Opinion
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Heartland Institute Hails Florida Senate Passage of Offshore Reinsurance Memorial: “A Message to Washington”
Opinion -TALLAHASSEE—The director of The Heartland Institute’s Florida office today praised the Florida Senate for passing a memorial stating its opposition to tariffs that some in Washington wish to place on reinsurance transactions. -
Report: Accountability Missing from Kentucky Superintendents’ Reviews
Opinion -An open-records project by the Bluegrass Institute reveals superintendent evaluations by school boards in low-performing school districts in Kentucky exclude academic performance from the criteria and fail to hold top administrators accountable for poor -
WALKER: We Snobs Would be Happy to Pay for NPR
Opinion -Full disclosure: I’m a snob. Increasingly, I shun popular culture for the esoteric film, theater, literature and music given far wider exposure on NPR than on commercial stations. -
It’s Called ‘Inflation’ When More Dollars are Needed to Print More Dollars
Opinion -Does anybody besides Federal Reserve Board Chairman Ben Bernanke really believe the U.S. economy is not suffering from increasingly serious inflation? -
Wisconsin’s Walker Proposes Major Expansion of Milwaukee Vouchers
Opinion -Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker (R) would make school reform, including an unprecedented expansion of Milwaukee’s two-decade old voucher program, the centerpiece of his budget plan for the coming fiscal year.Gov. -
Commentary: Tea Party Success Gives Lesson for School Choice Efforts
Opinion -For at least the past two decades, school choice initiatives have been limited programs designed either to benefit a small group of special needs children or to punish failing government schools. -
Heartland Institute Experts Comment on Proposed Merger of AT&T and T-Mobile
Opinion -AT&T said Sunday it has agreed to purchase T-Mobile USA in a $39 billion acquisition – a move that surprised the industry and is sure to be scrutinized by federal regulators. -
Obama Budget Request Would Increase Education Dept. Funding
Opinion -President Obama’s budget for the 2012 fiscal year would exempt the U.S. Department of Education from any cuts. -
Lawsuit Abuse Fortnightly #10-6
Opinion -A Florida paramedic is being sued by an auto accident victim who says she stole his foot after it was severed in an accident. The paramedic was convicted of the crime and sentenced to six months probation for theft. -
California Ed. Board Moves to Approve ‘Parent Trigger’ Rules
Opinion -In an apparent policy reversal, California State Board of Education President Michael Kirst announced plans to accelerate the timetable for approving permanent regulations for the state’s landmark Parent Empowerment Act, also known as the Parent -
Deflation is Not Depression, Something Our Federal Reserve Needs to Learn
Opinion -Testimony of Joseph T. Salerno before the U.S. -
Colorado School District Approves Pilot Voucher Plan
Opinion -Colorado’s third-largest school district has established a pilot program allowing up to 500 students to attend a public or private school of their choice. -
#264: Obamacare, Year One
Opinion -One year in to President Barack Obama’s national health care regime, what you think of his signature domestic policy accomplishment depends a great deal on if you’re listening to his allies or not. -
Georgia Legislature Considers iPad Investment
Opinion -Georgia legislators are contemplating a pilot program that would replace textbooks in the state’s public middle schools with iPads and other electronic readers, joining a burgeoning worldwide trend aimed at reducing education costs and engaging -
States Making More Budgeting Errors in the Tough Economy
Opinion -States have been making more serious errors in estimating their revenues during tough economic times, according to a new report by the Pew Center on the States and The Nelson A. Rockefeller Institute of Government. -
Media Advisory: Heartland Legal Scholar Comments on Stay of Wisconsin Collective Bargaining Law
Opinion -Dane County, Wisconsin Circuit Court Judge Maryann Sumi issued a temporary restraining order Friday blocking a new law constraining the collective bargaining rights of most public workers in the state. -
Radiation Levels Still Safe in Japan
Opinion -A week after the magnitude 9.0 earthquake and subsequent tsunami killed thousands of people in northern Japan, Japanese officials reported not a single civilian had been exposed to levels of radiation that would threaten human health. -
Media Advisory: Heartland Institute Comments on McRaith Appointment
Opinion -Washington, DC -- Eli Lehrer, vice president of Washington, DC operations for The Heartland Institute and national director of its Center on Finance, Insurance, and Real Estate, today praised President Barack Obama’s appointment of Michael McRaith -
Proposed Bill Moves Michigan Closer to Landline Reform
Opinion -A bill to reform Michigan’s 1991 Telecommunications Act regulating landline providers has moved to the state legislature’s House Energy and Communications Committee. -
Media Advisory: No One ‘Less Deserving’ than Obama for ‘Transparency’ Award
Opinion -President Barack Obama today accepted an award from a coalition of good government groups and transparency advocates to recognize “his deep commitment to an open and transparent government. -
Media Advisory: Heartland Applauds Gov. Deal for ‘Heeding the Call,’ Scrapping Health Exchanges
Opinion -Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal Wednesday night announced he would reject legislation that would have set up an Obamacare-compliant health insurance exchange for the state. -
Harmful Myths About Vaccines Exposed
Opinion -Review of Deadly Choices: How the Anti-Vaccine Movement Threatens Us All, by Paul A. Offit, M.D., 288 pages, Basic Books, 2010. -
Heartland Institute Reacts to Bipartisan Internet Poker Bill
Opinion -“This bill is indeed good news, but for now, if you’ll pardon the pun, I’m keeping a ‘poker face’ on at least one part of it." -
New-Home Construction Plummets, Construction Materials Prices Soar
Opinion -New-home construction has fallen to nearly the lowest level ever recorded, according to the U.S. Commerce Department.Home construction starts in February fell to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 479,000, down 22.