Opinion
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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. -
Teflon, Other Chemicals Receive Greater EPA Scrutiny
Opinion -The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has instituted new health advisories for chemicals used in the manufacture of Teflon cookware, plastics, and fabrics. -
Wyoming Cuts Ties with Common Core-Aligned Testing
Opinion -The Wyoming Department of Education has ended its affiliation with the Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium (SBAC), a group that provides states with high-stakes achievement tests aligned with Common Core State Standards. -
Ohio’s Obamacare CO-OP Is 13th of 23 to Collapse
Opinion -InHealth Mutual, Ohio’s nonprofit Consumer Operated and Oriented Plan (CO-OP) established by the Affordable Care Act (ACA), is shutting down due to losses sustained while insuring 22,000 people. -
California Lawmakers Propose Tobacco, E-Cig Ban for Government Parks
Opinion -California lawmakers are considering a proposal that would ban tobacco and e-cigarette use at government parks and beaches throughout the state. -
Lawmakers Hear Debate Over DOE Appliance Regulations
Opinion -Lawmakers in Congress held hearings on energy-efficiency regulations governing consumer appliances proposed by the U.S. -
El Niño, La Niña and Natural Gas
Opinion -Death Valley, California, is known as “the hottest place on earth. -
New York State Lawmakers Approve Ban on Airbnb in Apartments
Opinion -New York State lawmakers approved a bill criminalizing the advertisement of short-term housing rentals in apartments and other spaces classified as “multiple [dwellings],” prohibiting taxpayers from using Airbnb and other peer-to-peer economy companies -
Eternal Vigilance, The Price of Liberty
Opinion -By Nancy Thorner and Bonnie O'Neil - Yesterday the 4th of July was celebrated nationwide with picnics, parades, and firework displays. -
An Entertaining and Informative Introduction to Libertarian Thought
Opinion -Review of Libertarianism for Beginners, Todd Seavey (For Beginners, 2016), 176 pages, ISBN-13: 978-1939994660; $9.57 on Amazon.com Sometimes authors mistitle a book, hoping to boost sales or spark interest in the topic. This book is not one of those! -
House Lawmakers Censure IRS Commissioner Koskinen
Opinion -A U.S. House committee overseeing the administration of justice in federal courts and agencies voted to censure a high-ranking Internal Revenue Service (IRS) official for his role in covering up abuses of power at the federal revenue-collection agency. -
America’s FCC-FTC Privacy Divide
Opinion -[Note: This was submitted to the FCC for Reply Comments on the Title II Privacy NPRM]The FCC’s Open Internet order and proposed Title II privacy rules divided what was unified.For privacy, it broke what was working. Confused what was clear. -
Philadelphia Program Gives Taxpayers, Parents Choice
Opinion -With such a grim analysis, it’s no wonder parents in the Philadelphia School District are clamoring for more educational options. -
Book Review: FAILURE : The Federal Misedukation of America’s Children
Opinion -By Vicki E. Alger -
Thanks, FBI: We Real Worlders Find Elite World Inordinately Annoying. Again
Opinion -How about that FBI no-indictment announcement yesterday? Makes perfect sense to you, I bet.Ok - I don’t bet that. At all.What does make sense to us Real Worlders - is seeing yet another Elite get yet another Get-Out-of-Reality-Free card. -
Parents, Declare Your Education Independence
Opinion -On July 4, 1776, American colonists declared their independence from a distant monarchy in Great Britain that had passed mandate after mandate without input from the people over which it ruled. -
DC Circuit Court Delays Clean Power Plan Challenge
Opinion -The U.S. Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit announced in May it is imposing a three-month delay on hearings, originally scheduled for June, related to challenges to the Obama administration’s Clean Power Plan (CPP). -
Time to Stop Pretending Tests Equal School Accountability
Opinion -School Choice Weekly #143 -
Gov. Christie Proposes New Jersey Charter School Reforms
Opinion -New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R) has proposed a series of reforms that he says would reduce regulation of charter schools in the state. Christie has showed support for charter schools since taking office. -
Cat Fight in North Carolina Over Health Care CON Law
Opinion -Consumer Power Report #511A play called late in the game in the latest session of the North Carolina General Assembly presented lawmakers with a bizarre choice: adopt a state cat or a vital health care reform proposal. -
New EPA Emissions Report Threatens Alabama Industries
Opinion -The Environmental Protection Agency's latest report on greenhouse gas emissions demonstrates shrewd political strategy -- and a wanton disregard for objective science. -
Obamacare Premiums Projected to Rise by 8 Percent in California
Opinion -Covered California, the State of California’s health insurance exchange, projects insurance premiums in the state will rise by about 8 percent in 2017, plus an additional 5 percent per year through 2020. -
India to Fight Climate Change Through Less Flatulent Livestock
Opinion -Despite its recent announcement it may not adopt the Paris Climate agreement before the end of 2016, India is moving ahead with a unique effort attempting to reduce the greenhouse gases its agricultural sector emits into the atmosphere: creating cows and -
Judge Rules South Dakota’s Adoption of Common Core Tests Is Legal
Opinion -A South Dakota judge has ruled in favor of the state government in a lawsuit brought by two parents alleging the state’s adoption of a compact with the Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium (SBAC), a group providing states with tests aligned with the
