Opinion
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Lawmakers should get with the program and stop taxing digital goods
Opinion -Last month, consumers in Pennsylvania got a nasty surprise when they opened their bills for streaming-media services, such as Netflix, thanks to Keystone State lawmakers’ obsession with tax-and-spend policies. -
Planned Parenthood Fights (and Loses) Battle to Limit Parents’ Sex-Ed Rights
Opinion -Late in July, Alaska state Rep. Wes Keller’s (R-Wasilla) House Bill 156 was passed into law, enabling parents to opt their children out of standardized testing and other activities, classes, and programs they find objectionable. -
Obama Sets The Record For Job-Killing Regulations
Opinion -Regulations are often intended to improve safety and welfare, but all too often they produce more harm than the problems they are intended to correct. -
Part 1: Al Gore’s movie, ‘An Inconvenient Truth,’ Debated on its 10th Anniversary at Heartland
Opinion -The Heartland Institute recognized the 10th anniversary of Al Gore’s An Inconvenient Truth on Wednesday, August 31, 2016, when Heartland Institute Science Director Dr. Jay Lehr debated Colorado State professor Scott Denning. -
Florida Judge Overturns Bitcoin Vendor’s Conviction
Opinion -A Florida appeals judge ruled in favor of a man accused of using digital cryptocurrencies to conceal illegal activity, saying state monetary regulations did not define Bitcoin as money. -
Refugees Sue Pennsylvania School District, Seeking Better Education
Opinion -The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) is suing a school district in central Pennsylvania on behalf of six refugees who allege district officials violated their right of equal access to a quality education. -
Will the National Academy of Sciences Allow EPA to Get Away with Murder?
Opinion -Is EPA lying when it says even trace amounts of PM in the air kill hundreds of thousands of people every year? Or is it lying to hundreds of volunteers who participate in experiments involving exposure to levels of PM that EPA claims are toxic? -
Federal Judges Revive IRS Targeting Lawsuit
Opinion -Judges on a federal appeals court allowed a lawsuit against the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to continue, ruling the agency failed to prove it is no longer discriminating against organizations seeking tax-exempt status. -
Press Release: Will the National Academy of Sciences Allow EPA to Get Away with Murder?
Opinion -"I see this US EPA air pollution research project as a gigantic deceit, built on uncontrolled observational studies and projecting non-proof small associations to create big claims of deaths in particular." - Dr. John Dale Dunn, M.D., J.D. -
Free-Market Group Sues Government Over ‘John Doe’ Witch-hunts
Opinion -A Wisconsin nonprofit think tank is challenging the leaders of a long-running criminal investigation into free-market organizations in federal court -
Republicans Adopt Pro-Energy, Pro-Growth Party Platform
Opinion -The Republican Party Platform states Republicans would rescind various climate, energy, and natural resource regulations that are currently undermining the United States’ global competitiveness while producing little in the way of environmental benefits. -
Federal Judges Uphold Social-Media Free Speech Rights
Opinion -Federal judges unanimously ruled against Federal Election Commission (FEC), ruling the agency cannot prevent individuals or organizations findividuals or organizations from mentioning candidates’ names in their communications. -
Phyllis Schlafly, R.I.P.
Opinion -Phyllis Schlafly was an icon of the conservative movement. Along with Barry Goldwater, Ronald Reagan, and Margaret Thatcher, she turned conservativism from a inchoate social and philosophical movement into a political movement with millions of followers a -
EPA’s Dangerous Regulatory Pollution
Opinion -The Environmental Protection Agency’s deceptive practices, human experiments and unjustified regulations cost us dearly. -
LAUSD Is Working to Expand Public School Choice ‘Pipeline,’ Superintendent Says
Opinion -Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) Superintendent Michelle King says the district has been working to make it easier for parents to access LAUSD public school choice programs. -
Utah Land Bill Debate Continues
Opinion -Environmentalists are fighting the Utah Public Lands Initiative that would conserve 4.6 million acres of land, creating 11 new conservation areas and 41 wilderness areas while open up more than 1 million acre to development. -
Google Is STILL Rigging Searches For Hillary Clinton
Opinion -Google has been rigging their searches to her benefit - more specifically, hiding damaging search results. -
Ethanol is the Wrong Solution
Opinion -Despite being a politically favored source of energy, Ethanol is not the right solution to our problems. -
Utah Adopts Broader Teacher Licensing Rule Amid Record Teacher Shortage
Opinion -Utah’s State Board of Education voted unanimously to approve a new alternative pathway for public school teachers to obtain a teaching license, eliminating a policy requiring candidates to take college-level teacher-training classes. -
California Insurance Commissioner Tells Insurers to Drop Coal Investments
Opinion -California Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones has called on all insurers doing business in the state to divest from their coal investments saying he will publicize the names of companies do not divest. -
Appeals Court Blasts Big Deregulatory Hole Between FCC & FTC Jurisdictions
Opinion -A Ninth Circuit Court decision overturned an FTC enforcement action against AT&T for “throttling” broadband data speeds by definitively ruling that the FTC did not have any legal jurisdiction over AT&T (and other common carriers). -
Heartland Institute Hosts Tribute to Illinois Conservative Patriot Elizabeth A. Clarke
Opinion -Heartland Institute President Joe Bast expressed how truly honored he was to have been able to help organize this celebration of the life of an American patriot, Elizabeth Allin Clarke, a remarkable person in many ways. -
Eight States to Develop ‘Social and Emotional’ Learning Standards
Opinion -Eight states will be working with the Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning (CASEL) during the 2016–17 school year to develop new social and emotional learning (SEL) standards. -
Virgin Islands Attorney General Withdraws Subpoenas Against ExxonMobil, CEI
Opinion -Virgin Islands Attorney General Claude Walker withdrew his subpoena of documents belonging to ExxonMobil related to climate research conducted or promoted by it and outside organizatons.