Opinion
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Pennsylvania Lawmakers’ New ‘Netflix Tax’ Comes Online
Opinion -budget-tax-news -Lawmakers in Pennsylvania are extending the state’s sales tax to include digital purchases, such as Netflix subscriptions and iTunes Store purchases. -
Judge Orders Temporary Injunction Against Obama Administration Transgender Rules
Opinion -school-reform-news -A federal judge has blocked the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) from requiring public schools to allow transgender -
Study: Wisconsin’s Renewable-Energy Mandate Has High Costs, Provides Few Jobs
Opinion -environment-climate-news -A recent study by the MacIver Institute shows Wisconsin’s ambitious effort to get an increasing amount of its electricity from renewable-energy sources has led to greater power costs and has failed to create a significant number of jobs. -
The Government Is Eviscerating Private Property Rights. Again
Opinion -The Fifth Amendment of the Constitution reads, in part, as follows: “No person shall…be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor shall private property be taken for public use, without just compensation.” -
Will the Federal Communications Congress Try to Unlock Copyright Licensing?
Opinion -Multiple sources indicate the FCC is on path to include in its final proposed AllVid set-top box order a de facto FCC office of copyright licensing to try and politically paper over obvious policy and enforcement gaps in FCC authority. -
America’s First Freedom Doesn’t Just Protect Political Speech
Opinion -The modern U.S. Supreme Court grants more First Amendment protection to political discourse than to other forms of expression, such as commercial advertising. The court holds that political discourse enjoys a “preferred position.” -
The Continuing Relevance of Ludwig von Mises’s Human Action’
Opinion -Editorial -Ludwig von Mises’s majestic magnum opus, Human Action: A Treatise on Economics, was published on September 14, 1949. In the nearly seven decades since its appearance, Human Action has come to be recognized as one of the truly great classics. -
Shoddy Science Shields Paternalistic Pop Tax
Opinion -Editorial -With no solid scientific evidence proving sugary drinks cause obesity more than any other sugary product, soda tax activists are desperate for proof their crusade will at once stop people from drinking killer Cokes and make them healthy. -
Lawmakers should get with the program and stop taxing digital goods
Opinion -Editorial -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 -Editorial -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 -budget-tax-news -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 -school-reform-news -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 -budget-tax-news -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 -Press Release -"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 -budget-tax-news -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 -environment-climate-news -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 -budget-tax-news -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 -school-reform-news -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 -environment-climate-news -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.
