Opinion
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New Hampshire Senate Approves Universal ESA Bill
Opinion -The New Hampshire Senate voted to approve a bill that would establish a universal education savings account (ESA) program in the state. -
Alarmism Prompts Overregulation of Health Care Choices
Opinion -Gullibility, ambitious scientists, and power-hungry regulators skew patients' ability to assess risks to their health care. -
Wind Energy to Pay Own Way Under Proposed Oklahoma Budget
Opinion -Republican Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin has proposed ending subsidies for wind energy producers and instead taxing them to reduce the state's budget gap. -
Congress Overturns Obama Administration ESSA Accountability Rules
Opinion -The U.S. Congress voted to end extensive Obama administration rules governing how states hold schools accountable. -
Freedom from Speech Becoming New Campus Norm
Opinion -Did our Revolutionary forebears have it all wrong? Do young social-justice warriors at elite universities have it right? Is it true or false that what Americans need is not the freedom of speech that is protected in the Constitution? -
PRESS RELEASE: Heartland Institute Experts React to Maryland Legislature Passing Fracking Ban
Opinion -"Maryland’s legislators, and its governor by signing the bill, chose image over substance and alarmism over realism in banning fracking." - H. Sterling Burnett -
Health Care Reform Lives, Vindicating House Conservatives
Opinion -Consumer Power Report #540 -
Climate-Driven Coal Closures Harm Investors, Workers And Ratepayers
Opinion -Coal is the fuel that powered the Industrial Revolution. Trains, steel production, electric power and more were powered by King Coal, which ruled the energy roost from the mid-19th century through the late-20th century. -
Government-Spending Limits Protect Against Invasion Of Taxmen
Opinion -Once again the Taxmen come to collect your hard earned dollar. -
California School Has Funding Cut Because Student Population Is Too White
Opinion -School Choice Weekly #173 -
Pipeline Protesters Trash Protest Site
Opinion -Protesters fighting completion of the Dakota Access oil pipeline left behind tons of trash threatening to pollute the regions water. -
Education Savings Accounts: The Great Peacemaker?
Opinion -Determined progress on the “civil rights issue of our time,” despite unfortunate Republican opposition. -
Michigan Considers Bills to Repeal, Replace Common Core
Opinion -The Michigan House and Senate are considering companion bills that would repeal the state’s adoption of the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) and replace them with the highly-regarded standards Massachusetts used during the 2008-09 school year. -
PRESS RELEASE: Heartland Institute Experts React to President Trump’s Energy Independence Executive Order
Opinion -‘For many of us who were marginalized, ignored, or demonized for the past eight years, this is an occasion for real joy, celebration, and yes, vindication.’ – Joseph Bast -
Is Your Health Insurance Good For You?
Opinion -Imagine that you don’t feel well. You have had nausea and vague abdominal pain for a week, and you notice that your belt is getting tighter. You have not seen a doctor in a while and sense something could be seriously wrong. So what do you do? -
Thorner: Will a resurrection of American higher education emerge from its demise?
Opinion -Dr. Bishirjian exposed the failing American higher education system through his thoughtful and honest expose of what really constitutes higher education in this nation, where both parents and students are forced into crippling debt due to high tuition cos -
The Long Lost Beauty Of Equal Protection Before The Law
Opinion -The Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution contains the “Equal Protection Clause.” Washington, D.C. has long ignored just about all of our founding document – perhaps no portion thereof more than the Equal Protection Clause. -
States Finally Challenging Antiquated Higher-Ed Tenure Laws
Opinion -Tenure, the system of guaranteeing lifetime employment to professors who spend little time in the classroom, is antiquated. -
Central Theory Behind Radiation Regulation Demolished by Research Find
Opinion -New research shows people exposed to low-doses of radiation, contrary to the assumptions behind the regulatory standards of U.S. agencies, are not at increased risk of developing cancer. -
Oregon Considers Universal ESA Bill
Opinion -The Oregon legislature is considering a bill that would establish education savings accounts (ESAs) for every child in the state. -
Mosquito Population Skyrockets Due to Urbanization and DDT Ban, Not Climate Change
Opinion -Urbanization and the ban on DDT, not climate change, have caused mosquito populations to explode in parts of the U.S. a recent study shows. -
Oscars Prompt Questions of Diversity and Privilege
Opinion -Ultra-politically correct and ever-vocal Hollywood finally got around to demanding more awards to minority-group-based people in the film industry. The Awards committee complied. Mission accomplished. -
Intellectual Property: No One Wants To Pay – Everyone Wants To Get Paid
Opinion -A litigation war continues to show IP hypocrisy throughout the world. -
Congress Can Make Regulators Accountable
Opinion -Take the power back to the people.
