Opinion
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Gore Refuses Global Warming Prediction Challenge
Opinion -Al Gore, one of the world's leading proponents of the theory that global warming is an imminent crisis, missed a deadline to meet a global warming challenge issued by a leading expert in forecasting. -
Governor Sends Higher Bills to Arizona Property Tax Payers
Opinion -Homeowners across the country are feeling the pinch of higher property tax bills, and tax revolts are popping up all over in response. A recent veto by Gov. Janet Napolitano (D) may have added fuel to the fire for Arizona homeowners. -
High Labor Costs, Housing Slump Drive Calif. City into Bankruptcy
Opinion -Lavish pay, pensions, and other perks for city workers, combined with a housing slump, have landed Vallejo, California in bankruptcy court. -
Illinois Senate Mulls $8 Billion Tax Hike
Opinion -The Illinois Senate is considering legislation that would raise state taxes by nearly $8 billion to pay down state debt, finance road construction, and increase education funding. -
Innovation Precedes Inauguration
Opinion -For months, we've heard why only this or that presidential candidate can be trusted to fix health care. -
New York Commission Says State Could Save $1 Billion
Opinion -A commission appointed last year by former New York governor Eliot Spitzer (D) has announced the state's taxpayers could save $1 billion a year by consolidating government services and requiring government employees to pay more for their health insurance. -
Political Roadblocks Still Slowing PPPs
Opinion -Questions about the proper role of the private sector in infrastructure development persist, according to proponents and critics of public-private partnerships (PPPs). -
Private Investment, Tolls Will Play an Increasing Role in Funding Tomorrow’s Transportation Infrastructure
Opinion -Private capital and toll revenue financing will play a major role in funding future transportation infrastructure. -
Scientific Evidence Shows Secondhand Smoke Is No Danger
Opinion -Exposure to secondhand smoke (SHS) is an unpleasant experience for many nonsmokers, and for decades was considered a nuisance. But the idea that it might actually cause disease in nonsmokers has been around only since the 1970s. -
Scores of Peer-Reviewed Studies Contradict Global Warming Alarmism
Opinion -Despite what many global warming alarmists assert in the media, there are many articles in the world's leading science publications contradicting the assertion that "the debate is over" about global warming. -
Scottsdale Loses Its Municipal Wi-Fi Network
Opinion -The provision of citywide wireless Internet service in Scottsdale, Arizona has come to an abrupt end a mere two years after launch. -
Senate Commerce Committee Angered by FCC Liberalization of Cross-Ownership Rule
Opinion -The Federal Communications Commission's (FCC) decision to liberalize a 33-year-old blanket prohibition on newspaper owners also owning broadcast licenses is under fire in Congress. -
Welfare Reform after Ten Years: Did Your State ‘End Welfare as We Know it?’
Opinion -When President Bill Clinton signed the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996, he gave the states unprecedented flexibility in implementing welfare reform. -
Soak the Rich? We’ll All Get Wet
Opinion -The next time you hear a presidential candidate, Congressperson, or anyone else say we need to raise taxes on the wealthy, remember the tax probably will hit you--maybe not immediately, but a lot sooner than you'd like. -
Vince Miller, RIP
Opinion -Heartlanders:My world just became a little quieter.Jim Johnston informed me by email of the death this morning of Vince Miller, cofounder and president of the International Society for Individual Liberty (ISIL). -
Consumer Power Report #133
Opinion -Consumers for Health Care Choices and The Heartland Institute are developing a number of events that you will love.First, we are doing a series of Consumer Education Workshops around the country this fall. -
Expert Comment: New EPA Auto Standards
Opinion -The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, acting in the name of reducing greenhouse gas emissions, is considering fuel efficiency standards for autos that are far more stringent than the current mandate for 35 mpg by 2020. -
Consumer Power Report #132
Opinion -This issue is devoted to physicians, especially the bungling of the AMA as it flushes its principles down the toilet to get a “seat at the table. -
Surviving Global Warming Alarmism in Florida
Opinion -In May, the Florida Coastal and Ocean Coalition (FCOC) released "Preparing For a Sea Change In Florida" intended as a "survival guide" for Florida's environment. -
Lawsuit Abuse Fortnightly #7-11
Opinion -Impure Legal Thoughts Legal bloggers and law professors have been knocking themselves out debating the ethical implications of a raunchy Web site maintained by 9th Circuit Federal Court of Appeals Chief Judge Alex Kozinski. -
Consumer Power Report #131
Opinion -I’m keeping the Intro short this week, because it is a pretty long edition and I haven’t yet made sense of all the puzzling things going on out there. We are definitely going through a strange patch of political posturing and musical chairs. -
Experts Praise Efforts to Extend School Choice in New Orleans
Opinion -Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal neared final approval Thursday for a $10 million pilot program that would pay private school tuition for some children in New Orleans public schools. -
Florida: New Poll Spells Trouble for Teacher Unions
Opinion -Karla Dial writes this morning: If the results of a poll released last week are any indication, Floridians are sick and tired of their education dollars being spent on teachers union dues and other administrative costs rather than teaching children. -
Energy and Environment Experts Praise Senate for Rejecting Lieberman-Warner
Opinion -(June 10, 2008) - Energy and environment experts are praising the U.S. Senate for its rejection of stifling energy restrictions contained in the Lieberman-Warner climate bill.
