Opinion
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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. -
Philadelphia Imposes New Tax on Soda, Other Sweetened Beverages
Opinion -Philadelphia lawmakers have approved a new tax on soda and other sweetened beverages. The lawmakers say the purpose of the tax is raise additional revenue to fund an expanded government preschool education program for local children. -
Don’t Tax Hampton Roads to Pay for Metro
Opinion -Three cheers to the 11 Virginia General Assembly delegates who appropriately articulated to the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority that the newly created “Metro Safety Commission should not be used as a vehicle to propose or recommend a new -
Bacteriophage Therapy Grows as Alternative to Antibiotics
Opinion -After five years of enduring chronic infections and a trip to the Republic of Georgia, Shalini Zachariah Mendelsohn from Chicago is cured, no thanks to antibiotics or the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). -
TSA Slowdown Prompts Call for Airport Security Re-Privatization
Opinion -Long wait times and missed flights plaguing air travelers this summer are a result of a months-long fight for more taxpayer funding for a public-sector union representing government employees in the Transportation Security Administration (TSA). -
New Jersey Senate Rejects Proposed Gas Tax, Sales Tax Swap
Opinion -The New Jersey Senate rejected a proposed deal made between Gov. Chris Christie (R) and lawmakers in the General Assembly that would have hiked the state’s gasoline excise tax by 23 cents per gallon—from 14.5 cents per gallon to 37. -
Cayman Islands Using Genetically Modified Mosquitos to Fight Zika
Opinion -Millions of genetically modified mosquitoes will be released in the Cayman Islands to fight a species of mosquito known to spread the Zika virus and other diseases, according to the an announcement by the government of the Cayman Islands. -
DOE’s Proposed School Accountability Regulations Spark Criticism
Opinion -The U.S. Department of Education (DOE) has published a draft version of accountability regulations under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA). -
Forcing Unrealistic Hikes Endangers Drivers, Zaps the Economy
Opinion -In pursuit of his misguided climate obsession, President Barack Obama has opened yet another front in his continuing war against America's 260 million car owners. -
Arlington, Texas Lawmakers Ask Voters to Subsidize Baseball Stadium
Opinion -The Arlington, Texas City Council unanimously approved the creation of a ballot resolution that will ask voters in November to approve $500 million in sales and tourism tax hikes to subsidize a new sports stadium for the Texas Rangers, the city’s Major -
Constitutional Sound Bites: Quick and Easy American History
Opinion -Quick, pay attention - think you know all you should about America's founding? Well, here's some "Constitutional Sound Bites" from a powerful new book authored by David Shestokas: "Declaration of Independence - Did you know? -
The Biggest Impediment To Economic Advancement: Government
Opinion -The U.S. economy continues its Barack Obama Administration-long hobbled limp. President Obama will be our nations first tonever, ever have even one year of 3% or higher Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth.We are the United States of Anemia.Why? -
Heartland Institute Experts React to the Southern Poverty Law Center’s Lawsuit Against Charter Schools
Opinion -Heartland Institute Experts React to the Southern Poverty Law Center’s LawsuitAgainst Charter SchoolsThe Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) on Monday filed a lawsuit against the state of Mississippi, alleging its funding of charter schools is -
Self-Determination and Individual Choice Post Brexit
Opinion -The recent vote within the United Kingdom to withdraw from the European Union has once again implicitly raised the issue of the right of self-determination through secession. -
Global Warming Skepticsm Is Not Fraud
Opinion -Businesses and organizations being targeted by the AGs are exercising their First Amendment right to “petition the Government for a redress of grievances.” -
#WebOfDenial Push by Senate Dems Exposes Their Hatred of Free Speech
Opinion -Have you now or have you ever been associated with someone who questions unscientific state dogma on the climate? Why, yes. Yes, I have. So come get me … as well as members and leaders of 22 other groups that signed a public letter today. -
Patients Could Get Drug Scripts by Telehealth, If Michigan House Approves
Opinion -Patients in Michigan will be able to use telehealth services to obtain drug prescriptions if the state House of Representatives passes Senate Bill 753. The Michigan Senate voted 36–0, with one abstention, to approve SB 753, sponsored by state Sen. -
Heartland Institute Education Experts React to Illinois Dropping PARCC Testing for High School Students
Opinion -Heartland Institute Education Experts React to Illinois Dropping PARCC Testing forHigh School StudentsThe Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE) announced on July 11 Illinois high school students will no longer be taking the Partnership for Assessment -
Climate Alarm Industry Is Not ‘Too Big to Fail’
Opinion -Review of In Global Warming We Trust: Too Big to Fail, Anthony J. Sadar (Stairway Press, April 2016), 238 pp., ISBN-13: 978-1941071984; $19. -
Lawsuit Challenging Florida Education System Is Dismissed
Opinion -A Florida county judge dismissed a lawsuit challenging multiple elements of the state’s education system, including Florida’s scholarship program for children with disabilities, tax-credit scholarships, and the state’s charter school program. -
Louisiana Lawmakers Call for National Amendment Convention
Opinion -Louisiana lawmakers approved a resolution calling for a national convention to draft and enact a balanced budget amendment and other restraints on the federal government. -
Austin, Texas Residents Rally in Support of Uber
Opinion -After voters rejected a proposal to roll back regulations targeting popular peer-to-peer economy transportation network companies (TNCs), Austin, Texas residents took to the streets to tell lawmakers how the loss of TNC services such as Uber affects -
Heartland Institute Responds to Attacks on Free Speech by Senate Democrats’ #WebOfDenial Campaign
Opinion -U.S. Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) is leading a group of 19 Senate Democrats who are calling out by name on the chamber floor conservative and libertarian nonprofit groups who differ with them on the causes and consequences of climate change.
