Opinion
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Great Lakes Success Story
Opinion -Dear Editor: Your December 9 article, "Scientists Warn Great Lakes Near Collapse," literally took my breath way. -
Heartland Statement on Illinois Supreme Court’s Altria Decision
Opinion -(Chicago, IL -- December 15, 2005) Earlier today, the Illinois Supreme Court reversed a lower court's $10.1 billion judgment against Altria, Inc. Observers contacted by The Heartland Institute supported the court's decision. Joseph A. -
Mercury Myths
Opinion -Dear Editor: I hate fish, but with half-a-century of experience as an environemntal scientist and my recent completion of a five-volume Water Encyclopedia for Wiley Interscience (May 2005), I have learned enough to know I need to eat fish in order to -
Consumer Power Report #13
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 -
Junk Science on Mercury Debunked
Opinion -House Resources Committee Chairman Richard W. -
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Should We Be Honoring Rachel Carson?
Opinion -Dear editor: On December 6, the Allegheny County Council (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) voted 14-0 to honor Rachel Carson by renaming the city's Ninth Street Bridge, near her former Allegheny River home. -
Documentary Exposes the Reality of Canadian Health Care
Opinion -On the Fence Films, founded by technology entrepreneur Stuart E. -
Consumer Power Report #12
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 -
Bus Boycotter Defends Sowell’s Rosa Parks Column
Opinion -Dear Editor: Professor Abramowitz may have missed Thomas Sowell’s major point [“Sowell’s Rosa Parks Column Rebutted by Emory Professor,” Human Events, November 7]. -
Muscatine Power & Water
Opinion -Dear Editor: Muscatine Power & Water's announcement that it projects a $1. -
Tax-Hikers Win Colorado Ballot Initiative
Opinion -Colorado voters on November 1 approved Referendum C, a measure to give up nearly $4 billion in tax rebates over the next five years and permanently increase the cap on spending in the state's constitution. -
Tax Protestors Launch ‘Tea Party’ in Maine
Opinion -At the Windham Veteran's Center, a crowd watched from a safe distance as tax reform advocate Mary Adams lit the fuse on a cast-iron cannon, a replica of the cannons that once fired on the British during the American Revolution. -
Wireless Philadelphia Moves Forward
Opinion -Philadelphia's selection of EarthLink Inc. -
Georgia Gives up Revenue ‘Windfall,’ Suspends State Gasoline Taxes
Opinion -Georgia motorists recently won temporary tax relief as they struggled to cope with soaring fuel costs. -
Health Organizations, Insurers Give Qualified Support
Opinion -Despite the sketchiness of the All Kids legislation, many organizations with a stake in Illinois' health care system spoke favorably of the program in the days leading up to its passage. -
ANWR Rides November Rollercoaster
Opinion -Prospects for resource recovery in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR), an area rich in oil and natural gas reserves, rode a dramatic rollercoaster during early November. Resource recovery appeared all but certain on November 3 when the U.S. -
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California Voters Reject Spending Cap Initiative
Opinion -California voters on November 8 trounced an initiative designed to control state spending, voting 62 to 38 percent to reject Proposition 76, the "Live Within Our Means" Act supported by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger. -
Chicago May Seize Homes, Businesses for Airport
Opinion -Local police officers and a cemetery more than 100 years old may be the only things stopping Chicago from carrying out the largest public works project in our nation's history. -
Texas Enacts Sweeping Telecommunications Reform
Opinion -A new telecommunications law in Texas has opened the door to increased telecom competition and innovation in the state, including the deployment of new technologies such as video programming over phone lines. Its effects are already being seen. Gov. -
Denver Voters Approve Merit Pay for Teachers
Opinion -Denver voters easily approved a $25 million property tax increase to fund a new merit-pay program, known as the Professional Compensation System for Teachers (ProComp), in Colorado's statewide elections November 1. -
Education a Top Priority at State Policy Network Meeting
Opinion -More than 300 people attended the State Policy Network's (SPN) 13th Annual Meeting in Charleston, South Carolina, September 29-October 1--the organization's largest meeting since its founding in 1992. -
Bishop Tutu Joins Call to Fight Malaria with DDT
Opinion -Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu, whose concern for human rights has inspired people around the world, has joined more than 100 prominent scientists and human rights advocates signing a petition urging the use of DDT to stop an African holocaust of