Opinion
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High-Speed Rail Program Hits Snag Due to Government Mandates
Opinion -Ever since President Obama announced his high speed rail (HSR) program initiative and Congress approved $8 billion to fund it as part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act in February 2009, many states have lined up to stake out a share of the -
North Carolina Doubles Tax Reviews of Large Families
Opinion -For the second time in as many years, the North Carolina Department of Revenue is forcing large families to produce copies of their children’s birth certificates and Social Security cards or forfeit their tax refunds. -
Economic Crisis Is a Failure of ‘Too-Big-to-Fail’
Opinion -Manhattan Institute Senior Fellow Nicole Gelinas recently visited Chicago, where the author of the recently published and well-received book After the Fall: Saving Capitalism from Wall Street discussed the causes of and solutions to the ongoing economic -
Boondoggle Charges Prompt Wisconsin to Move Rail Station
Opinion -Wisconsin officials have changed the location of a “high-speed” railroad station to try to douse fiery criticism that the project is a boondoggle. -
Consumer Power Report #226
Opinion -Greg Scandlen is off this week, and personally, I hope he’s using the time to come up with a way to blast through the bureaucratic incompetence preventing cleanup in the Gulf of Mexico. -
Lawsuit Challenges Virginia’s Metrorail Expansion Taxes
Opinion -The Virginia Supreme Court is considering the constitutionality of two tax laws imposing discriminatory property taxes in Fairfax County to fund Metrorail expansion. -
Proposed Washington State Income Tax Not Deductible, Attorney General Says
Opinion -Washington state voters this November will be asked to approve a graduated state income tax for high earners that would not be deductible from federal income taxes, according to Washington Attorney General Rob McKenna (R). -
BP, Obama Administration Blunder through Oil Spill
Opinion -The Gulf of Mexico oil spill would not have happened if BP had followed established industry safety procedures, oil executives from other companies told Congress in June 15 testimony before the House Energy and Commerce Committee. -
Media Advisory: Heartland Institute Statement on FCC’s Plan to Regulate the Internet
Opinion -The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) today voted to adopt a Notice of Inquiry to allow the agency to more strictly regulate the Internet. -
Billing BP: State Looking for Education Bailout
Opinion -Certainly, BP has a financial responsibility to the areas affected by the oil spill. -
Obama Further Punishes Gulf Economy with Oil Production Moratorium
Opinion -In a move that will strangle oil companies who have followed industry safety standards, President Obama ordered a six-month moratorium on all oil and natural gas production in the Gulf—applying to all oil companies—while BP and the Obama -
Media Advisory: ‘Fanciful’ EPA Report Papers Over Obama’s ‘Skyrocket’ Prediction for Energy Costs
Opinion -The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has issued a report asserting that global warming legislation being considered by the U.S. Senate would cost the average U.S. household just $80 to $150 per year. -
Obamacare Tanning Salon Tax Kicks In, Violates President’s Pledge
Opinion -The cost of an indoor tan at the local salon or health club is scheduled to become more expensive as a new federal excise tax goes into effect on July 1, compliments of the federal healthcare overhaul law. -
New Scientist Tantrum: AGW Alarmists in Denial
Opinion -New Scientist magazine is throwing a tantrum—stamping its feet, covering its ears, and holding its breath until its face turns blue (or red, in this case)—because tens of thousands of scientists and the majority of the American public -
Letter to the Editor: State Needs to Realize it Must Cut Spending
Opinion -With threats of government shutdowns and billions more in higher taxes, the State Legislature continues to refuse to admit its own sin: too much spending. -
Disturbing Drug Law Trend
Opinion -By Maureen MartinThere is a trend in the state courts, enabled by the U.S. Supreme Court, endangering Americans’ access to lifesaving drugs. It’s time for the Court to stop the trend in its tracks.It began in 2009 with a $6. -
Maryland Legislature Questions State University Suing Farmers
Opinion -The Maryland state legislature is demanding records detailing how the University of Maryland Environmental Law Clinic used state funds to sue farmers raising poultry in the state. -
Taking the Tip from Tipper: Divorcing AGW
Opinion -Former Vice President Al Gore spent the last decade as a larger-than-life figure, more of a symbol than a living, breathing human being. -
States End Solar Rebate Programs
Opinion -State officials in Florida and New Jersey have ended taxpayer-funded solar rebate plans because of high costs and lack of funding. -
Race to the Top Bottoms Out
Opinion -A recent editorial gave the Race to the Top policy an A-plus and says there was “little to no legislative effort” from the federal government (“Obama’s A+ in education,” DI, June 11). -
Climate Change Is Natural, No Disaster Imminent
Opinion -To a significant extent the issue of climate change revolves around the elevation of the commonplace to an ominous omen. In a world where climate change has been the norm, it's now taken as punishment for sinful levels of consumption. -
Report Fuels Effort to Double Michigan’s Gas Tax Hike
Opinion -A report commissioned by the Michigan Chamber of Commerce supports doubling Michigan’s gasoline tax and vehicle registration fees to save 12,000 jobs and hundreds of millions of dollars of federal transportation aid. -
Wyoming Commission Considers Hydraulic Fracturing Rules
Opinion -The Wyoming Oil and Gas Conservation Commission has approved new regulations on the production of natural gas through hydraulic fracturing. -
Race to the Top Bottoms Out
Opinion -A recent editorial gave the Race to the Top policy an A-plus and says there was “little to no legislative effort” from the federal government (“Obama’s A+ in education,” DI, June 11).
