Opinion
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Sicko Is Wacko
Opinion -If you like silly comedy films that are over-hyped, over-spun, and filled with half- and quarter-truths leading to false conclusions, then you will love Sicko, Michael Moore's latest cynical, hypocritical, and fictional agenda creation. -
Tobacco Harm Reduction Products Work, Study Shows
Opinion -The June 16 issue of the internationally acclaimed medical journal The Lancet reports a study related to the use of Swedish snus, a kind of smokeless tobacco that's being promoted as a measure for harm reduction in smokers. -
Lawsuit Abuse Fortnightly #6-11
Opinion -Every Rose Has Its Thorn For a Houston man, saying it with flowers will probably cost him a bundle. So he’s trying to grab a bundle from the florist. -
Consumer Power Report #93
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 -
Survey: Less Than Half of all Published Scientists Endorse Global Warming Theory
Opinion -In 2004, history professor Naomi Oreskes performed surveyed research papers on climate change. -
Chinese Grain Production Benefiting from Global Warming
Opinion -The Reuters news service reported on August 23 that global warming could cause a 10-percent decline in China’s grain harvest by 2030, creating a disastrous food shortfall in the world’s most populous nations. -
California Focus: 60 Million Californians? Don’t Bet on it
Opinion -The California Department of Finance issued a projection that the state population will grow from 36.5 million in 2006 to 60 million in 2050. -
Media Statement: Illinois Supreme Court Rules on Light Tobacco Litigation
Opinion -(Chicago, Illinois - August 24, 2007) In a 4-2 ruling, the Illinois Supreme Court on August 22 refused to reopen a lawsuit against Philip Morris USA over its light cigarettes. -
Wind Power Prices Rising, Defying Predictions of Renewable Power Apologists
Opinion -The price of wind turbines is rapidly rising, defying global warming alarmists who justify renewable power subsidies and mandates by claiming prices for the economically uncompetitive renewable power will fall as more industrial wind farms are built. -
Consumer Power Report #92
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 -
State Legislators Convene for Energy Summit
Opinion -(Chicago, IL - August 21, 2007) On August 17-18, The Heartland Institute brought together more than a dozen experts on environment and energy policies to meet with nearly 50 state elected officials in Newport, Rhode Island for the Eastern Regional Energy -
Media Statement: Experts Agree: Federal SCHIP Restrictions are Good Policy
Opinion -(Chicago, Illinois - August 21, 2007) Today, the White House called for restricting expansion of the nationally funded, state-controlled State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP). -
Cigarette Tax Threatens Business
Opinion -The Illinois Legislature’s plan to increase average state and local cigarette taxes to $1.83 per pack, far higher than in neighboring states, will reduce commerce and tax receipts and increase crime. -
Marriage and Earned Income Tax Credit Versus Section 8 Lottery
Opinion -The August 15 article (“Housing Voucher Scam Probed”) on the Boston Housing Authority and Section 8 voucher scams provides a succinct overview of the fallacy of using subsidized rental payments to create housing options for the poor. -
Stadium Tax Plan Is Not Praiseworthy
Opinion -Dear Editor: Understandably, Indiana residents love their Colts. But praising a tax increase plan to subsidize a wealthy football team's stadium at the expense of struggling taxpayers is appalling. -
Proposed Cigarette Tax Burdens Everyone
Opinion -I write to respond to “Cigarette tax push continues” (Aug. 9). If the state legislature increases average state and local cigarette taxes in Illinois another 75 cents, to $1.83 per pack, it will end up being a tax increase on everybody. -
The Good News Is that Illinois Government May Become More Responsible
Opinion -This is good. Illinois state government nearly shut down in early August because Gov. Rod Blagojevich and legislative leaders in his own Democratic party failed to agree on a budget that was due July 1. -
Legislature Blowing Smoke At Consumers
Opinion -“Targeted Taxes,” (August 8) blows the smoke screen off tobacco taxes. The Illinois Legislature is in the process of raising taxes again, with a 75-cent hike on each pack of cigarettes on top of the existing 98-cent levy. -
Illinois Legislature: Let’s Help Indiana’s Economy With Our Cigarette Tax!
Opinion -An increase in tobacco taxes will be great, for other states (“Cigarette tax hike may disappoint,” July 30). If the Illinois Legislature has its way, total state and local cigarette taxes in Illinois will rise to $1.83 per pack. -
More Regulation Won’t Fix Charter Schools
Opinion -Your editorial of August 17, “Ohio charter schools: You can do a lot better,” implied that more regulation might be needed to make sure charter schools are accountable. But the opposite is true. -
Fairness for Charter Schools
Opinion -Maryland's highest court sent a shock wave through the public-education establishment last month by ruling that charter schools are entitled to receive as much funding per pupil as regular public schools. -
James Hansen’s Hacks
Opinion -In retrospect, you knew there would be trouble when you put the people responsible for the Space Shuttle program in charge of tracking U.S. temperatures. -
Heartland Institute to Host Luncheon and Book Signing for School Choice Expert Herbert Walberg
Opinion -(Chicago, Illinois - August 16, 2007) Join The Heartland Institute on Thursday, August 30 as we mark the release of School Choice: The Findings, a new book by Herbert Walberg Ph.D. Dr. -
Heartland to Co-Sponsor Chicago Screening of Call of the Entrepreneur
Opinion -(Chicago, Illinois - August 16, 2007) The Heartland Institute will co-sponsor the Chicago film premiere of Call of the Entrepreneur at the Museum of Contemporary Art on Wednesday, September 5. "A merchant banker. A failing dairy farmer.