Opinion
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Hybrids’ Disappointing Mileage Confounding State Laws
Opinion -Hybrid cars are the flavor of the moment for environmental activists and some state legislators, particularly on the east and west coasts. -
VoIP: The 400-Foot Genie that Won’t Fit in a Box
Opinion -This March, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) came close to declaring itself irrelevant. -
Republican Tax-Hikers Lose In Oregon
Opinion -The curse against Republicans who hike taxes has struck again, this time in Oregon's fifth congressional district, where State Sen. Jackie Winters lost her Republican primary bid to attorney Jim Zupancic. -
ALEC Urges Temporary Repeal of State Gas Taxes
Opinion -The nation's largest bipartisan, individual membership organization for state legislators is urging policymakers to give drivers relief at the pumps this summer by temporarily repealing state gas taxes. -
Key Economic Concepts for Policymakers and Business Leaders
Opinion -This is the first in a series of occasional columns on economics for policymakers and business leaders. -
Independence Institute: 56 Deceits In ‘Fahrenheit 911’
Opinion -There are many articles which have pointed out the distortions, falsehoods, and lies in the film Fahrenheit 911. This report compiles the Fahrenheit 911 deceits which have been identified by a wide variety of reviewers. -
Senior Fellow Maureen Martin Discusses Tort Reform in American Legion Magazine
Opinion -Editor's note: This article appeared in the July 2004 issue of American Legion Magazine, with a circulation of more than 2.5 million. Martin points to a flurry of classic moves and countermoves made by lawyers. -
Study: School Choice Would Revitalize Ohio Cities
Opinion -Establishing school choice in "education empowerment zones" would revitalize Ohio's six largest cities--Akron, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Columbus, Dayton, and Toledo--according to a new study by The Buckeye Institute, a public policy think tank in Columbus, -
Exit Exams Don’t Increase Dropouts, Study Finds
Opinion -Critics of high-stakes testing have argued that public high school exit exams cause many students, particularly minority-group members, to drop out in frustration without gaining a diploma that would be valuable to them in the job market. -
Global Warming Takes Undeserving Place on Group’s ‘Top 10 Challenges’ List
Opinion -The Copenhagen Consensus project, recently organized by Denmark's Environmental Assessment Institute and spearheaded by Björn Lomborg, author of The Skeptical Environmentalist, has issued a top 10 list of what it describes as some of the world's -
State Voters Balk at Shouldering Renewable Power Mandates
Opinion -Significantly higher prices associated with "renewable" power generation have made it difficult for states to meet renewable power mandates imposed by their own elected officials. -
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Easterbrook Rebuts New York Times on Bush Clean Air Policy
Opinion -The April 4 cover of New York Times Magazine proclaimed, "Up in Smoke: The Bush Administration, the Big Power Companies and the Undoing of 30 Years of Clean Air Policy." Inside, a 13-page article claims President George W. -
Inflation Tainting the True Cost of Gasoline
Opinion -On May 5, a USA Today headline read: "Oil Prices Hit Highest Since Sept. 1990." The story glumly reported, "oil traded for more than $39 a barrel last week ... the highest closing price since 1990 and the 6th highest price ever. -
‘The Day After Tomorrow’: Hollywood Fantasy and Kindergarten Science
Opinion -Is this what it has finally come down to? -
Stossel Takes on All Comers: Government, Press, Lawyers
Opinion -Give Me a Break: How I Exposed Hucksters, Cheats, and Scam Artists and Became the Scourge of the Liberal Media by John Stossel ($24. -
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AT&T R.I.P.
Opinion -While it brings me no joy to report that this once-great company may soon meet its demise, I will also not be shedding any tears on the day AT&T disappears from our telecom landscape. -
Wiretap Rules Need Cost Vetting
Opinion -On March 10, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), and Department of Justice (DOJ) petitioned the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to require all Internet and broadband service providers to modify their -
58 Million Wage Earners Pay No Federal Income Tax
Opinion -According to the Washington, DC-based Tax Foundation, "a record 44 million tax returns filed in 2005 will be correctly demanding the return of every dollar (or more) that is being withheld from their paychecks during 2004. -
Illinois Coalition Launches Anti-Tax, Pro-Jobs Campaign
Opinion -A group of Illinois business and civic organizations has come together in an effort to bring more jobs to the state by holding government accountable for the impact its tax-and-spend policies, especially fees charged to businesses, have on the state's -
Special Session of Texas Legislature Achieves Nothing
Opinion -A special session of the Texas legislature, called by Governor Rick Perry (R) to address school finance issues, closed on May 17 without accomplishing a thing. -
Moody Upgrades California’s Credit Rating
Opinion -California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger (R) is on a roll. -
States Tap Private Prisons
Opinion -Prison privatization remains an attractive option for governors and state legislators seeking to control spending and balance budgets.