Opinion
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Trade War with European Union Heats Up
Opinion -On March 1, the European Union imposed an estimated $300 million in trade sanctions against the United States for Congress's failure to repeal the Foreign Sales Corporation (FSC) legislation first deemed illegal by the World Trade Organization two years -
Chicago Skyway
Opinion -The Chicago Skyway is the only toll highway in Illinois that is not operated by the Illinois Toll Highway Authority. It is operated and maintained by the Streets and Sanitation Department of the City of Chicago. -
Congress Takes Up Health Policy Measures
Opinion -Following the 2003 enactment of tax-preferred health savings accounts, President George W. -
Canadian Health Care System Nears Collapse
Opinion -In no-nonsense language cutting across their diverse political stripes, Canadian provincial premiers lashed out at the federal government for reducing its share of provincial health care budgets at a time when costs are rising 10 percent a year. -
Thumbnail Sketch of Texas Education
Opinion -Texas spends more than $30 billion a year in taxpayer funds on education; half of that amount is raised locally. -
Just the Facts: Teacher Salaries and Education Spending
Opinion -Total spending on public K-12 education reached $437.0 billion in the 2002-03 school year--more than $9,100 per pupil nationwide. Less than a third of this money ended up in the paychecks of teachers, whose average salary was $45,930 in 2002-03, up 3. -
Environmentalists Launch Campaign Against Bush Record
Opinion -Environmental advocacy groups have commenced their election-year attack on President George W. Bush. -
Kudos to Chicago Tribune for Accurate Reporting
Opinion -The nation's major media outlets have been rightfully and often criticized for failing to do their homework regarding the science behind alarmist environmental claims. -
Biotech Cottonseed Shows Promise to Alleviate Third World Hunger
Opinion -A new, high-protein and low-cost food for people struggling with hunger in Third World nations may soon be available thanks to advances in biotechnology, reported the January 27 Science Daily. -
Letter to the Honorable John Snow
Opinion -March 18, 2004 The Honorable John Snow Secretary U.S. Department of the Treasury 1500 Pennsylvania Avenue NW Washington, D.C. -
A School Reformer’s Journey: From Parent to Journalist to Policy Analyst
Opinion -City Journal senior editor Sol Stern just wants New York City's public school system to provide today's children with the same solid foundation of knowledge and skills it gave to him during the 1940s as a non-English-speaking child from Israel. -
Activist Groups Sue to Stop Oil Production in National Petroleum Reserve
Opinion -Seven environmental activist groups have raised the stakes regarding their opposition to Alaskan oil recovery, suing the federal government to stop oil production in the National Petroleum Reserve. -
An Oasis in Satan’s Backyard
Opinion -When Tim McNeill held a neighborhood meeting in Milwaukee's Metcalf Park to discuss his proposed Hope Christian School, one parent warned him against it. "This is Satan's backyard," she said. "You don't want to do that here. -
Arizona Charter School Students Start Lower but Finish Higher
Opinion -One might describe the national charter school movement as one step forward, two steps back. One step forward: Washington state just became the 41st state to enact charter legislation. (Washington DC has such legislation as well. -
As DC Vouchers Move Ahead, More Rumblings and Grumblings on NCLB
Opinion -At a March 24 event, Washington DC Mayor Anthony Williams and U.S. Secretary of Education Rod Paige announced the selection of the Washington Scholarship Fund as the entity that would administer the new voucher program for the District of Columbia. -
Brown Decision Got the Law Right, But Not the Facts
Opinion -This month marks the 50th anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court's decision in Brown v. Board of Education. -
California County Enacts Nation’s First Biotech Ban
Opinion -Voters in Mendocino County, California, about one hundred miles north of the San Francisco Bay, on March 2 approved the nation's first ban on genetically modified crops and animals. -
California Proposition 56
Opinion -Official Title and Summary Prepared by the Attorney General State Budget, Related Taxes, and Reserve. Voting Requirements. Penalties. Initiative Constitutional Amendment and Statute. -
California Taxpayers Rout Prop 56
Opinion -On March 2, California voters soundly rejected Proposition 56--a proposal opponents said would make it easier for state policymakers to spend more and increase taxes to pay for their extravagance. -
Canadian Pharmacies Flunk Inspections
Opinion -The number of U.S. politicians who have reversed course and now publicly endorse the importation of prescription drugs from Canada would seem to reflect newly found evidence that drugs imported from Canada are safe. But that is not the case. -
Clinton-Style Task Force Resurfaces
Opinion -Tucked away at the back of the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003 is a provision reminiscent of the oft-criticized health care working group headed by former First Lady Hillary Clinton. -
Conn. Global Warming Bill Will Pump up Energy Prices
Opinion -Energy prices and unemployment in Connecticut are expected to spike if the state legislature passes a greenhouse gas control measure supported by Governor John Rowland (R). -
Energy Bill Debate Confirms Trial Lawyer Influence
Opinion -Among the most divisive issues in the current session of Congress is the energy bill, which failed last November in the face of a Democratic filibuster backed by a handful of Republican fiscal conservatives. -
Federal Deregulation Could Cut Gas Prices
Opinion -Everyone knows the recent rise in the price of oil has had an effect at the pump, but something less well known is also affecting gasoline prices.