Opinion
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The Conquest of America by Communist China
Opinion -The great idea of an American Exceptionalism based on the ideal of human liberty, personal choice, and free association may be coming to a close. -
Alarmists, Media Falsely Link Coronavirus to Climate
Opinion -Climate Change Weekly #357 -
Genetically Engineered Moths Could Eliminate Crop Pests
Opinion -But farmers might soon be getting a new weapon to combat them: Genetically engineered versions of the moths that mate with wild pests and cause half their offspring to die. -
U.S. EPA, DOT, Promote Safety by Reducing Mandated Future Fuel Economy Increases
Opinion -The Trump administration finalized updates to the nation’s fuel economy standard, saying the new rule will better protect air quality, consumer choice, and public safety than the previous rule issued during Barack Obama’s presidency. -
Is This a Recession?
Opinion -We have experienced unprecedented economic effects of the COVID-19 pandemic and social distancing policies. Twenty two million Americans lost jobs in four weeks. -
Gov. Northam Raises Energy Costs as Hundreds of Thousands Are Out of Work
Opinion -If there ever was a time not to enact policies that would cost families, it would be in the midst of an economy-killing global pandemic. -
Do Black and Hispanic Lives Really Matter to Progressives?
Opinion -An illuminating study comparing education in America’s progressive and conservative cities opens a major can of worms. -
Hydroxychloroquine Clinical Trials Effective in Silencing American Media
Opinion -The results of clinical trials are making their way to publication showing hydroxychloroquine to be effective in many, although possibly not all, situations. The American media is silent on these studies. -
COVID-19 Reading: A Sand County Almanac
Opinion -Like Henry David Thoreau’s Walden published a century earlier, Leopold’s Almanac is filled with clever insights and aphorisms. -
PRESS RELEASE: Heartland Institute Expert Comments on Trump Administration’s New Navigable Waters Protection Rule
Opinion -‘For the first time in a long time there are legitimate Constitutional limits to the federal government’s control over waters within the United States.’ - H. Sterling Burnett -
Partners in Liberty: The Caesar Rodney Institute
Opinion -The Caesar Rodney Institute (CRI) is a Delaware based non-profit, dedicated to protecting individual freedom, and free markets. -
Mutating Virus Panic Into Climate Crisis Scares
Opinion -In the first several weeks of the COVID-19 pandemic, the media alternated between providing information on the scope and possible dreadful consequences of the contagion and vilifying President Trump over his supposed failures in managing the pandemic. -
Financiers of Poverty, Malnutrition and Death – Part 1
Opinion -Private ‘philanthropic’ foundations join government agencies in funding anti-technology NGOs -
Sacrificing for a Collective Good
Opinion -The life values traded off in stay at home orders are fundamental to us as persons - how we face fear versus protecting our families. Freedom exists precisely so people not sharing the same values do not have to impose their choices on each other. -
Checklist of Green Deal Cost Elements
Opinion -Green Deal proposals are springing up around the world. The core concept is zero CO2 emissions via decarbonization. The proponents of these Green Deals deliberately avoid cost estimates because the costs are horrendous. -
Did We Just Shut Down the Economy Because of a Flu?
Opinion -The results of the first scientific survey of serology in a well-defined population has been conducted and – guess what? – the mortality rate for Coronavirus is not much different from that of the ordinary flu. -
Homeschooling Benefits Strike Positive Note During Coronavirus Shutdown
Opinion -Often parents have no idea how public schools are failing their children. Coronavirus is making parents examine the benefits of homeschooling. -
COVID-19 Trumps Climate Concerns
Opinion -Climate Change Weekly #356 -
Ten Years Out, Electronic Health Records Raise Ire
Opinion -Electronic Health Records (EHRs) were once touted as an easily transferrable, cost-effective way to record patient care, but more than a decade after their introduction, they are a subject of heated debate. -
Questionable California Priorities Are About to Hit Pocket Books
Opinion -Taxing the rich has seemed to be one of the Band-Aid solutions for California’s budget, but that’s dangerous as seventy percent of the General Fund is already provided by personal taxes on just five percent of the population. -
It’s Past Time to Defund the World Health Organization
Opinion -President Trump announced at the White House coronavirus press briefing on Tuesday that the United States will immediately halt all funding for the World Health Organization. -
Should We Sue China Over COVID?
Opinion -Several lawsuits seek monetary damages from the Chinese government for the COVID-19 pandemic. Politicians seem to like the idea too. -
Indiana University-Bloomington Makes SAT/ACT Testing Optional for Admissions
Opinion -IU-Bloomington joined the six other components in the IU System that have also elected to become test optional. -
PRESS RELEASE: How the Green New Deal’s Renewable Energy Mining Would Harm Humans and the Environment
Opinion -A New Policy Brief from The Heartland Institute
