Opinion
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A Decade of Research on Sports Stadiums
Opinion -“Caught Stealing: Debunking the Economic Case for D.C. Baseball” Dennis Coates and Brad R. Humphreys October 27, 2004 Cato Institute http://www.cato.org/pub_display.php? -
Lessons for Capitalists from an Unexpected Source
Opinion -For Christians, the parable of talents is a clear command to develop the gifts and opportunities given to us. Yet in it also lies a perhaps-surprising implication, reaching beyond the moral imperatives that mold and define a Christian. -
High Jet Fuel Tax Causes Airlines to Avoid Re-Fueling in Chicago, Los Angeles
Opinion -According to sources in the airline industry, high jet fuel taxes have commercial airlines going out of their way to avoid fueling up planes in Chicago and Los Angeles. -
Biotech Corn Reduces Serious Birth Defects, Study Shows
Opinion -In the early 1990s, Hispanic women in the Rio Grande Valley of Texas gave birth to babies with neural tube defects (NTDs)--including spina bifida, hydrocephalus, and anencephaly--at a rate of 33 per 10,000 live births, approximately six times the U.S. -
ECN Contributing Editor Joins Washington Law Firm
Opinion -Gary Baise, an Environment & Climate News contributing editor and leading environmental attorney, has joined the law firm of Kilpatrick Stockton LLP. Baise is a former trial attorney in the U.S. -
Governor Cuts 320,000 from Ailing Tennessee Health Care Program
Opinion -Governor Phil Bredesen (D) announced in January he would cut insurance coverage to 320,000 Tennesseans in an effort to reform TennCare, the state's troubled, 12-year-old health insurance program. -
Vaccine Debt
Opinion -Dear Editor: Governor Blagojevich's knee-jerk reaction that led to spending $2.5 million on unapproved flu vaccines from Europe appears to a waste of taxpayer dollars. (Hynes refuses to pay for vaccine, Feb. 1, 2005. -
Michael Crichton and the End of Radical Environmentalism
Opinion -Michael Crichton, author of The Andromeda Strain, Jurassic Park, and other block-buster thrillers, has penned a novel that could profoundly change the national and even international debate over global warming. It’s long overdue. -
Regulators Must Send the Right Signals
Opinion -Telecommunications has been referred to as the central nervous system of the American economy. There is almost no aspect of today’s economic activity that can occur without it. Only a few years ago, telephone and computer networks were separate wires. -
No End to Energy Stalemate
Opinion -In December 2004, the National Commission on Energy Policy (NCEP) released a report titled "Ending the Energy Stalemate: A Bipartisan Strategy to Meet America's Energy Challenges. -
Environmentalists Rally Against West Virginia, New York Wind Farms
Opinion -Citizen-environmentalists are mobilizing to oppose a $100 million wind farm at the summit of Jack Mountain in Pendleton County, West Virginia, as well as a proposed New York wind farm in one of the nation's most important migratory bird passages. -
States Take Widely Varying Stands on Wind Power
Opinion -Internal conflict among environmental advocates regarding the future of wind power is causing a split among state elected officials as well. -
Crichton on Global Warming
Opinion -How much of the science in State of Fear is accurate, and how much is fiction? Here is a summary of the scientific claims about global warming that appear in the book. -
U.S. Stands Firm at Climate Change Talks
Opinion -At the tenth Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, which took place in Buenos Aires, Argentina, during December, U.S. -
Making the Case for Nuclear Power
Opinion -A Brighter Tomorrow: Fulfilling the Promise of Nuclear Energy by Senator Pete V. Domenici with Blythe J. Lyons and Julian J. Steyn; foreword by former Senator Sam Nunn $24.95, cloth, 288 pages; Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc. -
Smart Growth: Surrendering the American Dream
Opinion -We are facing in the United States today a very clear and present danger to our prosperity, and in particular to the prosperity of low-income groups in this society, who are disproportionately minority. -
White House Summit Lauds Consumer-Driven Health Care Approach
Opinion -President George W. -
Canada Plans to Stop U.S. Drug Importation
Opinion -Citing ethical, safety, and supply concerns, Canadian health officials have begun to draft a proposal that would ban the export of prescription drugs into the United States by retail sales through the Internet and the mail. -
Technocrats’ Takeover Threatens Patient-Oriented Medicine
Opinion -A new report, "How Technocrats Are Taking Over the Practice of Medicine: A Wake-up Call to the American People," written by Twila Brase, president of the Citizens' Council on Health Care (CCHC), challenges the "increasingly touted theory of -
Patients and Physicians Can Cut Drug Costs
Opinion -Consumers have never had more opportunities to obtain information on drugs than they do today. Yet chronically ill patients without drug insurance coverage often spend far more on prescription drugs than necessary. -
Lawsuit Abuse Defeats Real-Life Heroes
Opinion -Last month, my wife and I took two of our three sons to see the film The Incredibles. If you have no young children begging you to see it and you think it has no message applicable to adults, allow me to correct you. -
Campaign for Drug Importation Falters
Opinion -Importing safe and cheap prescription drugs would require a billion-dollar safety net that ultimately would consume most of the potential savings from importing drugs while draining drug research and development funds, according to a December 21 report -
Spending on Lotteries in U.S. Tops Spending on Books and Movies
Opinion -The average American spent more on lottery tickets in 2002 than on reading materials or movies, according to “Lotteries and State Fiscal Policy,” a study by Tax Foundation policy analyst Alicia Hansen released on December 15. -
Key Comparisons Between Pro-Medicaid and Pro-Private Pay States
Opinion -"The Long-Term Care Dilemma, What States Are Doing Right and Wrong" profiles five states that could be considered "pro-Medicaid" and five that could be considered "pro-private pay.