Opinion
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Lessons from the Dakota Access Pipeline
Opinion -The Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL) is expected to begin carrying crude oil from western North Dakota to Illinois by May, but the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe plans to pursue efforts in and out of court to stop it and other energy infrastructure projects. -
Draining ‘the Swamp’ Through the Appellate Court System
Opinion -Steve Bannon, a top White House adviser, has famously stated that he wants to deconstruct the “administrative state.” -
Financial Bill Targets Politically Motivated Shareholder Resolutions
Opinion -A provision of he “Financial CHOICE Act,” to overhaul rules for key financial regulators would preclude all but the largest investors from offering shareholder resolutions designed to direct corporate policy. -
PRESS RELEASE: Heartland Institute Experts React to President Trump’s Fiscal Year 2018 Budget
Opinion -" The proposed budget in fact incorporates tax reform by sharply reducing tax rates, as well as repealing and replacing Obamacare, which would cut taxes by about $1 trillion over 10 years." - Peter Ferrara -
Foreign Entanglements and Climate Change
Opinion -In essence, this group of foreign bureaucrats are poised to require US companies to adhere to their version of climate disclosures. -
Ben Carson Can Start Fixing HUD today. Will He?
Opinion -Yet another deadline in a congressional investigation into wrongdoing at the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has passed without movement. -
Betsy DeVos: Education Is a States’ Rights Issue
Opinion -School Choice Weekly #179 -
The Wisest of Counselors: The Western Canon and Those Who Would Defend It
Opinion -I attended an estate sale for the first time a couple of weeks ago, and a wave of unreality washed over me. -
Sugar Tax Drives Consumers to Drink More Calories, Hop Border
Opinion -Consumer Power Report #546 -
PRESS RELEASE: Free-Market Scholar and Author Edward Hudgins joins The Heartland Institute
Opinion -‘We’re thrilled to bring on board Ed Hudgins, a researcher and writer known throughout the freedom movement as an original thinker, a talented editor, and someone with an encyclopedic knowledge of public policy.’ – Joseph Bast -
Fewer Regulations in Washington, DC Is a Good Starting Place for Reform
Opinion -By inserting itself into the operations of businesses large and small, government makes itself a factor business owners have to consider when making virtually all their decisions. -
North Dakota Enacts Online Sales Tax as It Awaits Supreme Court Ruling
Opinion -North Dakota shoppers will be subject to a new online sales tax if the U.S. Supreme Court changes a longstanding precedent protecting businesses from taxes in states in which they are not located. -
Another Day, Another DC Crony Lobbying For Continued Protectionism
Opinion -It’s a day with a “Y” in it, which means in many places throughout $4-trillion-per-year Washington, D.C., there are recipients of massive cronyism – looking to keep their gravy trains a-rolling. -
California Imposes Big Gas Tax Hike
Opinion -Californians will pay more at the fuel pump this fall, after Gov. Jerry Brown (D) signed a gasoline tax hike into law in late April to fund new road construction. -
California Cities Consider New Wave of Smoking Bans
Opinion -budget-tax-news -Following the implementation of a ban on tobacco and e-cigarette use in Novato, California in January, lawmakers in neighboring cities are considering similar bans on tobacco and e-cigarette use in public and private spaces. -
HBO’s John Oliver Needs a ‘Net Neutrality’ Reality Check
Opinion -John Oliver won't have the same effect he had in 2014. -
Court Date Imminent for Baltimore Food-Truck Lawsuit
Opinion -Baltimore Mayor Catherine Pugh announced the creation of 10 new “food truck zones” where such operations will be allowed. -
Claims of Climate-Caused Human Health Problems Questioned
Opinion -"Junk science" is behind many of the claims linking current levels of air pollution and climate change to human health problems. -
Heartland Weekly: Escaping the Paris Climate Agreement
Opinion -As a candidate for president, Donald Trump said he would withdraw the United States from the Paris climate agreement and called it a bad deal for America. -
Reaccommodated Passengers and Captured Regulators
Opinion -With the recent explosive events taking place aboard airlines, we as consumers can take appropriate actions rather than relying on government restrictions. -
Privatize the War in Afghanistan?
Opinion -Erik Prince, founder of Blackwater, has made some waves concerning Afghanistan. -
The Net Neutrality Debate in a Phrase: Net Neutrality Good, Title II Bad
Opinion -Net neutrality, once a concept only discussed in arcane telecommunications legal policy settings has become a quite popular topic -
Promote Health by Not Defending the E-Cigarette Ban
Opinion -The Trump administration should no longer defend FDA’s indefensible vaping ban. -
Getting to the Near Future, and Beyond
Opinion -The promise of the world of tomorrow is just an empty promise long held out as being made good.