Opinion
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Twitter User Charged Under Federal Stalker Law
Opinion -Prosecutors in Maryland are employing a federal anti-stalking law to charge a man who used the Internet to make unkind statements about a public figure with “intent to harass and cause emotional distress. -
Bat Decision
Opinion -Warning labels are not enough, according to the Montana Supreme Court, which upheld a verdict by a pitcher against a manufacturer of aluminum baseball bats. -
AT&T, T-Mobile Merger Comments Generate Astroturf Claims
Opinion -The Federal Communications Commission comment period on the AT&T merger with T-Mobile has generated thousands of comments on the FCC’s Web site. -
Now Even the ‘Core’ Inflation Index Is Spiking
Opinion -In July, even the inflation-deniers’ “core” price index for finished goods, which does not include foods and energy, let them down. The core index rose 0.4 percent, for an annualized rate of 4.8 percent. -
Milwaukee’s HOPE Schools Cut Achievement Gap
Opinion -A trio of private, religious schools in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, has been closing the academic achievement gap for inner-city kids who attend the school largely using vouchers. -
Telephone Briefing Monday, August 22 on DMEPOS Bidding
Opinion -What: Medicare DMEPOS Round Two Competitive Bidding: The Costs and Consequences When: August 22, 2011, 2:00 pm ET Who: Eli Lehrer, Vice President of Washington, DC Operations, The Heartland Institute (moderator) Steve Pociask, President, American -
Smile, You’re on Motown Surveillance Cam
Opinion -"Detroit Police hope to bolster safety in the central business district by connecting a network of 350 security cameras to a central viewing post to track activity on the streets, search out wanted criminal suspects, check parking lots and monitor crowds. -
Global Warming Blamed for Future UFO Attacks
Opinion -No, the title of this article is not a joke. The UK Guardian published an article yesterday titled, “Aliens may destroy humanity to protect other civilizations, scientists say. -
HHS Blocks Waivers for Iowa, North Dakota
Opinion -The Department of Health and Human Services, which has approved nearly 1,500 waivers from President Obama’s health care law, has refused to issue waivers requested by two states, Iowa and North Dakota. -
Debt Ceiling Up, Credit Rating Down, Committee Formed; Reaction Ripples
Opinion -August has been known for the dog days of summer. After this August it may be known for the wild days of markets. Congress in August raised the national debt ceiling and created a “super Congress” to recommend cuts in government spending. -
Surveys: Teachers, Public Disagree on School Choice
Opinion -Recent surveys of teachers and public opinion on education policies and reform reveal a growing divide between educators and the general public on topics such as merit pay and vouchers. -
If They Can’t End Flood Insurance, Can They End Anything?
Opinion -Thirty-eight Congressmen stood up for liberty in July when they supported Rep. -
Cumulative Weight of New Rules on Credit: The Evidence
Opinion -Fast Facts from The Financial Services Roundtable “Because banks believe that Dodd-Frank will probably hurt their bottom line, they're already working on a range of offsets. -
Economic Alzheimer’s
Opinion -There are several forms of dementia. One particularly perverse version affects older economists and investment bankers. They lose the memory of everything except the gold standard. See, for example, the article by Lewis E. -
Washington Unleashes Bipartisan Scorn on IPAB
Opinion -Congress members of both parties are directing ire against a controversial element of President Obama’s health care law, which proposes to restrain Medicare costs through the creation of the Independent Payment Advisory Board. -
A Case for Dropping the Mortgage Interest Deduction
Opinion -The U.S. federal income tax code is full of complicated deductions, credits, and loopholes, the largest of which is the mortgage interest deduction (MID).According to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), itemized deductions excluded $1. -
Financial Instruments Would be Target of Broader Base, Lower Rates
Opinion -Broadening the tax base and lowering tax rates, the current whiz-bang solution to both the government debt problem and the recession, has the support of Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL) from the political left and Sen. Tom Coburn (R-OK) on the political right. -
Massachusetts Mulls Private Finance for Public Services
Opinion -At the request of his Executive Office for Administration and Finance, Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick (D) has received 34 proposals on how best to employ what’s called social innovation financing. -
Should Motown Implement Surveillance Cameras?
Opinion -“Detroit Police hope to bolster safety in the central business district by connecting a network of 350 security cameras to a central viewing post to track activity on the streets, search out wanted criminal suspects, check parking lots and monitor crowds. -
North Carolina’s Legislature Targets Children’s Waistlines, Sparks Parental Resistance
Opinion -In North Carolina, a host of Democratic and Republican lawmakers, who agree government should maintain an active role in controlling children’ diets, have introduced four bills this legislative session directed at North Carolinians’ waistlines. -
California Warrantless Search Bill May Violate Fourth Amendment
Opinion -California lawmakers are attempting to stem the rise in counterfeit compact and digital video discs by proposing a law that would allow warrantless searches of disc manufacturing plants. -
Montana Receives ‘No Child’ Waiver as Congress Moves to Reauthorize the Law
Opinion -Dissatisfied with the pace of No Child Left Behind reauthorization in Congress, the Department of Education announced it will waive some of the law’s penalties for individual states, provided the states make unspecified policy changes in return. -
Minimal Fanfare, Much Controversy, Surround Federal Online Tax Proposal
Opinion -On the sweltering Friday afternoon of July 29, all of Washington and most of the nation was fixated on the political drama over raising the federal debt ceiling. Few may have noticed that same afternoon also marked U.S. Sen. -
New Study Finds Computer Models Predict Too Much Warming
Opinion -A doubling of atmospheric carbon dioxide concentrations will likely cause roughly 1 degree Celsius of global warming, as opposed to United Nations computer model predictions of 1.