Opinion
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Peter Rost Just Doesn’t Get It
Opinion -Dear Editor: I am writing in response to the shocking essay by Peter Rost, vice president of marketing at Pfizer, who condemns his own industry's pricing policies and calls for legalizing drug importation from Canada and other countries ["Big Pharma's -
George Will’s Column on Michael Crichton’s ‘State of Fear’
Opinion -Dear Editor: Thank you for running George Will's column on Michael Crichton's new novel, "State of Fear" ("Book shows doomsayers the error of their ways," December 23). -
Statement by The Heartland Institute in Response to the Recent Report to Congress by the Health and Human Services Drug Importation Task Force
Opinion -(Chicago, IL) On December 21, a task force assembled by the Department of Health and Human Services released recommendations on how Congress should deal with the increasing popularity of importing prescription drugs from foreign countries, including -
National Wildlife Federation Seizes Opportunity to Raise Funds, Not Promote Good Science
Opinion -(Chicago, IL) On December 15, the National Wildlife Federation issued a statement warning global warming is endangering wildlife in North America. Dr. -
Statement by The Heartland Institute on December 15 FCC Ruling
Opinion -(Chicago, IL) On December 15, the Federal Communications Commission(FCC) issued new rules regarding mandatory facilities sharing by incumbent telecoms (the so-called "Baby Bells"). -
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 a bias against newer and more expensive drugs. -
Banning Competition Won’t Get Us Better Hospitals
Opinion -Something very odd is happening in the hospital industry. A relatively new kind of hospital, called the specialty hospital, is emerging that seems to be more efficient and produce better health outcomes than existing general hospitals. -
It’s No Surprise Our Food Supply Hasn’t Been Attacked
Opinion -Dear Editor: As he leaves office, Tommy Thompson has told America that while he has done a great job in human health areas, the Department of Agriculture has done a less than adequate job defending the nation's food supply. -
New Prescription Drug Web Site Could Mislead Consumers
Opinion -(Chicago, IL) On December 9, Consumers Union, publisher of Consumer Reports, launched a new Web site, www.CRBestBuyDrugs. -
CTU’s Response To ‘Education Is Still A Priority’
Opinion -I read your editorial dated November 23rd, entitled, "Education is still a priority." I represent 36,000 members who agree with that title because we care deeply about quality education for Chicago's children. -
Thomas Might Be The Smart One After All
Opinion -Dear Editor: Congratulations to the Wall Street Journal for its editorial on December 6 ("Uncivil Senator"). -
Will The NAACP Revamp?
Opinion -Kweisi Mfume, the president of the NAACP for nearly nine years, unexpectedly announced that he is leaving the organization on January 1, 2005. In some sense, his departure represents the last of the old-guard civil rights leadership fading away. -
Lawsuit Abuse Fortnightly #3-9
Opinion -Whatever Happened to Stop, Look, and Listen? A Pennsylvania woman filed suit against the Norfolk Southern Railway seeking $120,000 in damages after she was struck on the shoulder by a freight train and knocked to the ground. -
New Hampshire Moves to Repair State’s Health Care Market
Opinion -In the early 1990s, New Hampshire Gov. -
Vaccine Shortage Is Bad Omen
Opinion -The Health and Human Services (HHS) health care bureaucracy has, for the third time in five years, demonstrated itself incapable of protecting the public health by delivering an inadequate supply of flu vaccine. -
Illinois School Analysis Made Easy with NIU’s Interactive Report Card
Opinion -For nearly 30 years, U.S. consumer goods corporations have had online access to interactive sales and marketing databases for ad hoc data analysis and decision support. -
Illinois Study Questions SSTP
Opinion -Supporters of a plan to require out-of-state retailers to collect sales tax from Illinois customers to send back to Illinois say the state and local governments could gain $500 million of revenue, but a report by a Chicago-based government research group -
Montana Senators Named Porkers of the Month for Drought-Relief Votes
Opinion -The taxpayer group Citizens Against Government Waste (CAGW) named U.S. -
Outlawing Municipal Broadband
Opinion -Dear Editor: Although municipal broadband systems are a poor use of taxpayer money, the new Pennsylvania law all but banning municipal-owned systems, signed Tuesday by Gov. Edward G. Rendell, is the wrong response. -
Research and Innovation Can Address Health Care Challenges, Experts Say
Opinion -Medical research and innovative service ideas are already helping to alleviate health care problems caused by the aging of the American population and rising prices, according to a panel of experts who gathered in Washington just before the November -
Need for Long-Term Care Policies Grows Urgent
Opinion -Probably like many others in his age group, a 64-year-old professor at a small state university recently contemplated retirement, which would begin for him next year. -
Congress Rejects Efforts to Limit HSAs
Opinion -In the days preceding the current, lame duck session of Congress, two attempts to prohibit funding for or otherwise restrict Health Savings Accounts (HSAs) under the Federal Employees Health Benefits Plan (FEHBP) failed in the U.S. -
Merck’s Vioxx Withdrawal Illustrates Power of Regulation by Trial Lawyers
Opinion -Merck & Co. withdrew the popular drug Vioxx from the market in September, after data from a clinical trial supported claims the medication was associated with an increased risk of heart attack and stroke. -
Adult Stem Cells Producing Miracle Treatments
Opinion -Former President Bill Clinton may be looking at a 2005 calendar and breathing a sigh of relief that he'll be ringing in the new year with a healthy ticker. After all, he survived heart bypass surgery that now seems positively medieval.