Opinion
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Illinois Tuition Program May Need $1.6 Billion Rescue
Opinion -The College Illinois! prepaid college tuition program needs a bailout in order to stay solvent, according to an analysis completed for the Illinois Student Assistance Commission. -
Hoover Rates 2011 Best and Worst in Education
Opinion -The best education development in 2011 was a school choice “reinvigoration” through vouchers and opportunity scholarships, and the worst was misreporting of the Atlanta cheating scandal that excused guilty teachers and administrators, says a report from -
Groups Push FCC to Eliminate Sports Blackout Rule
Opinion -National public interest groups, media companies, and legislators are joining forces to push the Federal Communications Commission to end its sports blackout rule. Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) called for the FCC to eliminate the rule. -
Montana Officials, Feds Negotiate Bison Relocation
Opinion -Montana Gov. Brian Schweitzer (D) and federal officials are negotiating proposals to relocate dozens or perhaps hundreds of bison from Yellowstone National Park as an alternative to slaughtering the iconic animals. -
Oregon’s Medicaid Expansion Proves Costly
Opinion -Expanding Medicaid coverage to low-income individuals results in better reported health and greater financial well-being, but also higher costs and greater utilization of care, according to a new study by researchers from the National Bureau of Economic -
No Defense
Opinion -The mother of a seven-year-old boy says her son is being investigated by officials of his school for sexual harassment of a schoolmate.The mother says her son was being choked by another boy as they rode on a school bus. -
Michigan Lifts ‘Arbitrary’ Charter School Cap
Opinion -Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder (R) signed a bill to remove the cap on university-chartered public schools and allow community colleges to authorize charters beyond their districts. -
UP County Diverts DHS Narrowbanding Grants
Opinion -Counties in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula are using a $1.2 million Department of Homeland Security grant to help pay for narrowband upgrades mandated by the Federal Communications Commission. -
CDC Recommendation Could Save Children’s Lives
Opinion -When flying, many people secure their luggage better than they secure their children. It seldom makes much difference. Unfortunately, many choose to do the same regarding immunization, where the risks are much greater and more widespread. -
Sue It Yourself
Opinion -A Georgia man is suing his lawyer for forcing him to go to law school. -
Soviet Union’s Fatal Flaw Is Repeated Here
Opinion -Even today, almost exactly 20 years after it happened, Westerners asked to explain the rapid collapse of the Soviet Union tend to serve up theories that flatter preconceived ideological biases. -
Florida Legislators, Governor to Consider Parent Trigger
Opinion -Draft bills with a Parent Trigger provision have been offered to both houses of the Florida Legislature by the Foundation for Florida’s Future. -
Court Grants Injunction Against Cell-Phone Warning Labels
Opinion -A U.S. District Judge has issued a temporary injunction against provisions of a San Francisco law that would require retailers to warn customers about possible carcinogenic effects of radio frequency energy emissions from cell phones. -
DC Must Adopt Sense of Urgency for Impending Spectrum Crunch
Opinion -The disaster film 2012 depicts a series of cataclysmic events—including tsunamis, earthquakes, and super storms—that threaten the survival of humanity. Although these crisis events are fictional, there is a very real crisis looming over U.S. -
Low-Tax Advocates Should Oppose Special Tax Breaks
Opinion -When they joined with Democrats to vote for new handouts to business earlier this week, Republicans in the Illinois legislature such as House Leader Tom Cross patted themselves on the back. -
Getaway Deal
Opinion -A newlywed Kansas couple is being sued for $250,000 for breaching an oral agreement they allegedly had with the man who kidnapped them. -
Technology in Schools: Not a One-Time Fix
Opinion -Critics from right and left have jumped on the “education-industrial complex” for promising quantum leaps in national academic achievement if schools (and taxpayers) just “invest” in shiny new tech gadgets. -
Parents Should Heed Ben Franklin’s Vaccination Story
Opinion -New data indicate increasing conflict between parental rights advocates and vaccination experts. To avoid the return of preventable disease, both sides would be wise to begin a more open and educational dialogue with each other. -
Obamacare: Even If You Like Your Plan, You Can’t Keep It
Opinion -One of the most fervent promises President Obama made to the American people before passage of the health overhaul law was, “If you like your health care plan, you will be able to keep your health care plan. Period. No one will take it away. -
Global Warming Reducing Temperature Stress on Chinese Rice
Opinion -Global warming is benefiting rice production in China, the world’s leading rice producer, Chinese scientists report in the peer-reviewed journal Agricultural and Forest Meteorology. -
Smart Meters Save Big Money for Michigan Town
Opinion -Ann Arbor—Michigan’s sixth largest city, with a population of 114,000—estimates the university town saves $300,000 a year since implementing smart meters in 2005 to measure home and business energy use. -
Update Journalism Shield Laws for Digital Age
Opinion -Enacted by 40 states in the wake of the Watergate scandal, media shield laws help strengthen freedom of the press by protecting journalists and their confidential sources from government harassment. -
Indiana’s State Workers Enjoy Consumer-Directed Reforms
Opinion -Indiana’s Republican Gov. Mitch Daniels has repeatedly criticized the U.S. health care system’s lack of price signals for consumers as a driver of the rising cost of care. -
Double Duty
Opinion -A Chicago lawyer has been suspended by the Illinois Supreme Court from practicing law for a year for conduct tending “to bring the legal profession into disrepute.
