Opinion
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Lessons from Bristol: Becoming What it Beheld
Opinion -At some point, Bristol Virginia Utilities OptiNet realized the truth about the broadband business--that it's all about average revenue per user, or ARPU, as it's called in the trade. -
Brian Wesbury, Nationally Renowned U.S. Economic Forecaster, Joins The Heartland Institute as Senior Fellow
Opinion -CHICAGO, IL June 15, 2005 -- Brian Wesbury, former chief economist of the Joint Economic Committee of the United States Congress (JEC), has joined The Heartland Institute as its Senior Fellow for federal budgets, trade, taxes, and monetary policy. -
The Sky Is Not Falling
Opinion -Dear Editor: Dan Vergano's June 12 article ["The debate's over: Globe is warming"] is an entirely unscientific story about an important scientific issue. -
Warming Debate Far from Over
Opinion -Dear Editor: On June 12, USA Today ran a seriously misleading story under the byline of Dan Vergano titled "The debate's over: Globe is warming. -
USDA Should Be Applauded, Not Vilified
Opinion -Dear Editor: The second U.S. cow to test potentially positive for bovine spongiform encephalopathy, also known as "mad cow disease," is creating concern about how the U.S. Department of Agriculture is protecting the U.S. food supply. -
More Sober Approach Is Needed to Illinois Budget
Opinion -Gov. Rod Blagojevich has taken some heat--and quite rightly so--for a smoke-and-mirrors FY 2006 state budget that will put huge burdens on future taxpayers--and lawmakers. -
Sober Approach to Budget Needed
Opinion -Dear Editor: Mike Lawrence was correct to criticize Gov. -
Five Ways to Fix Social Security
Opinion -Anyone who knows anything about Social Security knows it is an intergenerational income transfer program. The transfer is from the young to the old. -
Why Not Municipal Wi-Fi?
Opinion -Download PowerPoint Presentation Last week, Chicago hosted Supercomm 2005, “the world’s largest annual all-inclusive exhibition and conference for communication service providers and private network managers. -
Richard Dolinar MD Joins The Heartland Institute as Senior Fellow
Opinion -CHICAGO, IL June 7, 2005 -- Dr. Richard O. Dolinar, a clinical endocrinologist with a practice in Phoenix, Arizona and a highly regarded expert on health care reform, has joined The Heartland Institute as its Senior Fellow for Health Care Policy.Dr. -
Betting on Climate Change
Opinion -Dear Editor: There are few subjects which can compete with environmental issues for the reporting of bias, propaganda, and junk science as news. Your story "Study: Humans to blame for warming of oceans" (6/3) is unfortunately a perfect example. -
Smoking Ban Looms
Opinion -Dear Editor: A smoking ban looms over Chicagoland, threatening to rain down new regulations on restaurants, bars, and their customers. -
False Advertising
Opinion -Dear Editor: I recently noticed a CTA bus advertisement with a small black girl dressed in a tutu doing a curtsy below the following caption: "Second-hand smoke will kill 35,000 Illinois residents this year. -
Statement on Medical Malpractice Reform in Illinois
Opinion -(June 2, 2005 -- Chicago, IL) The Illinois House and Senate approved legislation over the Memorial Day weekend to reform medical malpractice policy in Illinois. -
Federal Income Tax Hike Looms for Millions of Middle-Income Americans
Opinion -The Alternative Minimum Tax, signed into law in 1978, is about to hit tens of millions of middle-income households with a tax originally meant to touch only a handful of wealthy Americans. -
Schwarzenegger Backs Public Pension Reform
Opinion -California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger (R) continues to promise public employee pension reform but has backed away from a proposal to move public employees out of traditional pensions and into a “defined contribution” plan. -
Illinois Comptroller Warns Against Diversions
Opinion -Diversions of state highway funds toward other purposes have become such a problem that Illinois Comptroller Dan Hynes warned against them in his 2004 quarterly report. -
Analysis: Did a Federal Court Decision Emasculate the IRS?
Opinion -Robert Schulz has been battling the Internal Revenue Service for years. -
The Light of Education
Opinion -There wasn't much money or structure in Faye Capers' home life while she was growing up in the projects of Texarkana, Texas in the 1950s. Both her parents were alcoholics, and they didn't have a high school education between them. -
Violence in Public Schools: A Dirty Secret
Opinion -In March, the public was startled by the news of a horrific shooting spree in Red Lake, Minnesota, where 16-year-old Jeff Wiese killed seven people and wounded at least 13 others at Red Lake High School before taking his own life--the deadliest school -
New Source for School Choice Information Launched
Opinion -A new clearinghouse is offering legislators, activists, and parents online information about ongoing school choice policy debates raging throughout the country. -
Alaska Disputes EPA Mercury Guidelines
Opinion -Alaskan health officials are telling state residents they can safely exceed federal health advisories for eating fish caught in the state. -
Utah Bans Eminent Domain Use by Redevelopment Agencies
Opinion -Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman Jr. (R) on March 17 signed into law Senate Bill 184, effectively preventing the exercise of eminent domain authority by redevelopment agencies, which otherwise had the power to transfer land from one private entity to another. -
Yosemite Celebrates Delivery of New GM Hybrid Buses
Opinion -National Park Service Deputy Director Don Murphy and Yosemite National Park on April 25 celebrated the delivery of 18 new General Motors hybrid buses that promise to reduce noise and emissions in the park while simultaneously providing better