Opinion
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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. -
Hybrids, Hydrogen Vehicles Struggle to Meet Expectations
Opinion -Despite the promises made on behalf of hybrid electric and hydrogen-powered vehicles, alternative fuel technologies are proving unready to replace gasoline-powered engines. -
Important U.S. Climate Program Is Unheralded
Opinion -European greens expressed their displeasure with President George W. Bush during his February visit to Europe, for U.S. unwillingness to support the Kyoto accord, with its greenhouse gas emissions cuts for developed nations. -
In the News
Opinion -Court Says FTTH Plan Requires Vote A Louisiana court has ruled that the city of Lafayette acted improperly when it approved a $125 million bond issue to fund a municipal fiber to the home (FTTH) system. -
Judge Orders $7.4 Billion More for NYC Schools
Opinion -State Supreme Court Justice Leland DeGrasse of Manhattan has ordered New York state to ensure that within four years the New York City school system has another $7.4 billion a year to spend on top of the $12.9 billion a year the system already consumes. -
Judge Orders Sharply Higher Spending for New York City Public Schools
Opinion -Culminating a 12-year court battle over the funding of New York City's public schools, New York State Supreme Court Justice Leland DeGrasse issued a final decision on February 15 ordering the state legislature and governor to spend an additional $5. -
Lawmakers Move to Reform Union Political Finance Practices
Opinion -Public employee unions' political practices are drawing increased scrutiny from state-level lawmakers, some of whom are moving forward with reforms aimed at protecting the rights of individual union members. -
Missourians Seek Local Control of Watershed
Opinion -During the waning moments of last year's state legislative session, Missouri policymakers approved a law (HB 1433) designed to protect clean water in the southwestern portion of the state. Gov. Bob Holder (D) signed the bill on June 30, 2004. -
Movement for Supermajorities to Raise Taxes Growing Fast
Opinion -Illinois Republican House Minority Leader Tom Cross is proposing legislation that would require a "supermajority" vote in both houses before the General Assembly could raise income or sales taxes, raising the threshold for these taxes from a simple -
New Mexico Takes Up Medical Marijuana
Opinion -New Mexico may become the eleventh state to allow seriously ill people to possess and use medical marijuana while it remains illegal under federal law. -
Oregon to Test Plan that Taxes Motorists by Miles Driven
Opinion -Several states are considering shifting from per-gallon fuel taxes to mile-based tax systems, none more seriously than Oregon. -
Privatization Brings Big Savings to Michigan’s State Universities
Opinion -Budget pressure in recent years has forced Michigan's public institutions of higher education toward cost savings and contracting out of services, according to news reports and a recent survey by the Mackinac Center for Public Policy. -
Science Verifies Crichton’s State of Fear Assertions
Opinion -Michael Crichton's new novel, State of Fear, has created a whirlwind of controversy as global warming alarmists try frantically to discredit the author's tenacious assault on global warming theory. -
Spending, Not Tax Cuts, Has Sent Federal Deficit Spiraling
Opinion -You know that fiscal sanity has flown south for the winter when Nancy Pelosi and Ted Kennedy are throwing eggs at the Republicans for their budgetary recklessness.
