Opinion
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Rx Discount Cards Could Pave Way for Future Reform
Opinion -The Medicare Prescription Drug Improvement and Modernization Act of 2003 creates a new Medicare prescription drug discount card and transitional assistance program. -
Sacramento Bee Seeks to Out-Alarm New York Times
Opinion -In drawing a false connection between greenhouse gases and the shrinking of the Kilimanjaro ice cap, the New York Times created a media sensation. -
Science Debunks Precautionary Principle
Opinion -The problems of the “precautionary principle” received a thorough airing from its critics at a December 12 forum sponsored by the George C. Marshall Institute, a Washington DC-based think tank focusing on science policy. -
Science, Politics Shape Future of Hog Farming
Opinion -Editor’s note: In the January 2004 issue of Environment & Climate News, Managing Editor James M. Taylor examined how scientists are researching alternatives to open-air hog waste lagoons. -
Seniors Wary of New Medicare
Opinion -President George W. Bush praised the new Medicare legislation he signed into law on December 8, saying it represents a “victory for all of America’s seniors. -
Slovakia Adopts Personal Retirement Accounts
Opinion -A former Soviet republic is moving to privatize its national pension system, adopting a system of personal retirement accounts similar to what the Bush administration has proposed for the United States. -
Supreme Court Takes Up Patients’ Rights
Opinion -The U.S. Supreme Court agreed in November to consider whether patients can bring suit against insurance companies and health plans when they refuse to pay for health care their doctors recommend. -
Survey Results: Student Attitudes Towards Cheating
Opinion -Several organizations conduct surveys on attitudes and opinions of American teenagers regarding cheating. -
Taxpayer Advocates Battle Tax Increases
Opinion -In Nevada, Dan Burdish of Nevadans for Tax Restraint and George Harris of Nevadans for Sound Government are leading the fight to repeal part of Democrat Governor Kenny Guinn’s $776 million tax increase package, passed in July 2003. -
Temporary Sales Tax Petition Falters in Missouri
Opinion -According to a recent Associated Press report from Jefferson City, Missouri, “supporters of a tough-times tax proposal have abandoned efforts to get it on the August 2004 ballot, citing a lack of both public support and campaign cash. -
The Little School on the Prairie: an exclusive interview with Victoria Martino
Opinion -Victoria Martino knew students at her school were doing well. After all, she had co-founded the little school on the prairie, Mountain View Academy in Greeley, Colorado, simply to be able to teach using a highly effective instructional program. -
The New Jersey Car Wreck
Opinion -Welcome to New Jersey, where people with individual health insurance routinely pay more than $12,000 a year for premiums, and can spend as much as $263,904. -
Toxic Math
Opinion -A New York-based group called the Radiation and Public Health Project recently released seemingly alarming statistics about cancer and infant health in downstate Grundy County. -
Unremediated Grammar
Opinion -Attached to every résumé we get at our advertising agency is a cover letter. Despite the fact that these letters are usually written by college graduates or seniors in college, they regularly feature some of the most labored prose ever set to paper. -
What We Know about Global Warming
Opinion -Is the climate really warming? Weather satellites measuring atmospheric temperatures day in and day out from pole to pole report only a minute rise that extrapolates to about half a degree Centigrade by 2100. -
Read about Education and Capitalism, Heartland’s newest book!
Opinion -Current Affairs, Education, Economics The Hoover Press November 2003 416 pages, paperback ISBM 0-8179-3972-5 $15. -
Self-Proclaimed ‘Scourge of the Liberal Media’ to Speak in Chicago
Opinion -CHICAGO, January 14, 2004 -- John Stossel, the crusading consumer reporter turned “scourge of the liberal media,” will discuss his new book, Give Me a Break! at a February 4 luncheon event hosted by The Heartland Institute. -
Heartland Science Director to Address Wheaton AM Rotary, Wednesday, February 11
Opinion -CHICAGO, January 12, 2004 -- Internationally renowned motivational speaker, scientist, and author Jay H. Lehr will address the Wheaton AM Rotary at a 7:00 a.m. breakfast meeting on Wednesday, February 11. -
Bast, Walberg to Appear on Extension 720 radio show, Wednesday, January 14
Opinion -On Wednesday, January 14, Heartland President Joseph L. Bast and Board Chairman Herb Walberg will be Dr. Milt Rosenberg’s guests on Extension 720, one of the nation’s most popular talk radio shows. The live program will air from 9:00 to 11:00 p.m. -
Is Anyone Honest Anymore?
Opinion -Dear Editor: The Chicago Tribune editorial of December 27 asks the question, “Is anyone honest anymore? -
Prayers requested for Jay Walley
Opinion -J. Zane Walley, a journalist and policy analyst with the free-market Paragon Foundation, suffered a stroke on November 14 while working at his home office in Lincoln, New Mexico. -
01/2004 Friedman Report Profile: Troy Williamson of Educate New Mexico
Opinion -Troy Williamson--a father of three, former teacher, and dedicated advocate of education reform--thinks of his job as director of Educate New Mexico as providing irrefutable proof that positive parental involvement is the most important element in a -
Class-Size Reduction Brings Mixed Results
Opinion -Two recent studies of student achievement for students enrolled in class-size reduction programs in Wisconsin and California offer mixed results and call into question the cost effectiveness of large-scale programs with mandatory class-size caps. -
New Yorkers Give Schools Mediocre Grade
Opinion -Three out of four New Yorkers gave the city’s public schools mediocre or failing grades, and the city’s poorest residents were the most unhappy with school performance, according to a recent survey of 1,012 respondents conducted by the Community
