Opinion
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Fast Food Bans Kill Jobs for Youth and Diminish Revenues
Opinion -The city of San Jose is threatening to enact legislation preventing fast-food restaurants from locating near schools in inner-city neighborhoods. -
Mayor Daley, Stop Raising Taxes
Opinion -A few weeks ago, the mayor said the city’s $420 million deficit was “not Mayor Daley’s debt” (“Under pressure, Daley to release preliminary budget,” August 11). Let’s take a look at that claim. -
Citizens to Legislature: “Cut Spending Now!”
Opinion -The fact that 80 percent of New York voters agree with Governor Patterson that spending should be cut instead of increasing taxes is very encouraging (August 19, “People’s Choice: Less Spending”). -
Freight Rail Expansion Is a Boon for Commuters
Opinion -Freight rail is one of the best free-market ways to relieve Chicago’s transportation problems and local leaders should be wary of unjustifiably attacking its expansion (August 12, “Monster trains coming down the tracks?”). -
Lord Monckton Thrashes DeSmog Blog Editor in High-Profile Global Warming Debate
Opinion -Lord Christopher Monckton, a global warming expert and former senior policy advisor to British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, has challenged Al Gore, and other ardent proponents of the theory that humans are causing a global warming crisis, to -
N.J. Legislator Says Global-Warming Regs Blown Away by New Scientific Data
Opinion -TRENTON, N.J. - New Jersey Assemblyman Michael Doherty today (Aug. 15) said new scientific data justify repealing the state’s wide-ranging list of regulations aimed at reducing global warming. The Republican urged Democratic Gov. -
Lawsuit Abuse Fortnightly #7-14
Opinion -The Needle and the Damage Done An Ohio prison inmate is suing prison officials alleging he’s too fat to be executed. -
Heartland Institute Analysts Ask NOAA to Withdraw Synthesis Report
Opinion -The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has overstepped its authority and is attempting to push an alarmist agenda of global warming peril by making informed public comment impossible, policy and legal analysts for The Heartland -
Pols’ Interest in Drug Reimportation Is Passé–for Good Reasons
Opinion -It’s funny how little we hear about “drug reimportation” these days. Oh, yes, it’s in the campaigns of both Senators McCain and Obama, but that just illustrates how out of touch they are. -
Consumer Power Report #140
Opinion -Our Consumer Education Workshop on September 3 in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania is shaping up to be a great event. To get the detailed information, go to http://www.heartland.org/Article.cfm? -
Second Global Warming Skeptics Conference Announced
Opinion -The organizers of a March 2008 conference that brought together more than 500 scientists, economists, and other experts on global warming today unveiled plans to hold a second conference on March 8-10, 2009, once again in New York City. -
Resourcefulness, Not Taxes, Will Solve Deficit
Opinion -In his first inaugural address, Thomas Jefferson said, “a wise and frugal government is the sum of a good government. -
Smokers Already Pay Their Fair Share
Opinion -Smokers more than pay their “fair share,” doling out $73.5 million to the state government in excise and sales taxes in 2007. Cigarette taxes are craftily presented as a tax increase that affects only smokers, but that isn’t the case. -
Budget Needs to Be Tightened Up
Opinion -Kudos to Governor Patterson for acknowledging the true fiscal challenge in New York: over-spending (August 4, “Experts See Albany Ills as Problem, Not Crisis”). -
The U.S. Supreme Court on the Second Amendment: What happens next?
Opinion -The U.S. Supreme Court recently handed down its first ruling in nearly 70 years on the Second Amendment, the right to bear arms. But what does the decision mean for gun owners across the country? -
Comments to National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration re Global Climate Change Report
Opinion -TO: William J. Brennan, Ph.D. Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere Acting Director, Climate Change Science Program U.S. Department of Commerce National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration U.S. -
Pickens’ Windy Scheme Will Leave Taxpayers Holding the Bag
Opinion -T. Boone Pickens is a smart businessman. In fact, he’s a genius at it. -
Endangering Energy Access
Opinion -Associated Press writer Jeannette J. -
Oil Foils Boston Winter Bliss This Summer
Opinion -Boston Globe writer Erin Ailworth somberly projects a home-heating energy catastrophe in the making this winter (“A grim forecast for heating costs: Report warns that average 2009 oil bill for Mass. household could top $3,000”).As Gov. -
Mothering Black America Or Mistreating Blacks?
Opinion -Tim Jones captures the inconsistencies that abound in recent Congressional action to allow the Food & Drug Administration to “regulate” chemicals, including candy flavors, in cigarettes. -
Governors Begin Reforming Public-Sector Workforce
Opinion -State employees have been the unmentioned elephant in the room when it comes to government spending, but with 29 states projected to face ballooning budget deficits next year, some governors are beginning to open their eyes and address the mammoth costs -
Unworthy Praise for Maryland’s Cigarette Tax
Opinion -I don’t understand how the Baltimore Sun can praise the cigarette tax for being an inefficient and undependable source of funding (August 3, “A price worth paying”). -
Regulation Is No Magic Bullet
Opinion -Dear Editor: Forcing banks to modify mortgage contracts and lend counter to true market forces greatly increases the risk of failure and diverts capital from where it is best used. -
Chicago Federalist Society to Host Institute for Justice Author
Opinion -Want to hear a dirty story? How about a dozen of them? William "Chip" Mellor, president and general counsel of the Institute for Justice, will discuss how 12 U.S.
