Opinion
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U.S. Oil Exports Surge, Transform Global Energy Markets
Opinion -environment-climate-news -Energy Information Administration data show the United States set a record by exporting two million barrels of oil per day in late September. -
The Social Cost of Obama-Era Climate Calculations
Opinion -Editorial -States should avoid imposing dubious “social cost of carbon” rules. -
Inner-City School of Choice Achieves 100 Percent College Acceptance for Sixth Consecutive Year
Opinion -school-reform-news -An inner-city private, Christian school is changing the lives of thousands of children because of two school choice programs. -
Congress’ Public Bribery Imperils the American Dream
Opinion -America is teetering on the brink of bankruptcy. -
PRESS RELEASE: Heartland Institute Statement on ALEC Endangerment Finding Resolution
Opinion -Press Release -‘Heartland thanks Rep. Piscopo for taking the lead on this important issue, and thanks ALEC for allowing this debate to take place.’ – Tim Huelskamp, Ph.D. -
Demand for Private Schools Is Up
Opinion -Editorial -As Americans have slowly recovered from the now 10-year-old recession, enrollment in private schools has increased dramatically. -
Net Neutrality: The Media Lies – Then Polls On The Results Of Their Lies
Opinion -Editorial -The Donald Trump Administration’s Federal Communications Commission (FCC) announced they on December 14 would be rightly, reasonably undoing the Barack Obama Administration FCC’s ridiculous, regressive Internet power grab. -
What Cannabis Growers Know that Climate Scientists Don’t Know
Opinion -Editorial -Carbon dioxide isn’t pollution—it’s plant food. -
Associated Press Accuses Charter Schools of ‘Racial Isolation’
Opinion -school-choice-weekly, Editorial -School Choice Weekly #202 -
PRESS RELEASE: Heartland Institute Experts React to Trump Rolling Back Federal Land Grab in Utah
Opinion -Press Release -“The drive to take U.S. lands out of the hands of the American people has continued at breakneck speed for more than four decades” - Jay Lehr -
Device Identifying Students’ Attention Levels Heads Toward Schools
Opinion -school-reform-news -A company promoting a headset that would notify teachers of their students’ attention level is moving toward implementation of a pilot program. -
Congress Considers Bill to Grant Asylum for Persecuted Homeschoolers
Opinion -school-reform-news -The U.S. Congress is considering a bill that would grant asylum to a specified number of families persecuted for homeschooling in their home countries. -
PRESS RELEASE: Heartland Institute Experts React to the Senate Passing the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act
Opinion -Press Release -"Just in time for Christmas, the U.S. Senate’s approval of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act is one of the best gifts taxpayers will find under their tree this year – or even during their lifetimes." - Jesse Hathaway -
UN Agency to Congress: Drop Dead
Opinion -Editorial -The International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) in France has received over $48 million from America’s National Institutes of Health (NIH), to determine whether various chemicals cause cancer in humans. -
A Fascinating Guidebook to the Future of Man and Machine
Opinion -budget-tax-news -Review of Artificial Intelligence: What Everyone Needs to Know, by Jerry Kaplan (Oxford University Press, 2016), 192 pages, ISBN-13 978-0190602390, $14.28 on Amazon.com (pb). -
A Practical Guide for Marketing Urban Living
Opinion -budget-tax-news -Review of Selling City Living: How Cities Can Compete With the Suburbs for Growth, by John L. Gann Jr., CarpeHoram, 2017, 78 pp., $77.75 at salesjobsandtaxes.com/cityliving.html -
Business Owners Oppose Madison, Wisconsin Surveillance Ordinance
Opinion -budget-tax-news -The Madison, Wisconsin Public Safety Review Committee will meet in January 2018 to consider a proposed ordinance requiring convenience store owners to purchase and operate surveillance cameras in their stores. -
Pennsylvanians Approve Property Tax Reform
Opinion -budget-tax-news -Pennsylvania voters approved a ballot question amending the state’s constitution to allow the General Assembly to give local taxing agencies the power to grant full property tax exemptions. -
Philadelphia Sugar-Sweetened Tax Sours Business Leaders
Opinion -budget-tax-news -As the first anniversary of Philadelphia’s excise tax on sugar-sweetened beverages draws near, business leaders are criticizing the surcharge. -
Manufacturing Jobs Dry Up in Southern Illinois
Opinion -budget-tax-news -Honeywell International Inc., a U.S. producer of consumer and commercial goods, announced it will indefinitely close the Honeywell Uranium Hexafluoride Processing Facility in Metropolis, Illinois in the first quarter of 2018. -
Georgia Cyber Charter School Has Waitlist
Opinion -school-reform-news -A Georgia cyber charter school has become so popular it now has a waitlist. -
Graduation Rates Rise, but Chicago Public Schools Students Lag in College
Opinion -school-reform-news -A report on the progress of students and graduates of the Chicago Public Schools (CPS) shows the city’s government schools are poorly preparing students for college. -
Interview: Preparing for a Balanced Budget Amendment Convention
Opinion -budget-tax-news -Neal Schuerer is executive director of Campaign Constitution, a nonprofit organization working with state elected officials and policy leaders to advance state-initiated constitutional reform. Schuerer previously served two terms in the Iowa state Senate. -
House Committee Approves Bill to Prohibit ‘Choke Point’ Operations
Opinion -budget-tax-news -The U.S. House of Representatives Financial Services Committee approved a bill to prevent government agencies from using regulatory actions to force out business owners working in disfavored industries such as adult entertainment and firearm sales.