Opinion
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Detroit Offers Incentives to Police, Firefighters to Move into the City
Opinion -When Detroit’s census figures were released earlier this year, the results were startling even to city officials. Over the past decade, the population had declined 25 percent, to just over 713,000 persons—the city’s lowest population since 1910. -
Fruit Punch
Opinion -Six Washington, DC-area youngsters were fined $500 recently for selling lemonade without a permit. -
California’s Bullet Train Rolling to Bankruptcy
Opinion -For California’s high-speed rail boosters, including their chief cheerleader, U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood, May must have felt like a month from hell. -
Wisconsin Court Upholds Bargaining Bill; Unions Sue in Federal Court
Opinion -The Wisconsin Supreme Court delivered “a resounding humiliation” to a state judge by overturning her ruling invalidating restrictions on collective bargaining powers for unionized government workers, said Maureen Martin, senior fellow for -
Fear-Mongers Upset the Apple Cart
Opinion -The real intent of so-called consumer-advocacy groups is to throw a monkey wrench into the wheels of capitalist progress and to diminish our nation's ability to supply abundant, low-cost, healthy food to our citizens ("Pesticide Residue Taints Apples," -
Newspapers Protest Pennsylvania Bill for Web-Only Public Notices
Opinion -If Pennsylvania House Bill 633 passes, the state will no longer mandate local and state agencies to print public notices detailing their spending in local newspapers, requiring them instead to post the notices online. -
Medicare Part D Isn’t Broke So Don’t Fix it
Opinion -Only in Washington could you get traction with a saying like, “if it ain’t broke, fix it anyway. -
Pension Costs Force Costa Mesa, California to Restructure, Outsource
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U.S. Home Equity Level Hits Record Low
Opinion -Wendell Cox says he was “not the least bit surprised” by a Federal Reserve report showing the nation’s homeowners have less equity in their properties than at any time since World War II, which ended in 1945. -
Power Plants Closing, Jobs Disappearing in Response to New EPA Regulations
Opinion -American Electric Power has announced new EPA regulations will force it to close five coal-fired power plants, pay for expensive retrofits for at least a dozen more, eliminate 600 jobs, and substantially increase the price it charges for electricity. -
Clip Joint
Opinion -A Maryland nail salon charges men $1 more than women for a manicure. Not only is this discriminatory, one man charges in his lawsuit against the salon, it’s also “humiliating! -
Two for Thai
Opinion -A New York man was trying to grab a package of frozen Vegan pad Thai with tofu while he and his wife were shopping in Trader Joe’s, when another shopper’s son, there with his mother, tried to block the man. -
MEDIA ADVISORY: Heartland Institute Reacts to Failed U.S. Senate Vote to Kill Ethanol Subsidy
Opinion -MEDIA ADVISORY: Heartland Institute Reacts toFailed U.S. Senate Vote to Kill Ethanol SubsidyOn Tuesday, June 14, the Senate will vote on an amendment to the Economic Development Reauthorization Act (S. -
Wisconsin Supreme Court Ruling ‘Resounding Humiliation’ for Judge Who Blocked Gov. Walker’s Budget Bill
Opinion -The Wisconsin Supreme Court late Tuesday overturned a Madison Circuit Court judge's ruling invalidating Republican Gov. Scott Walker's budget repair bill. -
MEDIA ADVISORY: Heartland Institute Corrects Record, Rebuts Education Blogger’s Attack on Taxpayers’ Savings Grants in Texas
Opinion -MEDIA ADVISORY: Heartland Institute Corrects Record,Rebuts Education Blogger’s Attack on Taxpayers’ Savings Grants in TexasOn May 18, a Texas-based education consultant and blogger named Ed Fuller posted an essay titled “Vouchers? -
Heartland Institute Corrects Record, Rebuts Education Blogger’s Attack on Taxpayers’ Savings Grants in Texas
Opinion -On May 18, a Texas-based education consultant and blogger named Ed Fuller posted an essay titled “Vouchers? A Bad Idea and Here Is [sic] Several Reasons Why” on his blog. -
Heartland Institute Reacts to Failed U.S. Senate Vote to Kill Ethanol Subsidy
Opinion -On Tuesday, June 14, the Senate will vote on an amendment to the Economic Development Reauthorization Act (S. -
MEDIA ADVISORY: Wisconsin Supreme Court Ruling ‘Resounding Humiliation’ for Judge Who Blocked Gov. Walker’s Budget Bill
Opinion -MEDIA ADVISORY: Wisconsin Supreme Court Ruling 'Resounding Humiliation' for Judge Who Blocked Gov. Walker's Budget BillThe Wisconsin Supreme Court late Tuesday overturned a Madison Circuit Court judge's ruling invalidating Republican Gov. -
Heartland Institute Praises Effort to Stop Arbitrary LCB Fee Increases in Pennsylvania
Opinion -Heartland Institute Praises Effort to StopArbitrary LCB Fee IncreasesOn Monday, June 13, state Rep. -
Western U.S. Benefiting from Break in Drought
Opinion -Above-average rainfall in many parts of the western United States and heavy winter snows in Western mountains have brought an end to drought conditions across much of the West. Also, with unusually large amounts of snow holding fast in western U.S. -
Solar Power Encounters Head Winds from Environmentalists, Regulators
Opinion -A high-profile solar energy project in California is facing serious delays as the Obama administration’s push for renewable energy has collided with its enforcement of the Endangered Species Act (ESA). -
Study: Wind Power Has Minimal Impact on Carbon Dioxide Emissions
Opinion -Wind power will fail to reduce carbon dioxide emissions as much as claimed by wind power advocates, concludes a recent study in the Renewable and Sustainability Energy Review, published by Elsevier. -
No Increase in Floods as Planet Warms
Opinion -A new study by scientists with the National Technical University in Athens, Greece, contradicts global warming alarmists’ claims that flooding is increasing worldwide. The new study bolsters previous studies showing no global increase in peak streamflows. -
Nation’s Air Quality Continues to Improve
Opinion -Air quality is improving almost everywhere in the United States, according to the American Lung Association’s (ALA) “State of the Air” report for 2011, which covers the years 2007 through 2009.