Opinion
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President Trump Proposes Reducing and Refocusing Environment and Energy Spending
Opinion -The Trump Administration recently submitted its proposed fiscal year 2021 budget, which would significantly cut funding for certain climate change-focused programs at several government agencies. -
Fight the Virus, Not Carbon
Opinion -Often, obsessive focus on climate wastes scarce money and distracts from the real health crisis. -
Millennials Given Responsibility to Pay for Retirement Programs Investment Deficiencies
Opinion -Unless pension funds around the nation continue to earn 7% or more per year on their investments, it’s likely that taxpayers will be on the hook for trillions of dollars of promises to government unions. -
Coronavirus Highlights Eco-Radicals’ Anti-Human Agenda
Opinion -Climate Change Weekly #354 -
Lawmakers Go Back to the Drawing Board on Surprise Medical Bills
Opinion -Under election-year pressure to provide relief to constituents angered by surprise medical bills, lawmakers in both parties are working on proposals that, at the very least, will show they are taking the problem seriously. -
Commentary: Doctors Can Fight Coronavirus If Politicians Will Let Them
Opinion -This commentary was published in the Detroit News on March 26 regarding a new rule against prescribing certain treatments for coronavirus. See related podcast on The Heartland Daily Podcast. -
Google Tries to Get the Supreme Court to Pretend to be Congress and Write Them Fake ‘Law’
Opinion -As we know, the Left doesn’t give a rat’s posterior about the Constitution. -
Economic Consequences of the Pandemic
Opinion -Our lives and economy have been disrupted on an unprecedented scale by COVID-19. How do we calculate the societal impact? -
Firearms Sales Surge during Pandemic
Opinion -State and local governments Implement Inconsistent Policies on Gun Sales -
Unions Deploy Teacher Strikes to Stop School Choice
Opinion -Chicago teachers unions expressed their opposition to charter schools in 2019 by demanding the continuation of a moratorium on additional charter schools in the city. -
Coal Stays Online in New England
Opinion -The largest remaining coal-fueled power plant in New England, New Hampshire’s 482-megawatt Merrimack Station, will remain in operation through at least May 2024. -
California Considers Banning Gasoline-Powered Yard Equipment
Opinion -California may soon ban gasoline-powered gardening tools such as lawnmowers and leaf-blowers statewide. -
Indiana Bills Address Non-Compete Clauses on Physicians
Opinion -Indiana lawmakers are considering three measures that would limit or stop non-compete clauses that medical employers such as hospitals can impose on physicians regarding future employment. -
Fight Virus Not Carbon
Opinion -The vast sums proposed to be spent under dubious national Green New Deals should be spent instead on health care, especially virus prevention and protection. -
The Virus Slowdown Was Successful, But the Depressed Patient Died in Poverty
Opinion -In their frantic attempts to delay the spread of the Wuhan virus, governments are sowing the seeds of economic depression and currency destruction. -
NC Judge Orders State to Spend $8 Billion More on Education
Opinion -North Carolina Superior Court Judge David Lee ordered the state to formulate a plan to increase spending on K-12 education by an estimated $8 billion. -
House Bill Would Restrict Non-Compete Clauses in Health Care Employment Contracts
Opinion -A bipartisan bill would limit the use of non-compete clauses in employment contracts, including an area where they’ve been under particular scrutiny: health care. -
The Next Step in Health Care Reform: Health Financing Accounts
Opinion -Dr. Roger Beauchamp says Americans should go a step further than health savings accounts, with 'health financing accounts' (HFAs). -
COVID-19 Tests: The Non-Fake News
Opinion -Our system may not be the fastest, but it’s giving us trustworthy answers. -
The Humility of the Founders
Opinion -Frank W. Keeney explains how inserting Article V into the constitution was an act of humility. -
Profile: James G. Martin Center Works for Free Speech, Viewpoint Diversity
Opinion -Since its founding, the Martin Center has defended freedom of expression on campus, with a special focus on colleges and universities in North Carolina. -
Ohio Legislature Considers Occupational-Licensing Reciprocity Bill
Opinion -Recognizing other states' licenses would remove barriers to employment, says sponsor. -
Virginia Passes Major Renewable Energy Legislation
Opinion -The newly minted Democratic majority legislature in Virginia narrowly passed sweeping legislation designed to overhaul how the state’s utilities generate electricity. -
Tri-State Generation Announces Coal Closures, Renewable Construction in Colorado and New Mexico
Opinion -A co-op wholesale power supplier in Colorado and New Mexico announced a major shift from coal-fueled power plants to wind and solar industrial facilities in its electric power generation operations.
