Opinion
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Merkel Chides Trump on Climate and Energy, but Germany Will Benefit from His Policies
Opinion -Editorial -German Chancellor Angela Merkel used her closing speech at the recent G-20 summit as a pulpit to chide President Donald Trump for his decision to withdraw from the Paris climate accord. -
Debunking Edge Competition Myth Predicate in FCC Title II Broadband Order – FCC Comments
Opinion -Editorial -In 2015, the FCC’s Title II Open Internet broadband order was predicated on a demonstrably false central competitive premise: that the Internet’s edge was competitive while the broadband Internet core was not competitive. The facts prove the opposite. -
EPA Air Quality Research, Regulations Flawed, Study Finds
Opinion -environment-climate-news -A new study shows the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency claims small particles of dust, dirt, and soot, known as PM2.5, cause hundreds of thousands of premature deaths each year are wrong. -
Our Debt Crisis Calls for a New Fiscal Paradigm
Opinion -Editorial -In the coming weeks, Congress will again debate increasing the debt limit. -
Facebook Founder Promotes Universal Basic Income
Opinion -budget-tax-news -Posting on social media, Facebook founder and chief executive officer Mark Zuckerberg promoted creating a national universal basic income (UBI) entitlement program. -
Alabama Margarita Ban Goes Down, Consumers Say ‘Bottoms Up’
Opinion -budget-tax-news -Alabama’s Alcoholic Beverage Control Board (ABC), a government agency with the stated mission of maintaining “rigorous control” of the distribution and licensing of alcoholic beverages in the state, reversed a ban on restaurants’ margarita sales. -
Falling State Funding Doesn’t Cause Tuition Increases, Study Shows
Opinion -school-reform-news -A common explanation for ever-rising tuition at public universities—that it results from declining budget support from state legislatures—is wrong, a new study shows. -
Legislative Pulse: Wisconsin REINing in Agencies’ Regulations
Opinion -environment-climate-news -Wisconsin state Sen. Frank Lasee (R-Ledgeview), cosponsored the Wisconsin REINS Act requiring any rule with a fiscal impact exceeding $10 million over two years be approved by the legislature before taking effect. -
Leadership for a New Era of Freedom
Opinion -Legacy Quarterly Report Newsletter -Quarterly Performance Report Third Quarter, 2017 -
Austrian Monetary Theory vs. Federal Reserve Inflation Targeting
Opinion -Editorial -Several major central banks around the world, including the Federal Reserve in the United States, have set a goal of two percent price inflation. The problem is, what central bankers are targeting is a phantom that does not exist. -
New York Times, Draft Gov’t Climate Report Mislead
Opinion -Legacy Climate Change Weekly -Climate Change Weekly #259 -
Fossil-Fuel Divestment Could Cost Public Pensions Big Bucks, Study Finds
Opinion -environment-climate-news -A new study shows fossil fuel divestment is costly to investors. -
Will Al Gore Demand a Recount Now That ‘An Inconvenient Sequel’ Has Flopped?
Opinion -Editorial -More than 10 years ago, Americans forked over $50 million to listen to the former vice president claim to be a scientist. Since then, most of his predictions have been dead-wrong. -
Long-Term Care … or the Things You Think About When Retirement Looms
Opinion -Editorial -Among the things one thinks about, or should think about, as retirement looms is long-term care... and perhaps more importantly when you’re in your 50s, long-term care insurance. -
Teachers Union Kills Another Successful School of Choice
Opinion -school-choice-weekly -School Choice Weekly #189 -
Climate Science Isn’t Settled, Energy Secretary Perry Testifies
Opinion -environment-climate-news -At a hearing before the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, Energy Secretary Rick Perry testified climate is changing but human carbon dioxide emissions are not the main cause. -
John Oliver: Multi-Millionaire, Big Government, Big Business ‘Champion of the Little Guy’
Opinion -Editorial -HBO’s alleged comedian-host John Oliver has the same problem a lot of wealthy Leftists have. -
Life in Fossil-Fuel-Free Utopia
Opinion -Editorial -Life without oil, natural gas and coal would most likely be nasty, brutish and short. -
Purdue Buys For-Profit Kaplan University, Offers Discount to Indiana Residents
Opinion -school-reform-news -Purdue University trustees are offering significant discounts to in-state residents who enroll in Kaplan University, an online school Purdue recently acquired. -
Ten Years On: Recession, Recovery and the Regulatory State
Opinion -Editorial -What we now know to have been one of the worst economic and financial crises of the post-World War II period began about ten years ago in 2007. -
Silicon Valley’s ‘News’ Services: Bad News for Less Government Everywhere
Opinion -Editorial -For decades now, all of America’s major institutions – have been broadly, unquestionably Leftist, and rigidly opposed to any deviance from the entrenched doctrine. -
Birther’ism in Australia
Opinion -Editorial -Both the U.S. and Australia allow dual citizenship. Many Americans and Australians are dual citizens, many without knowing it, by reason of lineage and place of birth. -
G-20 Nations Will Isolate the United States — Until They Want American Energy
Opinion -Editorial -World leaders at the recent G-20 summit presented a mostly unified front against President Donald Trump in retaliation for his decision to withdraw the United States from the Paris climate agreement. -
Tesla Continues to Use Government to Rob the Poor to Pay the Rich
Opinion -News, Legacy Climate Change Weekly -Climate Change Weekly #258
