Opinion
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‘Vaping Tax’ Vote Clouded by Circular Reasoning
Opinion -Consumer Power Report #518 -
PRESS RELEASE: Heartland Institute Experts Comment on Simulated Article V Convention in Williamsburg, Virginia
Opinion -The Convention of States Project is conducting a simulated Article V convention in Williamsburg, Virginia on September 21–23. One hundred fifty citizen leaders and elected officials from every state will serve as delegates during the three-day convention. -
Growth of Oklahoma Homeschool Co-Op Highlights Expanding Movement
Opinion -Enrollment in the Luther Academic Barn (LAB), a homeschool cooperative in east central Oklahoma, has jumped by more than 50 percent in its first year of operation, reflecting a nationwide trend. -
EPA Inspector General Says EPA Violating Renewable Fuel Reporting Requirements
Opinion -A new report by the Environmental Protection Agency's Inspector General says EPA’s Office of Research and Development has failed to report to Congress on the environmental impacts of biofuels as required by law. -
Nevada Supreme Court Strikes Solar Referendum
Opinion -In a unanimous decision the Nevada Supreme Court disallowed a referendum for the November 8 general election ballot intended to restore net metering to rates more favorable to the rooftop solar industry and its customers. -
Economic Ideas: Plato, Aristotle, and the Ancient Greeks, Part 1
Opinion -The ancient Greeks left a wealth of knowledge through their surviving writings on a wide variety of themes, including science, logic, philosophy, literature, and the arts. -
Federal Lawmaker Demands Hearing On New Powers for FDA
Opinion -A Congressman is calling on lawmakers in the U.S. House to consider giving a federal agency more regulatory power over health and beauty products sold to consumers. -
New Cigarette Tax Hike Hits Pennsylvania Consumers
Opinion -New Cigarette Tax Hike Hits Pennsylvania Consumers -
Obama’s Energy Secretary Champions Nuclear Power To Fight Global Warming
Opinion -President Obama’s Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz illustrated the point perfectly last week, championing for climate reasons the same nuclear power that conservatives have long supported. -
Alaska Passes Bill Allowing Parents to Withdraw Kids from Standardized Tests, Sex Ed
Opinion -A bill to allow parents to opt their children out of standardized testing and other public school programs they object to has become law in Alaska. -
Anti-Oil-and-Gas Initiatives Fail to Make Colorado’s November Ballot
Opinion -Colorado’s Secretary of State certified two citizens initiatives aimed at limiting oil and gas operations failed to garner enough legitimate signatures to qualify for November’s ballot. -
Google’s Information Is Power – Info-opoly Power
Opinion -Who thinks it wise to allow a single company to corner the global market for any set of critical inputs to the global economy with no regulatory oversight, transparency or obligation to be an honest broker? -
All Of Hollywood Should Hate Net Neutrality – And Now They’re Starting To See Why
Opinion -Network Neutrality is ridiculous, anti-capitalism, monopoly-making Internet policy. -
UCS: Anti-Science Advocacy Gone Wild
Opinion -The Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) is not a professional scientific organization, instead it is pursues left-wing advocacy on technology, environmental, and energy issues—regardless of what the scientific data show. -
Florida Moms Continue Fight for Mandatory Recess
Opinion -A group of mothers who have been lobbying for recess to be made a mandatory part of the school day have not given up, despite the failure of a bill to do just that earlier this year. -
Global Cigarette Smuggling Is So Profitable – The UN Is Getting In On It
Opinion -Governments everywhere decades ago launched the War on Tobacco. Which they tell us is to protect us from ourselves. What it really is about - is more government control, and more government tax money. -
Obama’s Climate Regulations Hurt Businesses
Opinion -On multiple occasions, representatives from the Obama administration have admitted under questioning by members of Congress that its climate policies and regulations will have no measurable impact on present or future global temperature. -
Press Release: Heartland Institute Statement on Constitution Day
Opinion -This Constitution Day should be an opportunity for state legislatures to reclaim the governing powers given to them by the document’s framers. -
Agriculture Creating Valuable Wetlands Benefitting Wildlife
Opinion -Agriculture and other types of development are creating new wetlands, even in places where they may not have existed before, saving birds which otherwise might have disappeared. -
Coloradans Protest Language of Immunization Exemption Form
Opinion -The Homeschool Legal Defense Association (HSLDA) has gathered nearly 15,000 signatures from citizens who object to language in a new form Colorado parents must complete to obtain immunization exemptions for their children. -
Methane From Fracking: Not the Monster Bill McKibben Sniffs Out
Opinion -Methane emissions from hydraulic fracturing operations have become the latest target for activists seeking to ban hydraulic fracturing, commonly called “fracking.” -
Crack Insurance Codes Before They Crack You
Opinion -Consumer Power Report #517 -
Doctors Increasingly Prescribe Medical Marijuana for Pain Relief
Opinion -In states where medical marijuana is legal, doctors are prescribing fewer FDA-approved drugs for ailments treatable by marijuana. -
Colorado Judge Shuts Down Douglas County Voucher Program
Opinion -A Denver, Colorado district judge has ordered the Douglas County School District (DCSD) to suspend its school voucher program.
