Opinion
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Revolutionary Vote Security – If Government Will Allow
Opinion -Editorial -Remember the overtime-session, hanging chad, 2000 George W. Bush v Al Gore presidential election? -
List of Conventions of States and Colonies in American History
Opinion -Editorial -Conventions of states, and before Independence of colonies have met frequently over the past three centuries. A “Convention for proposing Amendments” held under the Constitution is a gathering of this type. -
Tyrants of the Mind and the New Collectivism
Opinion -Editorial -The current counter-revolution against liberty is being fought on a number of fronts in American society. -
Kemper, Mississippi Coal Gasification Plant Falters
Opinion -environment-climate-news -Southern Company is ending its attempts to gasify coal at it's Kemper Project, announcing it would operate the facility as a natural gas power plant. -
U.S. Supreme Court Upholds Religious Liberty in Church Playground Case
Opinion -school-reform-news -The U.S. Supreme Court ruled the Missouri government cannot reject a church’s application for a state grant because of the institution’s religious character. Education choice advocates are hailing the ruling as a victory for school choice. -
PRESS RELEASE: Heartland Institute Experts React to Leaked Climate Science Special Report
Opinion -Press Release -The New York Times this week posted a draft of a climate science report by the federal government’s U.S. Global Change Research Program. -
Calm Climate Hysteria
Opinion -Editorial -The House passed the Ozone Standards Implementation Act of 2017, which instructs the Environmental Protection Agency to delay implementing a microscopic and expensive adjustment to national air quality standards promulgated by the Obama-era EPA. -
Even The Best Government Can’t Predict The Future — So Why Do We Trust Them To Design It For Us?
Opinion -Editorial -Predicting the future, even in a game with simple rules and few players is incredibly difficult, even for experts. -
John McCain and the Partisan Farce on “Healthcare Reform”
Opinion -Editorial -Senator John McCain of Arizona sequentially played the role of superhero, villainous traitor (to Republicans), and savior (to ObamaCare) as the McConnell “skinny repeal” lost by one vote—his. -
Google’s Ideological Diversity: Making Colleges And Robert Mueller Look Good
Opinion -Editorial -Anyone both remotely in touch with Reality and honest – knows and acknowledges that the vast majority of our nation’s colleges and universities are ultra-Leftist academic swamps. -
Nevada Legislature Fails to Fund State’s Education Savings Account Program
Opinion -school-reform-news -Nevada lawmakers failed to reach a deal to fund the state’s education savings account (ESA) program, and the thousands of families who signed up for ESAs will have to wait another two years to know their fate. -
Wisconsin Legislature Passes First State REINS Act
Opinion -environment-climate-news -Wisconsin becomes the first state to require any major regulation proposed by administrative agencies be approved by the state’s legislature and signed by the governor with enactment of the Regulations from the Executive in Need of Scrutiny Act. -
Congressional Lawmakers Can Help Stop IRS’s Abuse of Small Businesses—But Will They?
Opinion -Editorial -Tony Thangsongcharoen and his wife Somnuek ran a Garland, Texas, wedding boutique for three decades, selling wedding gowns and tuxedos to their community. -
Obamacare Can Be Dismantled Today—If The ‘Price’ Is Right
Opinion -Editorial -After Donald Trump along with nearly every Republican candidate in 2016 promised a full repeal of Obamacare, House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-WI) headed down a separate path: a three-phase process to “repeal and replace Obamacare.” -
How Your Tax Dollars May Save Energy but End Up Penalizing Homeowners
Opinion -Editorial -Saving energy is not an appropriate goal for government regulation or even an important one. Energy is very important to modern civilization but it is just one of many commodities required by modern life. -
Shameless Fear-mongering – Versus Reality
Opinion -Editorial -Al Gore pedals climate and weather scam. CFACT film and Aussie book present Climate Facts. -
Attorney General Ends DOJ ‘Slush Fund’ Settlements
Opinion -environment-climate-news -Under orders from Attorney General Jeff Sessions, Federal prosecutors are no longer allowed to force companies to make payouts to outside groups under settlement agreements with the Department of Justice. -
Bill Nye: The Real Message We Should Pay Attention To
Opinion -Editorial -Bill Nye has the perfect solution for people who disagree with them: they need to die. -
California Cancer: Best To Excise Or Contain Bad Government
Opinion -Editorial -The state of California is a sunny, balmy – deathtrap nightmare mess. Decades of Leftist government have eviscerated the state. -
IMF, CBO: Deficits, Entitlement Spending Slowing Economic Recovery
Opinion -budget-tax-news -The International Monetary Fund (IMF), an organization promoting global financial cooperation, predicts U.S. economic growth will be sluggish for the rest of 2017 and 2018, a forecast echoed by an official U.S. government forecast. -
PRESS RELEASE: Heartland Institute Experts React to July 2017 Jobs Report
Opinion -Press Release -"These new employment numbers show that Trump’s economic program is already working for all Americans, but especially his blue-collar base." - Peter Ferrara -
Big Businesses Lobby Capitol Hill to Keep Interest Expense Deduction
Opinion -budget-tax-news -The Businesses United for Interest and Loan Deductibility (BUILD) Coalition, a lobbyist group representing large businesses and trade organizations, sent U.S. Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-UT) and other Senate Finance Committee members a letter. -
We Are Finally Moving Towards Actually Free Global Trade
Opinion -Editorial -I am a retired musician. I play three instruments – but I sang, is what I mainly did. My first band in high school was big into three-part vocal harmonies. We covered a bunch of songs – and wrote a few – that featured this rousing sound. -
The Destruction of the English Language
Opinion -Editorial -What to make of the hourly abuse of the complex and beautiful English language?