Opinion
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Robert L. Woodson, Sr. on Steele Race Attacks
Opinion -The, racial, ad hominem attacks on Maryland Lieutenant Governor Michael Steele by the state's Democratic black leadership do a tremendous disservice to the black community. They suffocate debate and impose a gag rule. -
Defending Clarence Thomas
Opinion -Dear Editor: To suggest in your editorial of November 1, [Clarence Thomas not a real black? -
Texas Takes Lead on Franchise Reform
Opinion -The first telephone exchange in the United States opened in New Haven, Connecticut in 1878. The list of about 50 subscribers included three doctors, two dentists, 12 residents, and the local post office, police station, and meat market. -
U.S. Senate Squelches Mercury Panic
Opinion -The U.S. Senate voted on September 13 to reject an environmental activist-inspired challenge to the Bush administration's new rules regulating mercury emissions from power plants. The Bush mercury rules were sustained by a vote of 51-47. -
Why Employer-Based Health Insurance Is Unraveling
Opinion -In a September 13 statement, the CEO of Starbucks Corp. announced his company will spend more on health insurance for its employees this year than on coffee beans. Howard Schultz, meeting with Sen. Patty Murray (D-WA) and Rep. -
Statement on Telecom Mergers Ruling
Opinion -(November 1, 2005 -- Chicago, IL) The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) announced on Monday that it will approve the mergers of SBC Communications Inc. with AT&T Corp. and Verizon Communications Inc. with MCI, Inc. -
The Metaphysics of Communications Reform
Opinion -In January 2004, as Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) was catching on, I wrote a piece for CNET on “The Metaphysics of VoIP. -
Intellectual Property Rights are Human Rights
Opinion -The twentieth century was one long economic experiment, with many countries falling prey to a philosophy that private property is antithetical to the public good. -
Fla. Court OKs Class-Action Suit Against Schools
Opinion -A three-judge appeals panel in Florida granted class-action status September 28 to the plaintiffs in a lawsuit against the Pinellas County School Board that alleges educational inequity. -
Jailed School Superintendent Denied Bail
Opinion -Thomas Ryan, superintendent of Community Consolidated School District 168 in Sauk Village, Illinois, was charged August 23 with stealing more than $100,000 from one of Cook County's poorest districts. -
Emergency School Vouchers Likely for Katrina Victims
Opinion -A month after Hurricane Katrina displaced 372,000 schoolchildren and laid waste to portions of three Gulf Coast states, students headed back to class in one of Louisiana's hardest-hit districts, Jefferson Parish. -
Court: State Can’t Force Catholic School to Unionize
Opinion -The Michigan Education Association (MEA) is deciding whether to appeal an August ruling by the Michigan Court of Appeals that held a state labor relations commission could not force a Roman Catholic high school to permit its teachers to unionize. -
Class-Action Lawsuit Pending Against California Teacher Union
Opinion -While a class-action lawsuit against the California Teachers Association (CTA) was pending, a U.S. District Court judge on October 6 refused to temporarily freeze funds the union seized from teachers statewide without due process in order to fight Gov. -
Denver Teachers, City Leaders Support Pay-for-Performance Ballot Measure
Opinion -Denver, Colorado could become the nation's first urban school district to implement a pay-for-performance plan, if voters approve a November 1 ballot measure that already has the support of local teachers and city officials. -
Hurricanes Katrina and Rita: By the Numbers
Opinion -372,000 Gulf State schoolchildren were displaced by Hurricane Katrina 50,000 students were enrolled in Catholic schools operated by the Archdiocese of New Orleans when Katrina hit 61,000 students were enrolled in private schools in the four -
Technology Unites Hurricane Victims, Helpers
Opinion -On October 3, 77 of the 84 schools in Louisiana's Jefferson Parish--one of the four that bore the greatest brunt of Hurricane Katrina--reopened. -
Colleges Welcome Texas Homeschoolers
Opinion -While Texas homeschools often field inquiries from public school officials, social service workers, law enforcement officials, and employers who question their legitimacy, graduates are finding most colleges and universities eagerly accept them, and some -
Blue Ribbon Panel
Opinion -The Blue Ribbon Panel for the Kinder Excellence in Teaching Award consists of the following individuals: Frank Corcoran, founding teacher of KIPP Academy New York, the highest-performing public middle school in the Bronx for eight consecutive years -
Boston MATCH School Goes Beyond ‘No Excuses’
Opinion -Since its inception in 2000, the Media and Technology Charter High (MATCH) School in Boston has drawn its predominantly black and Hispanic students largely from the city's poorest demographic, and most of its students enter ninth grade achieving well -
Congress Takes Up Long-Term Care Proposal
Opinion -On September 15, Sen. George Allen (R-VA) introduced S. 1706, the Long-Term Care Act of 2005. -
Durbin Stops Blocking High-Risk Pools
Opinion -After seven months of blocking a Senate bill that would help low-income people with serious medical conditions find affordable health insurance, Senate Minority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL) agreed not to oppose the measure, in response to a compromise -
Counterfeit Drug Sales to Reach $75 Billion by 2010, Report Says
Opinion -On September 20, experts on regulation, security, and trade of illegal pharmaceuticals gathered in Washington, DC to discuss what they described as the global threat of illegal, cross-border drug trafficking. -
What’s Really Wrong with American Health Care
Opinion -A Call to Action: Taking Back Healthcare for Future Generations by Hank A. McKinnell (New York, NY: McGraw-Hill, 2005) 256 pages, $27. -
Lawsuit Challenges Constitutionality of Tobacco Settlement
Opinion -A lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of the Master Settlement Agreement (MSA), entered into between 46 states and the four major tobacco companies, was greeted with applause by those who perceived the settlement as an overstepping of bounds by