Opinion
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Lawsuit Abuse Fortnightly #3-3
Opinion -Lottery Lunacy For years a Cleveland man purchased between 40 and 55 lottery tickets four times a week at the same convenience store trying to win the Ohio Buckeye Five lottery. He played the same five numbers on each and every ticket he bought. -
Consumer Privacy: A Free Choice Approach
Opinion -An examination of the privacy debate reveals a number of myths that need to be challenged and dispelled by informed consumers, nonprofits, and legislators. Those myths include: Profits are at odds with consumer privacy preferences. -
CALEA: Never Intended for the Internet
Opinion -The FBI petition seeking to expand the scope of the Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act (CALEA) to include Internet surveillance, currently before the Federal Communications Commission, is truly broad-ranging. -
Health Fears May Slow WiFi Advances in Schools
Opinion -The board of School District 97 in Oak Park, Illinois thought installing wireless computer (WiFi) networks in elementary school classrooms was progressive and cutting-edge. -
Should Government Censor Speech on Cable and Satellite TV?
Opinion -A troubling shift may be developing in the way lawmakers regulate mass media in the U.S. -
Bundles of Trouble: The FCC’s Telephone Competition Rules
Opinion -Almost exactly one year after the FCC adopted new regulations governing competition in telephone service, telecom regulation is once again under debate. -
Deregulation Remains Key to the ‘Spread of Broadband’
Opinion -Dear Mr. President, In your recent speech in Albuquerque, NM, you championed “the spread of broadband technology.” We share that goal. -
Heartland Director Authors Walking Tour of Chicago Loop
Opinion -Jim Johnston—a founding donor to The Heartland Institute and charter member of its Board of Directors—has prepared a “free-market walking tour” of downtown Chicago. -
Heartland President to Appear at Prescription Drug Importation Session
Opinion -CHICAGO, April 21, 2004--Heartland Institute President Joseph Bast will participate in a continuing education session titled 'Drug Importation: A Public Policy Discussion' on Monday, April 26, 2004 from 8:30 -10:30 a.m. -
Pawlenty Proposal Pfizzles at Pfizer Meeting
Opinion -CHICAGO, April 24, 2004: Minnesota's Republican Governor Tim Pawlenty's attempt to threaten Pfizer with a price control resolution went nowhere at the Pfizer stockholder meeting held Thursday, April 22, at the Ritz-Carlton in St. Louis. -
Blagojevich ‘Playing a Shell Game with People’s Lives’
Opinion -CHICAGO, April 20, 2004--Governor Rod Blagojevich announced today that he is sending a task force overseas to study whether the state should import prescription drugs from Europe. “There’s a big world out there,” said Blagojevich. -
April 29: Heartland Institute to Host Free Reception Celebrating Twentieth Anniversary
Opinion -The Heartland Institute will kick off a year-long celebration of its twentieth anniversary on Thursday, April 29 at an evening reception at the Renaissance Chicago Hotel. The party will run from 8:00 to 10:00 p.m. -
The Pros and Cons of Importing Drugs from Canada
Opinion -I’ve been asked to present an overview of arguments for and against proposals to increase the quantity of drugs imported from Canada and other countries. -
Medical Malpractice Crisis Exists in Illinois–Despite What You Might Hear From Trial Lawyers
Opinion -It is not surprising that plaintiffs' personal injury attorneys Philip H. Corboy and Robert J. -
Lawsuit Abuse Fortnightly #3-2
Opinion -“Binding Arbitration” Brings Down Soft-Core Film-Maker The female star of such cinematic bondage masterpieces as “Asses in the Air” successfully sued her employer, Slave Labor Productions, for injuries she suffered while bound and hanging from ropes -
Defending Farmers
Opinion -Dear Editor: I read with great attention the article on hog farms ("Factory farm foes fed up; Sick of the foul odors and government inaction, critics of huge swine operations are taking complaints to court," News, March 24). -
Heartland President to Appear on First Business
Opinion -CHICAGO, April 13, 2004--Heartland Institute President Joseph Bast will appear on First Business to discuss his new book, Education and Capitalism on Monday, April 19, 2004. -
No Respect for Diversity in News Coverage of Rice 9/11 Testimony
Opinion -The big-city dailies have given extensive coverage to National Security Advisor Condoleezza Rice’s April 8 testimony to the 9/11 commission. -
Statement by Lee Walker Opposing Drug Importation
Opinion -I am Lee Walker, president of the New Coalition for Economic and Social Change, a nonprofit research and education organization based in Chicago. -
New York Health Insurance: ‘Consumers Are Outraged’
Opinion -CHICAGO, April 7, 2004: One month after community rating and guaranteed issue mandates went into effect in New York, nearly 10 percent of the state's insured population experienced premium increases ranging from 20 to 59 percent. -
Why Prohibitions on Internet Gambling Won’t Work
Opinion -Recently, bills sponsored by Sen. Jon Kyl (R-Arizona) and Rep. James Leach (R-Iowa) have sought to restrict the flow of funds into Internet gambling operations. -
VoIP Phone Services Are Rapidly Coming to Market
Opinion -Recently there has been a barrage of announcements by major communications companies that they have begun offering commercial VoIP services or plan to roll them out in the next 6-18 months. -
New York Health Insurance: ‘Consumers Are Outraged’
Opinion -In the early 1990s, Empire Blue Cross Blue Shield (BCBS) in New York was the largest private not-for-profit insurer in the nation. But its financial statements showed a company in serious trouble. -
Measure H and the War Against Biotech
Opinion -Voters in Mendocino County, about a hundred miles north of the San Francisco Bay, are being asked to turn back the clock with a ban on one of the most useful environmental tools available to farmers: biotechnology.