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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. -
Gore’s ‘Climate Reality’ Flops
Opinion -On Wednesday evening Al Gore reminded Americans that nobody can annoy and alienate people through name-calling, condescension, misrepresentation of facts, and paranoid conspiracy theories quite like Al. -
Unlikely Allies Show ‘Super Committee’ Where to Cut $1 Trillion
Opinion -One of the nation’s leading taxpayer watchdog organizations and a liberal public interest organization have identified more than $1 trillion of cuts in federal government spending they believe have appeal across the political spectrum. -
Heartland Legal Expert Exposes Flaw in Virginia Obamacare Ruling
Opinion -Fourth Circuit’s Factual Error Throws Last Week’s Decision in DoubtThe Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals made a “rookie” error last week when it ruled the Commonwealth of Virginia was not a proper party to challenge the constitutionality of the Obamacare -
Heartland Institute Experts React to EPA CO2 Delay
Opinion -The federal Environmental Protection Agency announced Thursday it has negotiated an extension of a court-ordered September 30 deadline for issuing rules governing greenhouse gas emissions from power plants and other major sources. -
Obamacare Federal Exchanges Could Be Stymied by States
Opinion -The key question facing states regarding implementation of President Obama’s health care law is the creation of health insurance exchanges, scheduled to be submitted for approval by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services by January 1, 2013. -
Gore Launches 24 Hours of Climate Deception
Opinion -Legacy Climate Change Weekly -Climate Change Weekly #20On Wednesday evening Al Gore reminded Americans that nobody can annoy and alienate people through name-calling, condescension, misrepresentation of facts, and paranoid conspiracy theories quite like Al.
