Opinion
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Is ComEd a Good Pig?
Opinion -Commonwealth Edison has been taking some heat lately from journalists and Chicago government officials. Not all of the criticism is deserved. -
The Future of Chlorine
Opinion -Numerous reports in the media have ascribed possible detrimental health effects to chlorine, dioxin and other chlorinated chemicals, often subjecting the public to exaggerated and misleading information. -
An Unscientific Fairy Tale
Opinion -Our Stolen Future by Theo Colborn, Dianne Dumanoski, and John Peterson Myers (New York: Penguin Group, 1996).Our Stolen Future is a book whose arrival was long awaited by activists in the environmental movement. -
A Fable for Today?
Opinion -Our Stolen Future by Theo Colborn, Dianne Dumanoski, and John Peterson Myers (New York: Penguin Group, 1996). -
The Politics of Chlorine
Opinion -A little-noticed provision of the recently passed Senate Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA) reauthorization bill is expected to unleash a storm of protest from state and local public health officials who are fearful that the provision would increase the -
How to Eliminate Billions of Dollars of Pure Waste
Opinion -With the introduction into Congress of Rep. Dick Armey's (R-Texas) much-touted flat tax plan, many good arguments will be made about how alternatives to the income tax will promote saving, investment, and economic growth. -
Affirmative-Action Foe Calls Off Repeal Bill for More Study
Opinion -SPRINGFIELD--The conservative Republican lawmaker who last spring called for the repeal of affirmative action programs in Illinois now says the matter needs more study. Sen. -
The Devolution Revolution
Opinion -The winds of change are howling through the halls of American federalism. The states are clamoring to take responsibility for billions of dollars of social welfare programs now controlled by the federal government. -
Simply Reforming the Income Tax
Opinion -Congress finally seems ready to face the fact that the U.S. tax system needs serious reform. Income tax rates are oppressively high and filing is tortuously complicated. The battle cry of tax reformers is "fairness, economic growth, and simplicity. -
Congress Should End the Economic War for Sports and Other Businesses
Opinion -To find a solution to NFL franchises hopscotching around the country, the Antitrust Subcommittee of the Senate Judiciary Committee held hearings to consider granting the NFL a limited antitrust exemption so it could prevent teams from moving. -
Breast Cancer: Let’s Look at the Facts
Opinion -October is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month, a time to learn more about the disease that strikes more than 180,000 women each year. Greater public awareness is an essential part of efforts to reduce the incidence and morbidity of this disease. -
Killing Consumers With Compassion
Opinion -The week of October 22-28 is National Consumers Week. Various business and civic groups, led by the U.S. -
Indiana Legislature Stands Up to Teacher Unions
Opinion -In the 35 years since Wisconsin became the first state to adopt public-sector bargaining, public employee union membership has increased dramatically. -
Escape from the Public Schools
Opinion -When I debated Keith Geiger, president of the National Education Association, a couple of years ago on the Larry King radio show, he used a verb that I thought epitomized the battle over school choice: escape. -
Fishy Business at the Worldwatch Institute
Opinion -The Worldwatch Institute, founded in 1974, is one of the country's best-known environmental groups. Its president, Lester Brown, is often quoted in the press and on television. -
Are Property Rights Facing Extinction?
Opinion -On June 29, 1995, the United States Supreme Court upheld a government regulation that purports to protect endangered species. But what the Court really did was validate the government's continued taking of millions of acres of private land as "habitat. -
Five Ways to Downsize Government
Opinion -As Congress grapples with the challenge of downsizing or eliminating bureaucracies that haven't been critically reexamined for many decades, its Members would do well to consider some of the lessons learned by the businessmen and -women who made their -
Environmentalism: A New Religion?
Opinion -As humanity enters the twenty-first century, you might think we would have outgrown our fascination with doomsday prophecies. Yet the end-of-the world con game -- nearly as old as the world itself -- goes on. -
Getting More Bang for our Education Buck
Opinion -The United States now spends more per student on public elementary and secondary education than any other advanced country belonging to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). -
Educator Booker T. Washington: Learning, Teaching that Success Comes from Hard Work
Opinion -His is a truly American story. In 1881, Booker T. Washington founded the Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute in Alabama. From there he would rise to become the most powerful black man in America. But Washington’s roots were humble. -
Improve Traffic Safety: Repeal Federal Speed Limits
Opinion -The Senate recently voted to repeal the federally mandated 55 mph speed limit. If the House approves the measure and the president signs it--both of which are likely--then a national speed limit will be a thing of the past. -
We Spend Too Much on Education, and Get Too Little
Opinion -Why does the world's most productive country have the world's least productive school system? The U.S. -
The High Cost of Rationing Literacy
Opinion -The most recent National Assessment of Education Progress reading test reports that 30 percent of high school seniors, 31 percent of eighth graders, and 42 percent of fourth graders couldn't reach "basic" reading levels. -
Medical Savings Accounts: Power to the People
Opinion -In offering his health care reform plan last year, President Clinton said that one of his primary goals, in addition to universal coverage, was to control rapidly rising health costs.