Opinion
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The Define and Punish Clause doesn’t authorize vast federal power either
Opinion -Legal commentators have spread a good deal of ink trying to show that the Constitution authorizes the enormous expansion of the federal government since the 1930s. -
Compulsory School Attendance: Compassionate or Counterproductive?
Opinion -Government increasingly thinks it’s a better parent than an actual parent. -
Global Warming Hoax, Best Document Ever
Opinion -This documentary covers the global warming scare promoting abandoning the Earth's vast store of coal, oil, and natural gas over false claims carbon dioxide causes catastrophic global warming. -
Fake Democracy, Real Power Grabs: The Bureaucracy ‘Comment Periods’
Opinion -The Left doesn’t like acquiescing to the will of We the People. They like – to degree that they can pull it off – to PRETEND to acquiesce to the will of We the People. -
Hide the Decline in Kansas
Opinion -What if Republicans were to recklessly cut tax rates? Would the economy grow or lose in the long run? -
The U.K. Election: What Happened?
Opinion -When the dust settled after last Tuesday's parliamentary elections, Mrs. May's commanding position had been swept away. Britain was left with a "hung parliament"; for the first time people were seriously looking at Jeremy Corbyn. -
California Gas-Tax-Hike Repeal Campaign Heats Up
Opinion -As a ballot initiative calling for repeal of a big gas-tax hike gains momentum in California, Gov. Jerry Brown (D) criticized the campaign, calling its supporters “freeloaders.” -
Georgia Governor Says ‘Action!’ on Film Tax-Credit Expansion
Opinion -Starting in July, video-game and music-video producers will pay lower taxes if they move to Georgia after Gov. Nathan Deal (R) signed a law expanding the state’s film tax-credit program to include other forms of media. -
Legislative Pulse: New Hampshire Struggles with Federal, State Mandates
Opinion -Four-term New Hampshire state Sen. Andy Sanborn (R-Bedford) discusses the high costs of federal mandates on the states, restricting liberty and economic development. -
Drain the Swamp with These Supreme Court Decisions
Opinion -The swamp can be traced in large part to the “administrative state.” The administrative state was first proposed by Woodrow Wilson as an answer to complex governmental operations. -
Blame the Free Market, Comrade
Opinion -Consumer Power Report #549 -
Maryland’s Drug Price Gouging Law: The Potential Consequences
Opinion -On May 26, Maryland became the first state to pass a law which applies specifically to “price gouging” practices by generic pharmaceutical manufacturers of essential drugs. -
Louisiana Ridesharing Bill Hits Dead End in Senate Committees
Opinion -The Louisiana Senate Judiciary Committee tabled a bill that would standardize the state’s transportation regulations on peer-to-peer economy transportation network companies (TNCs), such as Lyft and Uber. -
House Approves Dodd-Frank Rollback Bill
Opinion -The U.S. House of Representatives has approved a bill that would ease federal restrictions on banks, reduce the cost of regulatory compliance, and relax some federal government controls over banks and financial services. -
Amendment Convention Resolution Campaign Hits ‘12’ in Missouri
Opinion -The Missouri state legislature approved a resolution calling on Congress to draft new constitutional limitations to “impose fiscal restraints on the federal government.” -
Puerto Rico Bankruptcy Storm Heading for Mainland America
Opinion -The Financial Oversight and Management Board for Puerto Rico, a federal board tasked with managing the island commonwealth’s course out of fiscal emergency, declared failure, filing paperwork to begin court proceedings restructuring the government debt. -
Heartland Weekly – Four Liberal U.S. Senators Attack Heartland, and We Reply
Opinion -Four U.S. Senators – Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), Brian Schatz (D-HI), and Edward Markey (D-MA) – sent a letter to U.S. Department of Education Secretary Betsy DeVos demanding to know if her department had contact with Heartland. -
President Trump Releases First Full Budget Proposal
Opinion -President Donald Trump’s proposed budget for Fiscal Year 2018, which begins on October 1, would eliminate funding for 66 federal agencies or programs, including the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and the National Endowment for the Arts. -
Maine Legislature Scrambles to Break Tax-Surcharge Deadlock
Opinion -Despite meeting in May to break a stalemate over the state’s 3 percent tax surcharge, members of Maine’s Joint Standing Appropriations and Financial Affairs Committee were unable to break a deadlock. -
Double Subsidies for NFL Team, Says Nashville Government Agency Head
Opinion -The Nashville, Tennessee Metropolitan Sports Authority is considering increasing taxpayers’ annual payoff to the owners of Tennessee Titans. -
NRDC Study: Fracking Doesn’t Pollute Groundwater
Opinion -Hydraulic fracturing, commonly called “fracking,” is not a major threat to drinking water, according to a new study financed in part by the anti-fracking Natural Resources Defense Council. -
Senate Rejects Effort to Scrap Obama Methane Rule
Opinion -On May 10 , the U.S. Senate narrowly rejected a bill to nullify an Obama-era rule restricting methane emissions from oil and natural gas operations on federal and tribal lands. -
North Carolina Bag Ban Under Fire
Opinion -The North Carolina Senate passed a bill rescinding a plastic bag ban applying to the state’s Outer Banks, enacted by the legislature in 2010. -
Senate Confirms Gottlieb as New FDA Commissioner
Opinion -FDA Commissioner Dr. Scott Gottlieb has written in support of curtailing FDA overreach.
