Opinion
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PRESS RELEASE: Heartland Institute Experts Praise Opening of ANWR to Oil and Gas Drilling
Opinion -'The Trump administration is finally making good on the promise made by President Jimmy Carter.' -
Ninth Circus Court No More? Trump-McConnell’s Judges Have Made Huge Differences Everywhere
Opinion -Trump’s consistent fealty to constitutional jurists – and McConnell’s prioritization of getting them confirmed – is paying huge dividends all across the country. -
When the Ninth Circuit Court Unanimously Says You’ve Gone Too Far Left…
Opinion -A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit reversed a 2019 ruling by a federal judge who found that Qualcomm had abused its monopoly position in wireless chips and overcharged mobile phone makers for its patents. -
Cascading Fallacies in Climate Risk Assessment
Opinion -As a logician, I am always on the lookout for fallacies, and there is no lack of them in climate change alarmist policies. New Zealand’s newly released climate risk assessment not only has multiple fallacies, they build on one another in a cascade. -
Google: ‘Hey Justices, Let Us Steal…Hey, Someone Stop That Guy – He Stole Our Stuff’
Opinion -Google is one of the planet’s biggest companies. They are also one of the planet’s biggest thieves. -
The Source of Our Prosperity
Opinion -Our world is more prosperous than ever, or at least was before the economic disruption from COVID-19. -
Economists Concerned About Climate Change Don’t Support Extreme Policies
Opinion -Climate Change Weekly #369 -
Imagine Returning to Normalcy
Opinion -One should not blame sophisticated and well-funded activists for wanting to use the current situation to push their agenda, however far-fetched it may seem. -
Shutdowns Yet Again Demonstrate: Our Internet Works – and States’ Big Government Doesn’t
Opinion -The coronavirus shutdowns have acutely and starkly highlighted the differences between Big Government states and Less Government states. -
Biden’s Climate Plan Would Put Us on the Road to Serfdom
Opinion -Climate Change Weekly #368 -
Coronavirus Accelerates the Trend of Declining U.S. Transit Ridership
Opinion -U.S. public transit ridership has been declining for the last five years and the coronavirus pandemic is accelerating the decline. -
Heartland Institute Experts React to Court Ruling Keeping Dakota Access Pipeline Open
Opinion -‘There is a safety benefit in keeping the pipeline open, because rail transport is far more accident-prone than a pipeline.’ -
Chaos and Mass Disenfranchisement Plague Mail-In Ballots
Opinion -With the COVID-19 issue still lingering, Democrats are going to continue their strong push toward voting by mail as a way to prevent large crowds from gathering at polling places, fully realizing this method of voting is conducive to voter fraud. -
Paul Krugman’s Ad Hominem Defense of Central Banking
Opinion -Paul Krugman may hide behind rude and crude ad hominem attacks on those who do not share his views, but that does not prove his case. It only serves to harm his own reputation and legitimacy in the arena of public policy debate. -
Subsidiarity Must Become a Reality in Education
Opinion -The one-size-fits-all regimen for schools needs to end. -
California Loses Thousands of Jobs and Crucial Fuel as Marathon Martinez Refinery Goes Idle
Opinion -California just experienced a catastrophic loss from the COIVD-19 impact on the economy, as one of its major refineries, Marathon Martinez, has just announced it will be idled indefinitely. -
Missouri Voters Face Major Decision on Medicaid Expansion
Opinion -There are serious and viable alternatives to a big-government sponsored Medicaid expansion -
Watching CO2 Feed the World
Opinion -Few people appreciate this amazing fact, that CO2 in the air is the global food supply. Our meat, fruit and veggies, also our candy and ice cream, milk and wine, are built almost entirely from carbon dioxide and water. Everything we eat and drink. -
Should We Trust Experts?
Opinion -Experts in public health and epidemiology have driven policy making during the COVID-19 pandemic. How much should we trust experts? -
Video: California’s Dysfunctional Energy Policies
Opinion -California, with less than 0.5% of the world’s population (40 million vs. 8 billion), remains the state with the highest cost of electricity and fuels in the country. -
California Cancels School
Opinion -Declaring that there will be no in-person instruction this fall, Governor Gavin Newsom puts teachers’ union interests over those of children and families. -
Biden’s False Climate Promises
Opinion -Biden’s multi-trillion dollar climate action plan is full of promises that the law says he cannot keep. Promising to do what you cannot do is a false promise. Here are some big-ticket examples. -
Food Security in a Post-Covid World
Opinion -US-EU trade talks are already stalled over agriculture issues. And yet the European Union’s new “Farm to Fork” strategy doubles down on the EU’s contentious agricultural regulations. -
Waivers, Lawsuits, Pandemic Pods and School Choice Legislation
Opinion -Last week, the school wars intensified on many fronts.
