Opinion
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Will the War Against Parental Choice Ever End?
Opinion -No matter how many courts have rejected their pleadings, enemies of school choice appear committed to a 100-year-long judicial war in quest of some ultimate edict that will keep American students forever captive in government schools. -
Senate May Tie Block Grants to State Plans to Reduce Suicides
Opinion -A bill that would tie existing federal block grants to expansion of state suicide prevention programs, drug abuse counseling, and training to defuse potential crisis situations arising from mental illness has passed U.S. -
Department of Energy Cancels Funding for Texas Clean Energy Project
Opinion -The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has decided to cease funding the Texas Clean Energy Project (TCEP), one of six clean-coal-energy projects promised under DOE’s Clean Coal Power Initiative (CCPI). -
Iowa Governor Shaves Hair-Braiding Licensing Requirements
Opinion -When Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad (R) signed into law the state’s newest budget bill, he approved provisions exempting hair braiding from regulation by the state’s Board of Cosmetology Arts and Sciences. -
British Say “No” to EU Power and Plunder
Opinion -The political and financial establishments of Europe and the United States were taken by almost total surprise and sent into apparent shock when 52 percent of the voters in the United Kingdom chose for their country to leave the European Union (EU). -
Heartland Weekly: Celebrate #OurAmerica During July
Opinion -Week of June 27, 2016 -
Education Reform: One-Size-Does-Not-Fit-All
Opinion -Lately, education scholars at Washington, D.C.-based, nominally conservative think tanks have spun themselves into a tizzy about the education reform movement’s splintering into quarreling factions.Who knew such a monolithic movement existed? -
Tighter Welfare Verification Rules Proposed in North Carolina
Opinion -A North Carolina lawmaker is proposing a bill that would require the state Lottery Commission and its welfare entitlement agency to verify lottery winners aren’t also collecting government benefits, such as food stamps. -
Ohio Governor Says ‘Cheers’ to Beer Deregulation Bill
Opinion -Ohio Gov. John Kasich (R) has signed a law removing government restrictions on the potency of beer sold in the state, giving beer drinkers a reason to raise a glass in celebration of free-market principles. House Bill 37, introduced by state Reps. -
Brexit’s Energy Lesson for California, et al
Opinion -“California’s largest utility and environmental groups announced a deal Tuesday [June 21] to shutter the last nuclear power plant in the state. -
Fish and Wildlife Service to Grant 30-year Permits to Kill Protected Eagles
Opinion -Under a rule proposed by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), renewable-energy companies will be able to obtain permits over the next 30 years authorizing protected eagles to be killed or captured. -
Questioning “The Secret Dirty War to Stop Solar Power”
Opinion -“American taxpayers spent an average of $39 billion a year over the past five years financing grants, subsidizing tax credits, guaranteeing loans, bailing out failed solar energy boondoggles and otherwise underwriting every idea under the sun to make -
Breitbart’s Mike Flynn, R.I.P.
Opinion -Rest in peace, American patriot and happy warrior Michael Flynn. -
School Lunch Shouldn’t Be Middle-Class Welfare
Opinion -First Lady Michelle Obama touted the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010 as a way to make school meals more nutritious and accessible to reduce childhood obesity rates. -
Gateways to Liberty, Ecology and Prosperity – #1: Introducing the New Resource Economics
Opinion -This series of essays explores intersections of liberty, ecology, and prosperity. Where and why do they thrive together? Responsible liberty, sustainable ecology, and modest prosperity don’t always or easily go together. -
On Brexit, the UK/EU Divorce
Opinion -Going into yesterday’s vote in the United Kingdom, the smart money was on “remain” – that is, that the UK should remain a member of the European Union. -
Obama’s Green Energy Plans Kill Jobs, Hurt Consumers, and Cost Taxpayers
Opinion -Proponents of green energy like to point out how the costs have come down—and they have. -
There’s Already A Process For Bad Patents, So Let’s Not Destroy All Patents
Opinion -There are some people who simply, bizarrely do not like intellectual property.Some are full-blown Leftists - who do not like private property at all. -
Father’s Day, NBA Game 7 Cost Cook County Taxpayers
Opinion -For the second time in two months, the Cook County Department of Corrections had to lock down inmates because of a mass guard call-off. The Cook County Sheriff’s Office said 317 guards took off the Father’s Day shift off on Sunday, June 19. -
Delaware Rejects Bill Giving Parents of Special Needs Students School Choice
Opinion -The Delaware House Education Committee rejected a bill that would have established education savings accounts (ESAs) for parents of special needs students. -
Heartland Institute Statement on Congressional Panel Discussion of Article V Convention
Opinion -Heartland Institute Statement on Congressional Panel Discussion ofArticle V ConventionOn Thursday, June 23, 2016, state legislators and policy experts met in Washington, DC with U.S. Rep. -
Portland School Board Bans Materials Questioning Human-Caused Climate Change
Opinion -The Public School Board in Portland, Oregon unanimously approved a resolution banning textbooks and other teaching materials expressing any doubt or reservations concerning the claim humans are the primary cause behind global climate change and its -
Shocker: The Media As One Cheerlead Another Government Power Grab
Opinion -The American media cabal is…ridiculous. They are the Borg of politics - many entities, but of but one Leftist mind.Led around by their noses by whatever hack government-growing politician is before them at that moment.Remember this? -
Donald Trump Bankrupts American Politics
Opinion -Commentators from the political "left" as well as the "right" have attempted to analyze and dissect the rise and appeal of Donald Trump.