Opinion
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‘Bill of Rights’ a Boon to Lawyers, Not Patients
Opinion -Like used-car salesmen, politicians in Washington, D.C. have taken the flawed, old model of the patients' bill of rights and slapped a new sticker on it in an effort to fool unwitting buyers. The legislation has always been a lemon. -
04/2001: The Pulse
Opinion -Small Business Groups Work DC BeatThe National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB) is busy in Washington, supporting association health plans, expanded MSAs, and full deductibility of premiums for the self-employed, according to Al Crenshaw in the -
Privacy of Medical Records in the News
Opinion -Last year a sophisticated Internet hacker took control of the University of Washington Medical Center’s network and downloaded the admissions records of 4,000 cardiology patients. -
04/2001: State Legislative Update
Opinion -Arizona According to an opinion issued by Arizona Attorney General Janet Napolitano, the state’s tobacco settlement money must be used for health care programs included in the Proposition 204 initiative passed by voters— not to supplant funding for -
Why We Need Market-based Health Care Reform: Part 2 of 2
Opinion -The United States does not have a properly functioning market for health care, and the financing system needs to be reformed. The market is distorted by a tax policy that is mistargeted, miscalibrated, and open-ended. -
Medicaid Waivers: Wrong Cure for High Drug Prices
Opinion -The Health Care Financing Administration (the agency that runs Medicare and Medicaid) can waive some federal requirements for Medicaid eligibility to allow states to experiment with new ways of delivering health care to the poor. -
Bush Bilingual Plan Offers Major Changes
Opinion -Since 1998, when California voters approved Proposition 227 and virtually ended the state's bilingual education programs, state- and district-wide reform of bilingual education has spread rapidly throughout the United States. -
Anti-Intellectualism Runs Rampant in U.S. Education: Diane Ravitch
Opinion -"History is more or less bunk. It's tradition. We don't want tradition. We want to live in the present, and the only history that is worth a tinker's damn is the history we make today. -
The new economy runs on coal
Opinion -The New Economy's primary interface with the old comes down to one thing: electricity. Computers and information technology are huge consumers of it. -
Recreationists win Illinois access suit
Opinion -Two recreational access advocacy organizations have succeeded in overturning a settlement agreement between Heartwood, Inc. and the U.S. Forest Service. The agreement, adopted in U.S. -
Thompson to Review HIPAA Privacy Rules
Opinion -As one of his first major acts as the Bush administration’s new Health and Human Services Secretary, former Wisconsin Governor Tommy Thompson has postponed the effective date of privacy regulations called for by the Health Insurance Portability and -
New evidence casts doubt on global warming
Opinion -Fresh doubt has been cast on evidence for global warming following the discovery that a key method of measuring temperature change has exaggerated the warming rate by almost 40 percent. -
Chemophobia at the crossroads
Opinion -Thirty-nine years ago a frightening best-seller written by Rachel Carson, titled Silent Spring, dramatically changed the direction of the environmental movement in the U.S. and worldwide. -
DDT and Malaria
Opinion -Malaria is a devastating global problem, with 300 to 500 million cases and 3 million deaths occurring annually, mostly in children. -
Who’s afraid of PCBs?
Opinion -PCBs (polychlorinated biphenyls) are in the news again, with the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) planning to mandate the expenditure of hundreds of millions of dollars dredging the Hudson River in New York and the Fox River in Wisconsin to remove -
California’s energy crisis: Who’s to blame?
Opinion -California is experiencing a genuine, though entirely man-made, energy crisis. Companies are being forced to shut down to conserve electricity during peak demand periods, and rolling blackouts of business and residential areas have begun. -
Minorities Gain Most from Catholic Schools
Opinion -Why are comparable homes priced differently in different communities? Part of the answer lies in the relatively higher demand for homes in communities with better public schools. -
Tax Credits Face Same Challenges as Vouchers
Opinion -"Vouchers may have hit their peak in terms of acceptance. The real action to aid private schools will be in the tax route. -
Tax Credit Proposals Proliferate
Opinion -While the number of legislative proposals for vouchers has fallen this year, it's not for lack of interest in school choice, as shown by the following tax credit proposals applicable to K-12 education. Federal U.S. -
‘Gross Mismanagement’ Found at U.S. Department of Education
Opinion -For an agency whose very existence was questioned by many Republicans during its first 20 years, the U.S. -
School Ratings–from Standard & Poor’s
Opinion -Money is important, but what's even more important is spending money efficiently on education programs that prepare students for lives and jobs in the new economy, according to Standard & Poor's chief economist David A. Wyss. -
Microsoft Aims to Reach K-12 Market with Encarta Server
Opinion -With an already-strong technological presence in schools, Microsoft Corporation is further extending its reach into the education market. -
The Education Economy
Opinion -A sampling of education industry news from The Education Economy, a weekly publication of the market research firm Eduventures.com, which conducts research on the pre-K-12, post-secondary, corporate training, and consumer markets worldwide. -
Mom Could Lose Child Over Homeschooling
Opinion -Section 5 of the Constitution of the Commonwealth of Kentucky states, in part, ". . . nor shall any man be compelled to send his child to any school to which he may be conscientiously opposed . . .
