Opinion
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We Must Save the Environment – From the Environmentalists
Opinion -Time and again, nigh every time environmentalists gather to gripe about some fairy tale or other – or to simply listen to tunes, turn on, tune in and drop out – they have left behind an environmental disaster. -
Trump’s Kids, Climate Scientists Disagree on Climate Policy
Opinion -Climate Change Weekly #242 -
Trump Cites Wyoming Rancher While Signing Waters of the U.S. Order
Opinion -Calling it one of the worst examples of federal regulation, President Donald Trump signed an executive order Feb. 28 directing the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to review and revise its “Waters of the United States” (WOTUS) rule. -
Hunters, Anglers Object to Last-Minute Lead Ban
Opinion -The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service issued a directive to phase out the use of lead ammunition and fishing tackle within the nation’s wildlife refuges and other federal lands controlled by the agency by 2022. -
Senate Considers Bill to Reassert Congressional Trade Oversight
Opinion -President Donald Trump’s top trade advisor told lawmakers the president wants to include language in trade agreements that would trigger automatic renegotiation whenever the United States runs a trade deficit with a partner country. -
Florida Lawmaker Proposes Bill Standardizing Short-Term Rental Rules
Opinion -The Florida Legislature is considering a bill that would prevent local governments from enacting regulations effectively banning homeowners from using Airbnb and other peer-to-peer economy companies. -
Trump Proposes Cutting Taxpayer Funding for Government Art Agencies
Opinion -President Donald Trump submitted a draft budget to federal government agencies in February proposing to increase military spending by $54 billion. -
Free Market Flop – Municipal Madness
Opinion -Appropriately, city and local governments try to find ways to improve the municipality for its citizens. Inappropriately, some municipalities have tried to either set up their own networks or to partner with companies to get into the business of broadband -
Why Most Patients Say ‘Hell, No’ to Obamacare
Opinion -Professor and student at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health recently argued Republicans in Congress are trying to send health care to hell in a handbasket by repealing and replacing the Affordable Care Act. -
If You Like Wintertime Coziness, You’ll Love Small Government
Opinion -Small towns and small governments have a natural, cozy appeal to them. -
Murray Rothbard, An Exceptional American
Opinion -It is a bit jarring for me to point to economist, political theorist, and historian Murray Rothbard (1926–1995) as an example of American exceptionalism. -
Utah Senate Rejects Lawmaker’s Call for Amendment Resolution
Opinion -Lawmakers in the Utah Senate rejected a lawmaker’s resolution calling for a national convention to draft and enact a balanced budget amendment prohibiting the federal government from spending more money than is taken from taxpayers. -
Report: Google Failing to Remove Violent Rape Videos
Opinion -Research reveals the world's largest search engine is refusing to remove videos claiming to show drugged women being raped. -
States Consider Laws to Penalize Violent Anti-Pipeline Protests
Opinion -Lawmakers in eight states have introduced bills designed to deter anti-fossil fuel protestors from damaging property, injuring bystanders, and blocking traffic. -
Illinois Lawmakers’ ‘Grand Bargain’ Tax Hike Vote Delayed
Opinion -Illinois Senate President John Cullerton (D-Chicago) blamed Gov. Bruce Rauner (R) for Cullerton’s derailment of scheduled votes on spending and taxation, accusing Rauner of “interjecting himself” into negotiations over a “grand bargain” deal. -
Florida Lawmaker Bets on Legalizing Fantasy Sports Games
Opinion -Florida state Rep. David Brodeur (R-Sanford) has proposed a bill defining daily fantasy sports games as games of skill, which would remove these online player competitions from state gambling restrictions. -
Replacing Obamacare Made Easy: The Case for The Universal Health Insurance Tax Credit
Opinion -Just repealing Obamacare would get rid of the anti-middle class individual mandate, the anti-jobs employer mandate, and all the other federal regulations that have caused health insurance premiums to soar would be a great start. -
PRESS RELEASE: Heartland Institute Experts React to President Trump’s Address to Congress
Opinion -"President Trump’s speech should help him gain public support for his programs. Inviting Democrats to put petty politics aside and work with him for the good of the country was a reasonable request." - Robert Genetski -
Michigan Lawmakers Propose Repeal of State Prevailing-Wage Laws
Opinion -Michigan lawmakers are proposing to remove restrictions on how state government agencies may partner with private businesses on capital infrastructure projects. -
Green Enemies of the Environment
Opinion -There was a time when true environmentalists strove to protect wild things. Now the green shirts have become enemies of the environment by pushing green energy and demonising the building blocks of life - carbon and carbon dioxide. -
New Civics: a Red-Hot Crucible for Radicalizing Academe
Opinion -Over the past 15 years, numerous scholarly organizations have lamented the severe decline of civic education in U.S. colleges and secondary schools. -
Wisconsin Legislature Considers Bill to Cut ‘Policing for Profit’
Opinion -Wisconsin state Sen. David Craig (R-Town of Vernon) is sponsoring a bill that would restrict local and state government agencies’ ability to take citizens’ property without criminal convictions under a process called civil-asset forfeiture. -
Advice to Trump: Make Ethanol Grain Again
Opinion -On the campaign trail, Donald Trump promised he would stimulate the economy by lifting job-killing regulations and mandates on the energy industry that hurt American workers and consumers. -
The Truth About EPA Chief Scott Pruitt’s ‘Scandals’
Opinion -Scott Pruitt told CPAC on Saturday that he wants to roll back suffocating Obama-era environmental regulations and return the agency to environmental sanity.
