Opinion
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Reaction to FCC Decision to Extend CALEA to VoIP
Opinion -(August 12, 2005 -- Chicago, IL) The Federal Communications Commission announced on August 5 it would require providers of Internet phone calls and broadband services to ensure their equipment can allow police wiretaps. -
Taxpayers Pay for Drug Importation Bluff
Opinion -On August 2, more than 610,000 doses of flu vaccine purchased by Illinois, New Mexico, Cleveland, and New York City expired without being used, and without even entering the country. -
John Rutledge, Expert on Economic Growth and Technology, Joins The Heartland Institute as Senior Fellow
Opinion -CHICAGO, IL June 15, 2005 -- Dr. John Rutledge has joined The Heartland Institute as senior fellow for economic growth and technology. -
Comments on the Proposed Acquisition of Adelphia Communications by Comcast and Time Warner
Opinion -Federal Communications Commission Docket 05-192 The Heartland Institute is a non-profit, non-partisan policy research organization based in Chicago. Heartland’s mission is to help build social movements in support of ideas that empower people. -
Higher Taxes Not the Answer to Illinois’ Budget Woes
Opinion -Every year for nearly two decades, political liberals in Illinois have cried out for a higher and more progressive personal income tax to finance a bigger state budget. -
Drug Importation Threatens Pharmaceutical Innovation
Opinion -Canadian Health Minister Ujjal Dosanjh announced in late June his intention to introduce legislation this fall to Canada's Parliament to ban bulk exports of prescription drugs to the United States "when necessary" in order to safeguard the country's drug -
Health Care, Tax Experts Call for Federal Tax Reforms
Opinion -Experts on health care and tax reform gathered in Washington, DC in June to release a petition calling for changes in U.S. tax policy on health insurance. -
Case, Powell Team Up in New Health Care Business
Opinion -The potential for health savings account (HSA) growth was underscored in July when AOL co-founder Steve Case and former Secretary of State Colin Powell announced the formation of a new company, Revolution Health Group (RHG), devoted to consumer-driven -
Ohio Recognizes the New Telecom Era
Opinion -State economies around the country are likely to improve thanks to recent legislative action on telecom reform. -
NC Taxpayers Cry Foul Over Budget Tactics
Opinion -Tax watchdog groups are denouncing how North Carolina's House passed a massive new tax increase in the 2005-2007 budget. House members in June passed a $17.1 billion budget that hikes taxes $290 million. -
Congressional Energy Bills Pump Ethanol, Billions in Tax Breaks
Opinion -U.S. motorists will be required by the federal government to sharply increase their use of the corn-based gasoline additive ethanol in the coming years. The only question now is, by how much? -
G8 Leaders Move Closer to U.S. Position on Global Warming
Opinion -Leaders of the Group of Eight (G8) major industrialized nations concluded a summit meeting during the first week of July with a joint statement on climate change that heralded a significant shift away from the command-and-control regulatory focus of the -
Conservancy Criticized by Senate Committee
Opinion -The Nature Conservancy must make a firm commitment to ending recent abuses that have called into question its compliance with federal laws bestowing economic favor on charities, concluded a U.S. Senate Finance Committee report issued June 7. -
How to Fix the Endangered Species Act
Opinion -Who among us does not love warm fuzzy mammals? Some of us even like slimy reptiles and insects, and we all love critters who take to the air or swim in the sea. -
Seminar Participants, Discussions Diverse
Opinion -I have personal experience with FREE conferences, having attended several as a lecturer and as a participant. -
Low-Tax Loss Leader Goes Up in Smoke
Opinion -If the North Carolina budget becomes law, the Tar Heel State will no longer enjoy the lowest cigarette taxes in the nation, probably leading many shoppers to drive across the border to other low-tax states such as South Carolina, FreedomWorks State -
Rising Property Taxes Fuel Taxpayer Revolts
Opinion -Roughly a quarter-century has passed since Proposition 13 in California and Proposition 2-1/2 in Massachusetts touched off a coast-to-coast wave of public interest in property tax limitation measures. -
Justice’s House Targeted for Development
Opinion -Supreme Court Justice David Souter's house could be seized to build a hotel, if a property rights advocate whose "phone has been ringing off the hook with people wanting to donate money" to the project gets his way. -
Are Cigarette Taxes Becoming Obsolete?
Opinion -Excise taxes originated centuries ago when governments were small, life was local, its pace was slow, and "capital" referred to bulky and heavy objects. -
House Task Force Hears Testimony on Improving Decades-Old Environmental Law
Opinion -A recently appointed task force of the Resources Committee of the U.S. House of Representatives is hearing testimony on the operation and potential improvement of a landmark environmental law. -
A Book for the Weather-Child in All of Us
Opinion -Review of Skywatch West: The Complete Weather Guide by Richard A. Keen Fulcrum Publishing, August 2004 $24.95 paper, 261 pages, ISBN 1555912974 We all assume we know what snow and rain are, but do we really? -
Nevada Restricts Eminent Domain Abuses
Opinion -Nevada citizens have gained important protections against aggressive eminent domain takings by local government agencies. -
Women, Small Business Associations Call for Affordable Health Care
Opinion -Ten women's and small business associations surveyed by the National Women's Business Council (NWBC) cite affordable health care as a leading legislative concern. -
AMA Issues Child Obesity Agenda; Governor Vetoes Nutrition Mandate
Opinion -At a June meeting in Chicago, the American Medical Association (AMA) issued several new directives it says will help fight childhood obesity and promote healthier lifestyles in schools across the country.
