Opinion
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Pull the Trigger on Failing D.C. Schools
Opinion -Regarding California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger’s Dec. 16 op-ed, “In California, a school reclaimed”:Mr. -
Ohio, Wisconsin Reject High-Speed Rail Funds
Opinion -Newly elected Republican Governors John Kasich of Ohio and Scott Walker of Wisconsin have kept their campaign pledges, reasserting they will remove their states from the Obama administration’s ambitious high-speed rail project. -
Consumer Power Report
Opinion -“This case isn’t about health insurance. It isn’t about health care. It’s about liberty. -
Achievement Gap Persists, but More Money Isn’t the Answer
Opinion -A report criticizing the persistent lag in achievement between black and white students says a 50-year effort to close the gap has failed. But the report’s call for more federal resources has elicited controversy. -
Study Calls for Big Hikes in Teacher Pay, National Plan
Opinion -A new study calling for substantially higher pay for teachers has evoked criticism arguing it overlooks crucial differences between U.S. and overseas school systems and national cultures and is biased toward maintaining the government-school status quo. -
Support Builds for National School Choice Week
Opinion -Public support is building across the nation for the first-ever National School Choice Week, January 23 through January 29, a grassroots effort featuring a broad coalition of more than 40 groups and schools, including the Foundation for Educational -
Kentucky Reform Law Has Brought Little Student Achievement Gain
Opinion -Kentucky’s Education Reform Act (KERA) substantially changed the Bluegrass State’s school finance formula and largely eliminated nepotism from the state’s rural and Appalachian school districts, but it has done little to bolster -
Insurers and Homeland Security Partnering on Cybersecurity
Opinion -Cyberterrorism, hackers, identity theft, and computer viruses threaten to disrupt the world’s digital networks. Digital attacks can have severe effects on national wealth. -
Georgia Supreme Court Reviews State Charter Authorization Law
Opinion -The independence of charter schools in Georgia may hinge on an upcoming decision by the state’s Supreme Court. -
Syrian Authorities Reduce Internet Access
Opinion -Demonstrating how government control over the Internet gateway enables increased censorship, a new law in Syria could seriously curtail online media use in the Mideast nation. -
Oklahoma Districts Defy Special Needs Voucher Law
Opinion -Officials in four school districts surrounding Tulsa, Oklahoma say they will not honor a new state law providing scholarships to parents of children with disabilities. -
States’ CO2 ‘Nuisance’ Suit Threatens Already-Staggering Economy
Opinion -The United States Supreme Court on December 6 agreed to review a federal appellate court ruling many condemn as the most extreme example to date of “regulation by litigation. -
Kudos for Excellent Comparison
Opinion -Editor, Times-Dispatch:Kudos to the Richmond Times-Dispatch for your editorial, “Health Care: Socialism,” comparing the Obama administration’s limits on health-insurer profits to the economic edicts of avowed socialist leaders around -
Proposed U.S. Constitutional Debt Relief Amendment Gains Support
Opinion -When James Booth of Dallas, Texas called Glenn Hughes of Scottsdale, Arizona about a business opportunity a year ago, he had no idea he would soon be talking about amending the United States Constitution. -
Eleven Utah Cities in Big Debt from Muni Telecom Network
Opinion -Eleven Utah cities have banded together to provide taxpayer-backed telecom services through a fiber-optic network they call UTOPIA. -
City Officials in Washington State Boost Head Tax by 567%
Opinion -With both state and city budgets facing tough times as a result of the recession, one city in Washington State decided recently to try saving about 75 city jobs—by drastically increasing a fee that could cost private-sector jobs. -
Philadelphia Charter Lawsuit Highlights Funding Gap, Enrollment Caps
Opinion -An example of the success of the charter school movement in the United States—and the resistance of the entrenched education establishment—is the Walter D. Palmer Leadership Learning Partners Charter School in North Philadelphia. -
Fed’s Call for More Inflation Creates Concern
Opinion -Federal Reserve officials have publicly declared their support for inflation to rise for a time beyond its informal 2 percent target—a prospect that economics professor Richard Vedder of Ohio University calls “crazy. -
California’s New Budget Already Coming Apart
Opinion -It certainly didn't take long for California's budget to unravel after being signed in October.According to a new report from the state's nonpartisan Legislative Analyst's Office, California is facing a deficit of $25.4 billion over the next 20 months. -
Florida’s Sinkhole Insurance Law Explained
Opinion -Sinkhole insurance—coverage for structural damage or other noncatastrophic events—used to be mandatory for Floridians. In 2007 the Florida legislature changed that. Consumers were no longer required to buy sinkhole coverage. -
New Index Estimates Cost Impact of Land Regulation on New Houses
Opinion -In recent decades, unprecedented differences have developed in the price of new tract housing on the urban fringe in U.S. metropolitan markets. -
Lawsuit Abuse Fortnightly #9-25
Opinion -A few weeks ago a Boston city tow truck crashed into a 17-unit apartment building after the truck’s brakes failed. -
Analysis: Fed Chairman Bernanke Lied on 60 Minutes
Opinion -There is no other way to put this: Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke outright lied on 60 Minutes on December 5.At one point during the interview with Scott Pelley, Bernanke said:“One myth that's out there is that what we're doing is printing money. -
While Europe’s Governments Spend Less, U.S. Spends More
Opinion -In a once unthinkable reversal, Americans are seeing a massive expansion of the scale and scope of their government’s spending, while Europeans are coming to terms with austerity, conservative fiscal policy, and a reexamination of the state’s
