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Mad-Cow Health Hysteria
Opinion -Investigators have tentatively traced the first U.S. case of mad-cow disease to Canada, but officials there say the link is premature. -
No. 103 – Packer Ownership of Hogs: Economic and Political Ramifications
Opinion -Quick Links Policy Study (pdf) Policy Study (HTML) Should meat packers be allowed to own livestock, and hogs in particular? The issue deeply divides farm communities and both political parties in many Midwest states. -
20/20 Co-Anchor John Stossel to Address Chicago Luncheon on February 4
Opinion -CHICAGO, December 15, 2003 -- ABC News correspondent John Stossel, co-anchor with Barbara Walters of 20/20 and producer/host of several ABC News special reports, will address a luncheon event hosted by The Heartland Institute on Wednesday, February 4, -
Mark Your Calendars: Cato to Host Heartland Authors at January 28 Book Forum
Opinion -The Cato Institute will host a book forum on Wednesday, January 28, 2004, at 12:00 noon for Heartland President Joseph L. Bast and Board Chairman Herbert J. Walberg. -
School Choice Continues to Build Global Momentum
Opinion -Recent weeks have brought new evidence of growing support for parental choice in a wide variety of nations. -
When Principals Can Be Entrepreneurs, Schools Improve
Opinion -If principals were put in charge of their individual schools and allowed to run them as small businesses, is it likely the schools would be more successful than if the schools and their resources were directed by a central office? -
Senate Approves Expansion of Milwaukee Voucher Program
Opinion -On October 22, the Wisconsin Senate approved a measure to eliminate the enrollment cap placed on the Milwaukee voucher program, which limits participants to 15 percent of the enrollment in the Milwaukee Public Schools (MPS), or about 15,000 students. -
U.S. Companies Become EU Tax Collectors
Opinion -Since July 1, U.S. firms selling certain goods to customers in the European Union (EU) have been required, under a law passed by the EU last year, to act as tax collectors on behalf of EU officials. -
About the WTO
Opinion -The World Trade Organization (WTO) is headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland and was established on January 1, 1995. -
Tobacco Tax Causes Chaos in NY State
Opinion -Every year, New York smokers avoid the state’s punitive cigarette taxes by buying millions of dollars in tax-free cigarettes from Native American stores. -
Competing Questions
Opinion -Final Vote 1A – 38 percent 1B – 35 percent 1C – 27 percent Maine Municipal Association’s Citizen Initiative (1A) The MMA Citizen’s Initiative requires the state to immediately fund 55% of the total K-12 education allocation. -
Learning More about Land Value Taxation
Opinion -Efforts to encourage land value taxation (LVT) are part of a larger movement based on the ideas of American philosopher and economist Henry George (1839-1897). -
Uneducated Youth Threaten America’s Future
Opinion -Despite an increasing awareness that the U.S. -
The Code of Conduct for Gallagher Scholars
Opinion -When they enter the program, each Gallagher Scholar receives a framed version of the Code of Conduct. 1. GOALS: Gallagher Scholars believe in setting goals and working hard to achieve them. 2. -
Making the Ideal Public School the Enemy of Choice
Opinion -Choice With Equity: An Assessment by the Koret Task Force on K-12 Education, edited by Paul T. -
Frugal South Carolina Governor Finds State Government a Tough Sell
Opinion -On a recent trip to West Virginia, South Carolina Governor Mark Sanford (R) decided to save his state a few dollars by booking one hotel room for both him and his press secretary. Problem is, the room had only one bed. -
Comparing the Bush Tax Cut to Lieberman Tax Hike
Opinion -MARRIED TAXPAYERS, FILING JOINTLY Bush Tax Cut Lieberman Tax Hike Adjusted Gross Income Tax Rate Adjusted Gross Income Tax Rate $0 - $14,000 10% $0 - $14,000 10% $14,000 - $56,800 15% $14,000 - $56,800 12. -
New Coalition Fights to End Tax Discrimination against Self-Employed
Opinion -Equity for Our Nation’s Self-Employed, a new coalition of small business trade associations, including the American Farm Bureau Federation, has come together to fight a tax code discrimination that penalizes self-employed Americans. -
States Ranked by Cigarette Tax
Opinion -States Ranked by Cigarette Tax Rank State Tax 1. Washington $1.425 2 New York $1.11 3. Alaska $1.00 3. Hawaii $1.00 3. Maine $1.00 3. Rhode Island $1.00 7. California $0.87 8. New Jersey $0.80 9. Wisconsin $0.77 10. -
America’s Desperate Need for School Vouchers
Opinion -One of the objections frequently raised by voucher opponents is that there aren’t enough seats available in private schools, and so private schools would choose the students, rather than parents choosing the schools. -
Wilmette Smoking Ban Is Bad Policy
Opinion -A hundred years ago Kin Hubbard, a newspaper columnist in Indianapolis, observed that “it ain’t what we do not know that hurts us so much; it is what we know that just ain’t so. -
An Uncomfortable Analysis of the Racial Learning Gap
Opinion -In their new book No Excuses: Closing the Racial Gap in Learning (Simon & Schuster, October 2003; 352 pages, $26. -
Identifying the Real Costs of Public Education
Opinion -Public Education As a Business: Real Costs and Accountability, by Myron Lieberman and Charlene K. Haar (Scarecrow Press, 2003; 232 pages; $32. -
Finding the Way Out of the Telecom Mess
Opinion -The current “telecom mess” is largely the result of federal policy that has misdirected vast amounts of capital and squandered precious technological opportunity. Abandoning this flawed regulatory regime is key to reviving the telecom market.