Opinion
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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. -
The global stupidstorm
Opinion -Planetary surface temperature may have increased slightly in the last 100 years (some 0. -
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EPA flayed over sludge policy, bullying of citizens
Opinion -Angered by revelations that a top EPA official used death threats to silence agency critics, several members of the House Science Committee have demanded that the Environmental Protection Agency apologize for what one lawmaker called "indefensible and -
Sustainable silliness
Opinion -Controversy over the sustainability of modern civilization has been with us since long before our current modern civilization, and it has grown steadily during the Clinton-Gore administration’s reign. -
Scientists: Biotech foods can save Third-World children
Opinion -At the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, held in late February in Washington, DC, scientists from around the globe considered how to provide enough food for the world’s people. -
Charitable trusts influence Clinton-Gore environment policy
Opinion -In a mid-February hearing before the Subcommittee on Forests and Forest Health of the House Resources Committee, witness after witness testified as to how their local communities have been adversely affected by environmental initiatives funded by -
New wetlands rules challenged in court
Opinion -New rules issued by the Army Corps of Engineers require permits for converting as little as one-half acre of wetland to residential or commercial use, prompting a call for Congress to act and a lawsuit filed by the National Association of Home Builders -
The Demonization of Parochial Schools
Opinion -In his 1979 book, Schooled to Order: A Social History of Public Schooling in the United States, David Nasaw recounts how the textbooks used in the common schools in the mid-1800s were "viciously anti-Irish and anti-Catholic. -
Blacks Leaders on a Mission for Parent Power
Opinion -More than 300 African-Americans from 26 states gathered in Milwaukee recently for an annual conference that is building a national movement for school choice and outlining reforms necessary to enhance educational options for low-income minority -
Using Witte against Vouchers
Opinion -The Web site of the National Education Association features an April 1997 report called "The School Voucher Experiment in Milwaukee: Success or Failure?" The report holds up John F. -
Lifelong Learning Plan Hijacked for Clinton Day Care
Opinion -Private-sector child care providers fear being put out of business by the dramatic growth of 21st Century Community Learning Centers, a Department of Education program that has grown far beyond its original intent of boosting lifelong learning -
New Laws Help English Learners
Opinion -In the wake of court rulings upholding Proposition 227--which California voters approved to effectively end most of the state's bilingual education programs--a number of innovative new laws have been passed to further benefit the state's English -
How Are the Children?
Opinion -In Kenya, the response to the traditional Masai greeting of "How are the children?" is "All the children are well.
