Opinion
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Bundles of Trouble: The FCC’s Telephone Competition Rules
Opinion -Almost exactly one year after the FCC adopted new regulations governing competition in telephone service, telecom regulation is once again under debate. -
Should Government Censor Speech on Cable and Satellite TV?
Opinion -A troubling shift may be developing in the way lawmakers regulate mass media in the U.S. -
Health Fears May Slow WiFi Advances in Schools
Opinion -The board of School District 97 in Oak Park, Illinois thought installing wireless computer (WiFi) networks in elementary school classrooms was progressive and cutting-edge. -
CALEA: Never Intended for the Internet
Opinion -The FBI petition seeking to expand the scope of the Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act (CALEA) to include Internet surveillance, currently before the Federal Communications Commission, is truly broad-ranging. -
Consumer Privacy: A Free Choice Approach
Opinion -An examination of the privacy debate reveals a number of myths that need to be challenged and dispelled by informed consumers, nonprofits, and legislators. Those myths include: Profits are at odds with consumer privacy preferences. -
Heartland Director Authors Walking Tour of Chicago Loop
Opinion -Jim Johnston—a founding donor to The Heartland Institute and charter member of its Board of Directors—has prepared a “free-market walking tour” of downtown Chicago. -
Heartland President to Appear at Prescription Drug Importation Session
Opinion -CHICAGO, April 21, 2004--Heartland Institute President Joseph Bast will participate in a continuing education session titled 'Drug Importation: A Public Policy Discussion' on Monday, April 26, 2004 from 8:30 -10:30 a.m. -
Pawlenty Proposal Pfizzles at Pfizer Meeting
Opinion -CHICAGO, April 24, 2004: Minnesota's Republican Governor Tim Pawlenty's attempt to threaten Pfizer with a price control resolution went nowhere at the Pfizer stockholder meeting held Thursday, April 22, at the Ritz-Carlton in St. Louis. -
April 29: Heartland Institute to Host Free Reception Celebrating Twentieth Anniversary
Opinion -The Heartland Institute will kick off a year-long celebration of its twentieth anniversary on Thursday, April 29 at an evening reception at the Renaissance Chicago Hotel. The party will run from 8:00 to 10:00 p.m. -
Blagojevich ‘Playing a Shell Game with People’s Lives’
Opinion -CHICAGO, April 20, 2004--Governor Rod Blagojevich announced today that he is sending a task force overseas to study whether the state should import prescription drugs from Europe. “There’s a big world out there,” said Blagojevich. -
The Pros and Cons of Importing Drugs from Canada
Opinion -I’ve been asked to present an overview of arguments for and against proposals to increase the quantity of drugs imported from Canada and other countries. -
Lawsuit Abuse Fortnightly #3-2
Opinion -“Binding Arbitration” Brings Down Soft-Core Film-Maker The female star of such cinematic bondage masterpieces as “Asses in the Air” successfully sued her employer, Slave Labor Productions, for injuries she suffered while bound and hanging from ropes -
Medical Malpractice Crisis Exists in Illinois–Despite What You Might Hear From Trial Lawyers
Opinion -It is not surprising that plaintiffs' personal injury attorneys Philip H. Corboy and Robert J. -
Defending Farmers
Opinion -Dear Editor: I read with great attention the article on hog farms ("Factory farm foes fed up; Sick of the foul odors and government inaction, critics of huge swine operations are taking complaints to court," News, March 24). -
Heartland President to Appear on First Business
Opinion -CHICAGO, April 13, 2004--Heartland Institute President Joseph Bast will appear on First Business to discuss his new book, Education and Capitalism on Monday, April 19, 2004. -
No Respect for Diversity in News Coverage of Rice 9/11 Testimony
Opinion -The big-city dailies have given extensive coverage to National Security Advisor Condoleezza Rice’s April 8 testimony to the 9/11 commission. -
New York Health Insurance: ‘Consumers Are Outraged’
Opinion -CHICAGO, April 7, 2004: One month after community rating and guaranteed issue mandates went into effect in New York, nearly 10 percent of the state's insured population experienced premium increases ranging from 20 to 59 percent. -
Statement by Lee Walker Opposing Drug Importation
Opinion -I am Lee Walker, president of the New Coalition for Economic and Social Change, a nonprofit research and education organization based in Chicago. -
Why Packers Should Own Livestock … And Why Politicians Won’t Let Them
Opinion -Meat packers are gradually increasing the share of livestock they own or have under contract with producers. -
Health Insurance Meltdown in Vermont
Opinion -Former Vermont Governor Howard Dean, a physician who recently left the race for the Democratic Party’s nomination for President, considers his state a model for health care reform. -
The Case for Malpractice Reform in Illinois
Opinion -From 1997 through 2002, the average total jury verdict went up 61 percent. From 1997 through 2002, the average jury award for non-economic damages has gone up 132 percent. -
States Wrestle with Malpractice Reform Proposals
Opinion -New Jersey Physicians attending a February hearing urged the New Jersey Board of Medical Examiners to lobby state legislators to reduce the minimum level of malpractice insurance physicians are required to maintain. -
McClellan Nominated to Replace Scully
Opinion -President George W. Bush has nominated Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Commissioner Mark McClellan to serve as the new Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services administrator (CMS). -
Open Letter: Opponents Misrepresent Health Savings Accounts
Opinion -To: Members of Congress From: Greg Scandlen Subject: Recent Attacks on HSAs You have received emails from certain interest groups urging you to oppose adding Health Savings Accounts to the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program.