Opinion
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DC City Council to Regulate Drug Prices
Opinion -On May 3, the District of Columbia City Council unanimously passed a measure that would make it an illegal trade practice to charge too much for prescription drugs. -
Don’t Tax My iPod!
Opinion -April 15 is considered by many Americans to be “tax day.” But those who think this expensive event comes only once a year should examine their monthly phone bills ... and beware of recent actions by greedy bureaucrats. -
Education Savings Accounts Could Expand School Choice
Opinion -For many Americans, the most important investment the government can make on their behalf--one that dictates much of the course of their lives--is the money spent to give them a quality education. But maximizing that investment can be a problem. -
Employers Cannot Reduce Retirees’ Benefits, Judge Rules
Opinion -In a closely watched case, a federal district court judge in Philadelphia has ruled employers are prohibited by the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA) from varying retiree benefits according to their age. Judge Anita B. -
EPA Approves Chemical Control of Aquatic Weeds
Opinion -Local governments and private individuals should not be required to obtain a special environmental permit prior to applying chemicals to control invasive aquatic weeds and other pests, ruled the U.S. -
EPA, State AGs Argue Climate Change in Appellate Court
Opinion -On April 8, 2005, the D.C. circuit court of appeals heard oral arguments in Commonwealth of Massachusetts et al. v. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. -
Federal Court Upholds Key Healthy Forests Provision
Opinion -The U.S. Forest Service was not required to seek public comment and conduct an environmental review prior to approving the logging of 245 acres of beetle-infested forest in the Lolo National Forest, ruled the U.S. -
German Government Study Questions Value of Wind Power
Opinion -The German government’s energy agency has released a study that concludes wind farms are an expensive and inefficient way of generating sustainable energy. -
Governed by Children
Opinion -Dear Editor: Illinoisans ought to be outraged over the FY 2006 budget deal. We apparently now have a budget that exceeds $54 billion. In 1998 state spending was about $38 billion. That's a nearly 50 percent increase in just eight years. -
Half-Baked Alaska
Opinion -The inexorable drumbeat of climate disaster stories goes on, but no one seems interested in checking the facts. The most recent assault on common sense comes from Alaska. -
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. -
It Would Be Nice to Know More about Ice
Opinion -In early May, newspapers across the country reported that a team of “adventurers” from Minnesota was setting off to “document climate change” at the North Pole. -
Land Value Property Tax Under Consideration in Seven States
Opinion -The unpopularity of the property tax is axiomatic, yet it remains the revenue source of choice for most local governments, including school districts. -
Mental Health Screening Plan Coming to Illinois
Opinion -A controversial plan to screen all Illinois schoolchildren for mental health problems could become a reality June 30, when Gov. Rod Blagojevich (D) reviews a proposal from the Illinois Children's Mental Health Partnership (ICMHP). -
Michigan Rethinks Laptop Giveaway Program
Opinion -As computer technology becomes integral to an ever-wider range of professions, lawmakers and educators have grappled with how to prepare students to compete in the modern workforce. -
MTBE: A Regulatory Pitfall or Cause for Legal Action?
Opinion -While the gasoline additive MTBE was a relatively small element of the federal government's efforts to address air pollution more than a decade ago, it now occupies center stage as a key issue related to our energy policies, environmental protection, and -
MTBE: A Regulatory Pitfall or Cause for Legal Action?
Opinion -While the gasoline additive MTBE was a relatively small element of the federal government's efforts to address air pollution more than a decade ago, it now occupies center stage as a key issue related to our energy policies, environmental protection, and -
Municipal Broadband Is Not a Public Utility
Opinion -Broadband, we are told, is too important a resource to be left to the “vagaries of the marketplace. -
New Bush Plan for Social Security Gets Mixed Response
Opinion -Reaction to President George W. -
News Briefs
Opinion -U.S. Tops in Broadband Lines The United States leads the world in wireline broadband connections, with 33.9 million DSL and cable modem lines as of year-end 2004, according to Point Topic, a U.K. -
Obesity Crisis May Not Exist at All
Opinion -In late April, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) released newly revised estimates of weight-related mortality in the United States, casting doubt on whether the country faces an obesity crisis at all. -
Private Initiative Solves Drug Access Problems
Opinion -Prescription drugs not only improve health and save lives--they can save money by reducing the need for expensive surgery or other costly treatments. -
School Choice a Hot Topic in State Legislatures Nationwide
Opinion -In state legislatures across the nation, battles over expanding families' access to educational choices continued to rage this spring. In Arizona, the legislature reached a budget agreement with Gov. -
Solar Power: Too Good to Be True
Opinion -The Solar Fraud: Why Solar Energy Won’t Run the World (second edition) by Howard C. Hayden $20.
