Opinion
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The Gruberization of Environmental Policies
Opinion -Former White House medical consultant Jonathan Gruber pocketed millions of taxpayer dollars before infamously explaining how ObamaCare was enacted. “Lack of transparency is a huge political advantage,” he said. -
KIPP Plans to Double Enrollment in Los Angeles
Opinion -KIPP schools have a lofty plan for expansion in one major city, doubling enrollment over the next six years. In a plan published in October, KIPP LA announced a goal of operating 20 schools serving 9,000 students by 2020. -
Study: Bad Zoning Policies Lead to Economic Stagnation
Opinion -A team of New York-based researchers has found policies intended to preserve historic neighborhoods resulted in depressed economic activity, as such regulations discourage developers from investing in the communities. -
To Tackle National Debt, Sizing up the Problem is Key Step
Opinion -At some point between Thanksgiving and December 1, the federal government made history, as the value of outstanding U.S. Treasury securities exceeded $18 trillion—that’s an 18 with 12 trailing zeroes. -
The Net Neutrality Hybrid Proposals: They Definitely Are Not Comfortable
Opinion -Let me ask you this: “If a man has one foot in a bucket of boiling water and the other foot in a bucket of ice, do you think that, on average, he would be comfortable?”Answer: Not really. -
Congress Moves to Block EPA’s Land Grab
Opinion -Republican lawmakers are pushing hard to corral President Obama’s rogue Environmental Protection Agency with stringent bills and a blunt warning against finalizing its most dangerous land grab ever, the pending redefinition of “Waters of the United -
Three States Rush to Tie Common Core Testing to Graduation
Opinion -Three states are rushing ahead to integrate Common Core testing into their education systems. New Jersey, Maryland, and Washington state will tie graduation to Common Core tests. -
More Victims of Obamacare
Opinion -It's hard to keep track of all the you-passed-it-so-we-could-see-what's-in-it-and-now-we-see-it-sucks moments that Americans have had since Obamacare passed, but here's another one to add to the list, courtesy of Kaiser Health News:Obamacare 'Glitch' -
Testing May Discourage Parent Involvement, Study Finds
Opinion -Saying there was little research about how extensive testing in education impacted parental attitudes toward education, Jesse Rhodes studied the issue in early 2012. -
Hayek’s Warning: The Social Engineer’s Pretense of Knowledge
Opinion -Forty years ago, on December 11, 1974, Austrian economist, Friedrich A. Hayek, formally received that year’s Nobel Prize in Economics at the official ceremonies in Stockholm, Sweden. -
Low-Income D.C. Students Denied Scholarships Despite Law Giving Them Preference
Opinion -Some Washington, DC children are being denied participation in the Opportunity Scholarship Program, which gives students from low-income families scholarships to attend private schools, despite a law giving preference to these students with siblings in -
Maine, Michigan Voters Go Opposite Directions on Wildlife Management
Opinion -For the second time in ten years, voters in Maine rejected a ban on baiting, trapping, or hounding bears for hunting purposes. -
Teachers Unions Fume in Philly
Opinion -The teachers unions are spitting venom at the Philadelphia School Reform Commission. The PSRC—an appointed body—was established in 2001 as a response to overall school district ineptitude. It didn’t help much. -
HHS: Medicare Buys Drugs for Dead People
Opinion -A report from the Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General recently found Medicare has reimbursed the cost of drugs for beneficiaries who were already dead, pointing to fraudulent diversion of expensive medicines into the black market. -
Jindal Joins Another Lawsuit Against Common Core
Opinion -In a continued push to overturn the implementation of Common Core standards and testing in schools, Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal joined forces with lawmakers in a lawsuit against Louisiana state education officials. -
The Coming Battle Over Obamacare Replacement
Opinion -consumer-power-report -Consumer Power Report #447[Subscribe] Now that Republicans have taken both houses of Congress, it is likely they will in the spring pass an Obamacare replacement that will land on President Barack Obama’s desk to be vetoed. -
How Dangerous is Swedish Snus? Don’t Ask The New York Times
Opinion -The New York Times has published (here) a reasonably accurate portrayal of the Swedish snus experience that I have chronicled for over a decade (here, here, and here). -
The Only Legitimate FCC Hybrid Net Neutrality Approach
Opinion -Any legitimacy the FCC has comes from the authority of law written by a duly-elected Congress under the U.S. Constitution.Twice the FCC has tried to mandate new net neutrality regulations on its own and twice the U.S. -
Politico Gets the Lede Way Wrong – and The Hill Buries It
Opinion -As we’ve often discussed, the Tech World Media is just as hopelessly Leftist and lost as the broader Jurassic Press. They so often get it so very wrong - often because their absurd political perspective warps their alleged “reporting. -
L.A. Superintendent Deasy’s Exit Facilitated by Teachers Unions
Opinion -John Deasy has stepped down after three-and-a-half years as Los Angeles Schools Superintendent and is facing mixed reviews. Like many reform-minded superintendents, Deasy had a lot of enemies, namely the teachers unions. -
Florida Teachers Union Re-Files Slightly Altered Lawsuit
Opinion -The Florida Education Association, the state’s main teachers union, is reviving its failed lawsuit against expansion of the state’s tax credit scholarship program aiding special needs students. -
Congress, White House in Keystone Showdown
Opinion -The much-delayed Keystone XL pipeline has taken center stage in Washington, DC in the wake of the 2014 midterm elections.Trying to boost the reelection chances of Sen. Mary Landrieu (D-LA), Senate Democrats agreed to a vote on the pipeline. -
Charters Fly, Fail, and Outperform in 2014
Opinion -Access to charter schools is driving increases in student achievement in some of the nation’s toughest locales for education. -
The Wildly Contentious History of Public School Teaching
Opinion -Review of The Teacher Wars: A History of America’s Most Embattled Profession, by Dana Goldstein, Doubleday, 368 pages, $17.