Opinion
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Fast-forward ebb and flow
Opinion -The common description of global sea-level changes is a simple one. When most of the planet is cold (during an ice age, for example), a lot of water is locked up in the form of ice, and the regions of permanent ice expand. -
Congressmen appeal to Supreme Court on AHRI
Opinion -Four western Congressmen have asked the U.S. Supreme Court to determine whether members of Congress can sue the Clinton-Gore Administration for violating the Constitution. The petition to review was filed on December 2. -
‘Yes, we have CO2 bananas!’
Opinion -Springtime signals the start of the cycle of life, with the promise of the fruits of our labors in the offing. Let’s take a moment to consider the healthful culinary splendor an enhanced carbon dioxide (CO2) world promises us. -
Computer models, the Kyoto Protocol, and reality
Opinion -Of all the environmental issues we have ever confronted, only one—global warming—is driven solely by the imagination of a computer. -
The incalculable cost of Superfund
Opinion -In December 1999, the nation "celebrated" the nineteenth birthday of one of the most ill-conceived environmental laws on the books--Superfund. -
Cheating to the Test
Opinion -Last June, New York City's Special Commissioner of Investigations, Edward F. Stancik, issued a report titled "How to Succeed Without Really Trying. -
Real Math: Sexist, Racist, or Just Hard?
Opinion -A group of 200 prominent mathematicians and scientists has called on U.S. Education Secretary Richard W. -
Hard Green Is Hard to Swallow
Opinion -Five years ago, a senior executive of a major trade association in Washington D.C. -
Genetically Modified Medicine
Opinion -Though controversy surrounds the use of genetically modified seeds for growing such food staples as corn and soybeans, GM techniques are standard practice in medicine--and have been for decades. -
03/2000 School Choice Roundup
Opinion -Georgia * Illinois * Michigan * New York North Carolina * Ohio * Pennsylvania * Texas * Wisconsin GEORGIA GOP Senators Announce Voucher Plan Although the education reform bill Georgia Governor Roy Barnes introduced on January 13 included -
Anti-logging activists gear up
Opinion -The U.S. Forest Service is required to provide a comment period for citizens to respond to its Notice of Intent to prevent use of 40 million acres of roadless areas in National Forests. -
Boom Continues in New Charter Schools
Opinion -A record number of new charter schools--more than 550--opened across the nation at the start of the 1999-2000 school year, bringing the total to 1,682, all created since 1991. -
Burning Boise
Opinion -Radical anti-civilization environmentalists at the Earth Liberation Front (ELF) have claimed credit for setting a fire that destroyed the regional headquarters of Boise Cascade timber company in Monmouth, Oregon on Christmas morning, 1999. -
CDC report warns of sludge danger
Opinion -Scientists and medical researchers are raising concerns that municipal sludge spread on farm fields across the U.S. may be responsible for illnesses and even deaths. -
Does the GOP still stand for freedom?
Opinion -Are those who forget history doomed to repeat it? In the case of Texas Governor George W. Bush, the answer would appear to be yes. -
Engineering for a better tree
Opinion -According to Science News, wood harvested from trees that have been genetically engineered could make paper less costly and more environmentally friendly to produce. Vincent L. -
Engineering the new millennium
Opinion -From today’s cheese to tomorrow’s cures, biotechnology is supplying new answers to old problems. -
Federal Coverup of $2.4 Billion Bungle
Opinion -If Members of Congress want to know what to expect from approving the Clinton-Gore plan to increase federal oversight of public education, they need look no further than the federal government’s record on educating American Indians for the past 100 -
Hundreds of scientists sign biotechnology declaration
Opinion -A declaration supporting agricultural biotechnology and signed by over 600 scientists from around the world was released January 22 at a press briefing in Montreal. The briefing, sponsored by International Consumers for Civil Society, featured Dr. C.S. -
Polar winds of change
Opinion -Are changes in wind flow around the poles a symptom of human-induced climate change? University of Washington researcher John M. -
Teacher Text Demonizes Phonics
Opinion -A Whole Language textbook currently in use in a state university in New York warns budding educators that teaching children to read by sounding out the syllables of the English language is a "conspiracy" of the "Far Right" to "promote a religious -
Test Cheats
Opinion -A dozen teachers in Los Angeles County's Banning High School face disciplinary action after school officials in January determined they helped students cheat on the Stanford-9 exam last spring. -
The Controversial Top 10
Opinion -The 10 mathematics programs endorsed by the Department of Education are described at http://www.enc.org/ed/exemplary/. A list of Expert Panel members is found at http://www.ed.gov/offices/OERI/ORAD/KAD/expert_panel/mathmemb. -
Uncle Sam: Sell that land!
Opinion -Teddy Roosevelt, who became the nation’s 26th president following the assassination of William McKinley, has long been lionized as the man who led his troops up San Juan Hill.
