Opinion
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Alabama Welfare Work Requirements Would Benefit Everyone, Including Families
Opinion -Self-reliance and prosperity reforms to Alabama's welfare system would save taxpayers’ money and get people get back to work. -
No More Cronyism: Let’s Have Government Acknowledge The Paperless 21st Century
Opinion -You have, of course, spent the last decade-plus watching the entirety of the actually-private sector “go paperless.” -
First Year Energy and Environment Accomplishments of the Trump Administration
Opinion -Climate Change Weekly #274 -
New California School Evaluation System Upsets Parents
Opinion -A new system for evaluating California’s schools and districts has many parents registering complaints. -
Environmental Policy Wishes for the New Year
Opinion -New Year’s is a time for resolutions concerning personal changes one would like to make in one’s life. -
We Need To Fully Populate FTC Leadership – To Stop Residual Obama Awfulness
Opinion -Now as anyone who knows me knows – I am not one to lightly call for more government in any way, shape matter or form. -
Book Explains How to Reclaim Liberty from the Administrative State
Opinion -Review of Deconstructing the Administrative State: The Fight for Liberty, by Emmett McGroarty, Jane Robbins, and Erin Tuttle, (Sophia Institute Press, December 19, 2017), 321 pp.; $18.99 on amazon.com: ISBN: 9781622826049, ISBN-13: 9781545621677 -
Hollywood Now Guides The Moral Compass
Opinion -In 2018, American entertainers have ascended to a position in society that would shock previous generations. -
New York’s Silly Climate Suit
Opinion -On January 10, the city of New York filed suit against BP, Chevron, Conoco-Phillips, ExxonMobil and Royal Dutch Shell. -
Betsy DeVos Takes Aim at Previous Administrations’ DoEs
Opinion -School Choice Weekly #206 -
Frigid Cold is Why We Need Dependable Energy
Opinion -Cheap, abundant coal is key to national security, warm homes and wintertime survival. -
HuffPost Attempts to Smear Heartland Again
Opinion -“Heartland’s policies allow us to remove problem employees quickly, and certainly faster than HuffPost.” – Joseph Bast, CEO, The Heartland Institute -
A Post-modern ‘Nonsense’ Critique of NIPCC
Opinion -We will put these quotations to good use in our fundraising letters and proposals this year, and for that, we thank the authors. -
Mother Sues NY DOE for Keeping Allegedly Abusive Teacher
Opinion -A woman is suing the New York Department of Education (DOE) for allowing a teacher who allegedly hit her daughter back into the classroom after he was disciplined for other such incidents. -
Wisconsin Students Learn Faster in Schools of Choice, Analysis Shows
Opinion -Schools participating in Wisconsin’s education choice programs have higher student academic growth rates than traditional government schools, a new analysis shows. -
New Hampshire Considers Reinstating Restrictions on Homeschoolers
Opinion -A group of New Hampshire lawmakers is planning to introduce legislation to restrict freedoms of homeschooling families. -
Micro-Schools Making a Big Splash in Education
Opinion -A new trend in schooling is gaining popularity: establishing small class sizes and personalized learning through the traditional one-room schoolhouse model. -
Connecticut’s Pension System Is Nation’s Most Underfunded, Study Finds
Opinion -Connecticut’s government pension system is the worst in the nation, a new analysis shows. -
Frog Case Highlights Dangers of and Need to Reform the Endangered Species Act
Opinion -Various people and groups are asking the U.S. Supreme Court to hear an appeal of and ultimately to overturn an appellate court decision concerning the 1973 Endangered Species Act (ESA) and the dusky gopher frog. -
PRESS RELEASE: Heartland Institute Experts React to Kentucky Medicaid Work Requirement
Opinion -"The Trump administration should be highly commended for this action." - Tim Huelskamp -
Huge Majority of Families Says Local District School Is Not Their First Choice
Opinion -Most American parents would prefer to send their children to a school other than their local government school, a survey has found. -
Next On Net Neutrality: Democrats Will Campaign On Reimposing Huge Government
Opinion -Before last year’s year-end tax reform success – there were in fact precedent legislative achievements by this Congress. -
Is Working Well Within a Group the Essence of Education?
Opinion -American students are much better at group collaboration than they are doing academic work on their own. Is that an advancement or setback for education? -
PRESS RELEASE: Heartland Institute Experts React to Policy Allowing States to Impose Work Requirements for Medicaid
Opinion -“Work requirements for the able-bodied, as Trump’s change provides, is a highly desirable reform that will help to minimize unnecessary dependency and remove burdens placed on taxpayers” - Peter Ferrara