Opinion
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PRESS RELEASE: Heartland Institute Experts Comment on Rick Perry Hearing for Energy Secretary
Opinion -"With Perry at the helm of the Department of Energy, protecting the nation’s energy security – rather than fighting the hobgoblin of human-caused climate change – should once again become the prime goal of the department" - H. Sterling Burnett -
Rand Paul’s ‘Obamacare Replacement Act’ Deserves Trump’s Attention
Opinion -Consumer Power Report #531 -
PRESS RELEASE: Heartland Institute Experts Voice Support for Scott Pruitt as EPA Administrator
Opinion -"None can be placed in a position superior to Scott Pruitt, President-elect Trump’s choice to manage the U.S. EPA and return it to the level of excellence intended for it on behalf of the American people." - Jay Lehr -
Government’s War on Bitcoin Bank Illustrates Need for Currency Innovation
Opinion -The federal government’s war against a popular digital asset exchange company offers a lesson in why consumers and business owners should have more freedom to pay as they wish. -
Economic Ideas: David Ricardo on Wealth, Inflation, and Freedom
Opinion -David Ricardo (1772-1823) was one of the most influential economic theorists of the first half of the nineteenth century. -
Saskatchewan Premier Rejects Carbon Tax
Opinion -At the federal-provincial summit meeting in December 2016, Manitoba and Saskatchewan rejected Canadian Prime Minister Trudeau's carbon pricing scheme. -
Arkansas Taxicab Owner Beats City Hall in Anti-Monopoly Case
Opinion -A Pulaski County, Arkansas judge ruled in favor of a small business owner in December 2016, finding lawmakers in Little Rock violated the state’s constitution by restricting the number of taxicab companies allowed to operate in the city. -
Maine May Consider Protecting Direct Primary Care Practices from Overregulation
Opinion -The legislation would protect direct primary care providers from being regulated as insurers. -
Utah Counties Sue Federal Government Over Coal Lease Moratorium
Opinion -Two Utah counties sued the federal government to overturn its coal mining lease moratorium on Federal lands. -
Undoing Obama: Who Should Do Which Government Rollbacks?
Opinion -Donald Trump will on Friday be sworn in to succeed President Barack Obama. Trump is the incoming – in large part because he repeatedly promised to undo much of what has been done by the outgoing. -
Safe and Healthy (Not Pristine) Air
Opinion -Federal air quality rules must be based on science – not used to stifle energy and industry. -
The Dakota Access Pipeline Must Be Built
Opinion -There were no protests when DAPL was buried under the Missouri River near Williston. Neil Young did not show up to protect the citizens of Williston. Leonardo DiCaprio didn’t bother to leave his yacht. -
Trump Picks Climate Realists for New Administration
Opinion -Donald Trump’s picks for key cabinet and administrative posts show he is serious about reining in environmental regulations and rationalizing the nation’s climate and energy policies, thereby removing barriers growth and security. -
Yes, New York Times Commenter Maggie Mae, ‘The Heartland’ Matters
Opinion -The New York Times produces a weekly “Top 10” list of its favorite comments appearing on its website. One of those comments from last week was by a reader calling herself “Maggie Mae” who wrote, “the entire concept of ‘the Heartland’ needs to be scrapped. -
EPA Approves Arizona Copper Mine
Opinion -After gaining final approval from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Canadian-based Taseko will build and operate a small-scale test project copper mine near Florence, Arizona. -
Insurance Plan Could Give Doctors Incentive to Drop Sick Patients
Opinion -The plan could motivate doctors to engineer their patient base to exclude those most in need of care, experts say. -
The Google-Facebook Online Ad Cartel is the Biggest Competition Problem
Opinion -By far the biggest competition problem facing U.S. antitrust and regulatory authorities is the Goobook Ad Cartel, the unaccountable dominant chokepoint for monetizing most online news, content, products and services. -
‘Repeal And Replace’: It’s For Much More Than Just Awful Obamacare
Opinion -“Repeal and Replace” is currently all the rage in Washington, D.C. As the newly ensconced Republican trinity (President, Senate and House) work to excavate We the People from the awfulness that is Obamacare. -
Constitutional Convention: John Jay Letter Shows Its Power Came from State Legislatures, not Congress
Opinion -A persistent constitutional myth has it that (1) Congress called the Constitutional Convention under the Articles of Confederation, (2) the convention drew its power from Congress -
PRESS RELEASE: Heartland Institute Experts React to New EPA Fuel Standards
Opinion -" EPA’s decision to implement them now is nothing more than an obvious bad-faith attempt to throw up as many hurdles to the incoming administration as possible." - Isaac Orr -
PRESS RELEASE: Heartland Institute Experts React to U.S. House Passing the REINS Act
Opinion -"The REINS Act helps restore the proper balance of power by requiring Congress to approve all new major regulations, thereby increasing accountability and transparency in the federal regulatory process." - David Applegate -
Economic Ideas: Thomas Malthus on Population, Passions, Property and Politics
Opinion -Those of us who have been fortunate enough to have been born in what is often still referred to as the Western Worldrarely appreciate the historical uniqueness of our material and related cultural well being. -
Fake News: When Leftist Foundations Fund Activism Posing As Journalism
Opinion -#FakeNews is currently in the news “big league.” -
PRESS RELEASE: Heartland Institute, National Tax Limitation Committee Urge Trump, Lawmakers to Expand Education Choice
Opinion -Latest Paper – Documenting How Education Choice Boosts Student Achievement and Economic Growth – is Part Seven of a Multi-part ‘Roadmap for the 21st Century’ Series.