Opinion
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Comments from The Heartland Institute Submitted to EPA Regarding the Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking for Greenhouse Gases Under the Clean Air Act
Opinion -The hard science of global warming is extremely complex, involves many scientific disciplines, and is in its infancy. -
Consumer Power Report #155
Opinion -With the stock market crashing, home values falling, unemployment rising, and the prospect of massive federal intrusion in the health care you get, it may be hard to find things to be grateful for this Thanksgiving. -
Consumer Power Report #154
Opinion -Our events last week were terrific. We hope to have videos posted on the Web site shortly, but a few highlights:We had an excellent roundtable meeting of CHCC members. -
Public Comment Submitted to EPA Regarding the Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking for Greenhouse Gases Under the Clean Air Act
Opinion -The Heartland Institute provided the following comments about the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s proposed regulation of six greenhouse gases under the Clean Air Act, 42 U.S.C. §7401 et seq., as detailed in the ANPR. -
Lawsuit Abuse Fortnightly #7-20
Opinion -A Good Name Is Hard to Find Many states ban lawyers from doing business under assumed names such as “Barracuda” or “Shark. -
First the Bad News, and then More Bad News Posing as Good News
Opinion -It is becoming obvious that the bailout, or “rescue” as the government wants to call it, will not unfreeze the credit market. Anna Schwartz says so. She is the coauthor, with Milton Friedman, of The Monetary History of the United States. -
Consumer Power Report #153
Opinion -We had a terrific time at our third annual Awards Banquet. I will report more on it next week. Stay tuned.On Saturday, November 8, I went to Orlando to receive the Ed Annis Award from Doctors for Patient Freedom. -
Official Climate Data Expose NWF Lies in West Virginia Report
Opinion -To what lengths will global warming alarmists go to pull the wool over people’s eyes? -
Ten Stupid Policies That Will Prolong the Recession
Opinion -1. Bail out the investment banks, commercial banks, insurance companies, Freddie Mac, Fannie Mae, General Motors, Chrysler, Ford Motor Company, with $700 billion, plus $100 billion in pork by Congress and a total bill at a trillion dollars or more. -
Reckless Rescuepalooza Protects Failures and Frauds
Opinion -Reckless Rescuepalooza Protects Failures and Frauds The federal government’s Rescuepalooza has brought us to this: We are now pledging American tax dollars to bailout or beef up not just American banks, banks’ customers, automakers, -
Smoking Ban Threatened Atlantic City’s Identity
Opinion -Atlantic City, commonly thought of as the Vegas of the East Coast, was in danger of becoming just another second-tier gaming city. -
Cigarette Tax Is Regressive
Opinion -The Oregonian seems to miss the fact that higher cigarette taxes have a far more negative impact on citizens and budgets than on the tobacco industry (" Payback time for Big Tobacco," Nov. 3 ). -
Over-Hyping of Green
Opinion -The U.S. green movement is moving forward with its agenda to reduce carbon dioxide (CO2) gas emissions. Colorado Governor Ritter has proposed various CO2 reduction measures. Many U.S. -
Consumer Power Report #152
Opinion -Hoisted on His Own PetardNow, there's an expression I don't get to use very often, but it could not be more fitting than to describe the doomed candidacy of Senator John McCain. Mr. McCain's own campaign finance "reforms" came back to destroy him. -
Open the Market to Competition
Opinion -Providing wind coverage in coastal areas is essentially a no-win situation for insurers, and as a result the majority of wind policies have shifted to state-run insurers of last resort. -
Consumer Power Report #151
Opinion -I am very pleased that former House Majority Leader Dick Armey has agreed to keynote our Awards Banquet on November 12. Mr. Armey was a very rare politician in Washington, because he was able to admit when he made a mistake and learn from the experience. -
Florida’s Freedom Bank Closure: Is the FDIC Up to the Job?
Opinion -While U.S. banks have not yet reached a full-blown panic mode, there is plenty to be worried about with respect to the FDIC. Florida is not alone with its concern about the stability of its banks: Banks are failing at a rate unheard of in recent decades. -
Media Advisory–Expert Availability: Obama Pledges to Bankrupt Coal Industry, Kill 80,000 Jobs
Opinion -Presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama, in an interview with the San Francisco Chronicle, has pledged to bankrupt all new coal-fired electric power plants as a means of addressing global warming. -
Hospital Death Rate Statistics Made Available to Public Online
Opinion -According to USA Today, hospital death rates were unknown to the public until the end of August, when the newspaper posted on its Web site government estimates of heart attack, heart failure, and pneumonia death rates—standard measurements for -
Comcast Enforces Cap on Bandwidth
Opinion -In a move aimed at reining in “bandwidth hogs,” Comcast Corp. has begun enforcing a cap on the amount of data its customers can download from the Internet. -
Continued Growth for Consumer-Directed Health Care
Opinion -United Benefit Advisors has published the results of an employer survey, “Consumer-Driven Health Plans Continue to Grow.” This is a massive national survey, conducted annually, of nearly 13,000 employers sponsoring 18,000 benefit plans. -
Alaska Governor Fights Polar Bear ESA Listing
Opinion -Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin (R) is leading a legal challenge against the U.S. Interior Department’s May 14 decision to list polar bears as a threatened species under the Endangered Species Act. -
Rain Cancels Car-Free Day in Seattle
Opinion -Imagine a day without automobiles and their carbon dioxide emissions, Seattle environmental activists told the public. Attempting to make that vision a reality, they scheduled a car-free day for Seattle’s Capitol Hill area. -
Organic Food Study Is Flawed, Conclusions Unsupported by Science
Opinion -Charles Benbrook, chief scientist of the Organic Trade Association’s Organic Center, and his colleagues have published a 53-page report misleadingly titled “New Evidence Confirms the Nutritional Superiority of Plant-Based Organic Foods.
