Opinion
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Green Fatigue Presents an Opening for Sound Science
Opinion -The term “green” has been overused and misrepresented for so long that a considerable percentage of the public is feeling overexposed to it, tired of it, and skeptical of it. -
Media Release: Heartland Institute Experts Comment on Compton ‘Parent Trigger’ Lawsuit
Opinion -Parents at McKinley Elementary School on Thursday sued Compton Unified School District officials in Los Angeles County Superior Court for trying to block a petition that would convert that failing school into an independent charter. -
School Choice is Remedy for Destitute States
Opinion -Empowering parents to choose the best school for their children - whether public or pri- vate, regardless of ZIP code - isn’t just the right thing to do. -
NH Bill Would Exclude Cable from Utility Protections
Opinion -A 2009 New Hampshire Supreme Court decision preventing landlords from shutting off cable services they offer free to tenants has evoked new legislation from State Rep. Carol McGuire (R-Epsom). -
U.S. Natural Gas Reserves Promise Affordable Energy Future, Says DOE Official
Opinion -A combination of new natural gas discoveries and rapid technological advances to recover the gas has spectacularly improved the U.S. domestic energy outlook, said Mitchell Baer, director of oil and gas analysis for the U.S. -
Detroit Schools Spend $49 Million Fed Stimulus on Computers
Opinion -The Detroit Public Schools system is spending $49 million of a total $530 million in federal funding on school laptops and computers. -
#257: To Establish an Exchange, or Not To?
Opinion -One of the key questions nearly every governor will be facing in their current legislative sessions is whether to set up a health insurance exchange, as they are required to do under President Barack Obama’s health care law. -
EPA’s McCarthy Strikes Defiant Tone About Global Warming Regulations
Opinion -As Congress considers legislation to curtail the Environmental Protection Agency’s power to regulate greenhouse gases, EPA Assistant Administrator Gina McCarthy struck a tone of defiance rather than conciliation at the 14th Annual Energy, Utility, -
Obama’s Move to Create Individual Internet IDs Causes Big Concerns
Opinion -The Obama administration is moving to hand the U.S. Commerce Department authority to implement a new cybersecurity effort which would include creation of an Internet ID for each U.S. citizen. -
Media Release: Heartland Institute Experts React to Florida Court Ruling Obamacare Unconstitutional
Opinion -U.S. District Judge Roger Vinson ruled Monday from Florida that the Obama administration’s health care overhaul is unconstitutional, siding with 26 states that sued to block it. -
Writer owes Schmitt, readers apology
Opinion -Mark Boslough's Jan. 24 My View, "Climate-change deniers ignore science," reached a new depth of vitriol and dishonesty in the debate over climate change. -
Woes of Protecting Businesses ‘Too Big to Fail’
Opinion -In two articles just three days apart, The Wall Street Journal unintentionally showed the world much of what is so wrong about the federal government protecting some businesses because they are "too big to fail."On Dec. -
School Choice Could Help States Deal with their Cash Shortages
Opinion -Empowering parents to choose the best school for their children — whether public or private, regardless of ZIP Code — isn't just the right thing to do. -
Residual Markets Changing on the Coasts, A Tale of Two States
Opinion -Windstorm insurance is a never-ending problem for states along the Atlantic and Gulf Coasts. In many coastal states, lawmakers have set up state-run windstorm insurers (or “wind pools”) to act as insurers of last resort. -
Heartland Statement on Amazon Tax Decision in Colorado
Opinion -U.S. District Judge Robert Blackburn this week issued a preliminary injunction that keeps Colorado from enforcing a 2010 law imposing tax reporting requirements on out-of-state retailers like Overstock and Amazon. -
‘Life Cycle’ Budgeting Could Lower Total Infrastructure Costs
Opinion -With government cost overruns becoming the norm—and notorious—scientists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology is proposing a solution. -
Real-Life Examples Belie Charter Comparison
Opinion -Tracy Warner’s effort to compare Gov. Mitch Daniels’ school reform proposals to a similar, fictional reform of Indiana’s police forces should be judged a clever failure (“Policing the rush to charter schools,” Jan. 16). -
School Choice Is a Remedy for State Budget Woes
Opinion -Empowering parents to choose the best school for their children—whether public or private, regardless of ZIP Code—isn’t just the right thing to do. -
Bishops Prod U.S. Congress to Support Net Neutrality
Opinion -Inflluential Roman Catholic Archbishop Timothy Dolan is urging Congress to support several public policy initiatives, including Internet network neutrality. -
Biggest Get Bigger, Risks Grow Greater
Opinion -In two news articles just three days apart, The Wall Street Journal unintentionally showed the world much of what is so wrong about the federal government protecting some businesses because they are “too big to fail. -
Florida Energy Policy Offers Tax Cut Opportunities
Opinion -Florida’s new Republican Gov. ernor, Rick Scott, has pledged to cut state taxes while simultaneously reducing the budget deficit. This iat’s a tall order, but opportunities exist. -
FCC ‘Cop on the Beat’ More Like a Bully
Opinion -Julius Genachowski is the self-proclaimed "cop on the beat" at President Obama's Federal Communications Commission (FCC). That's great if the cop is as principled and honorable as Serpico. -
Researchers Skeptical about Bank Taxes
Opinion -Taxes on executive bonuses, financial transactions and excess profits are a few of the taxes proposed or enacted to punish banks for their role in the recent financial crisis, but most of these ideas have shortcomings, says a University of Michigan -
Lawsuit Abuse Fortnightly #10-2 (January 2011)
Opinion -An Ohio lawyer admits he dropped his pants while mentoring two “at-risk” teenagers but claims it was part of an educational process, not a sexual one.
