Opinion
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K-12 Education Reforms Not Working, Manufacturers Say
Opinion -Despite educational reforms implemented over the past eight years, students graduating from public schools are still largely unprepared for the workforce, according to the latest annual employer survey published in November 2005 by the National -
Las Vegas Views Desalination as Potential Water Source
Opinion -Seemingly endless disputes among Southwestern states regarding the allocation of Colorado River water may be less intense in the future if some government officials in Las Vegas and southern Nevada have their way. -
Lawmakers Repeal Own Pay Raises
Opinion -Pennsylvania voters threw a state supreme court justice out of office and nearly dismissed another in November, the result of outrage over what one state legislator called "backroom deals" to boost pay for the executive, legislative, and judicial -
Nantucket Sound Wind Farm Plan Divides Activists
Opinion -A wind-powered water fight continues to intensify among rich and famous Northeasterners. -
Online Tool Aims to Improve Children’s Health
Opinion -When insurance companies look at America's children, they see the future and tremble. But a new technology, being used successfully in several U.S. -
Rationing Looms for Milwaukee Choice Program
Opinion -The Milwaukee Parental Choice Program (MPCP)--the nation's oldest and largest school voucher program--faces an uncertain future after reaching a statutory enrollment cap of 14,751 students in September 2005. -
Report Finds Fraud, Waste, and Abuse in Federal E-Rate Program
Opinion -On October 18, 2005, the U.S. -
School Choice Has a Friend on Capitol Hill
Opinion -Following the results of the 2004 presidential election in the United States, United Press International reported many houses in Malerkotla, a township in the Punjab state of India, were illuminated and residents were distributing sweets and dancing to -
Shifting Blame in the Katrina Tragedy
Opinion -As the devastation wrought by Hurricane Katrina continued to shock and sadden the nation, the question on many lips was, "Who is to blame for the inadequate response?" That question remains to be fully answered. -
Study: How to Cover Everyone in Six Easy Steps
Opinion -David Kendall of the Progressive Policy Institute has issued a new study, "Fixing America's Health Care System: A Progressive Plan to Cover Everyone and Restrain Costs. -
Tax Protestor Could Spend Rest of Life in Prison
Opinion -The most notorious tax protestor of the past 25 years awaits word on his future, which is in the hands of a federal judge in Las Vegas, Nevada. For more than two decades Irwin A. -
Warming Likely to Have Modest Effect on Sea Level, If Any
Opinion -One of the great fears generated by global warming is that the oceans are about to rise and swallow our coasts. These concerns have been heightened by the substantial uptick in Atlantic hurricane activity that began in 1995. -
Governor Romney Bails Out
Opinion -Dear Editor, Governor Mitt Romney's decision to bail out of the multi-state agreement to reduce greenhouse gas emissions (December 28, "Governor Romney Bails Out") prevented his state's tax monies from being flushed into a global climate abyss. -
Sprawl
Opinion -Dear Editor: I was extremely impressed with Sun-Times architect critic Kevin Nance's even-handed review of the Robert Bruegmann book, Sprawl: A Compact History ["Learning to Sprawl," December 27]. -
Far Flung Fabrics: A Fine Mesh
Opinion -Michael Freedman's column about using mosquito nets to fight malaria in Africa ,"A Fine Mesh" (December 26, p. 71), confirms the fact that new businesses that are dependent upon grants take great risks, in the true spirit of entrepreneurs. -
Comment on Thomas v. Mallett and Senate Bill 402
Opinion -The Wisconsin legislature has approved a bill, S.B. 402, that would restore one of the classic requirements for recovery for injuries allegedly caused by products. It is not certain whether Governor Jim Doyle will sign the bill into law. -
Consumer Power Report #15
Opinion -Consumer Power Report, written by Greg Scandlen, director of Consumers for Health Care Choices at The Heartland Institute, is a weekly report summarizing recent developments on consumer-directed health care in the media, legislative, and regulatory -
How to Reduce the Risk of Nutritional Diseases
Opinion -The United States is experiencing an epidemic of diseases related to poor nutrition. Rates of heart disease, stroke, type-2 diabetes, and obesity are all rising rapidly. -
Mercury Menace
Opinion -Dear Editor: The Tribune series on the "mercury menace" has the eerie feel of Janet Cook. Cook was the Washington Post staff reporter who fabricated a sensational series on the fictitious life of a child crack addict. -
Comment on the Digital Age Communications Act of 2005
Opinion -The Digital Age Communications Act (DACA) of 2005, introduced last week by Sen. Jim DeMint (R-SC), represents Congress' best and soundest approach to federal and state telecom policy reform so far. -
Consumer Power Report #14
Opinion -Consumer Power Report, written by Greg Scandlen, director of Consumers for Health Care Choices at The Heartland Institute, is a weekly report summarizing recent developments on consumer-directed health care in the media, legislative, and regulatory -
An Open Letter to the Illinois Tollway Authority:
Opinion -Back in 2002, I wrote a letter to the editor standing by you when others were demanding Illinois "get rid of tolls. -
Mercury Series
Opinion -To the Editor: Your three-part series on mercury in fish ["The Mercury Menace," December 11, 12, 13] left out five key facts. -
Great Lakes Success Story
Opinion -Dear Editor: Your December 9 article, "Scientists Warn Great Lakes Near Collapse," literally took my breath way.