Opinion
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Rookie Mistake
Opinion -“After conquering Silicon Valley” during a 15-year high-tech career, a former software engineer went to law school and took a job with a big New York City firm. He lasted less than a year. -
Intellectual Property: Silly or Sinister?
Opinion -Imagine that some lobbyists have staked out part of Antarctica and brought suit in federal court against tourists who trespassed on “their” land. Fine, you say: After all, the lobbyists got there first. -
North Carolina Legislature Targets Children’s Waistlines
Opinion -North Carolina Democratic and Republican lawmakers who agree government should actively control children’ diets have introduced two bills this legislative session directed at schoolchildren’s waistlines. -
Heartland Institute Reacts to Obama Administration Shelving Smog Regulations
Opinion -The White House on Friday instructed the Environmental Protection Agency to cancel a planned rule to tighten the Ozone National Ambient Air Quality Standards that regulate smog. -
Uncle Warren’s Demands for Uncle Sam to Raise Taxes Ring Hollow
Opinion -Avuncular billionaire investor Warren Buffett on Monday wrote a screed in The New York Times in which he calls for higher taxes on the wealthy because they pay so little in comparison to the little people he professes to want to help. http://www.nytimes. -
Online Education Expands in Oklahoma and Nationwide
Opinion -It’s back to school for Oklahoma students. But for a growing number, “back to school” looks very different from a few years ago. That’s because in Oklahoma—and across the United States—school options are increasing. -
New Global Warming Report Contradicts UN’s IPCC
Opinion -The United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), already under severe criticism for violating the requirements of academic peer review and relying on secondary sources, comes under question again in a new report coproduced by three -
Is Our Hurricane Drought Still Intact?
Opinion -Yesterday in my weekly Forbes.com column, I wrote, “When Hurricane Irene made landfall in North Carolina, it marked the first time in over 1,000 days – just shy of three years – that a hurricane struck the contiguous United States. -
Parents Know Best How to Fix Schools
Opinion -As moms and dads across America enter the education reform arena by the thousands through parent unions, capitol demonstrations, and expanded school-choice measures, some defenders of the current system have piped up against "parent power. -
Texas and Massachusetts: A Health Care Contrast
Opinion -As the 2012 Republican presidential nomination race heats up, there are many readily apparent contrasts between former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney and the nation’s longest-serving governor, Rick Perry of Texas. -
Mich. Legislature Caps Employee Benefits; ‘Fiscal Terrorism’ Accusations Fly
Opinion -Michigan lawmakers have taken another step to curb public-sector employee spending, passing a bill giving municipalities, local governments, and school districts a choice: cap your employee healthcare benefits or forfeit 10 percent of your state funding. -
Cooler Runnings
Opinion -An Australian court had to grapple with a weighty legal issue recently: Is a homemade motorized beer cooler a “motor vehicle?”A 23-year-old Australian man was caught driving his motorized beer cooler while drunk. -
Online Currencies on the Rise
Opinion -The Salt Lake City Deseret News reported this past July that WingCash is seeking regulatory approval in several states. -
Chicago Mayor Initiates Principal Merit Pay
Opinion -Performance evaluations and merit pay have changed school systems across the nation, but Chicago is the first district to initiate them for hiring and firing principals. -
Heartland Institute Reacts to Obama Administration Suit to Stop AT&T/T-Mobile Merger
Opinion -The U.S. Department of Justice filed suit in federal court Wednesday to stop the proposed $39 billion merger of AT&T and T-Mobile, saying the deal would significantly reduce competition in the wireless industry and harm consumers. -
Editorials shouldn’t focus on beliefs
Opinion -Published in the Richmond Times-Disptach, August 31, 2011Editor, Times-Dispatch: Regarding your recent editorial "The Mann Act": It is entirely proper, especially in a period of severe budget pressures, for state officials to seek access to documents -
Consumer Power Report: More False Flexibility From HHS
Opinion -Welcome to the Consumer Power Report, which neither snow nor sleet nor 26 hours without power can stop. -
Try as I Might, I Couldn’t Keep Government Out of My Mortgage!
Opinion -Like many Americans, I refinanced my home in the past couple of months. In searching for a home mortgage lender, my first stop was my former mortgage company, Wells Fargo, as I was happy with their web payment system and did not want to change companies. -
Dodd-Frank Amendment Hits Telecoms and Utilities
Opinion -Credit score disclosures for utilities and telecommunications companies are now required by an amendment to the 2010 Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act. -
Teachers Union Behind Rhee Attack Site
Opinion -A computer registered to the American Federation of Teachers created the predominant website for online attacks on former Washington, DC schools Chancellor Michelle Rhee. -
Michigan Legislators Protest New Fuel Rules
Opinion -Fourteen Michigan members of the U.S. House of Representatives and the state’s two U.S. senators have sent a letter to President Obama opposing his new fuel efficiency standards for vehicles manufactured between 2017 and 2025. -
Forestry Advocacy Group Violates Own Standards, Harms Minorities
Opinion -The Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) has released a report revealing the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) is using endangered tropical species in its paper products, contradicting the organization’s claim it is the “gold-standard for responsible forest -
Organization Ban
Opinion -The Gould, Arkansas city council has banned a citizens group from “doing business” there and has further decreed “no new organizations shall be allowed to exist in the City of Gould without approval from a majority of the City Council. -
DOE Promotes Small Nuclear Reactors
Opinion -Department of Energy officials are promoting small modular reactors (SMR) as a way to reinvigorate U.S. nuclear technology.
