Opinion
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New Taxes Could Undermine Medical Innovation
Opinion -Heart disease is our nation's leading cause of death, killing more than 600,000 people last year, but modern medical technologies are helping save thousands of these lives and will save even more if research can continue. -
FCC Cyberbullying, Social Site Education Rules Questioned
Opinion -The Federal Communications Commission has ordered the implementation of education programs on cyberbullying and safe use of social networking sites for schools and libraries receiving E-Rate funds. -
Race to the Top’s Hidden Price Tag
Opinion -When the Obama administration dangled $4. -
Ignoring Fannie and Freddie Rewards Incompetence, Corruption
Opinion -Can we agree that incompetence and corruption should not be rewarded?If so, shouldn’t we then ask why the 190,000-word financial regulatory overhaul bill President Barack Obama recently signed says nothing about Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac? -
Broadcasting Retransmission Battle Heats Up
Opinion -New York City-area fans eager to view Major League Baseball’s October playoff games between the Philadelphia Phillies and New York Giants—not to mention the Fox hit television series House and Glee—were caught in yet another standoff between network -
HSA-Based Reform Proposed as Post-ObamaCare Option
Opinion -A Michigan physician, Dr. Roger Beauchamp, has offered a comprehensive plan to reform the nation's health care payment system based on knowledge acquired over more than fifty years of practical experience. -
Voters Punish Supporters of Global Warming Restrictions
Opinion -Voters across the nation in November’s midterm elections rewarded candidates who disavowed environmental extremism, and they gave particularly strong support to those opposing global warming restrictions. -
High Court Hears Arizona Tax Credit Scholarship Case
Opinion -The U.S. Supreme Court has heard arguments in a combined case challenging the constitutionality of Arizona’s tax credit scholarship program. It was the first school choice case to reach the Court in nine years. -
Heartland Institute Comments on the Post-2010 Midterms Policy Landscape
Opinion -The Heartland Institute is a 26-year-old national nonprofit research and education organization based in Chicago. Its mission is to discover, develop, and promote free-market solutions to social and economic problems. -
ObamaCare Plays Unexpected Role in November Elections
Opinion -Upon the passage of President Obama’s health care legislation, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV), and other members of Congress hailed the achievement as one of historic significance. -
ObamaCare High Risk Pools Could Be Unexpectedly Costly
Opinion -The new, temporary high-risk insurance pools, designed to cover an estimated seven million Americans with preexisting medical conditions until 2014, are insufficiently funded and could warp the incentives of people and states, according to experts at -
Lawsuit Abuse Fortnightly #9-22
Opinion -An Anaheim, California company has been ordered to pay $1.4 million to a former employee who was spanked by coworkers with yard signs as part of “a voluntary event meant to build camaraderie” and foster team-building. -
2010 November School Reform News
Opinion -The November issue of School Reform News reports on Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg’s $100 million grant to the New Jersey school system – given, he said, because “I really just believe in” Gov. -
How an Unpopular Health Care Plan Became Law
Opinion -Advocates of greater government control over health care had fifteen years to figure out why they failed to pass a national healthcare reform bill during President Clinton’s administration. -
Affordable Insurance
Opinion -The Oct. 25 Business Monday story Are we covered? drives home a horrifying fact: Even after five hurricane-free years, Florida's insurance market is still in awful shape. -
Campaign Hot Air Stifles Facts About Prop. 23
Opinion -It’s getting hotter in California. No, not because of “global warming,” “global climate disruption,” or whatever euphemism the alarmists dream up next year. -
ObamaCare Constitutionality Upheld in Michigan—for Now
Opinion -The recent decision in Michigan’s Thomas More Law Center v. Obama legal case was a short-term victory for President Obama’s health care control law. -
Teachers Unions Should Not be Ignored
Opinion -Your otherwise excellent editorial on education and the election ("Fixing Illinois schools," Oct. -
Government Has Internet Policing in Sights
Opinion -Congress is considering two legislative proposals that would restructure the Internet in the wake of last July’s Wikileaks disclosure of 77,000 classified Afghan war documents and its release of 15,000 more in October. -
Consumer Power Report #245
Opinion -Wow, hard to imagine the election is only a week away. Whatever the final outcome it is certain to be a very big gain for the Republicans, not only in Congress but in the states and local governments as well. -
New Jersey Governor Cancels Hudson River Tunnel Project
Opinion -New Jersey Governor Chris Christie (R) sent shockwaves through the transportation industry when he cancelled the under-construction ARC (Access to the Regional Core) rail tunnel under the Hudson River from New Jersey to New York (Manhattan). -
Privacy Rights Under Fire in Minnesota Ruling on Baby DNA
Opinion -The Minnesota Court of Appeals has affirmed a lower court’s ruling dismissing a lawsuit against the Minnesota Department of Health. -
Are Americans Really Ignorant About Global Warming?
Opinion -Global warming alarmism recently reached a new level of desperation when activists at the Yale Project on Climate Change Communication (YPCCC) published a study claiming 52 percent of Americans get an F on their knowledge of basic global warming facts. -
Report: In Fiscally Stressed States, Public Prefers Spending Cuts
Opinion -Residents of five diverse, fiscally stressed states have similar priorities for state government, but their preferences clash with budget realities and show distrust of their governments, says a new report by the Pew Center on the States and the Public
