Opinion
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Why You Spend Two Hours To See Your Doctor For 8 Minutes
Opinion -Consumer Power Report #514. Doctors in the mainstream payment model want to see more of you but can't afford to. -
Letter: Health Care ‘Sharing’ Model Trumps ‘Insurance’
Opinion -Dr. John Hunt, chief medical officer of Liberty Healthshare, draws sharp distinctions between health care sharing ministries and health insurers. -
U.S. Teachers Have Below-Average Numeracy Skills, Data Shows
Opinion -U.S. educators have average literacy skills and below-average mathematical problem-solving skills compared to their international counterparts, data shows. -
Heartland Weekly – Common Core Event Fills Heartland’s Andrew Breitbart Freedom Center
Opinion -If you don’t visit Somewhat Reasonable and the Heartlander digital magazine every day, you’re missing out on some of the best news and commentary on liberty and free markets you can find. -
New Rideshare Rules to Take Effect in Chicago
Opinion -Government restrictions on peer-to-peer transportation network companies (TNCs), such as Uber and Lyft, will soon make it more difficult for the popular “ridesharing” companies to provide services desired by Chicago, Illinois consumers. -
Madison, Georgia Lawmakers Propose Business Tax Hike
Opinion -Lawmakers in Madison, Georgia are considering hiking an “occupation tax” paid by the city’s business owners. -
DOE Imposes Efficiency Regulations on Wine Chillers
Opinion -The Department of Energy (DOE) has now developed an energy efficiency regulation specific to wine coolers. -
Cigarette Tax Hike Takes Effect in West Virginia
Opinion -West Virginia lawmakers approved excise tax hikes on cigarettes and e-cigarettes in June to help patch a projected $100 million shortfall in the state’s budget. -
Can America’s Debt Growth Be Stopped?
Opinion -Poulson believes that both Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump lack credibility when it comes to facing this nation's federal debt crisis. -
Consumer Coalition Urges Congress to Deny Obama Tax Raid of Medicare Part D
Opinion -A coalition of 26 groups have asked Congress not to alter what they view as one of Medicare's lone successes. -
Massachusetts Court Strikes Down Common Core Repeal Ballot Initiative
Opinion -An initiative to repeal Common Core State Standards in Massachusetts will not be on November’s ballot. -
New York Nuclear Plant Restarts, Environmentalists Object
Opinion -On June 16, 2016, the Indian Point Unit 2 nuclear reactor restarted, despite objections from environmentalists. -
Free-Market Group Asks Federal Court for Retrial on ‘Net Neutrality’ Case
Opinion -In the wake of a federal court ruling upholding a federal government agency’s decision to expand its powers, a nonpartisan public policy think tank is asking the court to rehear the case. -
Lawmakers, Courts May Scrap Texas Telemedicine Rule Requiring Initial In-Person Visit
Opinion -Telehealth advocates in Texas are developing legislative proposals to increase patient access to telemedicine. -
Homeschool Students Score Higher on SAT, Study Finds
Opinion -Homeschool students score higher than the national average on the SAT college entrance exam, a new survey has found. -
Texas Landowners Victorious in Groundwater-Rights Case
Opinion -The Texas Supreme Court gave a major victory for landowners across Texas ruling grounwater rights are legally similar to mineral rights. -
A Young Person’s Guide to Energy Conservation
Opinion -Energy has long lost media attention; so we no longer think about ways we use energy and its effect on national policy or our pocketbooks. However, problems of energy supply we deemed a crisis in the 1970’s are still with us. -
Minimum Wage Hikes Hurt the Poor. There’s a Better Way
Opinion -Policymakers must consider the serious consequences a minimum-wage increase can have on employment rates and economic growth. -
The Pipeline’s Approved – Environmentalists are Angry.
Opinion -Final federal approval for what is being called the “new Keystone” came from the Army Corps of Engineers on July 26—allowing the pipeline to move forward. The 1,168-mile long Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL), also called the Bakken Pipeline... -
FDA Readies Ban on Effective Shock Treatment for Self-Injuring Autistic Patients
Opinion -A Harvard prof and father of an self-harming autistic child says ideology is driving FDA to ban his son's only effective treatment. -
Texas Lawmaker to Revive Bill Establishing Education Savings Accounts
Opinion -Texas state Sen. Don Huffines (R-Dallas) vows to continue pushing his state to create an education savings account (ESA) program. -
Ecological Double Standards
Opinion -Why can locals block fracking, but not support it … get wind turbines, but not block them? -
Indiana Parents Are Highly Satisfied with School Choice Programs, Survey Finds
Opinion -Indiana parents use private school education choice programs because they want their children to be in a religious environment and want them to receive a higher-quality education. -
Kentuckians Could Earn $500 Cash Bonus for Exiting Medicaid, If CMS Approves
Opinion -Kentucky's proposed Medicaid reform includes an incentive for recipients to exit the government health care program.
