Opinion
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Charter Law Update
Opinion -State Charter Law Rankings The Center for Education Reform issued a new ranking of the nation's 38 charter laws during Charter Schools Week in May. -
How Drug Price Controls Hurt Consumers
Opinion -Maine is at the forefront of efforts to regulate the price of prescription drugs. -
Increased congestion and proposed solutions
Opinion -Contrary to well-publicized claims by the anti-automobile Surface Transportation Policy Project, cities that have emphasized transit over highways experienced the greatest increases in congestion over the past two decades. -
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Canada No Model for Prescription Drug Reform
Opinion -The high cost of prescription drugs has caused many lawmakers to embrace Canada's nationalized health care system as a solution to America's woes. During her successful campaign last year, Michigan Sen. -
07/2001: The Pulse
Opinion -The editor of Employee Benefit News, David Albertson, notes it is difficult to tell if employers are really interested in defined contribution, or if the interest is just wishful thinking on the part of D-C proponents. -
MSAs for Everyone
Opinion -The idea behind Medical Savings Accounts (MSAs) is that individuals are able to own and control some of their own health care dollars. -
Missouri Debates Future of Certificate-of-Need
Opinion -At the end of 2001, some elements of Missouri’s Certificate-of-Need (CON) law are set to expire. The looming deadline has opened debate in the state about the continuing need for the program, which first went into effect more than 20 years ago. -
Survey Points Way to Affordable Health Insurance
Opinion -Representatives Richard Armey (R-Texas) and William Lipinski (D-Illinois), along with 23 cosponsors from both sides of the aisle, introduced the Fair Care for the Uninsured Act of 2001 (H.R. 1331) on April 3, 2001. -
07/2001: State Legislative Update
Opinion -Arizona As predicted in last month’s State Legislative Update, the high-risk pool legislation, formerly on a fast-track for approval, hit a brick wall in the Senate. -
Michigan governor set to approve Great Lakes drilling
Opinion -Following a recommendation by the Michigan Department of Natural Resources (MDNR), Michigan Governor John Engler is preparing to lift oil drilling restrictions on Lake Michigan and Lake Huron he imposed in 1997. -
Gulf Coast energy reserves split Bush brothers
Opinion -As President George W. Bush seeks to build support for increasing the nation’s energy supply through new drilling for oil and natural gas, brother Jeb Bush has sent the President a reminder that all politics are local. -
Bush set to launch Son of Kyoto?
Opinion -After taking a public relations hit from foreign leaders and American environmentalists for deciding not to seek ratification of the controversial Kyoto global warming treaty, President George W. -
Bush Says Reading Is Job 1
Opinion -While many of President George W. Bush's education reform proposals are meeting stern opposition in Congress, one of his pet projects is sailing through with nary a raised eyebrow. -
Safety, jobs at stake in CAFE debate
Opinion -With each new Congress, politicians and professional environmentalists press for amendments to “strengthen” a 25-year-old government regulation that is little understood and plagued with unintended consequences. -
Table: Change in travel time from 1982 to 1999
Opinion -This table lays out the time traveled, the hours spent on the road, etc., by noted smart growth and transportation scholar Randall O'Toole. -
Study: All growth but “smart growth” pays for itself
Opinion -In fast-growing regions, “smart-growth” advocates often use people's fears that existing residents are forced to subsidize newcomers in order to build support for restricted growth policies. -
Bird lovers cry ‘fowl’ over wind power
Opinion -Environmentalist groups are being pitted against other environmentalist groups in a debate over one potential source of “clean” energy. -
Environmentalist study says tap water superior to bottled
Opinion -A World Wide Fund for Nature (WWFN) study is urging environmentally minded consumers to give up their bottled water and drink tap water instead. -
Bush continues to press for ANWR oil drilling
Opinion -Despite congressional opposition that earlier appeared to kill the chances for tapping energy resources in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR), President George W. Bush continues to push for arctic drilling as part of his national energy plan. -
Recent forest fires traced to reduced logging
Opinion -A growing number of severe forest fires in recent years has many environmental scientists convinced America should open up its National Forests to a greater annual timber harvest. -
Klamath Falls bucket brigade protests water shutoff
Opinion -More than 20,000 people held a “bucket brigade” in Klamath Falls, Oregon on May 7 to protest the federal government’s decision to cut off irrigation water that serves more than 90 percent of the farmers in the area. -
‘Smart Growth’ a major cause of traffic congestion
Opinion -To no one’s surprise, the latest traffic congestion numbers from the Texas Transportation Institute (TTI) show that traffic congestion is increasing across the nation. -
American diplomats sign POPs treaty
Opinion -American diplomats signed the Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) treaty at a gathering in Stockholm, Sweden on May 21-23.
