Opinion
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Lawsuit Abuse Fortnightly #9-24
Opinion -Law professor Jonathan Turley celebrates Thanksgiving every year with “Turkey Torts,” his collection of lawsuits that give plaintiffs’ personal injury lawyers reasons to give thanks. -
Prestigious Scientist Spencer Makes Climate Science Understandable
Opinion -Review of The Great Global Warming Blunder: How Mother Nature Fooled the World’s Top Climate Scientists, by Roy W. -
French Academy Lays a Warming Egg
Opinion -The august French Academy has spoken: After a cursory examination of the issue, a single day of selected testimonies, and some internal discussion among admitted non-experts, their Oct. 28 report concluded global warming is “real and anthropogenic. -
Obama Administration Misled Public on Drilling Ban, Says Interior Report
Opinion -The Obama administration edited critical parts of a drilling safety report to falsely suggest outside scientists and engineers supported the administration’s six-month ban on new deep-water drilling, the Interior Department’s inspector -
Scientific American Global Warming Poll Shows Readers Are Skeptical
Opinion -Readers of the Scientific American Web site overwhelmingly believe humans are not causing a global warming crisis, according to a poll posted on October 25.Readers: Warming’s Not ManmadeWithin an article explaining how Dr. -
European Carbon Emissions Shooting Up, Despite Claimed Cuts
Opinion -The European Union appears to be on track to meet its greenhouse gas emissions targets under the Kyoto Protocol, but a new study finds it is doing so largely by outsourcing production and jobs to rapidly industrializing nations such as China, where -
Chicago Climate Exchange Shuts Its Doors
Opinion -The Chicago Climate Exchange, which started in 2003 amid great fanfare, announced in November it would cease trading carbon credits at the end of 2010. -
Lead in Recyclable Shopping Bags Raises Concerns
Opinion -First to go was plastic. Second, paper. -
Race to the Top Winners May Reassess Their ‘Luck’ When the One-time Money Dries Up
Opinion -Nobody should be the least bit surprised that 28 Ohio school districts and charter schools are willing to forgo a portion of $400 million in federal Race to the Top money. What is surprising is that more districts haven't turned it down. -
Governor Otter Pulls Idaho Out of ESA Wolf Programs
Opinion -Idaho Gov. Butch Otter has returned grey wolf management to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, no longer willing to act as a “designated agent” for the federal government after negotiations failed to reestablish legal hunts in the state. -
Kentucky Challenges EPA Mining Restrictions
Opinion -The Commonwealth of Kentucky has joined a lawsuit filed by the Kentucky Coal Association against the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, challenging how EPA is imposing rules under the Clean Water Act regarding mining permits. -
Demolishing the Debt Mountain
Opinion -On Capitol Hill last week, I ran into former Senator Alan Simpson (R-WY), of the National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform. -
Consumer Power Report #249
Opinion -A year ago at Thanksgiving I said I was optimistic in spite of the challenges facing us. I wrote:Call me Pollyanna, but I’m not worried. Yes, we will dither. The country will experiment with centralized planning and control. -
‘The Most Egregious Culprits: Fannie and Freddie’
Opinion -In recent years, “Wall Street” has become the accepted sound bite for the cause of the debt crisis. During the ensuing panic, this theme sold well in the United States, both on Capital Hill as well as on Main Street. -
Proposed EPA regulations infringe on life itself
Opinion -On Nov. 15, Obama’s Environmental Protection Agency released a draft document describing how it wants to regulate the amount of carbon dioxide and other so-called greenhouse gases that can be released into the atmosphere under the Clean Air Act. -
Ohio, Repeal Expensive Energy Law
Opinion -Ohio voters spoke resoundingly on Nov. 2: To bring the state desperately needed jobs, government must get out of the way of business instead of making decisions for it.That has implications for numerous issues, but none more than energy. -
Heartland Analyst Blasts TWIA’s Continued Subsidies for the Rich
Opinion -AUSTIN, TX – The Director of The Heartland Institute’s Texas insurance project today harshly criticized the Texas Wind Insurance Association’s announcement that it would continue to sell insurance at below market rates to very wealthy -
Heartland Fellows Offer Praise, Advice For Gov. Scott: Cut the Hidden Hurricane Tax
Opinion -TALLAHASSEE — Staffers at the Heartland Institute offered praise and advice for Gov.-Elect Rick Scott (R) following his first major post-election address. -
Smartphone Internet Use on Track for 700 Percent Rise
Opinion -Although representing only 13 percent of all mobile phone users, smartphone owners account for two-thirds of worldwide cellular traffic, according to research by Informa Telecoms & Media (ITM), a telecommunications strategy and consulting company -
Baltimore Teachers Adopt Landmark Contract
Opinion -Baltimore city teachers and school district officials have ratified a new contract that includes a novel, incentive-based teacher pay system. -
Charter School Serving Autistic Children Opens in Texas
Opinion -Responsive Education Solutions (ResponsiveEd), a statewide public charter school district in Texas, has opened the first public school in the Lone Star State exclusively serving students who have autism. -
States Already Get Bailouts; Some Worry They Could Get Much Bigger
Opinion -The federal government is already spending money to bail out state and local governments. The public just doesn’t realize it, because the bailouts are being disguised by transfer payments, subsidized bonds, and shady accounting. -
Scientists Bringing American Chestnut Tree Back from Near Extinction
Opinion -The American chestnut tree, which once numbered 4 billion but almost went extinct in the 1950s because of an invasion of Asian fungus, may be on its way to recovery through scientific advances and new breeding techniques. -
Law Should Trump Economic Arguments in Mortgage Foreclosure Mess
Opinion -First, Congress and Presidents George W. Bush and Barack Obama corrupted our financial system through taxpayer bailouts to "save" the economy. Now there's pressure to corrupt our legal system, too.
