Opinion
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Number of Homeschoolers Now Exceeds Students in Parochial Schools, Study Finds
Opinion -A new report says the number of children educated at home exceeds those enrolled in parochial schools. -
PRESS RELEASE: Heartland Institute Experts React to Failure of ‘Skinny Repeal’ of Obamacare
Opinion -Press Release -‘America doesn’t have to wait for Congress to get its act together. Some of the most onerous parts of Obamacare were foisted upon us by executive dictate from the Obama administration, and we can reverse the damage in the same manner.’ – Tim Huelskamp -
When The Government Sues To Undermine The Constitution
Opinion -Editorial -The federal government has spent the last two centuries-plus willfully ignoring the Constitution. With ever-increasing frequency and intensity, the Feds have drifted further and further from their charter. -
Transforming the Science Used For (Climate) Regulations
Opinion -Editorial, Legacy Climate Change Weekly -Climate Change Weekly #257 -
Part 2: Is the Nation Our Forefathers Gave Us Slipping Away?
Opinion -Editorial -America’s Founding Fathers did not encourage unlimited immigration, but neither did they prevent or discourage it by any federal legislation. They believed most decisions should be left to individual states to regulate. -
America Needs A Big Reagan/Kennedy Pro-Growth Tax Cut
Opinion -Editorial -The stakes could not be higher, for President Trump, the Republicans, and America. -
Louisville, Kentucky City Council Boots Up Taxpayer-Funded Internet
Opinion -budget-tax-news -The Louisville Metro Council, the legislative council of Louisville, Kentucky and Jefferson County, approved a proposal to spend a one-time sum of $5.4 million to expand a taxpayer-funded broadband network in the metropolitan area. -
Florida Judge Orders Equal Funding for Charter Schools
Opinion -school-reform-news -A Florida judge ruled a group of charter schools must receive the same percentage of funding from property taxes as traditional public schools. -
States Move to Roll Back Environmental Rules, Following President’s Example
Opinion -environment-climate-news -Many state legislatures are reducing state interventions in energy markets and promoting greater use and easier development of energy resources. -
Are America’s AWOL Workers Playing Video Games?
Opinion -Editorial -The Great Recession and its aftermath produced a sharp decline in employment. Almost eight million more Americans would be working today if the labor force participation rate were unchanged from 2007. -
School Choice Could Be Reducing Crime, Studies Show
Opinion -school-choice-weekly, Editorial -School Choice Weekly #187 -
Part 1: Is the Nation Our Forefathers Gave Us Slipping Away?
Opinion -Editorial -Is the US on the wrong track? -
Oklahoma Gives Voters Power to Roll Back Blue Laws
Opinion -budget-tax-news -A new law will allow Oklahoma voters to vote to roll back local government restrictions preventing sales of wine and liquor on Sundays. -
Iowa to End Some Renewable-Energy Tax Credits
Opinion -environment-climate-news -Iowa's legislature ended its 2017 session in April without renewing Iowa’s 10-year production tax credit of 1.5 cents per kilowatt hour for non-wind renewable energy. -
Paris Withdrawal Is Latest Step in Trump’s Energy Policy Reversal
Opinion -environment-climate-news -President Donald Trump’s June withdrawal of the United States from the Paris climate accord is the latest action he’s taken to make energy independence and global economic competitiveness a priority over commitments to reduce carbon-dioxide emissions. -
Hospital Revenue Declines as Patients Gain Obamacare Insurance
Opinion -health-care-news, News -ACA was projected to increase revenue at the hospitals in the report. -
We Can’t Have Cheap, High-Quality Health Insurance for Everyone
Opinion -health-care-news, Editorial -One of these variables has to give, writes Heartland Policy Advisor Scott Ehrlich. -
Arizona Slates Article V Planning Convention for September
Opinion -health-care-news, News -The planning convention would lay the groundwork for an amendment convention in the future. -
Free-Marketers Shouldn’t Give Up on Health Care Reform
Opinion -health-care-news, Editorial -The path to true health care reform is clear, and taking it has never been more urgent, writes Sally Pipes. -
Patients Praise Price Transparency, Though Few Use It
Opinion -health-care-news, News -Price transparency tools abound but are not widely used. -
When ‘Single Payer’ Won’t Pay
Opinion -Editorial -Medicaid used to be the program providing health care and medical services to the poor. Before Obamacare, Medicaid covered primarily poor retirees, children in poor families, and the disabled living in poverty — the “truly needy.” -
Global Corruption and the Role of Government
Opinion -Editorial -The corruption of government officials seems to be as old as recorded history. -
Tesla Battery, Subsidy and Sustainability Fantasies
Opinion -Editorial -More subsidies from exhausted California taxpayers cannot compensate for hard realities. -
The Anatomy Of A Mass Media Fake News Lie
Opinion -Editorial -The Internet is a wondrous free speech-free market Xanadu. It has revolutionized an incalculable number of things. Life is better, stronger, faster – easier.