Opinion
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Obama Signs Debt Deal, Calls for Higher Taxes
Opinion -A $2.4 trillion increase in the national debt ceiling, $917 billion in spending “cuts,” and creation of a special congressional committee to look for another $1.5 trillion in “cuts. -
Heartland Institute Experts React to Tuesday’s Debt Ceiling Vote in Senate
Opinion -The United States Senate this afternoon passed a bill to raise the debt ceiling, cut federal spending, and set up a special Joint Committee of Congress to enact further spending cuts. -
Utah Passes First ‘High-Quality’ Digital Learning Law; Districts Seek Guidance
Opinion -Online education providers are embracing Utah’s cutting-edge digital learning law, but they’re struggling for guidance as high school students enrolled in brick-and-mortar schools sign up for virtual courses this fall.Gov. -
Business-Friendly Cities Open to Migration Top Growth List
Opinion -What cities are best positioned to grow and prosper in the coming decade? -
House Committee Moves to Block EPA Restrictions
Opinion -The U.S. House of Representatives Appropriations Committee has approved a bill to block funding of controversial Environmental Protection Agency restrictions, including carbon dioxide emissions and vehicle mileage mandates. -
Golden Eagles’ Survival Threatened by California Wind Turbines
Opinion -The golden eagle population in California’s Alameda County is facing unsustainable pressure from industrial wind turbines in Altamont Pass, state officials report. -
Gasland Producer Misled Viewers on Lighted Tap Water
Opinion -The anti-hydraulic fracturing movie Gasland has been proven to be a scam, as investigative journalist Phelim McAleer has uncovered hidden facts and outright deceptions in the making of the movie. -
Bedbugs Found Carrying Drug-Resistant Staph
Opinion -Some bedbugs have begun carrying a deadly staph bacteria, researchers report, bringing a dangerous new twist to the resurgence of bedbug infestations since the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency outlawed the effective pesticide DDT 40 years ago. -
Utah Approves Expansion of Important Copper Mine
Opinion -After two public hearings and an extended comment period, the Utah Air Quality Board has approved emissions increases for long-term mining at Kennecott Utah Copper’s Bingham Canyon mine. -
New Jersey Residents Regret Closing of Nuclear Power Plant
Opinion -New Jersey residents near the Oyster Creek Nuclear Generating Station are unhappy with plans to close the nation’s oldest nuclear power plant in 2019, some 10 years earlier than planned. -
Consumer Power Report: An Increasingly Irrelevant Reform
Opinion -Following on Peter Orszag’s admission that President Barack Obama’s health care law does not solve the unsustainable health care cost problem the United States faces, the latest CMS Actuary report confirms that health care spending is likely to double -
Georgia Can Keep More Lake Lanier Water, Court Rules
Opinion -Georgia will be able to keep more of its Lake Lanier water, as a federal appeals court ruled the Army Corps of Engineers has the authority to allocate extra water from the manmade lake to meet the increasing needs of Atlanta residents. -
Business, Consumer Groups Demand Reforms to Medicare Competitive Bidding
Opinion -Medical device makers and consumer groups are demanding reform of Medicare’s new competitive bidding program, as patients are already reporting problems receiving home medical equipment and services prescribed by their physicians. -
Corbett Holds Ground Against Shale Gas Taxes
Opinion -Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Corbett (R) is positioning the Keystone State to be a leader in 21st century energy production, vowing to veto any legislation imposing a fee on the production of natural gas from shale deposits. -
North Dakota Economy Booming Thanks to Oil Production
Opinion -While the rest of the nation struggles with more than 9 percent unemployment and economic stagnation, North Dakota is experiencing an economic boom driven by oil production. According to the U.S. -
EPA Regulations Shut Down Georgia Power Plants, Rate Hikes Coming
Opinion -Newly announced EPA restrictions on air emissions are killing jobs and raising electricity prices, with Georgia Power Co. announcing it will have to close three coal-fired power plants over the next two years because of EPA’s new restrictions. -
House Votes to Return Clean Water Authority to States
Opinion -The U.S. House of Representatives has passed a bill that would make it more difficult for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to impose tighter water standards on a state without the state’s consent. -
Our Unsustainable Entitlement Growth
Opinion -As news of Washington’s debt ceiling clash flashed across the wires, a reader sent me a clipping this week from a column written by a Texas radio pastor in 1975. -
Pelicans Thriving One Year after BP Oil Spill
Opinion -The pelican population along the northern Gulf of Mexico is thriving, putting to rest fears the BP oil spill would have long-lasting negative effects on the iconic marine bird. -
Limitless Debt and Dollar Destruction; It’s What Our Leaders Want
Opinion -As the debate rages over raising the national debt ceiling--even House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) is looking for a way to raise it--it’s increasingly clear that nobody in power is serious about dealing with the cause of the problem: runaway spending. -
Heartland Institute Experts Respond to July 31 Debt Ceiling Agreement
Opinion -Congressional leaders and the White House on Sunday appeared to come to an agreement to raise the federal debt ceiling. -
Heartland Institute Comments on This Weekend’s Education March, Rallies
Opinion -Heartland Institute Comments onThis Weekend’s Education March, RalliesThe four-day-long ‘Save Our Schools’ rally began Thursday in Washington, D.C. and runs throughout the weekend. -
Director of ICSC Responds to ‘Nature’
Opinion -The following was originally posted as a comment on Nature.com's: "Climate-change politics: The sceptic meets his match". -
Despite Hype, Most Schoolkids Won’t Get Innovative Technology Soon
Opinion -Everyone is talking about fancy new education apps, possibilities for “flipping” classrooms using innovative, video-based operators such as Khan Academy, and “school of one” models popping up from New York City to California, but these are mere sprouts
