Opinion
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Recycling ‘Like Throwing Money Away’
Opinion -Curbside recycling is one of the most wasteful endeavors practiced by local governments, concluded an investigation by an Orlando, Florida television news station. -
Rx Discount Card
Opinion -Seniors and the disabled enrolled in the Medicare Drug Discount Card Program should save about 17.4 percent on average. This is according to new research from Harvard University. -
Santorum Fair Care Measure Awaits Action
Opinion -With attention focused on Medicare reform and prescription drug benefits for seniors and the disabled, legislation that would directly benefit the nation’s uninsured was left unaddressed before the year-end break. -
Schwarzenegger Recovery Plan on March Ballot
Opinion -On December 12, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger signed legislation, passed by the state senate earlier that day, putting his economic recovery plan before the people of California in a March 2004 ballot referendum. -
Senior Moments
Opinion -Some mistakes involving health care are unique to senior citizens. Here are five errors seniors make in caring for themselves, recently discovered by the Institute for Healthcare Advancement from an interview with 500 seniors. 1. -
SSA Admits Private Plans Will Work
Opinion -A December 1 memorandum from the Social Security Administration (SSA) to a renowned policy analyst marked the first time SSA has officially admitted private retirement plans will work. -
Survey: Government-Owned Telecom Up 54 Percent
Opinion -A report released by the Progress & Freedom Foundation (PFF), titled “A Survey of Government-Provided Telecommunications: Disturbing Growth Continues Unabated,” reports a nearly 54 percent increase in the number of states and municipalities entering -
Taxpayer Group Blasts Effort to Kill Internet Tax Moratorium
Opinion -The U.S. Senate adjourned for the year without voting on S. 150, the Internet Tax Non-Discrimination Act. -
Telecoms and Standard Oil: Unexpected Lessons
Opinion -In November, the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals voided a law passed by the Illinois General Assembly that would have reformed the rules under which SBC leased its lines and equipment to competitors. -
The FCC’s ‘Industrial Policy’ Approach to HDTV
Opinion -Just how far will policymakers go to protect “free, over-the-air” television and our ongoing industrial policy experiment with high-definition television (HDTV)? -
The Flat Tax
Opinion -Current plans for a flat tax are usually based on a plan introduced in 1981 by economists Robert E. Hall and Alvin Rabushka of the Hoover Institution at Stanford University. -
The Real Solution to Illinois’ Telecom Woes
Opinion -For all the headlines and editorials it generated this summer, few consumers understand what is at the heart of the battle between SBC and its competitors over the wholesale pricing of telephone lines. -
What Dangerous Schools?
Opinion -Under the No Child Left Behind Act, parents whose children are in “persistently dangerous” public schools are allowed to transfer their children to a safer learning environment at the district’s expense. -
What’s in Your Medicine Cabinet?
Opinion -The foreign prescription drugs in your medicine cabinet may not be safe. -
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.
