Opinion
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The Renewable Fuel Standard: “Set Up for Fraud”
Opinion -Researcher Christine Lakatos and I, together, have produced the single largest body of work on green-energy crony-corruption. Our years of collaboration have revealed that those with special access and influence have cashed in on the various green-energy -
Georgia Will Decide ‘Private Option’ Medicaid Expansion in 2017 Session
Opinion -The chair of the Georgia Senate Health and Human Services Committee indicates she will reconsider Medicaid expansion and meets resistance from free-market health care reformers. -
Study Says Property Rights Could Help Coral Reefs
Opinion -According to a new study extending property rights to coral reefs, which are essential to the health of ocean ecosystems, could prevent coral-reef degradation and enhance reef productivity. -
NFL Star Calls for End of Stadium Subsidies
Opinion -During an interview with a sports-talk radio host in Seattle, Washington, a prominent National Football League star player called on lawmakers to stop using taxpayer money to subsidize stadiums for privately owned sports teams. -
Citing Violence Trends, Trump to Campaign as ‘Law and Order Candidate’
Opinion -Accepting the Republican Party’s nomination in July, New York City businessman Donald Trump declared himself a standard-bearer for voters who believe there is increasing unrest and violence in the country. -
Brexit Casts a Shadow Over Paris Climate Change Agreement
Opinion -Britain’s historic June 23 vote to leave the 28-member European Union, called "Brexit," could delay the European Union's committments to the Paris climate agreement -
Retaliation? Tennessee Board Raises CON Application Fees 400 Percent
Opinion -Tennessee's certificate of need (CON) application review board raises fees by 400 percent, apparently responding to lawmakers' CON law reforms. -
House Science Committee Questioned EPA Administrator on the Science Behind WOTUS
Opinion -Republican members of the House Science, Space, and Technology Committee questioned in June Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Gina McCarthy concerning EPA’s regulatory agenda. -
Entrepreneurship and Public Policy: Reinvigorating Economic Competition
Opinion -The Ewing Marion Kaufman Foundation, a Missouri-based nonprofit organization at the forefront of supporting research on entrepreneurship and innovation in the United States, recently published a policy paper titled “A Fair Fight: Entrepreneurship and Comp -
EU-Google Antitrust Cases vs. Google’s Net Neutrality Leadership
Opinion -As the longtime leader, corporatesponsor, and advocate for the net neutrality movement, Google has made net neutrality, a key part of its values and brand. -
House Lawmakers Fish for Relief from Catfish Regulations
Opinion -In the wake of the U.S. Senate voting to lower trade barriers on catfish meat imported from other countries, a group of U.S. House lawmakers are blocking a vote on repealing food inspection rules currently in effect. -
Oklahoma Supreme Court Hears Lawsuit Challenging Cigarette Tax Hike
Opinion -The Oklahoma Supreme Court will hear arguments in a lawsuit challenging a last-minute cigarette tax hike enacted in May. -
Turnabout Is Fairplay: Climate Subpoenas Issued to Green Groups
Opinion -Climate Change Weekly #220 -
With Ohio, Half of All States Now Approve Medical Marijuana
Opinion -Ohio patients with qualifying medical conditions will be permitted to use marijuana legally starting September 8. -
Prospects and Roadblocks for Shale Gas Development in Europe
Opinion -Europe is particularly well suited for the development and use of natural-gas resources because of its large market, established pipeline infrastructure, increasing demand for energy, and its current dependence on natural-gas imports. -
For Civil Society, End Multicultural Education
Opinion -School Choice Weekly #146 -
Shamelessly Uninsured Self-Pay Patients Pay Themselves
Opinion -Consumer Power Report #513 -
Legislative Pulse: Fighting Energy Subsidies and Federal Expansion in Maine
Opinion -Editor’s Note: Two-term state Rep. Beth A. O’Connor (R-Berwick) serves on the Energy, Utilities, and Technology Committee. O’Connor has also served as vice-chairwoman of the Maine Republican Party. -
The Supposed Health Risks of Banning Plastic Bags
Opinion -The Keep America Beautiful campaign does not even rank plastic bags in the top ten sources of nationwide litter. Madness. -
HHS Threatened Arizona Over $7.8 Billion in Medicaid Funding
Opinion -In response to questioning from Justice Breyer during the third day of hearings concerning President Obama's health care law - particularly concerning the Medicaid funding mandate within the law - attorney for the states Paul Clement mentioned a letter -
FTC Prompts Congress to Enact Online Privacy Regulations
Opinion -The Federal Trade Commission, the government’s chief privacy policy and consumer protection agency, announced it is calling on Congress to enact legislation to regulate data brokers. -
School Choice Unites GOP, Divides Democrats
Opinion -While full-scale school choice emerged as a point of unity and a rallying cry during the Republican convention in Cleveland, the mechanics of choice limited to within the governmental system roiled Democrats going into their convention in Philadelphia. -
Court Voids Obama Administration’s Federal Fracking Regulations
Opinion -In a setback for the Obama administration’s effort to limit fracking on public lands, a federal judge struck down new regulations requiring companies to comply with federal safety standards in the construction of fracking wells and requirements to -
Courts, Lawmakers Question Agency Deference
Opinion -A June 20, 2016, decision issued by the U.S.
