Opinion
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Solve State Budget Woes with Coal
Opinion -The Florida legislative session has ended for 2011, which will give Gov. Rick Scott and legislators on both sides of the aisle a welcome opportunity to lick their wounds. -
Court Teaches Judge Sumi the Law
Opinion -The Wisconsin Supreme Court Tuesday not only reversed Dane County Circuit Court Judge Maryann Sumi’s May ruling that Gov. Scott Walker’s budget repair bill was not law and could not be published as such. -
Heartland Institute Hails Passage of TWIA Reform
Opinion -AUSTIN, TX – The director of The Heartland Institute’s Texas office today praised the state legislature’s final passage of a bill to reform the Texas Wind Insurance Association (TWIA).The bill, which now heads to Gov. -
Ethanol Votes Show Big Government Represents Big Business
Opinion -The United States continued its march from republic to corporatocracy this week when the U.S. Senate rejected opportunities to end government support of ethanol. -
For the Birds
Opinion -A Michigan couple has sued, claiming local wild peacocks and wild turkeys are a neighborhood nuisance. They have filed suit against the alleged owners of the birds and a group allegedly feeding them. -
Wicker’s COASTAL Plan a Boon to Homeowners, Insurers
Opinion -In the immediate aftermath of the 2005 hurricane season—the year of Katrina, Rita, and Wilma—visitors to the Mississippi Gulf Coast saw something more resembling a barren moonscape than a developed beachfront. -
MEDIA ADVISORY: Heartland Institute Reacts to U.S. Supreme Court Video Game Ruling
Opinion -The U.S. Supreme Court Monday struck down a California law that would have banned selling “violent” video games to children. -
New Reporting Mandate for Companies Sets Stage for More Regulation
Opinion -Relationships between doctors and pharmaceutical companies and medical device manufacturers will soon be under the microscope because of legislation forcing public revelation of such relationships and any ways they may have affected a doctor’s decisions. -
MEDIA ADVISORY: Chicago-Based Heartland Institute Reacts to Blagojevich Guilty Verdicts
Opinion -Chicago-Based Heartland Institute Reacts toBlagojevich Guilty VerdictsFormer Illinois governor Rod Blagojevich was found guilty today on 17 of 20 counts in his corruption trial in federal court. -
#278: Expanding the Medicaid Ghetto
Opinion -The AP’s report this week of a “glitch” in PPACA that would allow millions of members of the middle class to jump onto Medicaid is enough to rouse the frustrated objections of Medicare chief actuary Richard Foster:After initially -
Medicaid and State Sovereignty
Opinion -There’s another issue in the Florida case besides the individual mandate that Judge Vinson issued summary judgment on, this time ruling against the states, and that was the challenge to the Medicaid expansion provisions. -
Workplace Dispute
Opinion -Under Australian law, employers are now required to compensate workers for injuries suffered while they are working at home.The worker involved injured her shoulder when she twice slipped down the stairs in her home. -
California Shifts to Managed Care for Medicaid
Opinion -The California version of Medicaid, called Medi-Cal, will mandate the enrollment of about 400,000 of its patients in a state-sponsored managed-care plan over the next year. -
Cuban v. Perot
Opinion -Ross Perot Jr.--yes, the son of that Ross Perot--owns 5 percent of the stock of the Dallas Mavericks basketball team; yes, that Dallas Mavericks team. -
Cap on Debit Card Fees Will Hurt Consumers
Opinion -RE “AS banks search for revenue, the rules of the game get tougher for consumers’’ (Business, June 14): This article points out several real changes consumers can expect from the new debit card fee cap, but the reality could be far worse for consumers -
Heartland Institute Opens Ohio Office
Opinion -June 23, 2011 – COLUMBUS, OH – The Heartland Institute, a national think tank with offices in Chicago, Washington, DC, Tallahassee, Florida, and Austin, Texas, today announced the opening of a fifth office in Columbus, Ohio.Alan B. -
FERRARA: The Final Ticks of America’s Bankruptcy Bomb
Opinion -The failures of federal, state and local officials of both major parties - over many years - have primed a ticking bankruptcy bomb for the United States that will explode the American Dream if we don’t disarm it. -
MEDIA ADVISORY: Heartland Institute Opens Ohio Office
Opinion -June 23, 2011 – COLUMBUS, OH – The Heartland Institute, a national think tank with offices in Chicago, Washington, DC, Tallahassee, Florida, and Austin, Texas, today announced the opening of a fifth office in Columbus, Ohio.Alan B. -
Emergency Management
Opinion -A jury in Philadelphia has awarded $21.4 million in damages to a man whose brain was damaged, allegedly as a result of care at the emergency room of a Philadelphia hospital.The man arrived at the emergency room with low blood sugar. -
Bachmann’s voucher idea benefits foster kids
Opinion -Mysteries provide good reading, but they’re best in left out of columns about serious issues like foster care. It is totally mystifying how Family Forum columnist Andrea Poe could conclude that the proposal of Rep. -
Dorm Storm
Opinion -A Washington, DC law professor is threatening to sue Catholic University of America over the university’s plans to bring back single-sex dorms. -
‘Learning Challenge’ is Just More Federal Waste in the Making
Opinion -Though the U.S. Department of Education rolled out its "Early Learning Challenge" on May 25, it's not too early to predict failure -- likely little or no boost for tots working on their ABCs, and surely a waste of $500 million extracted from taxpayers. -
Illinois Town Considers Muni Broadband
Opinion -Gilberts, a small town of about 8,000 in north central Illinois, is at the very embryonic stages of examining a taxpayer-financed broadband buildout. -
Privatizing Not the Entire Answer, Tough Choices Are
Opinion -Republican presidential candidate Tim Pawlenty has gotten a lot of flack from liberals and conservatives alike for his proposal that the nation cut government through what he calls the “Google test.
