Opinion
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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 -
Massachusetts Uncompensated Care Pool Abused by Hospitals
Opinion -New evidence indicates a major portion of Massachusetts’ uncompensated care pool went to subsidize the state’s Medicaid program during the past decade, primarily through sloppy practices, lack of oversight, and overcharges—a problem which may become -
Heartland Institute Comments on Boehner Debt Ceiling Bill
Opinion -The U.S. House of Representatives is poised to vote today on a plan by Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) to raise the federal debt ceiling. -
Obama Stands Idly by While FCC Trashes Internet
Opinion -When President Barack Obama requested this past spring that government agencies conduct a cost analysis on burdensome regulations, no one really expected anything to come of it. After all, he’s a master at saying one thing and doing ... nothing. -
Statistics Emphasize Higher Education Cost Swamp
Opinion -As at least half the states cut higher education funding in recently concluded legislative sessions, the U.S. Department of Education has released a wealth of college-related data to aid families in college decision-making and boost completion rates. -
Net Neutrality Violates Property Rights Principles
Opinion -Network neutrality, a euphemistically labeled and insidious concept, is perhaps the biggest current threat to the Internet, chiefly because it threatens property rights by supplying the wrong answer to the question of “Who owns the pipes? -
Heartland Institute Comments on Data Retention ‘Spy’ Bill in Congress
Opinion -The House Judiciary Committee on Thursday approved a bill that would require Internet service providers to keep records of their customers’ online activities for one year, and hand them over to police upon request. -
Heartland Institute Comments on This Weekend’s Education March, Rallies
Opinion -The four-day-long ‘Save Our Schools’ rally began Thursday in Washington, D.C. and runs throughout the weekend. -
Net Neutrality Violates Property Rights Principles
Opinion -Network neutrality, a euphemistically labeled and insidious concept, is perhaps the biggest current threat to the Internet, chiefly because it threatens property rights by supplying the wrong answer to the question of “Who owns the pipes? -
Climate Change Weekly: NASA Data Show less Heat Trapped than Expected
Opinion -NASA satellite data from the years 2000 through 2011 show the Earth’s atmosphere is allowing far more heat to be released into space than alarmist computer models have predicted, reports a new study in the peer-reviewed science journal Remote Sensing. -
State, Local Tax Deductibility Is a Tax-Hike Machine
Opinion -As members of Congress and the Obama administration creep ever closer to a deal to raise the debt ceiling, it becomes increasingly clear any plan that emerges will rewrite the nation’s tax code. -
Atlanta Cheating Scandal More Reason to Keep Testing
Opinion -The interwebs are ablaze with criticism of the "pressure to meet targets" on state standardized tests that allegedly led teachers and administrators in 80 percent of Atlanta Public Schools investigated to distort or falsify results. -
Walker’s Bargaining Limits Save Millions; Some Districts Still Short
Opinion -Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker’s collective bargaining limits enacted earlier this year are saving some school districts millions of dollars by requiring teachers to work more and contribute to pensions and health insurance. -
The Coming Fall of the Teachers Unions
Opinion -Review of Special Interest: Teachers Unions and American Public Schools, by Terry Moe, Brookings Institution Press (2011). $34.95, 513 pages, ISBN: 0815721293.
