Opinion
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Hawaiians Can ‘Follow the Money’ on New Web Site
Opinion -The Grassroot Institute of Hawaii has launched 4HawaiiansOnly—a Web site and project that examines grants made for the benefit of Native Hawaiians.An examination of the database of grants at www.4hawaiiansonly. -
Credit Scoring Ban Struck Down in Michigan
Opinion -The Michigan Supreme Court has struck down regulations against using credit scoring in underwriting insurance policies.The issue came to a head in Michigan last year, after Gov. -
New ‘Catastrophe Lab’ Will Provide Disaster Mitigation Info
Opinion -A first-of-its-kind “catastrophe lab” that will allow researchers to subject buildings and building materials to lifelike Category 1, 2, or 3 hurricane conditions, as well as simulated firestorms, hailstorms, and other natural or manmade -
Lawsuit Abuse Fortnightly #9-15
Opinion -A Long Island woman’s 31-year-old mentally ill son decapitated a neighbor, chopped her body up into pieces, and carried her head around in his car. -
Louisiana School Reforms Turn Disaster into Opportunity
Opinion -Excessive red tape strangles innovation, undermines reform, and even endangers public health. It’s what prevented Louisiana officials from quickly dredging sand berms along the Gulf Coast in response to the Deepwater Horizon oil rig disaster. -
Study: Bag Taxes Are Bad Tax Policy
Opinion -At least 13 states are considering enacting taxes on plastic and paper bags used at grocery stores and carryout restaurants, but a Tax Foundation report shows the environmental benefits of the tax are often exaggerated and the tax becomes another general -
Teachers Union Agenda Is Far Out of the Mainstream
Opinion -The National Education Association boasts a membership of more than 3 million teachers and is one of the most powerful interest groups within the Democratic Party. -
Consumer Power Report #230
Opinion -Welcome to the Consumer Power Report – Greg Scandlen is off this week. -
New Organization Works for Reform of Broadcast Retransmission Rules
Opinion -A 31-member coalition organized around the issue of broadcast retransmission fees has been formed to press for resolution of conflicts between broadcasters and cable and satellite companies that have begun causing TV viewers to miss desired programs and -
Study Tallies Congress’s Big-Spending Ways
Opinion -Congress's decade-long trend of proposing more federal spending-increase legislation appears to have slowed, but it's unclear whether the House and Senate will return to the days when spending-cut bills came close to balancing their agendas. -
Big Doubts Surround Financial System Overhaul Bill
Opinion -President Barack Obama on Wednesday signed into law a massive financial overhaul bill that he and the bill’s supporters say will protect the economy, businesses, and individuals.His signing of the bill came just days after the U.S. -
Maryland Taxpayers Losing Money on Stadium Deals
Opinion -An ill-advised financial arrangement is causing Maryland taxpayers to lose money on sports stadium financing deals that were supposed to save them money. -
Field Museum Responds to Michaels and Knappenberger
Opinion -As a scientist working on climate change for the past 20-plus years, I can say without hesitation that most of what Ms. Debra Moskovits said in her July 4 global warming article is not “facts,” but merely assertions and half-truths. -
Environmentalists Challenge Ethanol Subsidies
Opinion -Environmental activists are stepping up their criticism of ethanol tax breaks, claiming the subsidies provide few if any environmental benefits and needlessly raise energy costs. -
Legislative Battle Over Connecticut Renewable Power Mandate Ends in Draw
Opinion -The Connecticut legislature seriously considered legislation rolling back the state’s aggressive renewable power requirement, but a back-and-forth battle between legislators seeking to loosen the mandates and those working to tighten the rules -
NAS Begins Global Warming Inquisition
Opinion -A new “study” has been published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) examining the credentials and publication records of climate scientists who are global warming skeptics versus those who accept the “tenets -
IPCC Selects Inflammatory Mote as Lead Author
Opinion -Proponents of greater objectivity, cooperation, and transparency at the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) received a severe body blow when IPCC selected the highly controversial Philip Mote as a lead author for the Fifth -
Gulf States Take Lead in Addressing Oil Spill
Opinion -Gulf Coast states are taking the initiative in addressing the BP oil spill, as the federal government continues to do little to protect states from advancing oil and has been standing in the way of many remedial actions by the states. -
Newly Approved GM Soybean Promises Health Benefits
Opinion -Consumers eager for a more nutritional diet got some good news in early June when the U.S. Department of Agriculture (DOA) approved a new type of genetically modified soybean containing healthier oils. -
Urban ‘Sprawl’ No Threat to Farmland, Open Spaces
Opinion -There are few more bankrupt arguments against suburbanization than the claim that it consumes too much agricultural land. There is no doubt agricultural production takes up less of the country's land than it did several decades ago. -
Concord, Massachusetts Bans Sales of Bottled Water
Opinion -The town of Concord, Massachusetts has banned the sale of bottled water, effective January 2011. Concord passed the measure in response to environmental concerns. Sales of refillable containers of water will still be allowed. -
Study: Wind Power Raises CO2 Emissions
Opinion -Efforts to reduce U.S. carbon dioxide emissions by replacing coal and natural gas with wind power appear to be doing more harm than good as a new study finds replacing coal and natural gas with wind power increases CO2 emissions. -
Nation’s Energy Choice: Nuclear Prosperity or Renewable Decline
Opinion -The United States is clearly falling behind many countries in our nuclear world, but all is not lost. We still know how to operate reactors better than anyone else. Our fleet of 104 plants is operational 90 percent of the time. -
Minnesota Legislature Retains State’s Nuclear Moratorium
Opinion -Minnesota’s moratorium on new nuclear power plant construction remains in place despite growing efforts to remove it.
