Opinion
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High Energy Prices Are Benefiting Some States
Opinion -As gasoline prices rise, most Americans cringe. But two oil-producing states are reaping benefits from higher gas prices, as rising oil prices translate to billions of dollars in tax revenue for Alaska and Texas. -
#276: Gaming the System
Opinion -You’ve doubtless heard the news about the troubling McKinsey Quarterly study showing “30 percent of employers will definitely or probably stop offering [employer-sponsored insurance] in the years after 2014. -
Heartland Institute Praises Effort to Stop Arbitrary LCB Fee Increases
Opinion -On Monday, June 13, state Rep. Mark Mustio (R-Moon Township) introduced legislation that will prohibit the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board from implementing any fee or price increase without the approval of the legislature and governor. -
LightSquared Waiver Rescinded by FCC After Legislators’ Letters
Opinion -Washington lawmakers continue to grapple with the potential interference to global positioning satellites posed by provider LightSquared’s long-term-evolution terrestrial wireless broadband network. -
Mesmerizing Insight into the Infamous Hockey Stick Scandal
Opinion -Review of The Hockey Stick Illusion, by A.W. Montford (Stacey Intl., 2010), 482 pages, ISBN-13: 978:1906768355Cutting-edge science, mystery, and whodunit intrigue rarely merge in a single book. Rarer still do they merge in nonfiction. In A. W. -
Study: Wind Power Generation Disappoints
Opinion -Because of the intermittent nature of wind power, it cannot serve as a standalone power source and can displace only a minimal amount of conventional power, concludes a new study by energy researcher George S. Taylor. -
NEA to Buy More Votes with Video Game Grants
Opinion -The rarefied world of government arts funding apparently has run out of artists specializing in elephant dung and human-urine media. -
‘Zombie’ Spending on Things Already Consumed
Opinion -Has the post-crisis bounce finally exhausted itself? It’s beginning to look like it. But you wouldn’t be surprised if this turned out be just another feint to the downside, would you? We’ve seen several. -
NEA to buy votes with video-game grants
Opinion -The rarefied world of government arts funding apparently has run out of artists specializing in elephant dung and human-urine media. -
School Options Truly Liberate Parents
Opinion -Your editorial "Emancipation proclamation" (May 31) showed justifiable outrage over the 4-3 Georgia Supreme Court decision that invalidated a state-level alternative route for parents who had been frustrated by recalcitrant local school boards in their -
MEDIA ADVISORY: Sen. James Inhofe to Kick Off Heartland Institute’s 6th Climate Conference in DC
Opinion -WHAT: Sixth International Conference on Climate ChangeWHERE: Marriott Wardman Park, 2660 Woodley Road NW, Washington, DCWHEN: June 30 and July 1, 2011Sen. -
Google’s Corporate Ethics Challenged in New Book
Opinion -Review of Search & Destroy: Why You Can’t Trust Google, Inc., by Scott Cleland with Ira Brodsky, Telescope Books, St. Louis, Missouri, 2011, ISBN-10: 0980038324, $28.95, 329 pages.Even paranoiacs have real enemies, goes the adage. -
Sling Shot
Opinion -A small company selling baby slings on the Internet has gone out of business after the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) investigated the owner’s slings, ordered her to recall them, and finally--years later--found her product safe. -
Amazon Overcomes Objections, Wins South Carolina ‘Incentives’
Opinion -South Carolina lawmakers have approved economic “incentives” for an Amazon.com distribution center in Cayce, just outside the state capitol of Columbia. -
Senate Rejects Delay of Debit Card Fee Cap; Consumers Could Take Hit
Opinion -The U.S. Senate has struck a blow against big banks by failing to pass a measure that would have postponed the implementation of reduced debit card interchange fees. -
MEDIA ADVISORY: Heartland Institute Corrects Fiscal Note for Taxpayers’ Savings Grants in Texas
Opinion -In a special session currently underway, the Texas Legislature will be considering HB 33, a bill by state Rep. Sid Miller (R-Stephenville), that creates the Taxpayers’ Savings Grants Program. -
Equal Access under the Law: Education and Civil Rights
Opinion -Americans claim civil rights flippantly. But the basic principle of equal protection or access under the law is not complicated. -
MEDIA ADVISORY: Heartland Institute Reacts to New Jersey Shield Law Ruling
Opinion -The New Jersey Supreme Court Tuesday ruled that the state’s shield law for journalists does not apply to bloggers and those who leave comments on message boards. -
Time to End Wasteful Corporate Tax
Opinion -If the currently gridlocked Congress makes any major, permanent changes to U.S. law before the 2012 elections, it will probably be in the realm of corporate tax reform. -
Time to End Wasteful Corporate Tax
Opinion -If the currently gridlocked Congress makes any major, permanent changes to U.S. law before the 2012 elections, it will probably be in the realm of corporate tax reform. -
Virginia Governor Cuts 25 Percent from Public Broadcasting
Opinion -Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell, a Republican, employed his line-item veto authority to save the state’s taxpayers $424,000 initially budgeted for public broadcasting. -
#275: Don’t Like Mandates? Just Make Less Money!
Opinion -You’ve likely heard the bracingly honest comments from President Barack Obama’s Solicitor General, Neal Kumar Katyal, last week in the context of Sixth Circuit hearings on the individual mandate. -
Florida Lawyer Turns Tables, Forecloses on Bank of America – and Wins!
Opinion -The United States government may believe Bank of America is too big to fail, but a Naples, Florida attorney has proven it’s not too big to go into foreclosure.Attorney Todd Allen of the Law Office of Conrad Willkomm, P.A. -
MEDIA ADVISORY: Heartland Institute Expert to Testify at Today’s Hearing for Taxpayers’ Savings Grants in Texas
Opinion -The Texas House Committee on Government Efficiency will hold a hearing Monday, June 6 at 3 p.m. on a bill (HB 33) by state Rep. Sid Miller (R-Stephenville) creating the Taxpayers’ Savings Grants Program.