Opinion
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All Shook Up
Opinion -If the rest of the country is anything like North Carolina, an estimated 1,300 U.S. children will suffer severe or fatal head trauma from child abuse. -
Bugs in a Bottle
Opinion -Lots of folks like to keep plastic water bottles at their desks or in their car. Good idea, right? Maybe not. A study in the Canadian Journal of Public Health suggests your water bottle could be making you sick. -
Buyer Beware
Opinion -Congress is considering legislation to make re-importing drugs legal, not just from Canada but also from two dozen other countries. -
Charter School Legislation: State Rankings
Opinion -The Center for Education Reform has developed a ranking of state charter laws, from strongest to weakest, based on how each law encourages or inhibits the development of autonomous charter schools. -
Conference Highlights Voluntary Actions on Climate Change
Opinion -A major international conference held November 20-21 in Houston, Texas brought together an impressive array of scientists, federal officials, non-government action groups, and industry leaders to share ideas and report on progress in climate change -
Consumer-Friendly Health Care Reform
Opinion -While the media attention has been focused on Medicare reform and a prescription drug benefit, little attention has been paid to the most consumer-friendly section of the new law, which has nothing to do with Medicare. -
Cooking Your Kids
Opinion -Picture this: You’re alone in the car. The windows are open a little. The temperature is rising. It’s hard to breathe. You need to get out, but you can’t. You’re strapped in a child’s car seat. -
Counting Sheep
Opinion -More than 70 million Americans suffer from insomnia--one of the main reasons people see their doctors. -
Defining Consumer-Driven Health Care
Opinion -A consumer-driven health plan defines the dollar amount an employer will contribute to employee health insurance premiums and asks employees to be more responsible for their own health care decisions, lifestyle choices, and cost-sharing. -
Drugs for the Aging
Opinion -As the population of seniors continues to grow, America’s pharmaceutical companies are investing billions of dollars in research to ensure we will live longer and healthier lives. -
Dumbing Down Kids
Opinion -The very youngest children in America are growing up immersed in media, spending hours a day watching TV and videos, using computers and playing video games, according to a study released by the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation. -
Employer May Be Liable for Medical Advice
Opinion -The Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) does not prevent a plaintiff from suing her deceased husband’s employer and the employer’s medical services provider for advising the employee to stay in Saudi Arabia for dangerous surgery, according -
EPA Restores Flexibility to New Source Review
Opinion -Aging power plants, refineries, and factories will have greater flexibility in updating their equipment and meeting Clean Air Act requirements, the Bush administration announced November 22. -
EPA Study of Diesel Health Effects Targets Past, Not Present or Future
Opinion -Chronic exposure to emissions from older diesel technology is linked to increased rates of lung cancer, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency reported on September 3. -
ExxonMobil, Stanford Team Up on Climate Change
Opinion -ExxonMobil will make a $100 million grant to Stanford University in furtherance of its research into climate change science, ExxonMobil Senior Issues Advisor Walt Buchholtz announced November 20 at the American Petroleum Institute's Conference on -
Global Warming Is Not Responsible for This Drought
Opinion -Who doesn't believe the recent East Coast drought is a result of global warming, or at least a portent of a terrible future? Believers have ranged from the New York Times to just about everyone I’ve run into at the 7-Eleven. -
Health Policy Reform High on Agenda for 108th Congress
Opinion -Congress has a wide range of health policy reforms to consider when it opens its 108th session this month. -
Junk Lunch A La Carte
Opinion -Public schools offering students pizza and fries as lunch alternatives not only encourage children to eat high-fat foods at school, but also at home. -
Media Spin Obscures Improvement in Air Quality
Opinion -The Environmental Protection Agency's recently released Latest Findings on National Air Quality confirms the good news that America's air quality is improving. -
New Congress Sets Priorities
Opinion -Special education, Head Start, and higher education programs will be among the top education priorities when the 108th Congress convenes in January. -
Panel Faults Research Critical of NBPTS Certification
Opinion -Do teachers certified by the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards (NBPTS) make a difference in raising student achievement? -
Prescription Drug Roulette
Opinion -A growing number of governors say they intend to defy federal regulators and allow the purchase of lower-cost prescription drugs from Canada. Using potentially dangerous re-imported drugs is nothing more than prescription drug roulette. -
Rockford Charter School Paradox
Opinion -When Rockford Public Schools in Illinois denied the YouthBuild Charter School proposal, it argued the district needed no such program of choice, and also that it would be unable to absorb the budgetary impact of the proposed school--estimated to be -
Sawgrass Rebellion Snuffed Out by Local Politicians
Opinion -Florida’s Sawgrass Rebellion was snuffed out October 17 when the sponsors were unable to obtain from local government officials a permit to hold the event.
