Opinion
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The Hillary Treatment for Climate Fraudsters?
Opinion -State AG actions reveal double standard for scientists who promote alarmist climate claims -
The Dying Fish with Cedric Keith
Opinion -Cedric C. Keith’s “The Dying Fish: A Sojourn to the Source,” is a retelling of Keith’s 4,000-mile walk through the eastern wilderness prompted by his desire to save the Eastern Brook Trout. -
Missouri Court Reaffirms Students’ Rights to Transfer to Better Schools
Opinion -The Eastern District Missouri Court of Appeals ruled students from the failing Normandy School District have the right to transfer to higher-performing schools in other districts. -
Meet the CLT, a Test Wholly Unlike SAT or Common Core
Opinion -In a flash, the Classic Learning Test (CLT) has gained a foothold in the field of college-entrance testing dominated for generations by the SAT and ACT. -
Mississippi Legalizes Daily Fantasy Sports Competitions
Opinion -Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant (R) signed into law a bill temporarily legalizing daily fantasy sports while lawmakers consider how to deal with the popular industry. -
Louisville Lawmakers Pass Sharing-Economy Housing Restrictions
Opinion -Lawmakers in Louisville, Kentucky are imposing new regulations restricting consumers’ ability to use popular peer-to-peer economy housing services such as Airbnb and VRBO. -
Students Learn Climate Change Advocacy, Not Climate Science
Opinion -For almost thirty years, I have taught climate science at three different universities. What I have observed is that students are increasingly being fed climate change advocacy as a surrogate for becoming climate science literate. -
Give PA Patients Right to Try Experimental Drugs and Treatments
Opinion -Pennsylvania, one of the first colonies-turned-states to declare unalienable a person's right to life, must act soon to avoid becoming one of the last states to secure for terminally ill patients the right to try to save their own lives. -
Michigan Governor Signs $617 Million Detroit Public Schools Bailout
Opinion -Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder (R) signed a bill granting $617 million of state aid to pay off Detroit Public Schools’ (DPS) debt and establish a new school district in the city. -
Heartland Weekly: Senate Democrats Threaten Climate Realists … and You
Opinion -Heartland Weekly, Week of July 15 -
Time for the Teachers Unions to Grow Up
Opinion -The Philadelphia School District (PSD) announced it has filled 99 percent of its vacant teaching positions last week. -
Colorado Officials Say ESSA Increases Burden on Schools
Opinion -School Choice Weekly #144 -
Encouraging Zoning Reform to Promote Urban Economic Growth
Opinion -Review of Triple Real Estate Value by Marketing Zoning Changes, by John L. Gann Jr., CarpeHoram, 2015, 66 pp., $59.75 at http://www.salesjobsandtaxes. -
Hawaii Says ‘Aloha’ to Direct Primary Care
Opinion -Consumer Power Report #512 A husband-and-wife team of doctors is turning its slice of Hawaii’s health care system into a luau. -
Scientist Donates Award to Private Job-Training Charity
Opinion -While governments at all levels struggle to achieve their claimed desire to lead people out of poverty, a small group of in Alabama is tackling the problem directly, without the need for taxpayer funds or government administration. -
California Coastal Commission Recommends Expanded Development at Large Coastal Site
Opinion -The California Coastal Commission (CCC) has recommended approval of development plans for nearly 70 acres of land located on the Banning Ranch real estate project in Southern California. -
Colorado Board Votes to Keep Current School Rating System
Opinion -The Colorado State Board of Education (CSBOE) voted to keep the state’s system for rating schools in place after a group of education reform and civil rights activists expressed concern over a proposed new plan. -
Democratic Platform Calls for Prosecution of Skeptics, Backlash Grows
Opinion -Climate Change Weekly #218 -
Heartland Institute Education Experts React to Pennsylvania Legislature’s Vote to Expand Education Choice
Opinion -Heartland Institute Education Experts React to Pennsylvania Legislature’s Vote toExpand Education ChoiceThe Pennsylvania House on Wednesday passed House Bill 1606, which increases funding for the state’s Educational Improvement Tax Credit (EITC) and -
Illinois Narrowly Avoids School Shutdown with Stopgap Budget
Opinion -Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner (R) signed a series of last-minute stopgap-budget bills, ensuring Illinois public schools receive necessary funding to open on time in the fall. Illinois has not operated with a full budget in nearly a year and a half. -
The Truth About GMO Crops
Opinion -Under the assumption that your table is set with genetically modified foods, what does that mean, and should you be concerned for your health? -
Gates Foundation Acknowledges Common Core Shortcomings
Opinion -In her annual open letter detailing the work of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, CEO Sue Desmond-Hellmann admitted the nonprofit had found it “a real struggle to make system-wide change” in U.S. education. -
EPA Playing Politics with Herbicide Study, Requires Oversight
Opinion -An 87-page report by the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Cancer Assessment Review Committee, dated October 1, 2015, concluded exposure to the herbicide glyphosate—the active ingredient in Roundup brand herbicides—doesn’t appear to cause cancer. -
Wisconsin Worker Choice Law Reinstated While Court Challenge Continues
Opinion -A Wisconsin Court of Appeals judge overruled a county judge’s decision to invalidate the state’s right-to-work (RTW) law, reinstating the law while the appellate court decides whether to overturn or uphold the lower court’s ruling.