Opinion
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Porn Loser
Opinion -An inmate in the Macomb County jail (near Detroit) is suing the state for imposing cruel and unusual punishment because jail rules don’t allow him to have pornography. -
Pressure Builds to End Crop Insurance Subsidies
Opinion -As part of his 2012 budget resolution, Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) proposes cutting almost $30 billion from farm subsidies, including for crop insurance, over the next 10 years. -
Kentucky Explores Education Options for ‘Digital Natives’
Opinion -Digital learning offers great potential for addressing two of Kentucky’s most pressing education needs: high costs and dropout rates, according to a new Bluegrass Institute report. -
Copyright Office Recommends End to Compulsory Broadcast Licensing
Opinion -Cable operators may be forced to negotiate copyright licenses directly with sports leagues and movie studios if Congress heeds the recommendations in a proposal from the U.S. Copyright Office. -
Super Committee Should Do Away With Rationing Board
Opinion -Given that the new Congressional super committee is charged with cutting federal spending, the 12 lawmakers on the panel will have no choice but to recommend changes in Medicare. -
Victory Is Sweet, but the War Continues
Opinion -Millions of Americans recently celebrated the demise of the Environmental Protection Agency’s job-killing ground-level ozone regulations. While a toast was appropriate, we shouldn’t drink too much champagne just yet.As with the Battle of Midway and Lt. -
Heartland Institute Experts Available for Solyndra Hearings Commentary
Opinion -The U.S. House of Representatives will hold hearings Thursday and Friday on the bankruptcy of Solyndra that cost taxpayers more than $500 million in loan guarantees. -
The GOP Presidential Debate Highlights The Irony Of Florida Energy Policy
Opinion -Michele Bachmann tapped into a source of national frustration last month when she pledged to bring back $2 per gallon gasoline. -
FCC’s Request for Further AT&T Broadband Info ‘Unnecessary’
Opinion -Fast on the heels of AT&T’s accidental release to the public of a letter to the Federal Communications Commission, the agency requested further economic information from the company to support the carrier’s proposed acquisition of T-Mobile. -
How Smart Growth and Livability Intensify Air Pollution
Opinion -The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) wants to implement stronger air pollution restrictions on ozone (smog) for the stated purpose of improving public health. -
States Respond to Hidden Camera Medicaid Investigation
Opinion -A hidden camera investigation into the Medicaid payment practices of multiple states has resulted in the discovery of waste, fraud, and abuse of the system, sparking several state-led investigations into Medicaid employees and the consideration of -
School Lunches Free for All by 2015 If Districts Choose
Opinion -Michigan, Kentucky, and Illinois will offer federal-government sponsored free-for-all breakfasts and lunches to students attending participating public schools this fall. -
Heartland Institute Responds to President Obama’s Latest Deficit Reduction, Tax Plan
Opinion -In a speech in the Rose Garden Monday, President Barack Obama unveiled a $3 trillion deficit-reduction plan with some $1.5 billion in tax hikes. -
Police Immunity from Cell-Phone Recording Overturned by Court
Opinion -On August 26 the U.S. First Circuit Court of Appeals rejected a motion to dismiss a lawsuit against the Boston police for arresting a man who recorded their brutal treatment of a teenager. -
Protesters Superglue Locks at WI Choice School [VIDEO]
Opinion -Police arrested at least one person when eight locks at a Milwaukee choice school were superglued shut before a visit by Gov. Scott Walker (R) to read to children. -
Chain-Link Gang
Opinion -City officials in Alexandria, Virginia ordered a homeowner who illegally removed a chain-link fence in her front yard to put it back because it’s historic. -
Consumer Power Report: Time To End Mediscare
Opinion -President Barack Obama is unveiling his deficit plans today. They are short-term, inherently political decisions (as opposed to long-term policy solutions), once again pairing temporary tax and spending cuts with permanent tax hikes. -
Obamacare Exchange Scheme Could Destroy Insurance Marketplace
Opinion -The state and federal health insurance exchanges to be created under President Obama’s health care law were originally characterized as marketplaces where people not covered through their employers can shop for health insurance at competitive rates, with -
Doesn’t the Government Know There Is Competition and Innovation in Wireless?
Opinion -Strange as it may sound, the Pentagon City Mall in Arlington, Virginia is a perfect microcosm of the U.S. wireless industry. -
Reward and Punishment–Simultaneously
Opinion -Under Obamacare, one federal agency will be rewarding health care providers if they merge to form networks to coordinate patient care. The feds at that agency believe such mergers will make health care better and cheaper. -
Reinsurance Bill Would Be a Disaster
Opinion -The process of rebuilding the areas damaged by last month’s Hurricane Irene will take months and cost billions of dollars. -
Schools Are a Convenient Political Photo-Op but a Dubious Job Bank
Opinion -It is difficult to imagine President Barack Obama is so out of touch that he expects anything more than campaign photo-ops to result from his proposal to pour $30 billion into local school construction as part of his vaunted American Jobs Bill. -
Study Casts Doubt on Claims of Immediate Benefits from Smoking Bans
Opinion -Statewide smoking bans have “little or no measurable immediate effect” on the number of persons who die from heart attacks, according to a new report by medical researchers at two universities. -
Movie Review: Al Gore’s Polarizing, Misleading ‘Climate Reality’
Opinion -After Tuesday’s shocking beat-down of Democrats in special elections, conventional political wisdom is that President Barack Obama is the most toxic political name that can be attached to a candidate’s political aspirations or a specific political cause.
