Opinion
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Public School Programs Empty Private Preschools
Opinion -Until recently, when parents in Hartford, Connecticut were looking for early childhood education programs, they didn't find many at the city's public schools, which focused on their traditional mission of educating the K-12 age group. -
Court: Public Schools Not Accountable to Parents
Opinion -In an important decision that will strengthen the arguments of school choice advocates, the Colorado Court of Appeals unanimously ruled on February 3 that parents cannot sue public school districts for not providing a quality education to their -
EPA: Gas additive is a pollutant
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A Report Card for School Choice
Opinion -A growing body of research suggests that choice-based reforms often can yield positive results, with little evidence of making matters worse. -
Judge Strikes Down Florida Vouchers
Opinion -In a decision widely applauded by school choice opponents, Leon County Circuit Court Judge L. Ralph Smith Jr. ruled on March 14 that the Florida law authorizing the nation's first statewide voucher program is unconstitutional. -
CARA freight train rolls on
Opinion -The effort to create a massive federal land-buying trust, funded with billions of tax dollars, is moving through Congress like a freight train, with hundreds of sponsors. -
Forest Service Council blasts roadless program
Opinion -POCATELLO, IDAHO March 17--The Forest Service Council, representing 14,000 Forest Service employees in 92 National Forest Service unions, has issued a letter denouncing the Clinton-Gore administration's roadless area initiative. -
Dissenting Views on H.R. 701
Opinion -“Despite the best intentions of the authors, H.R. -
Clinton-Gore roadless plan developed illegally
Opinion -From early 1999, right through the President’s State of the Union Address this year, the Clinton-Gore White House and the U.S. -
Global warming smokescreen
Opinion -Anyone who follows the history of global warming science vs. climate reality ought to keep a copy of the late Thomas Kuhn’s 1962 classic, The Structure of Scientific Revolutions, as a guidebook. -
The making of a Roadless Initiative
Opinion -Forestry subcommittee investigators probing the development of the Clinton-Gore administration’s “Roadless Initiative” have pieced together an incriminating timeline of events, from the Forest Service’s first efforts in early 1999 -
Activists Protest Global Warming Treaty
Opinion -Members of Texas Citizens for a Sound Economy and consumer activists from across the Lone Star State descended on Austin in early March to rally against the adoption of the Kyoto Protocol. -
05/2000 State Education Roundup
Opinion -California * District of Columbia * Illinois * Kentucky * Louisiana * Massachusetts Nevada * New Hampshire * New Jersey * Ohio * Oklahoma * Texas * Washington CALIFORNIA School Bond Initiative Fails California voters turned out on Super -
Wis. Choice Evaluator Endorses Vouchers
Opinion -A researcher whose credibility has been touted by school choice opponents since the early days of the Milwaukee voucher program has endorsed the use of vouchers not only to provide educational choices to poor families, but also to provide needed -
Safe drinking water law 25 years old: Cause to celebrate?
Opinion -December 1999 marked the 25th anniversary of the federal Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA). While those employed for a quarter of a century implementing the act may have cause to celebrate, rural-dwelling American may think otherwise. -
Attacks on the environment
Opinion -Throughout the primary season, nearly every Presidential aspirant attacked nearly every other on their “environmental” record. -
Corps of Engineers faces whistleblower charges
Opinion -“[There is] substantial likelihood that officials in the Corps [of Engineers] have engaged in violations of law, rule or regulation and a gross waste of funds” said the federal government’s Special Counsel, Elaine Kaplan, after -
Diary for a small planet
Opinion -It was a subtle phrase, printed with an uncharacteristic absence of fanfare: Equatorial frost. -
CO2 as proxy
Opinion -When Tim Wirth was a U.S. Senator from Colorado in the late 1980s, he identified with the environmental vision of apocalyptic global warming. -
Lies, damn lies, and the media
Opinion -When it comes to the mainstream media’s coverage of science, you can expect the occasional mistake. You might even tolerate their making the same error a few times. -
American Lung Association award: A political thank-you note?
Opinion -In February, the American Lung Association (ALA) presented its President's Award to EPA Administrator Carol M. Browner. Some observers wonder if the award was a “thank-you note” for the $7. -
Noah’s Ark for the new millennium
Opinion -The House Resources Committee held a field hearing in 1999 in Hemet, California, to hear southern California citizens describe the way the Endangered Species Act is enforced by the federal agencies whose “real agenda [is] to stop growth, eliminate -
USDA proposes new rules for organic foods
Opinion -The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has announced plans to establish new national standards for the production and processing of “organic” foods and meats. -
Crops Cotton to CO2
Opinion -As petroleum prices continue to jump, high prices may cause petroleum-based synthetic fibers to fall out of fashion. Consumers and manufacturers alike may then rekindle their love of natural fibers, with cotton chief among them.
