Opinion
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Doyle Should Heed Own Advice
Opinion -In Governor Jim Doyle's first budget back in 2003, he pinpointed "the values, the priorities, and the choices that should define Wisconsin's budget." This year Doyle is dismissing his own guidance, assembling a budget full of detrimental fiscal policies. -
Consumer Power Report #170
Opinion -The news from Washington gets more disturbing by the day. It is interesting that many of President Barack Obama's most stalwart supporters are becoming his most impassioned critics. -
Obama’s Two Minds
Opinion -President Barack Obama this week has given clear indications that, when it comes to “the wealthy,” he is of two minds: help ‘em and hurt ‘em.First, the help. -
Climate Conference Ends On High Note
Opinion -It’s my privilege to chair something called the Cooler Heads Coalition, and the Heartland Institute is a very valuable member of it. I would like to say something special about Heartland. -
Next Big Bailout: Public Pensions?
Opinion -Along with the stock market, retirement savings, and taxpayers’ sanity, state and municipal government employee defined-benefit pension funds are reeling from the financial meltdown. -
05 Ten Principles of State Fiscal Policy: Privatization Reduces Government Spending
Opinion -This podcast series presents 10 key principles of sound state fiscal policies. In Episode 5, moving the production and delivery of public goods and services to the private sector reduces government spending.Download this episode: http://www.heartland. -
Fear Obama’s Stealth Global Warming Regulations
Opinion -According to recent polls, the American public increasingly believes manmade emissions of carbon dioxide don’t cause global warming, and the science shows the public is right to acknowledge global warming is cyclical and natural. -
Tax-And-Spend Plans Would Ruin State Economy
Opinion -Apparently our new governor and state lawmakers are not satisfied that they and their predecessors have driven Illinois to the brink of fiscal disaster. -
Harmful to Higher Education
Opinion -I write in response to "Pell Grant hike may ease student burden," (Metro, Sunday). -
Roadblock for Consumer Choice
Opinion -Today it is more difficult to get a loan than at any time in recent memory. -
Consumer Power Report #169
Opinion -I apologize for misplacing Manitowoc last week. I said it was in Minnesota when of course it is in Wisconsin. I was using two different newspapers as sources, and the Pioneer Press clearly identifies itself as being in St. -
2009 International Conference on Climate Change: Update #3
Opinion -NEW YORK--Willie Soon, a Harvard University astrophysicist and geophysicist with scores of peer-reviewed papers and books to his credit, said he is "embarrassed and puzzled" by the shallow science in papers that undergird the proposition that the Earth -
2009 International Conference on Climate Change: Update #2
Opinion -NEW YORK -- Former Vice President Al Gore, the most prominent proponent of global warming alarmism, was the target of biting humor and ridicule Monday at the second International Conference on Climate Change.U.S. Congressman Tom McClintock (R-Calif. -
Sununu Addresses Climate Change Conference ; Link to “Politics of Global Warming”
Opinion -John H. Sununu, former governor of New Hampshire and chief of staff under President George H.W. Bush, delivered a keynote address to the largest-ever gathering of climate change "skeptics" in New York City this morning. -
Governor Sanford: Letter To Legislature Opposing Stimulus Funds
Opinion -A letter from Gov. Mark Sanford (R-SC) to the South Carolina state legislature explaining his decision to ask President Obama for a waiver allowing him to use federal stimulus money to pay down state debt. -
Consumer Power Report #168
Opinion -A recent meeting I was supposed to attend was cancelled because the group I was supposed to meet with got a last-minute invitation to attend the Big White House Summit on health care. Mmmm, hmmm. -
Lawsuit Abuse Fortnightly #8-05
Opinion -A California Court of Appeal threw the case out, but one wonders why it was brought in the first place. The plaintiffs in the class-action suit had their farsighted eyes fixed with Lasik surgery. It worked just fine, and they were not injured. -
2009 International Conference on Climate Change: Update #1
Opinion -NEW YORK--Environmentalists--even mainstream environmentalists such as Al Gore--are less concerned about any crisis posed by global warming than they are eager to command human behavior and restrict economic activity, the president of the Czech Republic -
Remember the War on Drugs?
Opinion -In times of economic and political unrest, reforms that stood little chance of passage sometimes get a second look.One idea that deserves careful consideration is ending the war on drugs. -
Global Warming Skeptics Gather in New York City
Opinion -Nearly 700 scientists, economists, and policy experts from around the world gathered in New York City this evening for the opening dinner of the Second International Conference on Climate Change, hosted by The Heartland Institute and 59 cosponsoring -
Opening Remarks: 2008 International Conference on Climate Change
Opinion -Good evening, and welcome to the 2009 International Conference on Climate Change. I am Joseph Bast, president of The Heartland Institute, and it is my pleasure to serve as your host tonight and for the next two days. -
Climate Alarm: What We Are Up Against, and What to Do
Opinion -Global warming alarm has always been a political movement, and opposing it has always been an up-hill battle.In this talk I wish to point out some simple truths that are often forgotten by our side of this issue. -
Former Astronaut Says Earth Not in Peril from Global Warming
Opinion -New York, NY, March 6, 2009--The American astronaut who shot the iconic photo of Earth called "The Blue Marble" says the planet is in peril--"but not from global warming. -
Stimulating the Growth of Government
Opinion -On February 17, President Barack Obama signed into law the $790 billion American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, better known as the stimulus plan.
