Opinion
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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 -
Congressional ‘Cheeseburger Bill’ Gains Support
Opinion -Growers, manufacturers, and distributors of food are seeking congressional support of a bill addressing frivolous lawsuits that claim a plaintiff's obesity or weight gain is the responsibility of a person who sells food. -
Vermont Moves Toward Reforms Under Federal Medicaid Cap
Opinion -On October 1, Vermont received federal approval for a Medicaid reform plan. If the plan is approved by the state's Joint Fiscal Committee, Vermont will be the first state to accept a cap on Medicaid spending from the federal government. -
Arrests Are Not Enough
Opinion -In Europe, profiteers masquerading as pharmacists are selling unsafe, unregulated, mislabeled, repackaged, and commingled drugs to unsuspecting consumers, through a process known as parallel trade, or reimportation. -
Katrina Changes Congressional Health Policy Landscape
Opinion -In a matter of weeks, the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina has dramatically altered not only the landscape of the Gulf Shore but also the political dynamics of Washington health care policy. -
Market Competition Can Improve U.S. Health Care, Authors Say
Opinion -Healthy Competition: What's Holding Back Health Care and How to Free It by Michael F. Cannon and Michael D. Tanner (Washington, DC: Cato Institute, 2005) $9. -
Sonoma County Nears Biotech Vote
Opinion -Residents of California's Sonoma County head to the polls on November 8 in one of the most nationally important county ballot initiatives in recent memory. -
Blair Shifts Stance on Climate Change
Opinion -British Prime Minister Tony Blair has long been one of the staunchest supporters of the Kyoto Protocol on global warming, but in a recent public statement Blair said his approach to global warming has changed. -
Activists Blocked New Orleans Levee Plan
Opinion -A massive levee system, approved by President Lyndon Johnson and supported by the Army Corps of Engineers during the Carter administration, would have held back the flood waters from Hurricane Katrina and saved the city of New Orleans, scientists and -
U.N. Revises Chernobyl Assessment
Opinion -As of mid-2005, fewer than 50 deaths have been directly attributed to radiation from the Chernobyl nuclear power plant disaster, with almost all the deaths being among highly exposed rescue workers, according to a new United Nations report. -
Bush Tightens Fuel Economy Mandates for Light Trucks
Opinion -The Bush administration on August 23 announced the first significant tightening of corporate average fuel economy (CAFE) standards in 30 years. -
Pombo, Gibbons Document Declining Mercury Exposure
Opinion -House Resources Committee Chairman Richard W. -
Katrina Exposes Media’s Global Warming Bias
Opinion -No sooner had Hurricane Katrina moved inland to spawn tornadoes, flooding, misery, and tragedy than global warming alarmists and some in the media began spawning junk science. -
Real-World Data Contradict Hurricane Alarmism
Opinion -Given the recent claims that hurricanes are getting dramatically worse because of global warming, it's too bad we've already exhausted the letter "G" for this hurricane season. "Gasbag" would have been a pretty good moniker for the next storm. -
Addressing Data Conundrums
Opinion -Fixing faulty data is challenging. -
Water for Sale: How Business and The Market Can Resolve the World’s Water Crisis
Opinion -Water for Sale: How Business and The Market Can Resolve the World's Water Crisis by Fredrik Segerfeldt Cato Institute, June 2005 $12. -
Michigan Moves Forward on Telecom Policy
Opinion -Michigan has had little to celebrate lately, given the state’s stubborn economic slump. -
Thomas Jefferson on Education
Opinion -One advantage of interpreting the words of those no longer with us is that it is frequently possible to imply they said what we would like them to say. -
Maine Moves to Scrap State Student Competency Tests
Opinion -Maine's public education establishment was shocked in early October to learn state Education Commissioner Susan Gendron planned to use the national Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) and Preliminary SAT (PSAT) to measure high school juniors' academic
