Opinion
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Steeper Road for Zero Emissions Vehicles
Opinion -The road to adoption of Zero Emissions Vehicles (ZEVs) is growing steeper. For over two decades, states used incentives and mandates to try to force a transition from gasoline vehicles to ZEVs. But softening market demand, shifting federal policies, and poor economics threaten to halt the ZEV revolution in the United States. -
Can We Tax Ourselves More?
Opinion -The Federal government appears headed to bankruptcy based on the Congressional Budget Office’s forecasts. Mathematically both reducing spending and increasing taxes can reduce deficits. But can Uncle Sam collect more tax revenue? -
Did SCOTUS Just Transform America’s Schools?
Opinion -From the National Review, July 9, 2025: In June, on the final dramatic day of its term, the Supreme Court in the case of Mahmoud v. Taylor affirmed the right of parents in Montgomery County, Md., to opt their children out of public school classes reading “LGBTQ+-inclusive” texts, on grounds that preventing such opt-outs unconstitutionally burdens parents’ […] -
Small Modular Reactors are a game-changer for Africa and the world
Opinion -Forcing Africa into a renewable-only path risks perpetuating electricity poverty, a form of hypocrisy that is bullying the world’s poor. -
Life, Liberty, Property #110: Confidence Rises as U.S. Economy Beats Expectations
Opinion -The June inflation number provided a good deal of ambiguity about whether the Federal Reserve is doing right. -
Heartland Institute Honors the Memory of Edwin J. Feulner, Jr. (1941 – 2025)
Opinion -The Heartland Institute today mourned the death yesterday of Edwin J. Feulner, Jr., a founder and long-time President of one of Heartland's allies, the Heritage Foundation. -
Climate Change Weekly # 549 — Australia’s Not Quite All in on Net Zero
Opinion -Since its passage, the IRA resulted in billions of dollars being wasted on various green boondoggles. -
The Sandstorm: Diversity, Equity, And Inclusion Update
Opinion -According to a recent Speech First report, the nation’s leading medical schools are controlled by Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion fanatics, who inflict beliefs such as “weight inclusivity,” racial justice, and gender ideology on their staff and students through policies, forced statements, and curricular mandates. -
California continues to devastate its economy for a net-zero dream world
Opinion -As reported by Californians for Energy Independence, California’s Economy is supported by Oil and Gas, so let’s look at the state’s demands for the products and transportation fuels that so- called renewables like wind and solar CANNOT make for society, as they can ONLY generate electricity under favorable weather conditions. -
Life, Liberty, Property #109: Shooting for Fairness—but for Whom?
Opinion -A mass shooting in downtown Indianapolis, Indiana over the Fourth of July weekend put the city on edge and politicians under increasing scrutiny. -
Combatting Classroom Chaos
Opinion -Restoring order to America’s classrooms requires reversing years of misguided federal policies that focused on racial quotas and therapeutic interventions. -
It’s Hot Weather, But Not Man-Made
Opinion -This week the United States experienced the first major heat wave of 2025. Over 160 million people in the Midwest, the South, and the East Coast experienced temperatures approaching 100oF. Many in the media claim that the soaring temperatures are due to human-caused global warming. But a look at history shows that such high temperatures have been experienced many times in the past. -
Feds ignore their research on windmills killing eagles
Opinion -The U.S. Energy Department (DOE) has an ongoing research program on detecting and deterring the killing of eagles and other flying critters by wind turbines. The Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) issues eagle killing permits to wind facilities, which are supposed to incorporate technologies that minimize deaths. -
Federal ‘School Choice’ Program Irks Left and Right
Opinion -A national “school choice” program in the “Big, Beautiful Bill” was signed into law on Independence Day by President Donald Trump, drawing both applause and concerns from conservatives. Language protecting religious liberty and seeking to restrain government control of private schools was stripped from the legislation before passage. Supporters argued that the program, even though […] -
The Culture War Goes to Court
Opinion -While parents have every right to be happy with the SCOTUS rulings, the decisions come with a major caveat. No matter what the Court rules, teachers can teach whatever they want once the school day starts and the classroom door closes. As a former teacher, I know this all too well. -
Reducing Unfair Discrimination: Statism vs. Free-Market Capitalism
Opinion -“Man is an unoriginal animal,” says Hercule Poirot in Agatha Christie’s “Cards on the Table.” This human tendency to keep doing essentially the same thing may be one reason why we still use government laws and regulations to deal with unfair discrimination regardless of the evidence that they are better at creating rather than eliminating […] -
The Economic Imperative for Nuclear Power
Opinion -This article examines the economic rationale behind the adoption of nuclear power for electricity, with a focus on the Pebble Bed Modular Reactor (PBMR) and Small Modular Reactor (SMR) technologies as catalysts for industrial and economic growth, providing a lifeline out of poverty and instability. -
Supreme Court Nips NEPA – A Good Start
Opinion -County Commissioners there had challenged the Surface Transportation Board’s approval of the 88-mile rail line, proposed by seven Utah counties as a vital transportation connection from the oil-rich region to the national rail network. -
From Cloned Sheep to Wooly Mammoths
Opinion -For years there has been speculation about recreating the wooly mammoth, for example, because there are frozen carcasses to work with. -
The Trump Administration Advocates for Nuclear Power.
Opinion -Affordable and reliable electricity from nuclear power sources is a necessity to ensure future balanced economic growth that is a lifeline out of poverty, and security for citizens around the world. -
Freedom and Nationalism
Opinion -America was the first nation founded on idea, and that idea was freedom. -
Life, Liberty, Property #108: Supreme Court Affirms Constitutional Limit on Courts’ Authority
Opinion -Within a flurry of highly consequential and groundbreaking U.S. Supreme Court decisions, Friday’s ruling in Trump, President of the United States, et al. v. Casa, Inc., et al. stands out as a truly historic event. -
Climate Change Weekly # 548 — Recent Headlines Prove Wind, Solar Still Aren’t Ready for Prime Time
Opinion -Since its passage, the IRA resulted in billions of dollars being wasted on various green boondoggles. -
Life, Liberty, Property #107: Eminent Domain Case Tests Our Understanding of Federalism
Opinion -A New Jersey township’s plan to use eminent domain to seize a 175-year-old family farm has caught the Trump administration’s attention. It is an important case with critical implications about the purpose and conduct of government.
