Opinion
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Drug-Price ‘Negotiation’ Would Stifle Patient Choice, Dampen Innovation
Opinion -Since the new year began, we've been dealing with all-talk-all-the-time about prescription drug prices. The idea that the government should negotiate prescription drug prices was behind a key piece of health care legislation in U.S. -
Economists See No Reason for Climate Change Alarm: Survey
Opinion -What long-term impact is global climate change likely to have on the economy? To answer this question (and a slew of others), I polled Ph.D. economists, randomly selected from the ranks of the American Economic Association. -
EPA Should Help States Required to Clean Up Foreign Pollution
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Is Oil the Root of All Evil?
Opinion -Review of Lives per Gallon: The True Cost of Our Oil Addiction By Terry Tamminen Island Press, 2006 210 pages, $24. -
Lead Paint Showdown Looms in Ohio
Opinion -Incoming Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland (D) has sparked a potential constitutional showdown by vetoing a lead paint bill outgoing Gov. Bob Taft (R) thought he had already approved. -
Maine Meets Federal Ozone Standards for the First Time
Opinion -For the first time since the state began monitoring ground-level ozone in the 1970s, the entire state of Maine is now officially meeting federal ambient air quality standards, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced on December 11. -
Media Hype on Climate Change Is Nothing New: Inhofe
Opinion -Alarmism over climate change is unsupported by the weight of scientific evidence, and proposals by environmental activists to impose drastic actions are unwarranted, Sen. -
Parents: School District Should Spend on Classrooms
Opinion -Some parents are livid over Superintendent Connie Neale's proposed administrative pay raises in Elgin [Illinois] School District U46, saying the money should be spent on their children, not the overhead. -
Schools Succeed With Nontraditional Teachers
Opinion -Douglas County, Colorado's nontraditional teacher preparation program has blossomed with the new Castle View High School in Castle Rock. -
Senator Sees Big Benefits in Defined Contributions
Opinion -Illinois state Sen. Bill Brady (R-Bloomington) said a defined-benefit pension plan and a defined-contribution plan such as a 401(k) "provide the same benefits under the actuarial averages, if the contributions are made and invested the same. -
Vegetable Producers Sued for Air Pollution
Opinion -Environmental activist groups in California filed a lawsuit December 27 in the U.S. Court of Appeals in San Francisco claiming the U.S. -
What Explains the Increasing Fury of Global Warming Alarmists?
Opinion -What's behind the shameless demagoguery and character assassination being heaped on climate change "deniers"? What's behind the chilling calls for "Nuremberg trials" for dissenting scientists? Why has the Green rhetoric escalated to lynch-mob proportions? -
L’Eggo My Lego
Opinion -Some Seattle school children are being told to be skeptical of private property rights. This lesson is being taught by banning Legos. A ban was initiated at the Hilltop Children's Center in Seattle. -
Statement Opposing FDA Regulation on Tobacco
Opinion -Effective regulations gradually phase out the most hazardous products, and encourage the development of and transition to lower risk products. Effective product regulations also adequately inform consumers of relative and comparable product risks. -
Gross Receipts Tax Plenty Regressive
Opinion -To the Editor: Douglas Kane claims gross receipts taxes are less harmful to low- and middle-income consumers, or "less regressive," than sales taxes [Commentary, Feb. 27]. The opposite is true. -
Cafeteria Constitutionalism
Opinion -GREEN LAKE, Wis.--For the past few years, some judges in Wisconsin have been rewriting state law from the bench. Now it's possible that they soon may go even further by rewriting the Wisconsin constitution. -
Consumer Power Report #70
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 -
LA’s Wireless Plan Takes the Right Track
Opinion -Dear Editor: Despite the criticism he has received, Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa made the right decision to put Los Angeles's municipal wireless service up for competitive bid ("Bad reception for free Wi-Fi," Feb. 19). -
Schools Profiting Too
Opinion -Dear Editor: If Rebecca Walsh is concerned about the fiscal impact of Utah's newly enacted school voucher program ("Vouchers: It's About the Money," Feb. 20), she should crusade for the removal of "mitigation funds" from the law. -
Who Is Really Blowing Smoke?
Opinion -Dear Editor: Your editorial Monday (Feb. 19), "Stop Blowing Smoke," reminded me how close Illinois residents are to giving up the rights we once took for granted. Why? Fear. -
What Should We Do About the Income Gap?
Opinion -One expects the political left to point to income inequality as a defect of our capitalist system. But when President George W. -
Media Advisory: Leviathan on the Right Author to Sign Books in Chicago
Opinion -On Thursday, March 1, The Heartland Institute will host a book signing with Michael Tanner at Jaks Tap (in the Green Room) at 901 West Jackson in Chicago’s West Loop neighborhood. -
Consumer Power Report #69
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 -
Media Advisory: Utah Governor Signs Voucher Bill, Experts React
Opinion -(Chicago, Illinois - February 13, 2007) In a quiet ceremony last night (February 12), Utah's governor, Jon Huntsman Jr., signed the most expansive school reform legislation in American history.
