Opinion
-
Lawsuit Abuse Fortnightly #8-15
Opinion -Unsuitable CompensationThe Hooters restaurant chain is being sued by 13 present and past “Hooter Girls” alleging the chain violated federal wage laws by making them pay for the outfits they wear on the job. -
Jay Lehr Down Under (continued)
Opinion -Jay Lehr, PhD and science director at the Heartland Institute, has returned to the USA from his 15-city speaking tour in Australia from Perth on the west coast to Sydney and Canberra on the east. Dr. -
Global Warming – Why Carbon Dioxide Plays No Role
Opinion -Jay Lehr, PhD, science director for the Heartland Institute, spoke to the Institute for Private Enterprise in Australia Aug. 7, 2009. The television program LateLine, produced by the Australian Broadcasting Co. -
Consumer Power Report #190
Opinion -Nancy and I went to Ben Cardin's town hall meeting in Hagerstown this week. -
Australian Parliament Defeats Cap-and-Trade; Jay Lehr Continues Aussie Tour
Opinion -CANBERRA, Australia — Lawmakers Thursday rejected legislation aimed at capping greenhouse-gas emissions in Australia, in a widely-expected move that could be used by the center-left Labor government to justify an early election if it can’t -
Heartland’s Brian Costin Guests on ‘Chicago Tonight’ Wednesday, August 12
Opinion -Brian Costin, assistant director of government relations for The Heartland Institute, will be a guest Wednesday, August 12 on "Chicago Tonight," the Chicago area's premier public-affairs broadcast program. -
Science Director Lehr Reports from Down Under
Opinion -CHICAGO (Aug. 11, 2009) – Heartland Institute Science Director Jay Lehr, Ph.D. -
The Eastland and the Titanic
Opinion -July 24, 2009 was the 94th anniversary of the capsizing of the Eastland in the Chicago River. -
The Fed’s No-Exit Strategy
Opinion -Once upon a time, last fall to be exact, the credit markets seized up. In other times, like the early 1930s, this happened when the growth in the money supply was brought to a halt by monetary authorities. -
Tobacco Taxes Are the Easy Way Out
Opinion -Kingsley Guy's July 26 column, "Florida's tobacco tax: Be very careful what you wish for," did a great job explaining tobacco tax issues that are too often ignored by the media. -
We May Lose Freedom, but Probably Not Much Weight
Opinion -A plastic surgery tax, a soda pop tax, and now, according to Fox News, even a video game tax are all being considered in the name of funding ObamaCare. -
Fourth International Climate Change Conference to Be Held in Chicago in May 2010
Opinion -CHICAGO -- More than 500 of the world's leading climatologists, economists, and public policy leaders will convene in Chicago May 16-18, 2010 at the fourth International Conference on Climate Change, organized by The Heartland Institute. -
Consumer Power Report #189
Opinion -I sent a copy of the last newsletter to the White House hall monitor that wants to know if there is "anything fishy" going on out there. -
House Bill Includes Provision for ‘Insurance Czar’
Opinion -A provision in the health care overhaul bill in the U.S. House of Representatives would create the position of Health Choices Commissioner, or “insurance czar. -
Colorado Cuts Medicaid Benefits
Opinion -The state of Colorado has cut Medicaid benefits to many low-income residents, with citizens classified as developmentally disabled taking the largest hit, losing up to 50 percent of their benefits. -
Massachusetts Slashes Funding, Rations Care
Opinion -Massachusetts has cut funding for its statewide taxpayer-funded health insurance program by $115 million, or 12 percent, despite increased enrollment, because of a drop in available funding resulting from the ongoing national economic downturn. -
Obama Health Plan: Rationing, Higher Taxes, and Lower Quality Care
Opinion -President Barack Obama and Congressional Democrats are rushing to enact legislation that would overhaul the way health care is financed and delivered in the United States. -
The Folly of CARS
Opinion -Confusion, delays, and budget overruns--just another “successful” stimulus program brought to you by the federal government. -
New Study Warns of Rationing, Higher Taxes in Obama Health Care Overhaul
Opinion -CHICAGO -- The health care overhaul bills championed by the Obama administration and congressional Democrats would result in less health care for consumers and higher taxes for all, a veteran health care policy analyst concludes in a study published -
Read Health Bill Before Voting, Lawmakers Urged
Opinion -A public-interest advocacy organization is calling on all 535 members of Congress to promise they will read and make available to their constituents any health care overhaul legislation before casting a vote on it. -
Maine’s ‘Public Option’ an Expensive Failure
Opinion -Many well-intentioned people across America are advocating a “public option,” or government-administered health insurance program for the general public, as part of the Washington-centered health care overhaul being proposed by the majority -
Health Overhaul Partisanship Hit
Opinion -As lawmakers on Capitol Hill remain unable to reach a bipartisan agreement on a health care reform plan, some policy analysts are questioning the congressional majority’s willingness to put partisan politics aside and work together to improve -
Competition, Choice Are Prescription for Health Care Reform
Opinion -President Barack Obama is right when he says the U.S. health care system needs reform. Although this country provides the finest care in the world, our health care system has serious problems. -
Sticker Shock May Erode Public Support for Health Care Overhaul
Opinion -The Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee’s draft health care bill may be in danger of collapsing under the weight of its own price tag, as “sticker shock” could cause what support there is for the government-centric