Opinion
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Universities Invent New Devices to Stifle Speech and Protect Snowflakes
Opinion -Decades ago, the arrival of spring brought with it the return of silly season on university campuses, with such frolics as goldfish swallowing, telephone-booth stuffing, piano shattering, panty raids, and streaking. -
Leading the Charge for Limited Government
Opinion -Almost 100 days into the new administration and some in the media are already writing and talking about the “do-nothing” Congress and presidential administration, despite their massive accomplishments. -
The Consumer Price Index, A False Indicator of Our Individuals Costs-of-Living
Opinion -For years the Federal Reserve and many other central banks around the world have declared that a key element of monetary policy is the targeting of a two percent rate of annual price inflation. -
Park Service Closes Resort, Official Planned Rental Units Next Door
Opinion -The Interior’s Office of the Inspector General found an unnamed official of the National Park Service influenced the decision to close a popular lodge on federal land, only later to buy an adjacent plot of land to build rental cabins. -
Off to a Bumbling Start at Interior
Opinion -If this is the kind of housecleaning and swamp draining we’re going to get, we’re in real trouble. -
Distributed-Energy Sources Raise Costs, Vulnerability to Outages, Study Finds
Opinion -A team of researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology has concluded distributed renewable-energy resources, such as rooftop solar systems, raise costs and make electric systems more vulnerable to emergencies and terrorist-related outages. -
HW: House Democrats Freak Out Over ‘Why Scientists Disagree’ Book Mailing
Opinion -Liberal Democratic Rep. Raul Grijalva issued a press release saying, “Lying to children about the world we live in to further corporate polluter profits is cruel.” No, “cruel” is a congressman lying about the motives, funding, and quality of research. -
Former FDA Commissioners Ask Trump to Resist Drug Importation
Opinion -Importing drugs from foreign countries would import price controls from foreign governments and result in unsafe and ineffective treatments, experts say. -
Policy Diagnosis: ‘Maintenance of Certification’ Bleeds Doctors and Patients
Opinion -Dr. Paul Teirstein explains why doctors are rejecting 'maintenance of certification' in a dozen states and trying to get lawmakers to do the same. -
Analysis: Real Health Care Reforms Pass the ‘Calendar Test’
Opinion -Robert Graboyes argues state and national health care reform efforts fall short of true reform when they fail to pass this litmus test. -
Alaska Considers Requiring Health Care Providers to Post Prices Online
Opinion -Alaska Considers Requiring Health Care Providers to Post Prices Online -
California Withdraws Plan to Let Undocumented Immigrants Use State Exchange
Opinion -The state's Obamacare exchange is no longer pursuing permission from the federal government to let undocumented immigrants use the exchange to buy health insurance.. -
Sen. Ron Johnson Makes Case for National Right-to-Try Law
Opinion -Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI) explains why Congress should pass national right-to-try legislation in order to help states expand treatment options of terminal patients. -
Trump Administration Implications for Google Antitrust in EU, US & Markets
Opinion -Most of what we have learned in the five months since the election indicates that the Trump Administration is not going to be Google’s antitrust advocate and protector like the Obama Administration effectively was from 2013-2016. -
‘Now Arrives the Hour of Action’ for Federal Entitlement Reform
Opinion -In his inaugural address in January, President Donald Trump promised “the forgotten men and women of our country will be forgotten no longer . . . the time for empty talk is over, now arrives the hour of action.” -
PRESS RELEASE: Heartland Institute Education Experts React to Arizona’s Expansion of School Choice
Opinion -"Every state should follow Arizona in allowing students to find the education they need to excel." - Lennie Jarratt -
Stupider Than Government Subsidies? Importing Government Subsidies
Opinion -Political rookie Donald Trump won the White House in large part by running against just how stupid Washington, D.C. is. And DC stupidity is certainly a rich vein to mine. -
Media Bias Evident in Climate Coverage
Opinion -Climate Change Weekly #245 -
Is the 1787 U.S. Constitution Political Science’s Greatest Gift?
Opinion -What did the American Founders actually intend for the country and does it even matter today? -
Trump Moves to End Obama-Era WOTUS Rule
Opinion -President Donald Trump ordered the Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to “review and reconsider” an Obama-era rule greatly expanding federal jurisdiction over small bodies of water nationwide. -
Virginia Legislature Considering ESA Program for Special-Needs Students
Opinion -The Virginia state legislature is close to approving a bill that would establish a new education savings accounts (ESAs) program in the state. -
A New Way to Pick Supreme Court Justices
Opinion -President Trump's nomination of Neil Gorsuch to the U.S. Supreme Court has brought to the fore a troublesome feature of our federal government, namely the selection of Supreme Court justices. -
Congress Was Right to Save Consumers From Privacy Rules Imposed Under Net Neutrality
Opinion -Congress was right to rescind the Title II broadband privacy order passed by the Federal Communications Commission in October. -
Trump Is About To Shed An Obama Holdover – May It Be The Lead Of A Long Train
Opinion -We have spent just about the entirety of the nascent Donald Trump Administration imploring them to rid themselves of every single Barack Obama Administration holdover they can identify.