Opinion
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Judge: San Francisco ‘Play or Pay’ Measure Violates Federal Law
Opinion -A U.S. district judge has ruled a controversial expansion of a city health care plan violates a federal law addressing government regulation of employee benefit plans. -
Leader of Ohio Environmental Group Testifies Against Wind Power Proposal
Opinion -Tom Stacy, managing director of the environmentalist group Save Western Ohio, presented compelling testimony to the Ohio House of Representatives Public Utilities Committee that a proposed renewable power mandate would substantially harm the environment -
Lomborg ‘Could Save the Planet’
Opinion -A panel of science, economic, and environmental correspondents has named Danish author and professor Björn Lomborg one of "50 people who could save the planet. -
Massachusetts Collecting Fines from its Uninsured Residents
Opinion -Penalties went into effect this year for Massachusetts residents who do not have health insurance. The penalties, assessed in the form of monetary fines, range from zero to $912 for an entire year without coverage. -
Michigan Proposal Would Erode Health Care Quality, Choice
Opinion -At the end of 2007, after a single, perfunctory committee meeting, the Michigan House of Representatives passed a series of four bills which, if approved by the Senate and signed into law by Gov. -
New Mexico Schools Have Little to Show for Increased Spending
Opinion -The academic performance of students in New Mexico has remained stagnant despite the state's rapidly increasing investment in K-12 education, according to a study by the Rio Grande Foundation, a free-market think tank based in Albuquerque. -
Public Outrage Throttles California Plan to Control Home Thermostats
Opinion -Powered by a wave of public outrage that transcended party lines, California citizens have forced regulators at the California Energy Commission to abandon plans to control thermostat settings in private homes. -
Report: Indiana Should Downsize and Cut Waste
Opinion -Public outcry over rising property taxes could lead to a major reorganization of Indiana's local governments. -
Report: Temperature Changes Precede CO2 Changes
Opinion -For at least the past several hundred thousand years, temperature changes and carbon dioxide levels have risen and fallen in near-unison. -
Researchers Closer to Solving Disappearing Bee Mystery
Opinion -Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD) was the main topic of interest at the American Beekeeping Federation's first-ever National Beekeeping Conference, January 8-12 in Sacramento, California. -
Taxpayer Choice Act a Less-than-Ideal Alternative to AMT
Opinion -Congressman Paul Ryan (R-WI), a member of the House Budget Committee, has weighed in on the debate to end the Alternative Minimum Tax (AMT). Ryan's bill is called the Taxpayer Choice Act, H.R. 3818. It was introduced in the House on October 10, 2007. -
Telemedicine Holds Promise for Health Care
Opinion -A new report from the National Center for Policy Analysis (NCPA), "Convenient Care and Telemedicine," says telemedicine can remedy several of the problems currently plaguing the health care industry. -
Washington Legislators Propose Task Force on Nuclear Power
Opinion -Washington state Sen. Jerome Delvin (R-Richland) and state Rep. Glenn Anderson (R-Fall City) have proposed legislation that would create a task force of experts to study the merits of nuclear power. -
Al Gore Proposes New Condition on Climate Change Forecasting Challenge
Opinion -New York, NY, February 29, 2008 -- Last year, Professor Scott Armstrong of the Wharton School of Business, who will be a featured speaker at the International Conference on Climate Change March 2-4 in New York (Marriott Marquis Hotel, March 4 at 8:45am, -
Playing the Race Card
Opinion -The issue isn’t Farrakhan. It’s about Sen. Clinton playing the race card. -
Heartland Institute Announces Program Schedule For International Conference on Climate Change In New York March 2-4, 2008
Opinion -Chicago, IL, February 28, 2008 -- The Heartland Institute has announced its three-day program schedule for the International Conference on Climate Change, March 2-4, in New York City. -
‘First Do No Harm’: Why HF 635/SF 833 Merits Another Hard Look
Opinion -Everyone remembers the wise counsel attributed to Hippocrates, the great founder of scientific medicine. It warned doctors first to consider any harm their intervention might do. -
Consumer Power Report #117
Opinion -Consumer Power Report, written by Greg Scandlen, director of Consumers for Health Care Choices at The Heartland Institute, is a weekly report summarizing recent developments on consumer-directed health care in the media, legislative, and regulatory -
International Conference On Climate Change (The Other Side Of Global Warming) Sold Out For March 2-4
Opinion -Chicago, IL, February 28, 2008 -- The 2008 International Conference on Climate Change, scheduled for March 2-4 at the Marriott Marquis Hotel in New York City, has been sold out. -
ACU Chairman David A. Keene’s Statement on the Passing of William F. Buckley
Opinion -Alexandria, VA-- Bill Buckley was there at the beginning. In fact in many ways he was the beginning of the modern conservative movement. -
Ten Pounds of Tyranny Or Licensed to Kill?
Opinion -The Guardian’s social affairs editor, John Carvel (“Ten Pound Government Plan to Deter Smokers,” February 15, 2008) may have paid inadvertent homage to Ian Fleming, creator of 007-James Bond mythology, with his latest coverage of -
RIP: An Icon of Conservative Ideas
Opinion -William F. Buckley, Jr., an icon of conservative ideas whose wit and wisdom conveyed a course for freedom through a turbulent era in American history, passed away peacefully at his desk on Wednesday, February 27. -
Global Warming to Take a Cold Shower in New York
Opinion -(February 26, 2008) -- Australia's Carbon Sense Coalition (Carbon Sense) has signed on as a co-sponsor of the 2008 International Conference on Climate Change, taking place in New York next week (2-4 March 2008). -
Distinguished World Figures to Speak at 2008 International Conference on Climate Change in New York
Opinion -(Chicago, IL February 26, 2008) -- Among the nearly 100 featured speakers at the upcoming 2008 International Conference on Climate Change, sponsored by The Heartland Institute and to be held in New York City, March 2-4, will be two distinguished world
