Opinion
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Let Market Decide on Smoking
Opinion -Dear Editor: Your editorial (“Litigation will not resolve smoking ban controversy,” August 24, 2004) suggests the City Tavern League, the City of Oshkosh, and Breathe Free Oshkosh should negotiate a compromise position on the regulation of smoking in -
Questions Concerning School Vouchers
Opinion -Question: Would education vouchers solve all of America’s education problems? Answer: No, but we can’t “fix” education until we “fix” who makes the decisions about education. The people who make the decisions are those who control the money. -
Cost-Shifting Hides True Cost of Government-Run Health Care
Opinion -How do we ensure that Americans have access to the health care they need, encourage innovation and research, and still contain costs? -
Food and Drink Police
Opinion -There have always been ascetics and self-scourgers, and in a free society they are at perfect liberty to act (and eat) as their consciences (or bellies) dictate. -
10/2001: The Pulse
Opinion -It's not been easy getting back to work after the events of last month. We have all been affected by the attack, directly or indirectly. Before the attack, something as simple as the sudden closing of National Airport would have seemed a catastrophe. -
Joe Camel Is Innocent!
Opinion -Somebody seems to have declared open season on cigarette smokers and their suppliers. On behalf of the 25 percent of the adult population that smokes, may I offer a few words in defense of smoking?