The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released a report on the distribution of tax expenditures that some are wrongly using to push for additional tax increases. This was inevitable because the report takes the wrong approach to the issue, says Curtis S. Dubay, a senior policy analyst at the Heritage Foundation.

The CBO misnames "tax expenditures." Congress has explicitly inserted these provisions…

The majority of developed nations fund research scientists and rely on them for policy guidance. It is in the best interest of these government-funded scientists to ensure their fields, and therefore their jobs, are deemed of great importance, says Patrick J. Michaels, the director of the Center for the Study of Science at the Cato Institute.

This is a problem, however, when it comes to environmental…

More than three years after the Affordable Care Act ("ObamaCare") was signed into law, Americans are still confused about what the bill does and whether or not it is even law. A new Kaiser Family Foundation public opinion poll finds that a large percentage of the lay public is unclear about the legal status of ObamaCare or whether Medicaid should be expanded.

• The survey, which called 1,203 adults over…

April 22, 2013

Contrary to most climate model predictions, U.S. emissions of carbon dioxide fell by 12 percent to 1995 levels from their 2007 peak. Ardent environmentalists will claim a victory as a result of concerted conservation efforts. However, hydraulic fracturing ("fracking") and horizontal drilling, two newer carbon fuel extraction…

More than $1.2 billion in cash payments has been awarded to renewable energy projects by the Department of Energy (DOE) and the Treasury Department since the beginning of the year, with the majority of them going to solar electricity, says the Washington Examiner.

• While other agencies grapple with furloughs and service cuts, the DOE continues to hand out 30 percent of the cost basis for renewable…

For years climate scientists and environmentalists have made grim predictions about the future of humanity on a planet suffering from intense global warming. However, a two-decade pause in global warming is causing more skepticism about global warming. Some view the trend as…

The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, commonly referred to as ObamaCare, is a massively complex bill. With a goal of affordable, accessible and quality care, the campaign to make ObamaCare popular fails to recognize a number of myths and realities. Deconstructing these myths should lead to ObamaCare being repealed, defunded or challenged in court, says Sally Pipes, president and CEO of the Pacific…