Opinion
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Now They’re Waging War on Plastics!
Opinion -Earth Day Network’s misguided anti-plastic campaign is a sign of more nonsense to come. -
How Think Tanks Measure Success
Opinion -Quarterly Performance Report Second Quarter, 2018 -
Heartland, Other Groups Support Congressional Anti-Carbon Tax Efforts
Opinion -Climate Change Weekly #285 -
Artificial Intelligence and Progress
Opinion -Renowned physicist Stephen Hawking’s recent death brought new attention to his dire predictions about artificial intelligence (AI). -
NY AG Schneiderman: The Left Loses An Anti-Energy Elected Official; The Awfulness Continues
Opinion -Many of us are now aware of the mascara-wearing, woman-abusing, recently-ex-Attorney General of New York – Eric Schneiderman. -
Lessons from Tax Day
Opinion -Income taxes were just due, and I hope that filing this year wasn’t too painful. -
Earth Day 2018 Was About Plastic Pollution—But Greens Missed Target
Opinion -While efforts to reduce plastic pollution are needed, the campaign missed the mark by emphasizing measures to eliminate the use of plastics. -
Celebrate National Hospital Week by Removing These Destructive Regulations
Opinion -This week is National Hospital Week, which is as good a time as ever to examine certificate of need (CON) laws, one of the biggest obstructions facing new hospitals, hospital expansion, and access to quality health care. -
Mississippi Taxpayers on the Hook for Millions in Electric Car Company Bankruptcy
Opinion -A politically connected Mississippi based electric car company filed for bankruptcy in the face of lawsuits from the State of Mississippi among others. -
A CRA and the Ghouls of the Senate
Opinion -For two decades the internet hummed along, creating new opportunities for people, business, and ideas. -
Harvard Loses $1 Billion on Sustainable Natural Resource Investments
Opinion -Harvard University lost at least $1 billion dollars of its endowment on high-risk, sustainable, natural resource investments, according to a recent report in Bloomberg Businessweek. -
Does Your Medical Licensure Board Protect You?
Opinion -A bill that would give doctors the right to defend themselves if brought before the state licensure board, the Louisiana State Board of Medical Examiners (LSBME), was heard in the Louisiana state House of Representatives on May 2. -
Labor Force Participation: Swimming Upstream
Opinion -During the Obama years, critics of the administration pointed to falling labor force participation as the primary "cause" of the falling unemployment rate. -
May 9th’s Internet Communism Push: Left’s Net Neutrality ‘Red Alert’ Infests Capitol Hill
Opinion -Red is, of course, the worldwide color of Communism. -
Why Do Polar Bears Cry?
Opinion -Because the New York Times keeps lying about them. -
CPAC: And the American Liberty Scene
Opinion -There were many highlights from CPAC, but none greater than the hour-plus speech by President Donald Trump -
New Taxes Would Only Throw Gasoline on Illinois’ Spending Fire
Opinion -If the definition of insanity is repeatedly doing the same thing but expecting different results, many Illinois lawmakers are downright certifiable. -
How green is my planet?
Opinion -The revelation this week that CO2 had just reached 410 ppm is just the most recent negative climate "tipping point" being reached. -
EPA Is Finally Ending Its Use of ‘Secret Science.’ Now It’s Time for Congress to Act
Opinion -Scott Pruitt, administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), has proposed a new rule aimed at improving the quality of the science the agency relies on when developing regulations. -
Perverse, Conflicted Ethical Systems
Opinion -Radical environmentalists put people last, and destroy habitats and wildlife to end fossil fuels. -
States Consider Carbon Dioxide Taxes
Opinion -Several state legislatures, including those of Connecticut, Hawaii, and Utah, are considering establishing a tax on carbon dioxide on emissions from fossil fuel use. -
Karl Marx and Marxism at Two Hundred
Opinion -A specter continues to haunt the world, the specter of Karl Marx. -
Celebrate Small Business Week the Right Way
Opinion -Small businesses are as American as apple pie — overregulation is still a huge burden that needs to be lifted. -
Amazon Traffic Hijacked – Or Why You Don’t Give Anyone A Monopoly Government Contract
Opinion -We have been doing much to call attention to the looming prospect of the United States Defense Department (DoD) handing online retail giant Amazon a ten-year, $10 billion (and likely more) monopoly contract to provide all of its cloud storage.