Opinion
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Cloned Baby Claim Reopens Policy Debate
Opinion -On December 27, 2002, spokespersons for Clonaid claimed to have produced a 7-pound girl named Eve, born to a 31-year-old American woman outside the U.S. -
02/2003 State Legislative Update
Opinion -State Update Compiled and edited by Conrad F. Meier Managing Editor’s Note: With this issue, Health Care News is expanding its coverage of state-based health care news. -
02/2003 The Galen Report
Opinion -President George W. -
Reports of More Icebergs Are Misleading
Opinion -Contrary to opinions held by some researchers, a new analysis of more than 20 years of historical data has found no evidence that the increasing number of large icebergs off Antarctica’s coasts is a result of global warming trends. -
New York Times Calls for Return of DDT
Opinion -By virtually all accounts, the New York Times is one of the most liberal mainstream newspapers in the United States. That is why a house editorial in the December 22 edition has created quite a stir. -
ALEC Issues Report Card on U.S. Education
Opinion -In October 2002, the American Legislative Exchange Council released its ninth edition of the Report Card on American Education: A State-by-State Analysis, 1976-2001. Written by Andrew T. LeFevre and Rea S. Hederman Jr. -
The Cost of Producing a Proficient Student
Opinion -Fourth grade marks the point that proficient students stop learning to read, and start reading to learn. -
Summer Institute Offered for High School Teachers
Opinion -For the past two summers, the Bill of Rights Institute has conducted a week-long professional development course on the Bill of Rights for high school teachers of U.S. history and government. -
Pennsylvania Walkout Averted
Opinion -Forty-two doctors in Pennsylvania agreed to call off their planned walkout after incoming Governor Ed Rendell (D) promised to fight for $220 million in aid for doctors to help pay for their malpractice insurance premiums. -
Galen Institute Launches Center for Consumer Driven Health Care
Opinion -Alexandria, VA--Grace-Marie Turner, president of the Galen Institute, announced on January 7 that Greg Scandlen, a long-time advocate for patient empowerment and an expert in health care financing, has joined the institute as director of its new Center -
02/2003 The Friedman Report: State Roundup
Opinion -Arkansas * Louisiana * New York * Oklahoma Rhode Island * Utah * Wisconsin ARKANSAS Opponents Will Consider Voucher Bill Even voucher opponents indicated they would consider a bill filed for the upcoming legislative session by Arkansas House -
Appeals Court Upholds Clinton ‘Roadless Rule’
Opinion -On December 12, 2002, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, the most liberal and frequently overruled appellate court in the country, put more than 58 million acres, or nearly half of America’s national forests, effectively off-limits to U.S. -
DC Schools Chief Blasts Scholarship Program
Opinion -Privately funded scholarship programs that give low-income families access to private schools in Washington, DC dupe black mothers into sending their children to “inferior Catholic schools” that are no better than the public school system, the -
Don’t Abandon One-way Streets!
Opinion -The latest fad among urban planners is to convert one-way streets to two-way streets. The goal, they say, is to slow down traffic and make streets more pedestrian-friendly. -
Educational Vouchers and Tax Credits
Opinion -SCHOOL VOUCHERS Florida Opportunity Scholarships go to families with children in schools that receive an F on the state report card for two years out of a four-year period, for use in any participating private school or another public school -
EPA Cracks down on Army Corps Toxic Sludge
Opinion -The Environmental Protection Agency has proposed to force the Army Corps of Engineers to all but eliminate its long-standing practice of dumping toxic sludge in the Potomac River. -
Europeans Debate Nuclear Power
Opinion -The European Union’s July 2002 statement on Energy and Sustainable Development promised the EU would give technical assistance on safety to developing countries, such as China and India, that have nuclear power. -
Frist’s “Big Vision” Gets Bigger
Opinion -Last month, this column reported on Tennessee Republican Senator Bill Frist’s “Big Vision” for Medicare reform. We did not expect at the time that he would soon be occupying the powerful seat of majority leader of the U.S. Senate. -
Just the Facts: Teacher Salaries
Opinion -The nation’s most prolific producer of education statistics is, not surprisingly, the U.S. -
Maine Rx Discounts Are Illegal, Court Rules
Opinion -The U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia on December 24, 2002 rejected the Healthy Maine Prescriptions program launched in June 2001. -
New Thinking on Environmental Policy
Opinion -Environmental policymaking in the United States is dominated by a mistaken focus on big-culprit, big-ticket, and big-government solutions. -
Public Lands Grazing Faces Uncertain Future
Opinion -Welfare Ranching: The Subsidized Destruction of the American West by George Wuerthner and Mollie Matteson (eds. -
Reaping What They Sued
Opinion -Approximately $32 billion has been paid out since the national tobacco settlement was reached in 1998. Most of the money has been used to finance things unrelated to smokers’ health care, health care in general, or smoking prevention programs. -
Rees Takes Helm at Office of Innovation and Improvement
Opinion -“If Washington insists on investing in the nation’s schools, then it is fair for taxpayers to expect their dollars to yield a positive return.
