Opinion
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Ohio Senate Considers Dental Therapy Bill
Opinion -A bill that would authorize dental therapists in Ohio is under consideration in the state’s Senate Committee on Health, Human Services, and Medicaid. -
Obama Interior Department Official Violated Ethics Laws
Opinion -The Inspector General of the U.S. Interior Department has found a former Interior Department official in the Obama administration violated federal law to benefit a family member affiliated with a global animal welfare group. -
The Left’s Small-Minded View of Small-Town America
Opinion -Macur’s New York Times story is just another instance of “redneck porn,” in which coastal elites hold their noses long enough to observe the inmates of small-town America for a few days and predictably find them greatly wanting. -
Collectivism’s Progress: From Marxism to Race and Gender Intersectionality
Opinion -By many objective signs and indicators the world is becoming a far more materially comfortable place. -
Congress Learns Sect 230 Is Linchpin of Internet Platform Unaccountability
Opinion -U.S. Internet policy politics has shifted. -
New Minnesota Organization Protects Property Rights, Fights Wind Farms
Opinion -A group of Minnesota landowners banded together in 2017 to form Wind Locked, LLC, a conservation holding company established to support landowners’ efforts to block wind turbine construction near agricultural and rural lands. -
Silicon Valley’s Anti-Conservatism Is Getting Really Ridiculous
Opinion -It is the world’s worst kept secret that most massive companies of the Silicon Valley – and the broader Tech World – loathe conservatives and conservatism. -
The Good, the Bad, and the Missed Opportunities of the ‘Climate Science Tutorial’ in San Francisco
Opinion -Chevron left many false and misleading claims before the court, claims that contaminate the public debate on climate change and will continue to haunt the fossil fuel industry and threaten our energy freedom unless they are faced and debunked. -
Dispelling Myths About Offshore Energy
Opinion -Climate Change Weekly #281 -
Video Game Violence and the Game Washington Plays
Opinion -Almost like clockwork after a tragedy of gun violence, special interests begin pointing fingers. -
Senators Consider Renewable Fuel Standard Reform
Opinion -Several U.S. senators are working on legislation to reduce the cost of complying with the Renewable Fuel Standard requirement that U.S. oil refiners blend biofuels, mainly ethanol derived from corn, into gasoline and diesel fuel. -
Heartland Institute Experts React to House Passing 2018 Omnibus Spending Bill
Opinion -“When politicians of both parties in Washington get together, America’s taxpayers usually lose.” - Tim Huelskamp, Ph.D. -
E-Cig Policy Is A Much-Needed Step In The Right Direction
Opinion -ACS's new policy statement on e-cigarettes’ role in promoting smoking cessation is a welcome and long-overdue change. -
Weeding Out Waste and Fraud at Federal Agencies
Opinion -Some recent inspector general reports from within various federal agencies show that the Trump administration is attempting to weed out abuse, fraud, and waste in government programs. -
Natural Gas Industry Has Little Effect on Global Temperatures, Study Finds
Opinion -A new study shows methane emissions from the oil and natural gas sector have a much smaller effect on atmospheric temperatures than previously thought. -
Another Carbon Dioxide Tax Proposal Fails in Washington State
Opinion -The state of Washington’s latest attempt to pass a carbon dioxide tax has failed. -
Wind Industry Subsidies Under Fire in Oklahoma
Opinion -State legislators and other elected officials in Oklahoma are beginning to roll back generous tax incentives previously given to the state’s wind-energy industry. -
Emotional Learning Will Be the Downfall of Society
Opinion -Critics of the public school system, myself included, often disparage government schools for failing to teach kids. -
How One State Is Fixing Higher Education
Opinion -Will other states follow North Carolina’s example? -
One Vote That is One Big Step for Innovation
Opinion -Tomorrow, the power of one vote could become very apparent. -
Alarmist Climate Researchers Abandon Scientific Method
Opinion -They’ve become partisan attack dogs, permanently on the lookout for “deniers.” -
Mass Transit Ridership Is Falling in Southern California, Study Finds
Opinion -A new study finds commuters are increasingly choosing to use cars over mass transit in Southern California. -
President’s Infrastructure Tax Idea Sparks Backlash
Opinion -President Donald Trump recently suggested increasing the federal gasoline tax by 25 cents per gallon to help pay for his proposed $1.5 trillion infrastructure plan. -
Feds Investigate Arizona Wind Farm for Killing Protected Species
Opinion -Federal authorities have opened a criminal investigation of a southern Arizona wind farm for the deaths of an endangered bat and a federally protected golden eagle.