Opinion
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Pawlenty Bucks Skeptics, Pushes Online Education
Opinion -Minnesota Gov. -
Phosphorus Bans Ignore Problem’s Real Causes
Opinion -Editor’s note: This is the first in a four-part series on the science behind phosphorous bans increasingly being proposed in state legislatures. -
Private Sector Helps Thwart Major Source of Spam
Opinion -Spam email volumes plunged by more than 40 percent virtually overnight late last year after Internet service providers (ISPs) around the world pulled the plug on a notorious Web hosting service. -
Seattle-Area Voters OK Transit Tax Hike
Opinion -In spite of rising unemployment, a workers’ strike at Boeing, the collapse of savings bank Washington Mutual, and a stock market dive, voters in urban areas of Washington state’s King, Pierce, and Snohomish counties have approved a sales tax -
South Carolina Grassroots Group Promotes Choice
Opinion -A new, informal group called School Choice Now-Spartanburg has sprouted as a grassroots effort to promote its ideas and make contact with legislators as certain bills wind their way through the South Carolina statehouse. -
Voters to Decide Fate of Seattle’s Bag Tax
Opinion -Falling in with a current fad being promoted as improving the environment, Seattle government officials have adopted regulations imposing a 20 cent tax on disposable shopping bags and setting limits on their use. -
Washington Tables Plan to Define Bloggers as Lobbyists
Opinion -Bloggers in Washington state who have been worried about the government regulating what they write about can breathe a little easier—for now. -
Facts Leave Global Warming Proponents Out In The Cold
Opinion -When dealing with the latest hysterical claims about global warming, it’s essential to keep in mind a fundamental principle of science: Theories must be testable. -
Turnaround Expert, Economist Sees Stimulus Making Economy Worse
Opinion -Editor’s note: More than two years ago, Casey Research published warnings about today’s economic crisis that went unheeded by government officials. -
Wyeth Decision Threatens ‘Litigation Explosion’
Opinion -The California Supreme Court last week refused to review a controversial Court of Appeal ruling that decreed the manufacturer of a "pioneer" drug can be held liable for injuries resulting from allegedly inadequate labeling on the drug's generic -
Flip-Flopping Antarctic Claims Expose Global Warming Dogma
Opinion -When dealing with the latest hysterical claims about global warming, it’s essential to keep in mind a fundamental principle of science: Theories must be testable. -
Lawsuit Abuse Fortnightly #8-02
Opinion -Looniest Lawsuits The Citizens Against Lawsuit Abuse "sick of lawsuits" campaign against frivolous litigation has announced its "top five 'looniest lawsuits' of 2008. -
02 Ten Principles of School Choice: Follow the Child
Opinion -This podcast series presents the 10 most important principles of the school choice movement, explaining each principle in plain yet precise language. -
What’s Wrong with Ben Bova?
Opinion -Science writer Ben Bova recently tried to take on Heartland’s James M. Taylor in a debate on the causes and consequences of global warming in the pages of a newspaper in Naples, Florida, and ended up looking pretty foolish. -
Consumer Power Report #162
Opinion -There is way too much going on these days. It's a full-time job just trying to stay up with it all. I'm beginning to wonder if these weekly missives are up to the task.I hope you were able to catch President Barack Obama's inauguration. -
EU’s Antitrust Ruling Hurts Consumers More than Microsoft
Opinion -Europe prides itself on being at the forefront of global trends, but the European Commission’s recent antitrust ruling against Microsoft shows the Continent’s regulators are still living in 1999. -
Antarctic Warming Claims Should be Greeted with Skepticism
Opinion -An article in today’s issue of the journal Nature argues that, in defiance of decades of raw temperature data showing Antarctica is cooling, the continent is actually warming. James M. -
Global Warming Survey Draws Skepticism, Ho-Hum Response
Opinion -A survey from the University of Illinois at Chicago purporting to show that a wide range of Earth scientists say humans contribute significantly to global warming was greeted with skepticism and suspicion Wednesday. -
Consumers Already Trumped the EU in its Pursuit of Microsoft
Opinion -The European Commission ruled on January 16, 2009 that Microsoft Corp.’s practice of bundling its Internet Explorer browser with the Windows operating system violates the antitrust rules of the European Union. -
Consumer Power Report #161
Opinion -And so it begins. The new administration hasn't even taken office and Congress is already going wild in health care. Last week the House passed its version of SCHIP expansion without allowing amendments and without hearings or "due deliberation. -
Anxiety Grows in Global Warming Alarmist Camp
Opinion -Heartland Institute media monitors have noted on several occasions that climate-change alarmists are finding it increasingly difficult to maintain their position that human activity has warmed Earth to crisis proportions. -
Lehr Gets Second Appearance on Lou Dobbs Program
Opinion -Several Heartland friends appeared January 13 on "Lou Dobbs Tonight" as the popular cable host delved a little deeper into the global warming issue -- and moved a little closer to the skeptic's point of view. -
Lawsuit Abuse Fortnightly #8-01
Opinion -Dead Weight A pig sitter in Wisconsin is going to trial in March on criminal animal neglect charges for letting the potbellied pig she cared for gain 100 pounds. -
Consumer Power Report #160
Opinion -I was in a meeting where we were talking about Republican support in the Senate for an individual mandate.