Opinion
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Nativity School Model Being Replicated
Opinion -A few dozen educators--backed by Catholic religious orders with hundreds of years of experience in educating youth--think they've found a key to solving the urban education conundrum: There's a strong demand for their educational program. -
Massachusetts and Colorado Next for Bilingual Reform
Opinion -As the bilingual education reform movement builds momentum around the country, activists are preparing for two major statewide ballot initiatives in 2002. -
How ‘Smart Growth’ hurts the poor and racial minorities
Opinion -America's commitment to providing home ownership opportunities for all confronts a serious challenge as more and more entry-level home buyers are priced out of the market by poorly conceived "smart growth" initiatives. -
Let’s also battle home-grown terrorists
Opinion -As America goes to war against terrorism in the wake of the savage attacks on the World Trade Center and Pentagon, we must recognize the need to battle all terrorists who threaten our nation--not just foreign-born Islamic radicals who hate America's -
Nothing good in this old CAFE
Opinion -Government rules requiring higher gasoline mileage for cars and light trucks have the superficial appearance of a good deal. Who wouldn't want better fuel economy? -
Charter School Update
Opinion -A total of 2,372 charter schools, serving more than 576,000 students, were in operation at the start of the 2001-02 school year, according to the Center for Education Reform. -
Are Insurers Prepared for the Mental Health Fallout?
Opinion -Throw out all the studies on the psychological effects of a national disaster that were conducted prior to September 11, 2001, says child psychiatrist Dr. -
Providing Health Care Security for Displaced Workers
Opinion -The September 11 terrorist attacks have created massive dislocations in certain sectors of an already-weakened American economy. Within the major airlines, for example, 73,000 employees are expected to be laid off. -
Available on the Web
Opinion -Many of the reports and essays cited in the accompanying article are . . . or at least were when we went to print . . . available on the Internet. Eric Goldstein was quoted in the October 5 New York Times, http://www.nytimes. -
Grassroots opposition stalls CARA again
Opinion -Grassroots opposition has stymied what had seemed to be an unstoppable House of Representatives' attempt to resurrect last year's Conservation and Reinvestment Act (CARA). -
Study: Affordable, Comprehensive Coverage Available
Opinion -What do people actually buy if they have a chance to buy their own insurance coverage? Is there a real market out there that reflects consumer choice? As it turns out, there is such a market . . . -
An Asymmetric Bias toward Government Regulation
Opinion -Does the Nobel Prize committee know something health insurance markets don't? -
Private Sector Responds Quickly to Bioterrorism
Opinion -As the anthrax scare has mushroomed, modern technology's solutions have emerged like a quick strike force. Medical treatment was instantly available with the antibiotic, Cipro. -
Panel: U.S. Science Education Poses Security Risk
Opinion -After examining possible U.S. responses to the prospective strategic environment of the next quarter century, the U.S. -
The Benefits of Shared Facilities
Opinion -Identifying and negotiating for charter school facilities that already exist and are part of a business or government entity is both cost-effective and beneficial to all parties. -
Energy bill offers a mixed tax bag
Opinion -The House of Representatives has passed H.R. 4, which contains much of the energy plan proposed by the Bush administration. Ahead lies Senate consideration and, if the Senate approves an energy bill, a House-Senate conference to reconcile the two. -
Global warming and other myths
Opinion -What are some of the common features of the Global Warming scare and other widely spread popular beliefs, like astrology, UFOlogy, harmful effects from low-level nuclear radiation and from electric transmission lines? 1. A tenuous scientific base. -
High-latitude studies refute global warming
Opinion -The first and most striking signs of human-induced global warming should be evident at the higher polar latitudes, according to virtually all climate change alarmists and the computer models they tout. -
Science debunks Glacier Park warming alarm
Opinion -Another frenzy of global warming alarmism occurred in early September, when NBC reported America was about to lose one of its most famous national parks. -
Do people cause global warming?
Opinion -The debate over the President's decision on the Kyoto Protocol has focused media and public attention on the question of global climate: Do people cause global warming? -
Radical environmentalists side with terrorists
Opinion -The terrorist attacks on America have awakened the nation to a previously unthinkable assault on our freedoms and our way of life. -
12/2001: The Pulse
Opinion -I was in Maine recently debating single payer with John Ross, MD, president of Physicians for a National Health Program. -
Health Care in England: Not Your Cup of Tea: Part 1
Opinion -It is one thing to read the U.S. media's meager reporting on the critical condition of Britain's health care system. -
Philanthropy Pushes School Choice Forward
Opinion -While efforts to improve the U.S. K-12 education system via competition-based reforms are regularly thwarted in state legislatures and on Capitol Hill, independent-minded philanthropists have nevertheless found ways to advance such reforms directly.
