Opinion
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University of Colorado Course Bans Climate Change Skeptics
Opinion -Three professors teaching a course titled “Medical Humanities in the Digital Age” at the University of Colorado-Colorado Springs, told students via e-mail man-made climate change is not open for debate. -
Public Support for Common Core Falls to New Low, Poll Shows
Opinion -Public support for school reform remains high and support for the Common Core State Standards continues to drop, a new public opinion poll shows. -
Congressman Offers Online Sales Tax Proposal
Opinion -An intergovernmental state agency is criticizing a congressman’s draft proposal to create a federal framework for collecting and remitting sales taxes on online purchases made across state borders. -
Study Falsely Touted as Proof Pharma Buys Doctors with Meals
Opinion -Meals pharmaceutical companies give doctors may not be as influential as a recent study suggests. -
Lawsuit Targets ‘Climate Alarmism Enterprise’
Opinion -Mathematician and software engineer Leonid Goldstein is suing more than 40 environmental groups, green investment funds, and foundations who he says is a “climate alarmism enterprise,” committing fraud, racketeering and witness tampering. -
The Right of Parents to Choose Their Child’s Education
Opinion -There is a growing divide within the education reform movement between the so-called technocrats and free-marketeers, causing confusion with parents and grassroots activists and making reform much more difficult to achieve. -
Government Ignores Human Nature – And Warps The World With Its Ignorance
Opinion -Socialism doesn’t work because it tries to root out human nature. Capitalism works because it harnesses it. -
PRESS RELEASE: Heartland Institute Experts React to Court Ruling the CFPB is Unconstitutional
Opinion -‘CFPB, created by lawmakers in a fit of panic called the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, has run amok for years, claiming to be above checks and balances.’ - Jesse Hathaway -
OPEC Agrees to a Production Decrease, Prices Increase—But Could Be Just Right
Opinion -At the end of September, the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) surprised the markets by agreeing to a production cut. -
A Detailed Account of the War on Free Speech
Opinion -The right to engage in political discussions without government interference is one of the most basic American freedoms, but The Intimidation Game, a chilling book by Kimberly Strassel, details how the U.S. government works to silence political opponents. -
Heartland Weekly – Standing Room Only for Heartland’s ‘War on Guns’ Event
Opinion -Mark Levin says John Lott “is the nation’s preeminent expert on guns, and in The War on Guns he has done it again.” Lott delivered on that promise at an event Wednesday night about his latest book at Heartland’s Andrew Breitbart Freedom Center. -
18 States Mandate Data Collection to Curb Health Care Costs
Opinion -Whether mandated or voluntary, all-payer claims databases pull information from insurers to estimate health care costs. -
Clinton’s Fracking Policy Effectively Funds ISIS
Opinion -Defeating the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) was a key topic during the first and second presidential debates between candidates Donald Trump and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. -
President Obama Imposes Massive Expansion of National Monument in Hawaii
Opinion -Despite objections from many prominent Hawaiians and a federal regional fishing council, President Barack Obama quadrupled the size of the Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument. -
Science, Democracy Casualties of the Climate War
Opinion -Transparency is a paramount virtue in science and politics, even more so when those two fields of endeavor overlap, as they do in discussions of climate change. -
Vouchers, Homeschooling Tax Credits Proposed on Atlantic City Ballot
Opinion -Atlantic City, New Jersey voters who go to the polls in November will decide whether to establish tax credits for homeschooling parents and school vouchers for the city’s children. -
Louisiana Town Suing Federal Government for Flood Damage
Opinion -The mayor of Walker, Louisiana is suing the federal government claiming early August flooding in Walker was caused by a highway divider erected by the federal government on Interstate 12. -
Green Pixie Dust Energy Policies
Opinion -Democrats fight climate change with renewable pixie dust, while rest of world burns fossil fuels. It’s time we had some grownup thinking. -
Taxpayers Funded Clinton Foundation’s Bad AIDS Drugs
Opinion -Consumer Power Report #520 -
Here’s The Way To Finally End The Farm Bill
Opinion -We less government types have loathed the Farm Bill - since there was a Farm Bill. Because we loathe government inanity - and the Farm Bill is full of it. -
Why are Democrats keeping Native American students trapped in a failing system?
Opinion -The Native American Education Opportunity Act (NAEOA), introduced by Sen. John McCain (R-Arizona), has recently passed out of the U.S. Senate Committee on Indian Affairs and will now be considered by the entire Senate. -
Alarmist Shows His True Colors
Opinion -Climate Change Weekly #227 -
State Bureaucracy Creates Nurse Licensing Gridlock in California
Opinion -California's prospective nurses would get to work sooner if the state would let them. -
Enrollment in Florida Tax Credit Scholarship Program Hits Record High, Despite Lawsuit
Opinion -More than 90,000 Florida children will participate in the state’s tax credit scholarship program during the 2016–17 school year.
