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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. -
Subjective Indecency Rules Burden Industry, Coddle Viewers
Opinion -Broadcasters have a legal duty to operate according to the “public interest, convenience, and necessity. -
Survey Shows Climatologists Are Split on Global Warming
Opinion -A survey of climatologists from more than 20 nations has revealed scientists are evenly split on whether humans are responsible for changes in global climate. -
TABOR’s Future in Voters’ Hands
Opinion -Colorado’s state House and Senate have sent a major tax increase to the voters for a decision by passing House Bill 1194, which will place an override of the state’s Taxpayers’ Bill of Rights (TABOR) on ballots statewide this fall. -
The Uninsured Problem Needs Tough Minds, Soft Hearts
Opinion -“Cover the Uninsured Week” is an eight-day media campaign spearheaded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, a tax-exempt organization with $80 million in active grants dedicated to “ensuring that everyone in America has affordable and reliable health -
Turkey-to-Oil Plant Failing to Live Up to Promises
Opinion -In 2003, Changing World Technologies, Inc. touted its Carthage, Missouri Renewable Environmental Solutions (RES) plant as a “green” solution to U.S. dependence on foreign sources of fossil fuels. -
Vouchers Better than NCLB Accountability
Opinion -A new study by two Harvard University scholars concludes the vouchers offered under Gov. Jeb Bush's (R) A+ Accountability Plan in Florida are spurring gains in student achievement. -
Washington Town Finally Gets Chlorinated Water
Opinion -Lacey, Washington, a town halfway between Olympia and Tacoma, has lost its distinction of being the state’s largest town without a chlorinated municipal water system. -
Waste, Delays, and Danger
Opinion -The "Rough Roads Ahead" report issued by the Transportation for Illinois Coalition said the effects of bad roads ripple through the economy. For example, bad roads: increase congestion, which in 2002 cost the Chicago area $4. -
Welcome, New Readers!
Opinion -If this is your first issue of School Reform News, you are probably one of the 29,900 mayors, city council members, public school board presidents, and private school principals added to the complimentary mailing list for School Reform News. -
Welcome, New Readers!
Opinion -If this is your first issue of Environment & Climate News, you are probably one of the 8,500 mayors, city council members, village presidents, and county officials added to the complimentary mailing list for Environment & Climate News. -
Welcome, New Subscribers!
Opinion -If this is your first issue of Health Care News, you are probably one of the 8,500 mayors, city council members, and county officials just added to the complimentary mailing list for Health Care News. Our total circulation now stands at 23,000. -
Wisconsin Streamlines Permit Process
Opinion -In an effort to further the momentum of the state's economic recovery, the Wisconsin Assembly on April 12 cut environmental red tape associated with the state's clean air laws. -
Lawsuit Abuse Fortnightly #4-4
Opinion -Judge, There’s a Fly in My Bottled Water! A Canadian judge awarded a Windsor, Ontario hair stylist $340,000 for emotional damage he allegedly suffered when he spotted a dead fly in a container of bottled water he was putting in his shop’s water cooler. -
FCC Ruling Well-Intentioned–But it Won’t Work
Opinion -The Federal Communications Commission ruled on May 19 that Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) telephony service providers must make E911 service accessible to their customers within 120 days. -
No. 107 – State Lacks Willpower to Solve State’s Public Pension Crisis, Study Says
Opinion -Quick Links Executive Summary (html) Executive Summary (pdf) Policy Study (pdf) CHICAGO, IL -- Because it has underfunded its state public employee pensions for some 25 years, Illinois faces a pension fund crisis of historic -
Battling Judicial Tyranny
Opinion -Alexander Hamilton thought the judiciary would be the weakest branch of the federal government established by the U.S. Constitution. On paper, it looks like Hamilton was right. The executive branch commands the army. -
Statement on FCC Ruling on VoIP providers and E911
Opinion -(May 24, 2005 -- Chicago, IL) The Federal Communications Commission ruled on May 19 that Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) telephony service providers must make E911 service accessible to their customers within 120 days. -
The Speaker’s Misguided Notions of Telecom Regulation
Opinion -In a January interview with Illinois Issues magazine, Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan listed telecommunications reform as one of his top priorities for the current session. -
Senior Fellow Maureen Martin to Discuss Tort Reform on Wednesday, May 11 WGN Radio Program
Opinion -On Wednesday, May 11, at 9:00 p.m., Heartland Senior Fellow Maureen Martin will be a guest on Milt Rosenberg's "Extension 720" program on WGN Radio--one of the most widely listened to radio programs in the country. -
Publicity Stunt
Opinion -Dear Chicago Tribune: The Polar trek described in "Polar mission: Show warming" is a political expedition, not a scientific one. In fact, it is a mockery of climate science. -
A Poor Reflection on Sound Science
Opinion -Dear Skeptical Inquirer: I was an avid subscriber to The Skeptical Inquirer for more than a decade, and more recently I have been reading it online. -
Thanks, Although We Disagree
Opinion -Dear Popular Science: I enjoyed Gregory Mone's strong put-down of Michael Crichton's best-selling novel, State of Fear. As a full-time scientist myself, I do not commonly read fiction, but Mone's review led me to buy and read Crichton's book. -
The Uninsured Problem Needs Tough Minds, Soft Hearts
Opinion -"Cover the Uninsured Week" is an eight-day media campaign spearheaded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, a tax-exempt organization with $80 million in active grants dedicated to "ensuring that everyone in America has affordable and reliable health
