Opinion
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Education Next Offers Research, Commentary, Reform
Opinion -The Winter 2004 issue of the scholarly journal, Education Next, has been published by the Hoover Institution. -
School Choice Programs Tighten Accountability Measures
Opinion -Florida’s three school choice programs recently have been the subject of several negative reports in the Palm Beach Post and other local newspapers, pointing out the failure of state officials to provide oversight. -
Citizenship and Character
Opinion -The Founding Fathers don’t get much respect these days. -
The Six Pillars of Character
Opinion -For character education, many schools have adopted the Character Counts! program from the Josephson Institute of Ethics, a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization based in Marina del Rey, California. The Institute and its partners in the Character Counts! -
Weight Restrictions Not Pound Foolish
Opinion -According to a panicky report in the press, our society is in the grips of another terrible crisis: weight restrictions for players on youth football teams. -
FDA Mercury Warning Based on Junk Science, Experts Say
Opinion -The Food and Drug Administration has issued a new warning to pregnant women about mercury in seafood. You can “protect your baby” from developmental harm by following three rules, the agency claimed. -
CBO Hangs Price Tag on Tougher Fuel Economy Standards
Opinion -According to Congressional Budget Office (CBO) estimates released on January 5, a federally mandated increase in corporate average fuel economy (CAFE) standards for cars and light trucks would raise average vehicle prices $228, costing consumers an -
Bush EPA Steps Up Enforcement, New Focus on Benefits
Opinion -The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released its Fiscal Year 2003 Annual Report on December 11. -
Bush Declines to Issue Wetlands Regulations
Opinion -Responding to pressure from environmental activists and many congressional Democrats, President George W. Bush instructed the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and Army Corps of Engineers not to issue new regulations interpreting the U.S. -
Tahoe Regulators Say Fire a Greater Threat than Pollution
Opinion -The Tahoe Regional Planning Authority (TRPA), established by Congress in 1969 to safeguard Lake Tahoe’s breathtaking clarity and natural beauty, has for the first time concluded that fire, rather than pollution, represents the greatest threat to -
‘Best Practices’ Provoke Controversy, Opposition
Opinion -The notion of “best practices” is an emerging concept in health care policy and practice. Exactly what it means and how it will affect patient care are open to debate. -
It’s Time to Deregulate
Opinion -It is commonplace when speaking of the revolution roiling the local telecommunications marketplace to refer to Joseph Schumpeter’s reminder in his 1942 classic, Capitalism, Socialism, and Democracy, that “[t]his process of Creative Destruction is the -
Danish Government Committee Exposes Union of Concerned Scientists
Opinion -Best-selling author Michael Crichton recently observed that environmentalism is a kind of pseudo-religion. He’s right. Environmentalists have their own holy day (Earth Day, April 22), their saints (Rachel Carson, Jacques Cousteau), demon (George W. -
Did Greenhouse Gases Stave off Ice Age?
Opinion -Measurements of air bubbles trapped in the Antarctic ice sheet show human greenhouse gas emissions staved off a renewed ice age and allowed human civilization to thrive, according to a study published in the journal Climatic Change (http://www. -
Virginia Has Its Own California Problem
Opinion -If you watched the recall of Governor Gray Davis and the elevation of Arnold Schwarzenegger in California, you know the Golden State is in dire fiscal shape. This is a state that has taxed and spent itself into near oblivion. -
Tests Reveal Students Unprepared for College
Opinion -The advent of high-stakes testing is revealing more than just information on what American high school students know and are capable of doing; it is also revealing a significant shortfall between that assessment of actual skills and what schools have -
House Approves Final DC Voucher Plan
Opinion -As expected, the House of Representatives did its part to advance President George W. Bush’s voucher plan for the District of Columbia, passing a $328 billion omnibus spending bill in a special, one-day session in early December. The bill, H.R. -
Language Defenders Come Under Friendly Fire
Opinion -Although Bob Killian’s “Cover Letters from Hell” quotes one job applicant’s use of “accidentaly” as an obvious example of a misspelled word, his defense of language standards is coming under friendly fire from publishers of a new slang-filled edition -
Role Models, Self-Discipline, and Communities of Virtue
Opinion -When teaching character education in public schools is proposed, a frequent response is, Why? -
02/2004 Friedman Report: School Choice Roundup
Opinion -Colorado * Delaware * Florida * Kansas * Kentucky New Hampshire * New Mexico * South Carolina * Virginia COLORADO Voucher Supporters Run Radio Ad Campaign Even though a Denver district judge has ruled the Colorado voucher program -
Appeals Court Puts New Source Review Reforms on Hold
Opinion -The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit has temporarily halted implementation of President George W. Bush’s reforms to the New Source Review (NSR) provisions of the Clean Air Act. The reforms, announced August 27 by the U.S. -
ATR Ranks Dean a ‘Tax and Spend’ Governor
Opinion -Democratic Presidential hopeful Howard Dean ended 2003 on the campaign trail, defending his record as governor of Vermont. But according to Americans for Tax Reform (ATR), Dean’s record on taxes cannot be defended. -
California Blueprint for Workers’ Comp Reform
Opinion -Workers’ compensation is a worthwhile program that works well in most states. California’s program, 90 years old, should be salvaged. But lawmakers must rewrite workers’ comp rules before more damage is done to the state’s economy. -
California Launches New Round of Workers’ Comp Reform
Opinion -In early January, California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger renewed his call for dramatic reform of the state’s workers’ compensation insurance program, warning “California employers are bleeding red ink” from the system.
