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  • Ten Years After GOP Takeover, Trend to Spend Still Shaping Congress

    Published November 1, 2004
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    For every spending cut introduced during the first 18 months of this 108th Congress, there were more than 20 bills to increase spending. The most enthusiastic supporters of greater government outlays were Rep.

  • The Politics of RFID

    Published November 1, 2004
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    Whenever politicians express interest in designing technology standards, the nation’s tech community should grow concerned. Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) is the latest subject of political scrutiny.

  • Treat Digital Property the Same As Any Other Property

    Published November 1, 2004
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    Many believe that because you can download music, movies, and software from the Internet so quickly and easily, those things are somehow different from other property--simply there for the taking.

  • U.S. Education Gets Low Grade on ALEC Report Card

    Published November 1, 2004
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    "Overall, the facts presented by this year's Report Card on American Education give us no cause for celebration.

  • Where Do Public School Teachers Send Their Kids to School?

    Published November 1, 2004
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    Public school teachers in urban areas are far more likely than city residents in general to send their children to private schools, according to a new analysis of 2000 Census data by researchers led by Denis P.

  • Lawsuit Abuse Fortnightly #3-8

    Published October 27, 2004
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    Your Product Is Defective--Please Send More A judge in Okaloosa County, Florida, recently ruled Ford Motor Co.

  • Government Fails on Vaccines

    Published October 27, 2004
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    Dear Editor: Your essay on the vaccine shortage (“The tiresome second best,” 11/01/04) dances around the fact there is no private vaccine marketplace. It has been regulated out of existence.

  • October 27 Event: The Illinois Supreme Court – Activism in Flux

    Published October 22, 2004
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    The Chicago Lawyers' Chapter of the Federalist Society presents a luncheon panel THE ILLINOIS SUPREME COURT - ACTIVISM IN FLUX This year's election for an open seat on the Illinois Supreme Court focuses attention on the court's activist

  • Municipally Owned Broadband Networks: A Critical Evaluation

    Published October 22, 2004
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    Widespread availability of broadband technology, cutting-edge innovation in the industry, stiff competition among providers, and falling prices all mean the case for municipal ownership of broadband networks is weak and growing weaker, according to a

  • No. 104 – Opportunities and Benefits from Pork Industry Organization (News Release)

    Published October 20, 2004
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    Quick Links Executive Summary (html) Executive Summary (pdf) Policy Study (pdf) Changes in consumer demand for pork products over the past 20 years have led to rapid changes in the way hogs are produced and marketed.

  • Vaccine Shortage Is Bad Omen

    Published October 11, 2004
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    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.

  • Does the Pork Industry Need More Government Intervention?

    Published October 7, 2004
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    Concerns about consolidation in the pork industry, unequal bargaining power, poorly written contracts, and inadequate dispute settlement procedures have led members of state legislatures and the U.S.

  • Pork Industry Integration Benefits Everyone

    Published October 7, 2004
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    The pork industry, like other parts of the U.S. economy, is undergoing rapid change due to changing technology, demands from consumers, and methods of organizing production.

  • Virtual Integration Takes Hold in the Pork Industry

    Published October 6, 2004
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    In livestock marketing 30 years ago, the only information sent by processors to producers was the market price obtained when the animals were sold for slaughter. By that time, there was nothing the producer could do to change the animals.

  • Health Care Reform Expert Sally Pipes in Chicago for Two Events on October 18th

    Published October 5, 2004
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    (Chicago, IL) The Heartland Institute welcomes health care reform expert and author Sally C. Pipes to the Windy City on Monday, October 18, for a luncheon event and after-work reception.

  • Specialty Surgical Hospitals Deliver Quality Care and Comfort

    Published October 1, 2004
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    The Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement and Modernization Act of 2003, best known for delivering prescription drug coverage to seniors, also contained a little-known 18-month moratorium on the development of new physician- and investor-owned surgical

  • Soda Pop Media Feeding Frenzy

    Published October 1, 2004
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    An article in the August 25 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), "Sugar-Sweetened Beverages, Weight Gain, and Incidence of Type 2 Diabetes in Young and Middle-Aged Women," adds yet another chapter to the feeding frenzy that

  • New Statistics on the Individual Insurance Market

    Published October 1, 2004
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    On August 2, the Kaiser Family Foundation held a briefing with eHealthInsurance on the individual market. An important new report, Update on Individual Health Insurance, was issued in conjunction with the briefing.

  • A Vision Realized: Atlanta’s Tech High Charter School

    Published October 1, 2004
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    More than three years after the Georgia Public Policy Foundation (GPPF) first began laying the groundwork for an innovative math, science, and technology charter high school in the Atlanta Public Schools (APS) system, Tech High Charter School started its

  • Feminists Are Challenged to Support School Choice

    Published October 1, 2004
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    Feminist groups are out of touch with women on the issue of education, concludes a new study by Carrie L. Lukas for the Independent Women's Forum (IWF).

  • Students Pin Achievement Gap on Teachers with Low Expectations

    Published October 1, 2004
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    In the recent Phi Delta Kappa/Gallup Poll of the Public's Attitudes Towards the Public Schools, three of four Americans (74 percent) attributed the achievement gap between white students and black and Latino students to factors other than schooling.

  • California’s Draconian Auto-Emission Standards Won’t Reduce Global Warming

    Published October 1, 2004
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    California's state legislature is currently considering a proposal to limit carbon dioxide emissions from cars and trucks in hopes of staving off global warming. Gov.

  • English Immersion Yields Gains in Arizona

    Published October 1, 2004
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    Arizona's Department of Education has released data showing that children in Structured English Immersion classes learn at a swifter pace than children assigned to bilingual education programs in which they receive instruction in their non-English native

  • Polls Show Vouchers Are Popular and Would Be Widely Used

    Published October 1, 2004
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    Only 42 percent of Americans polled in the latest Phi Delta Kappa International/Gallup Poll say they are in favor of vouchers.

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