Opinion
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Automakers Continue Progress Toward Near-Zero Emissions
Opinion -Long the focus of regulators in their efforts to clean up the air, the automobile has become so clean there are now cases where the air coming out of the tailpipe is cleaner than the surrounding air. -
Lead Solder Scare Campaign Threatens Computer Prices, Performance
Opinion -Recognizing the essential role of computers in today's Information Age, government officials from California to Pennsylvania are calling for more widespread availability of affordable computers for adults and schoolchildren alike. -
Social Security’s Looming Problems Need Fixing Now
Opinion -If you're between the ages of 21 and 55, you've made a terrible investment and you continue to do so with every paycheck. I'm talking about Social Security, of course. -
‘Ratchet Effect’ May Lead to More Federal Spending Profligacy
Opinion -There are a few things for taxpayers to cheer about in President George W. Bush's new budget proposal, but it also includes plenty of evidence that the death of budget profligacy in Washington has been greatly exaggerated. -
Consumer Choice Matters: Absolutely the Next Big Thing
Opinion -In a January 31 Los Angeles Times article, Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar wrote the Bush administration wants to "move the nation away from the system of employer-provided health insurance ... [and toward] a system in which workers ... -
New Jersey Ignores Science on Mercury
Opinion -A report released February 16 by the Resources Committee of the U.S. House of Representatives shows mercury fears are largely overstated by environmental activist groups. -
Ohio City Debates Proposed Smoking Ban
Opinion -Perhaps I shouldn't have been surprised at my reception January 25 at a Lakewood, Ohio hearing on whether to ban smoking in restaurants and bars. Such events tend to bring out the penny-ante dictators. -
Public High School Grads Unprepared for College, Work
Opinion -Whether they went right to work or into college, large percentages of recent public high school graduates do not believe they were adequately prepared for the challenges they faced after graduation, according to a new report from Achieve, Inc. -
Urban Catholic Schools Excel Academically, Struggle Financially
Opinion -Like urban public schools across America, urban Catholic schools--especially in the Midwest and Northeast--are buckling under financial pressure. -
Social Security Reform and Blacks–An Idea Whose Time Has Come
Opinion -Last month on National Public Radio, I debated David Certner, director of federal affairs for AARP, the seniors advocacy group. The topic was Social Security reform. I spoke in favor of individual private accounts, which AARP opposes. -
A Final Thought On Black History Month
Opinion -So much of what gets said during Black History Month implies February is an obligatory observance to which blacks are entitled because of their difficult past. That’s not what was originally intended. In 1926, Dr. Carter G. -
American Catholic Schools in Historical Context
Opinion -Although they had already existed in America for more than two centuries, Catholic schools came into prominence in the late nineteenth century as Catholic immigrants found it difficult to integrate into America's public schools. -
Analysis: Nuclear Power Is Safest Energy Source, Studies Show
Opinion -Today's nuclear power technology, by any and every measure, provides the best safety performance and lowest risk of workplace accidents among all commonly utilized power sources. -
April 2005 Friedman Report Profile: Marcela Garcini
Opinion -It's difficult to get a complete picture of Marcela Garcini, director of Project CREO (Council for Reform and Educational Options), without looking at her as a mother, a fighter, and a leader in the school choice movement. -
British Actions Lag Behind Kyoto Rhetoric
Opinion -A United Kingdom (UK) government watchdog group has reported the government's plan to mandate the use of renewal energy sources will increase consumer energy prices by 5 percent. -
Bush Threatens to Veto Controls on Medicare Drug Spending
Opinion -Two days after Bush administration officials released new cost estimates for the Medicare prescription drug program, President George W. Bush threatened to make the first veto of his presidency against efforts to control the program's costs. -
California Agency Misplaced Hundreds of Millions of Dollars
Opinion -Hundreds of millions of dollars flowing through California's now-disbanded Office of Criminal Justice Planning (OCJP) were never properly documented, in what officials are describing as one of the worst accounting nightmares in recent state history. -
Climate Alarmists Playing Shell Game with Data
Opinion -I have spent much of the past two years analyzing and reconstructing some of the basic studies used by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) to support their conclusions about global warming and in turn to promote policies on climate -
Climate Scientist Quits IPCC, Blasts Politicized ‘Preconceived Agendas’
Opinion -Citing a politicized agenda and misrepresentations of climate science, prominent climate scientist Chris Landsea on January 17 resigned his post as a participant in the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). -
Conrad Meier, Rest in Peace
Opinion -Conrad Meier, Heartland senior fellow and founding editor of Health Care News, passed away at 11:00 a.m. on March 18 with his family at his side. He was 70 years old.Conrad was a big man who liked to embrace others, funny, an extrovert, and smart. -
Eminent Domain Takes Center Stage in Redevelopment Debates
Opinion -The U.S. Supreme Court on February 22 heard oral arguments in a case that could have far-reaching implications for cities and for private citizens' property rights. In Kelo v. -
Environmental Red Tape Stalling Natural Gas Recovery
Opinion -More than 30 environmental policy and regulatory impairments are stalling domestic natural gas production, according to the Department of Energy's (DOE) Energy Information Agency (EIA). -
Experts Criticize Pew Trusts for False Salmon Scare
Opinion -European scientists and media, who subjected the Pew Charitable Trusts to withering criticism a year ago after Pew released a study claiming farm-raised salmon presents greater health risks than wild salmon, launched a new round of criticism of Pew in -
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.