Opinion
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Verizon Gets Qualified Approval to Offer Cable TV in New York City
Opinion -New Yorkers are looking forward to more choice in television as New York City's Franchise and Concession Review Committee (FCRC) has voted to allow Verizon to offer cable television services throughout the city. -
Leave Stores Alone
Opinion -Banning legal products from being sold at privately owned businesses, as San Francisco did recently with tobacco, shows a remarkable arrogance (July 30, "Board passes tobacco ban in pharmacies"). -
More Regulation Will Invite Worse Behavior
Opinion -Paul Krugman is too sophisticated to think that more regulation will temper excessive risk-taking in financial markets. -
Consumer Power Report #137
Opinion -The next in our series of Consumer Education Workshops will be held in Austin, Texas on October 17. -
U.S. Housing Policy Needs a Bold New Approach
Opinion -"Summer 2008 could be considered a perilous time to be making recommendations on housing policy for the 21st Century," admits William Higginson, author of a new report on affordable housing in the U.S. -
Don’t Give Up on School Vouchers!
Opinion -As some educators and school choice advocates begin to question whether school vouchers can reform public education, a new study of Milwaukee’s pioneering voucher program -- the nation’s oldest and largest city-specific program -
Executive Summary: Can Vouchers Reform Public Schools?
Opinion -This Heartland Policy Study by education expert George Clowes addresses concerns about the efficacy of school vouchers that have been raised recently by some school reform advocates. -
Gore’s Nutty Idea
Opinion -He’s a former vice president of the United States, Nobel Prize winner and best-selling author, so the lavish news coverage of Al Gore’s latest brainstorm was inevitable. -
Regulatory Overkill
Opinion -It is more difficult to get a loan today than at any time in recent memory. -
Waukegan Charter School
Opinion -With overcrowding, falling test scores, and increased levels of gang-related violence at Waukegan High, how can anyone concerned with the well-being and education of these students oppose the formation of a new charter school? -
Gone With the Wind
Opinion -Mr. T. Boone Pickens’ campaign for government subsidies to wind power, advertised in a full-page ad in The Wall Street Journal and subsequently in an op-ed piece in the same, seems erroneous in several respects. -
The Global Warming Scare Is Over
Opinion -For many years I was an active member of the Sierra Club, and even an editor of Lake and Prairie, the newsletter of the Illinois chapter. -
Consumer Power Report #136
Opinion -The Heartland Institute is doing a much better job than I was ever able to do in putting these publications online. If you need to go back to an earlier edition, at least as of June, they will be available at http://www.heartland.org/Publications.cfm? -
EPA Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPR): Alert 2
Opinion -This is the second in a series of Environment Alerts from Sandy Liddy Bourne, Heartland's national legislation manager, about an issue that could profoundly affect virtually every aspect of American life. -
Time for a Comprehensive Energy Plan
Opinion -Kudos to Sen. Richard Durbin of Illinois for changing his stance and supporting offshore drilling. -
Taxpayers May Feel Lead Paint Pain
Opinion -Suing paint companies for creating a "public nuisance" by selling lead paint 50 or 100 years ago was called "jackpot justice" for the private law firms who stood to collect huge contingent fees. -
Reassessment Halt Will Show It’s Spending that Drives Taxes Higher
Opinion -Good for Governor Sonny Perdue. His recent decision to end automatic property reassessments may not change your property tax bill right away, but it may change your attitude toward local government officials. And in time that may result in real tax cuts. -
Lawsuit Abuse Fortnightly #7-12
Opinion -Vulture Capitalist Former New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer earned his legal spurs as state attorney general by prosecuting greedy capitalists. Now he’s trying to become one himself. -
Consumer Power Report #135
Opinion -Driving into DC the other day, I was struck by how many tiny little cars there are on the road these days. The big SUVs are gone. There seems to be a new status symbol -- the cutest, tiniest little care wins the lottery. -
Better Airport Services in the Bag with Privatization
Opinion -According to Boston Globe writer Nicole C. Wong ("Fewer Flights, Fewer Delays," July 8, 2008), higher airfares and fees from checked luggage have resulted in fewer flights, reduced flight delays, and decreased the number of mishandled and lost bags. -
Wind Power a Good Supplement
Opinion -While the city of Houston's use of wind-powered electricity with the intent of lowering energy prices may be noble, the state of Texas should not mandate or subsidize wind power. -
Speculators Are a Smoke Screen
Opinion -Shame on you for aiding Congress's most recent obfuscation campaign with your editorial on speculation in the oil market. -
Teacher Pay Reform
Opinion -A major victory will be won for students if Utah public school districts implement a teachers' merit-based pay reform. Teacher unions are among the first to claim America needs better public schools, so why is there still opposition to this proposal? -
Economic Prosperity the Key to Voters’ Hearts
Opinion -Bill Hamond's July 7 column, "How Dean Skelos can save New York's Republican Party," is right that Sen. Skelos needs to lead on fiscally responsible policy such as property tax caps.
