Opinion
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Four Liberal U.S. Senators Attack Heartland, and We Reply
Opinion -For the record, The Heartland Institute has contacted nearly all members of the Trump cabinet. Can any of you explain to me how this differs from the relationship the previous administration had with liberal advocacy groups? -
Response to Job Claims Post Paris Pull-Out
Opinion -Climate Change Weekly #252 -
FCC Votes to Roll Back ‘Net Neutrality’ Power Grab
Opinion -The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) voted to begin the process of undoing a 2015 decision by former FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler classifying broadband internet as a public utility. -
Lawsuit Challenging Federal Cigar Regulations Delayed
Opinion -A lawsuit challenging a 2016 decision by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) expanding its power has been delayed again. -
More Liquor Reforms May Be on Tap for Pennsylvania
Opinion -The Pennsylvania House of Representatives approved four bills to reduce restrictions on alcohol and liquor sales. -
Everything Is Illegal Unless It’s Specifically Allowed, Says Columbiana, Ohio City Attorney
Opinion -The Columbiana, Ohio City Council rescheduled a public hearing on a proposed ordinance “allowing” residents to maintain residential gardens on their property. -
Trump Removes Offshore Drilling Restrictions
Opinion -President Donald Trump issued an executive order reversing restrictions on offshore drilling in the Atlantic and Arctic Oceans imposed by former President Barack Obama shortly before he left office. -
Trump Administration Starts NAFTA Renegotiation Talks
Opinion -U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer notified Congress in May of President Donald Trump’s intent to begin formal talks with Canada and Mexico to renegotiate the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). -
House Approves Faster Termination Process for VA Employees
Opinion -The Senate passed a related bill on June 6, 73 years after the Allied invasion of Normandy, France during World War II. -
Obama Cronies Discover Having Too-Much-Government Apply To Them – Is Awful
Opinion -On the way out the door, Obama’s Federal Communications Commission (FCC) jammed through a massive new power grab – which changed the rules on data collection and sales. But only for Internet Service Providers. -
The Carbon Tax Rebate Scam
Opinion -A group of old-guard, “swamp” Republicans calling themselves the Climate Leadership Council (CLC) has joined climate alarmists, including failed Democratic Party presidential candidate Al Gore, in calling for a tax on carbon-dioxide emissions. -
Thousands of School-Choice Hungry Families Left Empty-Handed in Nevada
Opinion -School Choice Weekly #181 -
New Montana Law Restricts Police E-Surveillance
Opinion -Starting on October 1, local and state law-enforcement agencies in Montana will have to obtain a warrant from a judge before demanding records of people’s electronic data from third parties, such as internet service providers or mobile phone companies. -
Policy Diagnosis: Free-Market Principles Benefit Mental Health Patients
Opinion -Dr. Robert Emmons is a fourth-generation direct-pay psychiatrist who says free market principles serve mental health patients well. -
Texas Lawmakers Vote to Free Physicians from Forced Maintenance of Certification
Opinion -If the governor signs the bill, physicians will gain protection from expensive obligations that divert their attention from patients. -
AHCA Would Reduce Premiums by 20 Percent, CBO Estimates
Opinion -After causing premiums to rise temporarily, the American Health Care Act would result in lower health insurance premiums than Obamacare. -
Puerto Rico Collapses into Bankruptcy
Opinion -The government of Puerto Rico, a territory of the United States in the Caribbean Sea, began negotiating with bondholders in federal court to discharge approximately $123 billion in public debt and unfunded pension liabilities. -
PBS’ Fake History: Greeks and Democracy
Opinion -Democracy did not advance progress in the U.S. It weakened property rights and sound money, both of which were distinguishing principles of the success of Greece and the United States. -
A Challenging and Worthwhile Exploration of the Fed’s Real History
Opinion -Review of Money: Free and Unfree, by George Selgin (Cato Institute), 2017, 382 pages, ISBN-13: 978-1944424299; $16.96 on Amazon.com. -
Science, Engineering and Leadership
Opinion -Creating balance and stability in a chaotic political and economic environment. -
Senate Revives Bill to Allow States to Impose Online Sales Taxes
Opinion -The latest incarnation of the Marketplace Fairness Act, a bill to allow states to collect sales taxes on businesses outside their jurisdiction that sell goods and services to consumers inside their borders, is under consideration by the U.S. Senate. -
Trump Rejects Robbing Peter to Pay Paul
Opinion -President Trump kept his campaign promise to cancel the Paris Climate Agreement, but the fight for withdrawal was a difficult one. -
NFL Barber Shop Faces Same Kind of Threat Hurting Patients
Opinion -Consumer Power Report #548 -
Brownsville, Texas Gives Up Plastic Bag Fee
Opinion -As part of a settlement agreement, on April 11 Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton dropped the state’s lawsuit against the city of Brownsville over its first-in-the-state 2010 ordinance imposing a $1 per-transaction fee on plastic bags offered at stores.