Opinion
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Letter to the Honorable John Snow
Opinion -March 18, 2004 The Honorable John Snow Secretary U.S. Department of the Treasury 1500 Pennsylvania Avenue NW Washington, D.C. -
A School Reformer’s Journey: From Parent to Journalist to Policy Analyst
Opinion -City Journal senior editor Sol Stern just wants New York City's public school system to provide today's children with the same solid foundation of knowledge and skills it gave to him during the 1940s as a non-English-speaking child from Israel. -
Activist Groups Sue to Stop Oil Production in National Petroleum Reserve
Opinion -Seven environmental activist groups have raised the stakes regarding their opposition to Alaskan oil recovery, suing the federal government to stop oil production in the National Petroleum Reserve. -
An Oasis in Satan’s Backyard
Opinion -When Tim McNeill held a neighborhood meeting in Milwaukee's Metcalf Park to discuss his proposed Hope Christian School, one parent warned him against it. "This is Satan's backyard," she said. "You don't want to do that here. -
Arizona Charter School Students Start Lower but Finish Higher
Opinion -One might describe the national charter school movement as one step forward, two steps back. One step forward: Washington state just became the 41st state to enact charter legislation. (Washington DC has such legislation as well. -
As DC Vouchers Move Ahead, More Rumblings and Grumblings on NCLB
Opinion -At a March 24 event, Washington DC Mayor Anthony Williams and U.S. Secretary of Education Rod Paige announced the selection of the Washington Scholarship Fund as the entity that would administer the new voucher program for the District of Columbia. -
Brown Decision Got the Law Right, But Not the Facts
Opinion -This month marks the 50th anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court's decision in Brown v. Board of Education. -
California County Enacts Nation’s First Biotech Ban
Opinion -Voters in Mendocino County, California, about one hundred miles north of the San Francisco Bay, on March 2 approved the nation's first ban on genetically modified crops and animals. -
California Proposition 56
Opinion -Official Title and Summary Prepared by the Attorney General State Budget, Related Taxes, and Reserve. Voting Requirements. Penalties. Initiative Constitutional Amendment and Statute. -
California Taxpayers Rout Prop 56
Opinion -On March 2, California voters soundly rejected Proposition 56--a proposal opponents said would make it easier for state policymakers to spend more and increase taxes to pay for their extravagance. -
Canadian Pharmacies Flunk Inspections
Opinion -The number of U.S. politicians who have reversed course and now publicly endorse the importation of prescription drugs from Canada would seem to reflect newly found evidence that drugs imported from Canada are safe. But that is not the case. -
Clinton-Style Task Force Resurfaces
Opinion -Tucked away at the back of the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003 is a provision reminiscent of the oft-criticized health care working group headed by former First Lady Hillary Clinton. -
Conn. Global Warming Bill Will Pump up Energy Prices
Opinion -Energy prices and unemployment in Connecticut are expected to spike if the state legislature passes a greenhouse gas control measure supported by Governor John Rowland (R). -
Energy Bill Debate Confirms Trial Lawyer Influence
Opinion -Among the most divisive issues in the current session of Congress is the energy bill, which failed last November in the face of a Democratic filibuster backed by a handful of Republican fiscal conservatives. -
Federal Deregulation Could Cut Gas Prices
Opinion -Everyone knows the recent rise in the price of oil has had an effect at the pump, but something less well known is also affecting gasoline prices. -
Florida Reforming Its Privatization Efforts
Opinion -On March 11, Florida Governor Jeb Bush signed an executive order directing the state's Department of Management Services to create a "center of excellence" authorized to conduct a statewide evaluation of Florida's outsourcing efforts. -
Fuller and Hanushek Win Awards for Educational Excellence
Opinion -On February 10 in Washington DC, the Thomas B. Fordham Foundation awarded the second annual Fordham Prizes for Excellence in Education to Howard L. Fuller and Eric A. Hanushek, for valor and for distinguished scholarship respectively. -
Global Warming Fears Melting
Opinion -New data from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and studies appearing in two respected scientific journals raise serious questions about the science underlying alarmist predictions of global warming. -
Group Names Property Rights Champions
Opinion -The League of Private Property Voters (LPPV) has named 192 U.S. Representatives and 35 U.S. Senators "Champions" for property rights issues. -
Health Threat of Mercury Overblown, Scientists Say
Opinion -Controversy over the health effects of mercury in fish and shellfish and the Bush administration's plan to reduce mercury emissions by utilities dominated the debate over environmental policy in recent weeks. -
How Teachers Are Paid: The Salary Grid
Opinion -Although teacher pay varies by state and by school district, virtually all public schools in the U.S. employ a rigid salary grid to determine the teacher salaries paid in a specific district. -
How to Reduce Revenue Instability
Opinion -The proponents of new or different taxes in Oregon claim the income tax is "unstable because it produces excess revenue in boom times and shows sharp declines in times of recession." That is undeniably true. -
Inside and Outside: School Choice from Two Perspectives
Opinion -As a former teacher and now resident scholar at the American Enterprise Institute, Frederick Hess has spent time both inside and outside the public education machine--teaching students in the classroom, and developing education policy in a think tank. -
Iowa Legislators Debate Restrictions on Hog Farm Pollution
Opinion -The Iowa House of Representatives held public hearings March 8 regarding legislation to regulate air pollutants emanating from hog farms.
