Opinion
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Crichton Tells Senate: Scientific Standards Must Not Be Relaxed for Warming Predictions
Opinion -As climate science has become an increasingly political issue, a debate is raging among researchers regarding what level of independent review is appropriate before scientists present their theories as fact and before media publications report new -
Invasive Weeds Are Spoiling Lake Tahoe
Opinion -The world-famous clarity of Lake Tahoe in Nevada is under assault from invasive Eurasian milfoil weeds. The aggressive weed is choking out native plants and fish and is threatening to create an algae epidemic in previously pristine waters. -
Florida Governor Announces Lake Okeechobee Cleanup
Opinion -For more than 20 years, policy analysts, scientists, and politicians from across the political spectrum have been calling for restoration of Florida's Lake Okeechobee. Gov. Jeb Bush (R) appears poised to make the vision a reality. -
Mercury in Fish Not Dangerous, Study Shows
Opinion -New data gathered from 700 children who were exposed to nearly unprecedented levels of mercury while in their mothers' wombs show the extremely heightened levels of mercury have caused no medical problems. -
U.S. Oil Shale Deposits May Be Tapped Soon
Opinion -Encouraged by successful and economical extraction of Canada's oil sands, several major oil companies are considering similar ventures to extract oil from large oil shale deposits in Colorado, Utah, and Wyoming. As much as 1. -
Report: Mercury Scare Campaigns Unfounded
Opinion -House Resources Committee Chairman Richard W. -
Supreme Court Will Hear Tax Incentives Case
Opinion -The U.S. Supreme Court could hear oral arguments in January regarding the Cuno decision, a ruling that invalidated an Ohio investment tax credit and threw into question targeted business tax incentives across the country. -
Taxes Fuel Historic American Migration
Opinion -One of the great stories of modern times has been barely mentioned in the popular print media, has been the subject of no movies, and is rarely discussed on talk radio. -
Illinois Senator’s Web Site Highlights Dubious Use of Fees
Opinion -Illinois taxpayers who may wonder what happens to the millions of dollars of state-imposed fees that finance hundreds of special funds--from "used tire management" to the "whistleblower reward and protection" fund--are getting answers from a state -
D.C. Families Celebrate School Choice
Opinion -As the Washington, DC School Choice Program was kicking off its second year of operation with full-capacity enrollment, more than 500 participating parents and children gathered at Vermont Avenue Baptist Church in the District of Columbia on October 5 to -
Top Five Myths About School Vouchers
Opinion -Myth #1: Vouchers siphon money away from public schools. -
Commentary: DDT Is the Only Real Weapon for Combating Malaria
Opinion -During the few minutes you spend reading this article, malaria will kill six Africans and sicken about 3,000 more, mostly children and pregnant women--a rate of more than one million deaths annually and 500 million illnesses overall among the 2. -
‘All Kids’ Has All Kinds of Problems
Opinion -While being praised by liberal interest groups as a first-of-its-kind program, Gov. -
Arizona Child Advocates Want Better Education for Foster Kids
Opinion -Children in foster care often move from one place to another several times a year, changing schools with each move. Such disruption in education is detrimental to a child's learning and social development. -
Better Teachers Want Better Pay in Texas
Opinion -More than 100 education reformers from across Texas attended a "Professional Pay for Professional Educators" panel discussion October 26 in Austin, hosted by the Texas Public Policy Foundation (TPPF), a local research and policy organization. -
California Voters Won’t Allow Union Members to Control Dues Spending
Opinion -California voters on November 8 terminated all four of Gov. -
Chicago Sports Upset: Student-Athletes Edge Out Peers Academically
Opinion -Good news about student athletes in the Chicago Public Schools (CPS) was publicized in Mayor Richard M. Daley's "Principal for a Day" news conference October 27. -
Chronically Failing Schools Face Weak Sanctions
Opinion -Although the federal No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) calls for severe sanctions, including remedies such as state takeover and restructuring, against schools that chronically fail to meet certain performance benchmarks, the reality is that over the past -
Competition Is Strong in Local Telecom Markets
Opinion -The deregulation moves made in Michigan follow the direction taken recently by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) in recognizing the robust competition in the telecom market nationwide. -
Corporations, Nature Conservancy Rescue Brazilian Forests
Opinion -As part of a multi-million-dollar Atlantic Forest restoration project along Brazil's southern coast, representatives from General Motors and American Electric Power on October 13 dedicated a visitor's center for environmental education in Brazil's -
D.C. Government Playing with ‘Corked Bat’
Opinion -Washington, DC officials have begun condemnation proceedings to seize privately owned property to make way for a new $535 million ballpark for the Washington Nationals Major League Baseball team. The Nationals now play at RFK Memorial Stadium. -
Fla. Tax Credit Program Grows
Opinion -The Florida Corporate Tax Credit (CTC) Scholarship Program has enrolled 15,000 students this year--a 33 percent increase since 2003--making it the seventh-largest school choice program in the country. -
Heartland Institute Fellow Leads Project on Unintended Consequences
Opinion -Unintended consequences abound in politics and government, and in the private sector as well. Increased expenditures by school districts fail to bring the expected improvements in student achievement. High tax rates produce less revenue than lower rates. -
Herbicide Treatment Working in Massachusetts Waters
Opinion -Framingham officials have treated the town's ponds with herbicides for more than a decade. Throughout that time, there have been few complaints, Framingham conservation agent Michele Grzenda told the September 1 Boston Globe.
