Opinion
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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. -
Economic Ideas: Karl Marx and the Presumption of a “Right Side” to History
Opinion -What does it mean to be on the "right" side of history?