Opinion
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What’s Up With Prices at the Pump and Why it Could Be a Good Sign
Opinion -All of us loved paying less than $2 a gallon at the pump. AAA reports: “Americans paid cheapest quarterly gas prices in 12 years”—which resulted in savings of nearly $10 billion compared to the same period last year. -
Heartland Institute Panel: Vaping as a Public Policy ‘War’
Opinion -Public Health England in August of 2015 became the first national government agency to endorse e-cigarettes as safer options for current smokers. Its report also dispelled several bogus anti-tobacco claims. -
The Marketplace Delivers More Data
Opinion -The Oxford Dictionary defines capitalism as "an economic and political system in which a country's trade and industry are controlled by private owners for profit, rather than by the state. -
Inside Climate Propaganda
Opinion -Have you ever wondered how the LA Times, Associated Press, Weather Channel and your local media always seem to present similar one-sided stories on climate change, fossil fuels, renewable energy and other environmental issues? -
Health Care Price Transparency Law Clears Missouri Senate
Opinion -The Missouri Senate has approved a bill that would require the state to publicize health care costs. The state’s House of Representatives is currently considering the legislation. On February 18, Senate Bill 608, sponsored by state Sen. -
Let’s Not Emulate How Much of the World Treats Intellectual Property
Opinion -April 26 is World Intellectual Property (IP) Day: “We celebrate World Intellectual Property Day to learn about the role that intellectual property rights (patents, trademarks, industrial designs, copyright) play in encouraging innovation and creativity. -
Climate Hustle Demolishes Climate Alarmism
Opinion -Be sure to see this movie Monday, May 2 – during its one-night nationwide engagementWithout presenting it to the US Senate, as required by the Constitution, President Obama has signed the Paris climate treaty. -
Ohio ‘Cancer Presumption’ Would Cover Treatment as Workers Comp
Opinion -A bill now being considered by the Ohio House of Representatives would create a legal presumption firefighters with certain cancers became ill as a result of their work. Senate Bill 27, sponsored by state Sen. -
Climate Realists Fight AGs’ Fishing Expedition
Opinion -These subpoenas are a fishing expedition with no hope of finding anything remotely illegal since it is not illegal to fund climate research or debate climate science or policy. -
The Heartland Institute Unveils Midwest’s Best Library on Freedom and Limited Government
Opinion -Michael Parry Mazur Memorial Library Opens at The Heartland Institute on May 4, 2016 -
New Study Shows Renewable Energy May Always Need Government Support
Opinion -A new study published by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology says renewable energy sources will be unable to compete with conventional energy without government support or high taxes on fossil fuels for at least a decade. -
We Can’t Trust the Feds, Says Lamar Alexander
Opinion -School Choice Weekly #135 -
Climate Regulations Don’t Limit Warming
Opinion -Under questioning by Rep. -
Heartland Institute Experts Comment on Missouri House Approval of Welfare Reform Bill
Opinion -Heartland Institute Experts Comment on Missouri House Approval of Welfare Reform BillThe Missouri House of Representatives Wednesday approved Senate Bill 607, a bill requiring the state’s Department of Social Services to verify eligibility for -
Missouri CON Legislation Would Increase Restrictions
Opinion -Missouri lawmakers are considering bills to study the effects of certificate of need (CON) laws through 2020 and, in the interim, close a loophole for state-operated hospitals, thereby increasing restrictions on health care providers. -
Occupational Licensing Benefits Insiders, Shortchanges Millennials
Opinion -North Carolina lawmakers recently backed away from a proposed bill that would have reformed the state’s occupational licensing laws. -
Without This Option, School Choice Would Shrivel
Opinion -Would it be constitutional for a public school board to offer grants and scholarships to families wishing to choose private schooling, yet exclude those benefits for families who prefer for their children’s private school to be a religiously affiliated -
The Obama Administration is Vociferously Anti-Science
Opinion -We conservatives are incessantly assailed by the Left as “anti-science.” That we stand athwart scientific and technological advancement – yelling “Stop! -
The Real Defense of Right to Try
Opinion -Advocates of the right to try argue that terminally ill patients should have access to treatments that have met the FDA’s safety requirements “but are not yet fully approved for market” (see Kurt Altman and Christina Sandefur’s “Right-To-Try Laws Fulfill -
University Researchers Put Fracking Politics Before Science
Opinion -Geologists at the University of Cincinnati just wrapped up a three-year investigation of hydraulic fracturing and its impact on local water supplies.The result? There's no evidence—zero, zilch, nada—that fracking contaminates drinking water. -
Colorado Legislators May Push HPF Through Constitutional Loophole
Opinion -A bill that would exempt Colorado’s Hospital Provider Fee (HPF) program from the state constitution’s Taxpayer’s Bill of Rights (TABOR) has advanced to hearings on the House floor. -
Vermont Patient-Monitoring App Has Massive Potential
Opinion -Consumer Power Report #503 Boston-based PatientPing has developed a new application that helps doctors monitor their patients’ activities at other health care facilities, an innovation some are saying could help lower costs and improve patient care. -
Texas AG Fights for Private Property Owners against Federal Land Claims
Opinion -A U.S. District court in Texas recently approved the State of Texas as an intervening party to a lawsuit challenging the U.S. -
Heartland Institute Experts Comment on Oklahoma Senate’s Approval of Application for an Article V Convention
Opinion -The Oklahoma state Senate on Tuesday afternoon approved by a 30 to 16 vote Senate Joint Resolution 4, a combined application for an Article V convention backed by the Balanced Budget Amendment Task Force and Convention of States.