Opinion
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Utah to Consider Public School Education Savings Accounts
Opinion -Forthcoming legislation in Utah would replace state education funding with savings accounts of up to $6,000 for parents of high school students to spend among a variety of public school options including online classes, courses outside their school -
Wall Street Protestors’ Hits and Misses
Opinion -With the Occupy Wall Street movement that began in mid-September having spread from New York to at least 100 major cities in North America, Europe, and Asia, surely something is afoot. But what? And why? -
Perry Announces Ambitious Energy Plan
Opinion -Texas governor and Republican presidential candidate Rick Perry is drawing strong praise for his ambitious energy and environment plan, announced last Friday. -
Heartland Institute: San Antonio Streetcar Project Would Set City ‘On Dangerous Fiscal Path’
Opinion -The San Antonio City Council is expected this week to vote on a plan by VIA Metropolitan Transit to create a battery-powered street car service. -
HHS Shelves CLASS Entitlement Program
Opinion -A voluntary long-term care program for workers created under President Obama’s health care law has become the first major health care program to be shelved by the administration. -
Consumer Power Report: What Does the End of CLASS Mean?
Opinion -The formal announcement came on Friday:HHS can’t make the CLASS program work, no matter how much they fudge the numbers. Normally this sort of thing doesn’t matter – the program still gets implemented, and the costs come later. -
MEDIA EVENT: Reps. Blumenauer, Petri Talk Green Scissors with Heartland, Other Groups
Opinion -Please join The Heartland Institute, Taxpayers for Common Sense, Friends of the Earth, and Public Citizen for a briefing on Green Scissors 2011: Cutting $380 Billion in Wasteful and Environmentally Harmful SpendingWhen: Tuesday, October 25, 2011, 11 a.m. -
Obesity Police vs. Tony the Tiger
Opinion -Remember Hoodrat? He was the seven-year old who stole his grandmother's car for a joyride back in 2008. I don't know how many underage kids are stealing cars, but it's doubtful Hoodrat is an isolated case. -
Sure Plays a Mean Pinball
Opinion -A self-described “pinball wizard” has filed a total of 11 complaints against the Pinball Hall of Fame in Las Vegas stemming from a single incident at the pinball arcade there.The plaintiff says the machine on which he was playing Xenon malfunctioned. -
USGS Finds No Water Pollution from Arkansas Fracking
Opinion -The U.S. Geological Survey reports no signs of pollution in 71 water wells tested near hydraulic fracturing natural gas production sites in Van Buren County, Arkansas. -
Obamacare’s Unkept Promises
Opinion -In 2008, Barack Obama promised voters that if he was elected, his health care reform would reap the average family enormous benefits by solving the most tangible problem with health care: rising premium costs. -
Cabbies Sue Milwaukee Over Permit Limits Blocking Competition
Opinion -Three Milwaukee taxi drivers have filed a federal lawsuit alleging the city has outlawed competition in the taxi market, causing permits to rise in price from $85 to a staggering $150,000. -
Obama’s Waivers Plan: More Burdensome Mandates
Opinion -Americans intuitively agree that taxpayers fund public schools in return for an important public good: educated, productive fellow citizens. -
Heartland Institute Condemns Neal/Menendez Tax Bill
Opinion -Washington, DC -- The Heartland Institute today condemned Sen. Robert Menendez (D-NJ) and Rep. Richard Neal’s (D-MA) companion bills imposing new taxes on offshore affiliated reinsurance transactions. -
Iowa Education Blueprint: Potent Ideas, Gentle Approach
Opinion -Iowa’s governor has just provided a prime example of an education policy states might pursue in looking beyond No Child Left Behind’s notorious failures and coverups. On October 3, Gov. -
Baltimore: East Coast’s Shrinking City
Opinion -Poor Baltimore. For decades, the Maryland city has been plagued by high crime, low student test scores and graduation rates, rising taxes, and a falling population. -
Best U.S. Schools Barely Compete with International Peers
Opinion -The highest-scoring U.S. school districts are mediocre compared to their international counterparts, reports a new study examining national and international student test scores. This finding contradicts widespread perceptions that wealthy, suburban U.S. -
Please Remit. Love, Mom
Opinion -A British Columbia man is being sued for support by the mother who abandoned him as a teenager. The suit has dragged on for 11 years. -
Phoenix Taxpayers Foot Huge Bill for Union Activities
Opinion -Phoenix taxpayers spend millions of dollars to pay full salary and benefits for city employees to work exclusively for labor unions, a Goldwater Institute investigation has found. -
California High-Speed Rail Sets Record—for Fastest Cost Escalation
Opinion -California's high-speed rail project is setting speed records—not on tracks, but in cost escalation. -
Case Against Climate-Change Alarmism
Opinion -In “The Case for Climate Change Alarmism,” Forbes. -
Enrollment in Preexisting Condition Program Falls Below Expectations
Opinion -Providing insurance for those with preexisting conditions was a key selling point for President Obama’s health care law. -
Local Income Taxes on the Wane
Opinion -Nearly 5,000 U.S. cities and counties in 17 states, encompassing more than 23 million Americans, impose a local income tax. -
Liquored Up: Why Michigan Should Exit Its Liquor Wholesale Business
Opinion -Michigan is one of 18 states in which the state government is the statewide wholesaler for all hard liquor (or “spirits”) sold to consumers by retailers, bars, and restaurants.
