Opinion
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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 -
Katrina Response Shows Need for Medicaid Reform
Opinion -Hurricane Katrina has brought to the fore the strengths and weaknesses of America's health care delivery system. Millions of individual Americans, acting on their own initiative, quickly responded to meet the dire need Katrina created. -
Congressional Health Legislation ‘Scrambled,’ Policy Director Says
Opinion -Dean Rosen, director of health policy for U.S. Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist (R-TN), said in September the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina had "scrambled" the legislative agenda in Congress. -
GAO Report Focuses on ‘Concierge Medicine’
Opinion -"Concierge medicine" is now before Congress. The U.S. Government Accountability Office (the new name for the General Accounting Office) issued a report in August looking at how concierge medicine is evolving in the United States. -
Mars Is Warming, NASA Scientists Report
Opinion -The planet Mars is undergoing significant global warming, new data from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) show, lending support to many climatologists' claims that the Earth's modest warming during the past century is due primarily -
Studies Show GM Crops Safe
Opinion -Genetically improved crops are rigorously tested and proven safe, a panel of University of Nebraska agricultural researchers and professors told an audience of eastern Nebraska residents on August 20. -
Uganda Fighting for Right to Eradicate Malaria
Opinion -Environmental activists are callously denying the citizens of Uganda, where 70,000 people die every year due to malaria, the right to use DDT to eradicate the disease, the U.S. Senate was told on September 28. -
Internet Killed the Video Star
Opinion -Excuse me while I toot my own horn for a moment. On occasions in the past I’ve warned that efforts by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to block the proposed acquisition of video rental firm Hollywood Video by Blockbuster Inc. -
Michigan Governor, Union Split on Charter Schools
Opinion -In early October, the Michigan Education Association (MEA) was preparing for a court battle over charter schools with a Native American community college and several state officials including Gov. -
Tax-Funded Schools Are Political Machines, Author Says
Opinion -Cheating Our Kids: How Politics and Greed Ruin Education by Joe Williams New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2005 272 pages, $16. -
Commonwealth Care
Opinion -This year, Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney (R) introduced legislation (HD 4673) to reform health care in his state and to provide health insurance for every resident. -
Study: Estate Law Reform Critically Needed in Kansas
Opinion -As aging Americans increasingly require long-term care, estate law has become more critical than ever before ... and no less complicated. -
Excerpts from GAO Concierge Care Report
Opinion -Given the concerns about how concierge care might affect Medicare beneficiaries, the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003 required us to study and report on the practice. -
Bad Data in EPA Databases Result in Bad Policy
Opinion -For more than three decades, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has forced the U.S. business community to spend tens of billions of dollars unnecessarily in addressing what may be phantom risks. -
Environmental Activists Perpetuate Third-World Poverty
Opinion -Developing countries today find themselves at a critical juncture. The environmental ministries in many developing countries have become outposts of local Green converts. -
Consumer Power Report #7
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 -
Commonsense Consumption Act
Opinion -Also known as "the Cheeseburger Bill," S. -
Federal Judge Rejects Global Warming Suit against Utilities
Opinion -A federal judge on September 15 dismissed a lawsuit designed to force several major utility companies to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions. The suit was brought by environmental activist groups and eight states. -
Georgia Schools Cut Travel in Response to Katrina
Opinion -Responding to rising fuel costs and fears of gas shortages related to Hurricane Katrina, elected officials and local school districts in Georgia have taken measures to reduce fuel consumption. Gov. -
Harvard Public Health School Ignores Facts, Protests
Opinion -The Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) on October 18 gave its highest honor to Los Angeles paralegal Erin Brockovich, best known for her beatification in the allegedly "based on a true story" film of the same name. -
Homeschoolers, Charters Reach Out to Katrina Victims
Opinion -In the wake of Hurricane Katrina, homeschooling families and charter schools nationwide have created ongoing efforts to help evacuees and other victims of the storm. -
House Passes Endangered Species Reform
Opinion -The U.S. House of Representatives on September 29 approved legislation to reform and modernize the Endangered Species Act (ESA). -
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. -
In the News
Opinion -Google Sponsors Bryant Park Wi-Fi Google has quietly lent its name and sponsorship to New York’s Bryant Park Wi-Fi hot spot, one of the first free public wireless zones in the country and an example that municipal wireless proponents frequently use to
