Opinion
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White House Co-opting Industry on Kyoto
Opinion -WASHINGTON--The Clinton administration has racked up some surprising successes in marshalling corporate support for the greenhouse gas reductions called for under the Kyoto climate change treaty. -
U.S. Economy Threatened by Global Warming ‘Baptists’ and ‘Bootleggers’
Opinion -When the general public, looking through the prism of the American media, look at the Kyoto Protocol, what do they see? Nothing more than a well-intentioned worldwide effort to reduce the greenhouse gases thought to be responsible for global warming. -
EPA Toxics Information Program Badly Flawed, Study Says
Opinion -A new report from the Reason Public Policy Institute (RPPI) finds numerous flaws in the federal government’s regulations governing information about the environmental impact of toxic chemicals. -
A Choice for Every Child
Opinion -"This is the plan for every state!" exulted Martin T. Angell on hearing that the Arizona Supreme Court had ruled in favor of the state's private scholarship tax credit plan. -
ALEC Delivers Timely Report Card on American Education
Opinion -Just one week after the President's State of the Union message reiterated that education is the primary concern of voters across the country, the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) released a new study of U.S. -
Blaine Amendments
Opinion -Last year, the Washington, DC-based Becket Fund for Religious Liberty filed suit on behalf of a group of parents in Massachusetts, asking a federal court to strike down the state's prohibition on aid to religious schools. -
Chicago Archdiocese Proposes Student GI Bill
Opinion -More school closings ahead. That was the bleak message delivered to parents when Catholic school officials from the Archdiocese of Chicago issued the system's annual schools report on January 28. -
How Arizona’s Tax Credit Works
Opinion -Author: Idea conceived by former lawmaker Trent Franks. Eligibility: Any individual who pays taxes to the State of Arizona. Donations made in a specific year are reported on tax returns for that year. -
Is a “Big Hammer” Really Necessary?
Opinion -The televised GOP response to President Clinton's State of the Union speech was thick with philosophy but thin on specific proposals for meeting such priorities as giving “control of our schools to local communities," or giving parents "the opportunity -
Jewish Leaders Reconsidering Vouchers
Opinion -Although the American Jewish Congress immediately criticized New York Mayor Rudolph Giuliani's call for an experimental publicly funded school voucher program as not needed, and a violation of the separation of church and state principle, Jewish -
Keystone State Would Be Hard Hit by Kyoto
Opinion -According to a report issued by the Allegheny Institute for Public Policy, Pennsylvania would lose approximately $15 billion in Gross State Product--$2,700 per household--if the U.S. -
MTBE: Refiners Damned If They Use It, Damned If They Don’t
Opinion -California gasoline refiners, distributors, and retailers have found themselves in an impossible situation as a result of the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) failure to do its homework on MTBE (methyl tertiary-butyl ether). -
Population Bomb?
Opinion -Despite recent opinion polls that show Americans no longer approve the use of their money to support international programs aimed at limiting births, U.S. -
Report: Urban Sprawl Fears Largely Unfounded
Opinion -Urban "sprawl" has become the latest target for advocates of big government. Indeed, according to Dr. -
School Choice in the Courts
Opinion -Because of its commitment to defend parental choice programs whenever they come under attack, the Washington, DC-based Institute for Justice has picked up the gauntlet for parents in five educational choice cases across the country. -
School Choice Movement Mourns Passing of Two Champions
Opinion -William Bentley Ball, Legal Scholar Distinguished constitutional scholar William Bentley Ball, a leading advocate for parental choice in education who served as counsel in 25 constitutional litigations before the U.S. -
Senate Bill Would Advance Kyoto Emission Goals
Opinion -While the Clinton Administration has been reluctant to submit the Kyoto global warming protocol to the Senate for ratification, that body will soon take up legislation that effectively implements the treaty’s goals by encouraging business to adopt -
Tax Credit Triumph in Arizona
Opinion -The school choice movement won another major victory when the Arizona Supreme Court upheld a 1997 state law that allows taxpayers to claim a state income tax credit of up to $500 a year for contributions to organizations offering scholarships at K-12 -
Tribal Casino Funds School Choice Scholarships
Opinion -With a judicious mix of educational incentives and penalties, the tribal council of New Mexico's Sandia Pueblo has succeeded in reducing the dropout rate of its high school students to zero, thereby ensuring that all pueblo children graduate from high -
What’s ‘Public Money’?
Opinion -To budget analysts, tax deductions and tax credits are "tax expenditures" because they result in the government "spending" tax revenues that otherwise would have been received. In Kotterman v. -
What’s the Score in Education?
Opinion -"We admire Michael Jordan--not because he got the ball near, over, or in the direction of the basket--but in the basket. If schools lack clear standards, nobody knows the score--not educators, not parents, not kids, not the public." Herbert J. -
WHO Unconcerned by Global Warming
Opinion -In its recent annual report, the World Health Organization (WHO) identifies three trends that threaten the planet. To the surprise of many and consternation of some, global warming is not among them. -
Deja Vu: Sex Scandal from Arkansas
Opinion -More than two years before Arkansas' most famous son, President Bill Clinton, was impeached for lying about his "inappropriate" sexual relationship with a junior employee and for taking various illegal steps to cover up that relationship, a three-part -
How Immigrants Fare in U.S. Public Schools
Opinion -Immigrant parents and their children decisively reject bilingual education and emphatically agree that children should speak English.