Opinion
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FCC Struggles to Get Past Unbundling
Opinion -The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) in December issued its latest version of the unbundling rules it will require for incumbent local exchange carriers. The FCC made progress in several ways. -
Big Apple Hits Jackpot in School Finance Case
Opinion -In an escalating conflict with the separation of powers doctrine, a court-appointed panel on November 30, 2004 unanimously determined that New York state lawmakers must find an additional $5. -
Takeover as a Reform Strategy
Opinion -Detroit Public Schools is currently operating under a five-year reform plan implemented by the Michigan legislature in March 1999. -
Colorado Governor Wants to Loosen Tax Limits
Opinion -Colorado Governor Bill Owens (R) has proposed changing his state’s Taxpayer Bill of Rights (TABOR) to allow lawmakers to keep another $500 million of taxes and immediately return spending to pre-recession levels after an economic slowdown. -
Better Economy Boosts Indiana’s Revenue Projections
Opinion -Budget officials for the state of Indiana are projecting revenue increases over the next two years, the result of an improving state economy. This is the first projected increase in revenue since 2000. The state expects to collect nearly $1. -
Auto Manufacturers’ Association Joins Suit Challenging California Greenhouse Gas Law
Opinion -The Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers (AAM) announced on December 7 that it has joined a lawsuit filed by Central California auto dealers challenging the state's plan to force significant reductions in greenhouse gas emissions of new vehicles sold in -
New Jersey Seeking to Cap CO2 Emissions
Opinion -New Jersey state officials are proceeding with plans to classify carbon dioxide (CO2) as a pollutant, thereby allowing state regulators to cap CO2 emissions in the name of preventing global warming. -
HHS and Commerce Dept. Reports Oppose Drug Importation
Opinion -In late December, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services released a long-awaited report on the importation of prescription drugs to the United States. -
New Prescription Drug Web Site Could Mislead Consumers
Opinion -A new Web site purporting to "help consumers and their doctors identify the most effective and affordable medicines" is marred by a pro-generics agenda and bias against newer and more expensive drugs. -
HSAs Bursting Out in New York
Opinion -The New York Daily News reports "a burst of interest [in health savings accounts (HSAs)] now in New York. -
Home Schooling Benefits Are Real, Widespread
Opinion -The evidence that home schooled students do well is more than special-interest pleading. -
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.
