Opinion
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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. -
Is Jon Huntsman Stupid?
Opinion -Jon Huntsman, the former governor of Utah running for the Republican nomination for President of the United States, recently made this unfortunate comment during an interview with Time magaine’s Melinda Henneberger:"[Climate change] is an issue that -
Greenhouse Gas Cuts Proving Illusory
Opinion -Recent greenhouse gas emissions cuts reported by developed nations are illusory, a new peer-reviewed study has found, as many of the cuts have occurred simply as a result of industries relocating to developing nations such as China and India. -
Chesapeake Crab Population Continues Recovery
Opinion -Despite a harsh winter this year, the Chesapeake Bay’s blue crab population continues to make a comeback, government wildlife officials report. -
EPA Asserts More Control over States
Opinion -States are facing increasing pressure from the federal Environmental Protection Agency to tighten regulations, and those that resist—such as North Dakota—are finding their ability to manage certain programs has been taken away completely. -
GE’s Immelt Retreats from Global Warming Rhetoric
Opinion -One of the world’s most outspoken corporate advocates of a national cap-and-trade system to limit manmade emissions of greenhouse gases now acknowledges he may have overhyped the virtues of his company’s green policies.
