Opinion
-
Consumer Power Report #160
Opinion -I was in a meeting where we were talking about Republican support in the Senate for an individual mandate. -
Aznar to Speak at Global Warming Conference
Opinion -Former Spanish prime minister Jose Maria Aznar--an outspoken critic of global warming alarmism as a "new religion"--will be among 70 skeptics who will confront the subject of global warming at the second International Conference on Climate Change in New -
Cigarette Tax Hike Would Hinder Reform
Opinion -Raising any taxes in these tough economic times, even on cigarettes, is economically dangerous, but Gov. Beshear has already shown he views a cigarette tax hike as a "silver bullet" for the state's budget woes. -
Putting an End to Global Warming Alarmism
Opinion -Global warming is the most important environmental issue of our time. -
Offshored Money Could Spur Recovery
Opinion -Three weeks ago, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi was saying that the economy needed a stimulus package of $600 billion. -
Lee Walker Gets New Role with The Heartland Institute
Opinion -On January 1, 2009, the New Coalition for Economic and Social Change will no longer share offices with The Heartland Institute, marking a new stage in a unique partnership that dates back to The Heartland Institute's founding in 1984. -
Consumer Power Report #159
Opinion -Looking back on 2008, Time magazine made a mistake in naming Barack Obama its Man of the Year. Oh, certainly Mr. Obama was consequential, but the iconic figure of the year, in fact of our time, was not the President-elect, but Bernie Madoff.When Mr. -
Ten Global Warming Truths to Keep Us Sane in 2009
Opinion -Sound science put to rest numerous unsubstantiated global warming scares in 2008. -
Warmest October Claim Was Wrong, NASA Admits
Opinion -NASA’s Goddard Institute for Space Studies—known as GISS—was forced to admit it committed an egregious error when it publicly claimed October 2008 was the warmest October in history. It turns out October 2008 was nowhere near a record. -
Top TV Networks Spread False Arctic Sea Ice Scare
Opinion -High-profile media reports predicting the North Pole would lose its ice cover failed to materialize in 2008, as less Arctic sea ice melted than in 2007 and open water came nowhere near the North Pole. -
Citizen Groups Continue Calls for Transparency
Opinion -Although the November election results mean taxpayers in some states will see an altered political landscape, the growing interest in government spending transparency is unlikely to change any time soon. -
Health Care IT Is Moving Forward
Opinion -Advocacy groups and politicians have raised a growing call for federal action to encourage increases in health care information technology in the past couple of years. -
Late Federal Payments Forcing New York Doctors Into Debt
Opinion -Late Medicare reimbursements from the federal government have created financial problems for New York doctors, causing some practices to take out loans of up to $3 million, according to physician advocacy groups. -
Greater Choice, Satisfaction Would Result from System Reform
Opinion -Excerpt from The Handbook on State Health Care Reform, coauthored by John C. Goodman, Michael Bond, Devon M. Herrick, Gerald L. Musgrave, Pamela Villarreal, and Joe Barnett. What would life be like in the U.S. -
Energy Price Schemes Helped Doom Bailout Firms
Opinion -Lehman Brothers and Merrill Lynch, two of the highest-profile failures in the ongoing financial system bailout crisis, share a mistake with their disgraced cousin-in-bankruptcy Enron. -
Congress Rejects Conyers Proposal to Criminalize Horse Slaughter
Opinion -Environmental activist groups often propose well-meaning laws that sound good but would ultimately have negative real-world consequences for people and the environment alike. Responding to just such a proposal, the U.S. -
Vouchers Gain Legislative Momentum in Georgia
Opinion -Buoyed by growing participation in his state’s existing school choice programs and with public opinion surveys showing vast support for vouchers, Georgia state Sen. -
Online K-12 Schooling Gaining Popularity
Opinion -Online learning is picking up steam as a viable option for public school students nationwide. -
To Cut Waste, Ban Teachers Strikes
Opinion -One of the more common myths circulated by teacher unions is the need to pay teachers higher salaries if we want to be able to hire enough of them to meet our needs. This is simply not true. -
Hawaii Drops Universal Children’s Health Care Plan
Opinion -An economic downturn and ensuing budget cuts have forced Hawaii to abandon the nation’s first universal health care program for children, Keiki Care, after only seven months. Gov. -
School Choice Is Saving Money in North Carolina
Opinion -School choice is cutting costs for taxpayers in North Carolina, according to a top state official, as parents of more than 169,000 students send their children to nonpublic schools or teach them at home. -
Libraries Pose Systemic Financial Risk?
Opinion -The American Library Association has joined the swelling list of institutions lining up for federal financial crisis handouts. -
No Great Depression II Likely, Profs Say
Opinion -The U.S. economy faces many dangers and uncertainties, but a return to conditions resembling those of the Great Depression of the 1930s does not appear to be on the horizon. -
Special Interests Push for Sports Stadium Subsidies
Opinion -With Washington state facing a projected $3.