Opinion
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Minnesota Debate Over Cell Tower Causes Gaps in Wireless Coverage
Opinion -There appears to be no immediate relief in sight for northern Minnesota residents experiencing gaps in their cell phone coverage due to aesthetic concerns a proposed AT&T tower near Afton State Park will be visible from the St. Croix River. -
SoCal Water Agencies Sue Feds over Sucker Fish
Opinion -Twelve Southern California water agencies are suing the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service for expanding critical habitat areas for the Santa Ana sucker fish. -
Chesapeake to Invest in Natural Gas Fueling Stations
Opinion -Chesapeake Energy Corp. (CHK) will form a $1 billion fund to invest in companies that develop infrastructure or technology to increase the use of natural gas as a motor fuel. -
EPA Misrepresents Benefits of Ozone Restrictions
Opinion -The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is overstating the benefits of new rules to further tighten ambient air quality standards regarding ozone, according to a study by NERA Economic Consulting. -
The Simple Physics of Nuclear Safety
Opinion -Simple physics demonstrates the safety of power production in modern U.S. nuclear power plants. -
Ohio Bill Would Eliminate Alternative Power Mandates
Opinion -Ohio State Sen. Kris Jordan (R-Powell) has introduced a bill to would repeal the state’s Alternative Energy Portfolio Standard. -
Public Grows Still More Skeptical Toward Global Warming Claims
Opinion -Two public opinion polls released in late August document Americans’ continued rejection of alarmist global warming predictions. -
Now You Can Finally Understand Your Environmental Activist Friends
Opinion -Review of Eco-Fads: How the Rise of Trendy Environmentalism Is Harming the Environment, by Todd Myers (Washington Policy Center, 2011), 240 pages, ISBN-13: 978-0615486147Eco-Fads: How the Rise of Trendy Environmentalism Is Harming the Environment, will -
Consumer Power Report: No CLASS
Opinion -One of the worst aspects of President Barack Obama’s health care law is the CLASS entitlement, an unsustainable long-term-care program adopted as a testament to the late Ted Kennedy. -
Sea Otters Ignore Government’s “No-Otter” Zone
Opinion -The federal government has a longstanding “no-otter” zone off the coast of Southern California, but the feds apparently forgot to tell the sea otters. Despite their best efforts to keep sea otters away from coastal waters between the U.S. -
Solyndra Debacle Casts Pall over ‘Green Jobs’ Promises
Opinion -The most visible and lauded recipient of “green stimulus” money under the Obama administration has gone bankrupt, creating a full-fledged Washington scandal after leaving taxpayers on the hook for $535 million in loan guarantees. -
Virginia County Pulls Out of CO2 Emission Reduction Agreement
Opinion -The Board of Supervisors of Albemarle County in rural central Virginia has voted to remove the community from a national agreement aimed at getting local governments to encourage or mandate reductions of greenhouse gas emission in their jurisdictions. -
Governors Call for More Medicaid Flexibility
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Obama Administration Announces NCLB Waiver Requirements
Opinion -The Obama administration has finally released long-promised criteria states must meet to receive a waiver of No Child Left Behind requirements. -
Heartland Institute: Michigan PIP Bill Is a Step in the Right Direction
Opinion -A Michigan proposal that would end the state’s mandate that all motorists buy policies that include uncapped personal injury protection (PIP) coverage would be a step in the right direction for the state, according to Eli Lehrer, vice president of -
Study: Public Has All the Net Neutrality They Want
Opinion -A new study argues against the adoption of network neutrality regulations because the public approves of Internet Service Providers blocking content such as malware and child pornography. Author Gerald R. -
Ponzi on the Potomac
Opinion -Ida May Fuller worked as a schoolteacher and secretary during her long life - a life without marriage, children, political power or business influence yet a life that achieved one of the greatest returns on investment in American history. -
President’s Third Edujobs Stimulus More Opiates for Addicts
Opinion -The proposed $60 billion in education funds in President Barack Obama’s $450 billion jobs plan offers schools and teachers false hope and will cause them yet again to structure spending around fantasy. -
Nix the Amazon Tax
Opinion -Declaring it "unfair" that out-of-state online retailers don't collect sales tax from every customer in each state where they conduct business, a bipartisan coalition of Michigan Representatives want to force such companies as Amazon.com and Overstock. -
Alarmists ‘Find’ Conveniently Missing Heat
Opinion -Climate Change Weekly #21A new paper produced by global warming alarmists at the National Center for Atmospheric Research claims the “missing heat” that is not building up in the Earth’s atmosphere is likely getting trapped deeply within the oceans. -
Bernanke Puts New ‘Twist’ on Old, Failed Policy
Opinion -“Operation Twist” is the name that’s been given to the Federal Reserve’s program to move hundreds of billions of dollars of the Fed’s investment portfolio into longer-term debt, but critics say it's a new twist on an old policy that failed in the 1960s. -
ObamaCare Denying Insurance Subsidies to Workers’ Families
Opinion -In the midst of the debate over the Affordable Care Act, then-House Speaker Nancy Pelosi famously declared, “We have to pass the bill so you can find out what’s in it. -
Heartland Institute Climate Expert Talking Harmful EPA Regs at CPAC-Florida on Friday
Opinion -James M. Taylor, senior fellow for environment policy at The Heartland Institute and managing editor of Environment & Climate News, will be part of a panel discussion Friday at 10:30 a.m. -
Telecom Heavyweights Invest in Isis Network
Opinion -Verizon Wireless, AT&T, and T-Mobile reportedly plan to invest roughly $100 million in an effort to roll out Isis, a nationwide merchant-commerce network slated to launch trials in early-to-mid-2012.
