 888 would allow new charter schools to open. -
House Bills Aim to Reform FCC
Opinion -Two bills designed to curtail regulatory overreach by the Federal Communications Commission await debate in Congress. The Federal Communications Commission Consolidated Reporting Act of 2011 (HR 3310) was introduced by Rep. -
FCC Reform Bill Passes House
Opinion -Partly in response to the Federal Communications Commission’s handling of the Comcast-NBCU merger, the House Energy and Commerce Committee approved two pieces of legislation that would prevent regulatory overreach by requiring any conditions imposed on -
Gun Drawn, Trouble Follows
Opinion -A Canadian man was arrested, handcuffed, strip-searched, and jailed for illegal possession of a firearm as he picked up his children from school, all because his four-year-old girl drew a picture of a gun in class. -
Michigan’s PIP Reinsurer Raising Rates 21%
Opinion -Michigan’s state-chartered nonprofit reinsurer for personal injury protection coverage will be raising its assessments by 21 percent this year, in part to cover an estimated $2 billion deficit. -
Ten Articles Worth Reading on Obamacare’s Anniversary
Opinion -On the second anniversary of President Obama's health care law, the White House is engaging in little more than token promotion or celebration of the president's signature domestic policy. -
JOBS Act Aims to Help Small Businesses, Boost Online Investment
Opinion -Small businesses could have an easier time raising money and going public, say supporters of the JOBS (Jumpstart Our Business Startups) Act that President Barack Obama has signed into law. The U.S. Senate passed the bill by a 73-26 margin. -
Obama Administration’s Conscience Override Tramples Freedom
Opinion -Religious hospitals, universities, and charities lost an early round in the battle over religious liberty in March when the U.S. Senate rejected an amendment by Republican Sen. Roy Blunt of Missouri that would have protected their First Amendment rights. -
What K-12 Budget Cuts?
Opinion -There is no denying that teacher layoffs have occurred over the past three years.
