Opinion
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Nuclear Fears Trumping Reality in Wake of Fukushima
Opinion -New lessons are beginning to emerge from the Fukushima earthquake, tsunami, and nuclear power plant shutdown. Amid tens of thousands of deaths from non-nuclear causes, not a single life-shortening radiation injury has occurred. Not one! -
Harvard Study: Good Teachers Improve Student Achievement, Earnings, Quality of Life
Opinion -Just how much does teacher quality matter? Quite a bit, according to a new Harvard University study of 2.5 million kids over 20 years. -
Missouri Library Under Fire for Internet Filters
Opinion -The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) filed suit in January against Salem, Missouri and the town’s Library Board in federal court, claiming the library unconstitutionally blocked access to Web sites related to Wicca, Native American, and other -
High Speed Rail Poses Immense Financial Risk, California Panel Concludes
Opinion -California’s plans to build a high-speed rail system present the state with “immense financial risk,” concludes an explosive new report from an independent review panel. -
New Data Show Emissions Cuts Unnecessary
Opinion -Legacy Climate Change Weekly -Climate Change Weekly #36U.S. carbon dioxide emissions continue to track lower than year 2000 levels, the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) reported on January 23, extending this century’s downward trend in U.S. emissions. -
Roof and Mouth Disease
Opinion -A prison inmate serving a life sentence for murder has sued prison officials in New Jersey, alleging they failed to give him soft food after a cyst was removed from the roof of his mouth.The lawsuit was dismissed, but not because it lacked merit. -
Heartland Institute Reacts to Fracking Moratorium in Vermont
Opinion -The Fish and Wildlife Committee in the Vermont House voted yesterday to enact a three year moratorium on hydraulic fracturing in the state. Similar legislation is under consideration in the state Senate. -
International Law Too Easy on Cruise Lines
Opinion -If even half of them are true, the allegations against the captain of the Costa Concordia--the half-billion-dollar cruise ship currently half-submerged off the Italian coast--ought to boil anyone’s blood. -
States Express Concern Over Price Tag for NCLB Waivers
Opinion -As the February deadline approached for states to submit No Child Left Behind waiver applications to the U.S. Department of Education, some states decided to reject the offer or delay their applications, citing the expense of waiver requirements. -
Study: Massachusetts Provides Lessons for Obamacare
Opinion -Imagine a marketplace where you have to receive government approval for setting prices on your product, where you have to show your math for every decision made, and where you are "granted" the ability to increase the cost of your product only after -
Indiana, Amazon.com Reach Sales Tax Agreement
Opinion -Indiana government officials and the nation’s largest online retailer have reached an agreement to begin collecting Indiana sales tax on Internet purchases.Indiana will become the fourth state to reach such an agreement with Amazon.com, but Gov. -
House Committee Releases Final NCLB Rewrite Drafts
Opinion -House Republicans have released draft language for the last two of five bills to rewrite and reauthorize the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, currently known as No Child Left Behind. -
New Emissions Data Rebut Global Warming Alarmism
Opinion -U.S. carbon dioxide emissions continue to track lower than year 2000 levels, the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) reported on Monday, extending this century’s downward trend in U.S. emissions. -
Culture Contributes to Military Children’s Strong Scores
Opinion -The 2011 National Assessment of Educational Progress confirmed a strong trend: soldiers’ children outperform public school students in reading and math. The U.S. -
Cell-Phone Towers on California Schools to Enhance District’s Bottom Line
Opinion -As a way of combating hard economic times, California’s Elk Grove Unified School District board announced it will allow negotiations to begin with cell-phone companies interested in locating their towers on school property. -
Tents Situation
Opinion -In the kind of legal hair-splitting that makes saner heads explode, Occupy DC inhabitants are suing the U.S. Interior Department over the definition of the term “camping” under a federal rule banning it in Washington, DC parks. -
California Billionaires Bankroll Tax Hike Referenda
Opinion -For the Chinese, 2012 is the Year of the Dragon. For beleaguered California taxpayers this may be the Year of the Billionaire. -
U.S. Carbon Dioxide Emissions Remain Below 2000 Levels
Opinion -U.S. carbon dioxide emissions remain below 2000 levels and are likely to remain so until at least the year 2030, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration’s just-released preview of its Annual Energy Outlook 2012. -
Schools’ Electronic Monitors to Track Student Exercise
Opinion -The athletic chair of Bay Shore, a Long Island, New York school system, has raised privacy concerns by ordering electronic monitors to track students’ physical activities both on- and off-campus. -
International Law Too Easy on Cruise Lines
Opinion -If even half of them are true, the allegations against the captain of the Costa Concordia--the half-billion-dollar cruise ship currently half-submerged off the Italian coast--ought to boil anyone’s blood. -
Consumer Power Report: One Observer Says No Repeal Likely
Opinion -In a few recent editions, we’ve discussed the ramifications and possibilities of whether the next president, if a Republican, will engage the political capital necessary to “repeal and replace” President Barack Obama’s health care law. -
Student Voice: Why I Support School Choice
Opinion -In honor of National School Choice Week, School Reform News has asked students to speak out about why they support school choice. Here's Jason's take. To find a school choice event near you, visit NSCW's website. -
Idaho Tax Committee Chairman Pushes Cigarette Tax Hike; Others Push Back
Opinion -In a recent statement to the Idaho Reporter, State Rep. Dennis Lake (R-Blackfoot) labeled himself a legislative “errand boy” for the American Cancer Society, pledging to work for higher cigarette taxes at the group’s behest.
