Opinion
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The Much Loved, Little Used Mortgage Deduction
Opinion -One of the most treasured myths about prosperity in the United States may have finally been killed off: The myth that homeownership is a guaranteed route to wealth for the middle class. -
Book Provides Sound Prescription for Economic Growth
Opinion -Review of The Comeback: How Innovation Will Restore The American Dream, by Gary Shapiro (Beaufort Books, 201 pages, $24.95)The title of this book is somewhat erroneous. -
California Board Delays ‘Parent Trigger’ Rules Again
Opinion -Permanent regulations governing California's landmark Parent Empowerment Act are still months away. -
Maryland Raises Alcohol Tax 50 Percent; Opponents Fear Job Losses
Opinion -Maryland lawmakers have voted to impose a 50 percent increase in the state’s tax on alcoholic beverages, leading health advocates to cheer and sellers and buyers of alcoholic drinks to boo.If signed by Gov. -
Colorado Parent Trigger Bill Fails in Senate Committee
Opinion -A Parent Trigger amendment to a “parental responsibility” bill was voted down in a Colorado state senate committee, signaling what the amendment’s sponsor said was the end of parent empowerment legislation in the Rocky Mountain State -
Nearly One in Four Mortgages Are ‘Under Water’
Opinion -Real estate news is unpleasant these days. The National Association of Realtors reported the volume of existing home sales fell 9.6 percent in February, following three months of seasonally adjusted volume increases. -
Research Crunches Public Sector Unionism Numbers
Opinion -Labor unionism’s decline in the United States is chronicled in the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ annual report on union membership, but the report only scratches the surface.A far more detailed look is available on the “unionstats. -
U.S. Supreme Court Declines to Review Ruling on Obamacare Constitutionality
Opinion -The United States Supreme Court issued a one-sentence order Monday declining to review the ruling by a lower court in Virginia declaring unconstitutional the individual mandate provision in Obamacare. -
Latest Milwaukee Evaluation Affirms School Choice Works
Opinion -The latest report on Milwaukee’s Parental Choice Program finds a significantly higher percentage of students who participate in the program graduate from high school, compared with their peers in the city’s public schools. -
Carpe Diem Charter School Seizes Tomorrow’s Innovations Today
Opinion -Explaining the success of Carpe Diem Collegiate High School and Middle School requires more than simple answers, but the school’s innovations hold great promise for expanding educational excellence and opportunity. -
The Case Against the Case Against the Parent Trigger
Opinion -Empowering parents to turn around failing public schools terrifies teacher unions, administrators, and education bureaucrats—in short, everyone with a stake in preserving the disgraceful status quo and resisting innovative reforms. -
Florida Service Trades Use Licensing to Reduce Competition, Raise Prices
Opinion -Although the federal government still seems not to understand the concept of economic moral hazard, it seems a few state attorneys general do. -
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, “Who owns the pipes?”The U. -
Some State Attorneys General See the Danger in More Moral Hazard
Opinion -Although the federal government still seems not to understand the concept of economic moral hazard, it seems a few state attorneys general do. -
MEDIA ADVISORY: Heartland Institute Experts React to Parent Trigger Bill Passing the Indiana Legislature
Opinion -The Indiana House today passed its version of the Parent Trigger, a reform idea that forces radical change in a public school if half the parents whose children attend the school sign a petition. The Indiana Senate passed the bill a few weeks ago. -
Washington, DC Group Says Adjusting Government Employee Pensions is Constitutional
Opinion -Illinois this year raised personal income taxes by a whopping 67 percent and the corporate income tax a nearly as whopping 46 percent to help pay for the state’s public employee pension obligations. -
Study: Research on Voucher Programs Shows Extensive Benefits
Opinion -A new study by the Foundation for Educational Choice reiterates earlier findings that vouchers or “opportunity scholarships” are a “win-win” for students and taxpayers. -
Bernanke Deciphered
Opinion -In March, Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke testified before the House Committee on Banking. I find his testimony extremely disturbing. -
Maybe Neighborhood Grocers Should Set Economic Policy
Opinion -The United States would be a better country—and we would have better lives—if the Federal Reserve were as trustworthy as our local grocery store. -
Controversy Dogs Former Kentucky Superintendent
Opinion -The controversy surrounding the superintendent of Kentucky’s largest school district did not end when Sheldon Berman’s contract was not renewed in November. -
I Deserve What You Earn!
Opinion -Yes, you heard me right. I deserve what you earn.If you want to understand the real source of the nation’s budget crisis, look at me.If you profit, I get all of my dollars even before you get your first dollar. -
Media Advisory: Heartland Institute Legal Expert Reacts to Supreme Court Global Warming Case
Opinion -The U.S. Supreme Court heard oral argument this morning in a “public nuisance” lawsuit that could ultimately result in a court order requiring five electrical generating companies to limit their emissions of greenhouse gases. -
Idaho Governor Signs Third Major School Reform Bill
Opinion -Idaho lawmakers approved the final piece of Superintendent Tom Luna’s far-reaching education reform plan before the 2011 session deadline, setting the stage for major changes in the state’s public schools.Gov. -
Media Advisory: Supreme Court Justices’ Questions about Global Warming Lawsuit May Spell Trouble
Opinion -In a lawsuit against five electrical power generating companies, six plaintiff states want a court order labeling their power plants’ emissions of greenhouse gases a “public nuisance” and requiring reduction in such emissions.
