Opinion
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What Presidents Can (And Can’t) Do about Education
Opinion -school-choice-weekly, Editorial -School Choice Weekly #156 -
DiCaprio Climate Catastrophe Film Boosts Clinton Campaign
Opinion -Editorial -In an apparent attempt to bolster support for former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Leonardo DiCaprio is releasing a new climate change movie just days before the election. -
President Obama Establishes 17th Wildlife Refuge of His Presidency
Opinion -environment-climate-news -On October 25, the U.S. Department of the Interior announced the creation of a new, 15,000-acre, Great Thicket National Wildlife Refuge. -
New Jersey Court Ruling Halts City’s Eminent Domain Plans
Opinion -budget-tax-news -An Atlantic City resident’s fight against the New Jersey Casino Reinvestment Development Authority’s plan to seize his property and resell it, for undisclosed private purposes has ended in victory, after a state judge ruled against the state agency. -
‘Ghost Pension’ Recipients Haunt Illinois Taxpayers
Opinion -budget-tax-news -An Illinois lawyer’s blog post says government employees receiving pay through taxpayer-funded pension plans at rates exceeding personal contributions towards benefits are draining the state’s pension programs. -
Entrepreneurship, the Market Economy and Human Betterment
Opinion -Editorial -Through almost all mankind’s history, the human condition was one of abject poverty and hardship. -
Virginia Homeschool Co-op Flourishing
Opinion -school-reform-news -Homeschool cooperatives have flourished in Virginia during the past two decades. Faith-based and secular, small and large, these parent-driven learning communities bolster the growing and unique needs of home educators while increasing access to expert in -
Eco-Terrorists Attack Hawaiian Hydro-Power Project, FBI, Police Investigate
Opinion -environment-climate-news -Police on the Hawaiian Island of Kauai have asked the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) for help in capturing eco-terrorists who attacked a concrete water diversion pipeline and dam providing power to two hydro-power generators. -
More Michigan Students Are Using School Choice Programs, Study Finds
Opinion -school-reform-news -More than one in five Michigan public school students enrolled in charter schools or crossed district lines to attend a different public school last year, a statewide study shows. -
PRESS RELEASE: Heartland Institute Experts React to Wisconsin Attorney General’s Decision to Appoint a “Special Master” Relating to John Doe Investigation
Opinion -Press Release -“The citizens of Wisconsin deserve to know if District Attorney John Chisholm and the other prosecutors engaged in actions that violated the free speech rights of political activists.” - Project Manager Kyle Maichle -
Haiti Needs Electricity. Hillary Gives Them a Sweatshop, Foundation Gets a New Donor
Opinion -Editorial -Until Hurricane Matthew hit Haiti nearly a month ago, on October 4, the impoverished island country was out of the headlines. But new emails which were obtained from Hillary Clinton make Haiti part of the U.S. news once again. -
Consumer Questions about FCC’s Broadband Privacy Rules — A Satire
Opinion -Editorial -To prove to the public once and for all that the FCC’s proposed broadband privacy rules are designed to benefit consumers and not special interests, the FCC has agreed to answer some reel questions from reel people about their reel privacy concerns. -
The Key Competitive Facts behind the AT&T-Time-Warner Acquisition
Opinion -Editorial -The competitive facts of: this transaction, the marketplace around it, and the DOJ’s vertical precedents and non-precedents, are this transaction’s best friend. -
Clinton Told Climate Activists ‘Get A Life’
Opinion -Editorial -Environmental activists and their supporters in the media are appalled that not a single question in the presidential debates focused on climate change. -
School Choice Is Greedy Teachers Unions’ Kryptonite
Opinion -Editorial -It’s strike season for teachers unions across America, and people are waking up to the destruction the unions’ juvenile behavior inflicts on children, parents and taxpayers. -
Presidential Also-Ran Al Gore: Yet Another Non-Scientist Lecturing Us About Science
Opinion -Editorial -Anyone notice that the lead snake oil salesmen for global warming climate change – The Greatest Scam on Earth – aren’t scientists? And as the evidence against The Big Lie continues to roll in and pile up? -
Obama Administration Urges Schools to Limit Police Force
Opinion -school-reform-news -The Obama administration sent letters to colleges, universities, and K-12 school districts recommending how to use law enforcement officers in educational environments. -
Public Dissatisfied with Learning Standards, Disagrees on Goal of Education, Poll Shows
Opinion -school-reform-news -Less than half of the public say they’re satisfied with the educational standards in the public schools in their community, a poll found. -
Alarmists Cherry-Pick Data and Still Can’t Make It Fit
Opinion -Legacy Climate Change Weekly -Climate Change Weekly #229 -
A Rigged Election: How the Left Blatantly Violates Election Law
Opinion -heartland-weekly, Editorial -If you don’t visit Freedom Pub and the Heartlander digital magazine every day, you’re missing out on some of the best news and commentary on liberty and free markets you can find. But worry not, freedom lovers! The Heartland Weekly Email is here! -
Economic Ideas: Mercantilism as Monarchy’s Planned Economy
Opinion -Editorial -The Feudal System had resulted in the disintegration of the unity that much of Western, Southern, and Eastern Europe had known under the Roman Empire. -
Study Shows Fracking Not Causing Air Quality Spikes Near Wells
Opinion -environment-climate-news -New research shows air quality is not being harmed by fracking wells in Southwest Texas. -
Loosening ACA Tax Penalties Could Expand Health Care Coverage
Opinion -consumer-power-report -Consumer Power Report #523 -
How to Save a Deeply Divided America
Opinion -Editorial -Beyond the divisive — at times ruthless — campaign rhetoric is a fundamental and undeniable truth: Most Americans believe their nation is “on the wrong track.”
