Opinion
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Wisconsin City Rejects Property Tax Hike
Opinion -Voters in Baraboo, Wisconsin, a small town with a population of roughly 11,000 located in south central Wisconsin, overwhelmingly rejected a referendum on September 9 that would have increased local property taxes in order to give the school district a -
News Advisory: Governor’s Estimate of Savings from Drug Importation Is ‘Pure Fiction,’ Think Tank Says
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Lawsuit Abuse Fortnightly #2-12
Opinion -Bigger Than Microsoft, Intel, or Coca-Cola If you add up all the money trial lawyers in the U.S. "earn" each year, how would it compare to, say, Microsoft – the giant software company – or other megacorporations? -
Full transcript of October 2003 National Symposium on Drug Importation
Opinion -Elected officials, policy analysts, and business leaders came together in Chicago on October 23 for a National Symposium to discuss the pros and cons of prescription drug importation. -
You Are Invited: Guns, Crime, and Punishment in America
Opinion -A Lecture and Discussion Series at the University of Chicago Law School in connection with the release of Guns, Crime, and Punishment in America edited by Bernard E. -
Using Your Brain on Drugs
Opinion -In These Times October 13, 2003 circ: 21,000 Numerous tightly rolled cannabis cigarettes were in evidence at a June 12 luncheon at The Heartland Institute, a libertarian policy think-tank in the Chicago Loop. -
Nuclear Energy in the World Today (Part One)
Opinion -Unlike some applications of nuclear technology, the process of generating electricity in a nuclear power plant is not rocket science. -
Heartland Institute to Host October 23 Symposium on Drug Importation
Opinion -The Heartland Institute will host a National Symposium on Drug Importation on Thursday, October 23, in Chicago. The symposium will be cosponsored by the Illinois Manufacturers Association, Illinois Retail Merchants Association, and U.S. -
Maine Passes Carbon Dioxide Law
Opinion -Maine Governor John Baldacci on June 26 signed LD 845, “An Act to Provide Leadership in Addressing the Threat of Climate Change,” which requires the development of a long-term plan for cutting the state’s carbon dioxide emissions. -
20th Century Warming Not Unprecedented, Experts Testify
Opinion -A central scientific issue in the debate over the sources of changes in the Earth’s climate rose to the level of a Senate hearing during the last week of July. -
Pew Explores the Left-Most Shores of America’s Oceans
Opinion -America’s Living Oceans by The Pew Ocean Commission a division of the Pew Charitable Trust Before I initiate my critical review of this beautiful, full-color, 8-1/2” x 11” manifesto for government management of America’s -
Florida Passes Malpractice Reform
Opinion -After months of squabbling, the Florida House and Senate have reached agreement on legislation capping medical malpractice damages. On August 13 the House passed the compromise bill by a vote of 87-26, and the Senate passed the measure by a vote of 32-4. -
Medicare Stalls, Seniors Don’t Care
Opinion -Republican members of the conference committee charged with reconciling differences in the House and Senate Medicare bills (H.R. 1 and S. -
Lieberman Takes on Health Care Reform
Opinion -Connecticut Senator Joe Lieberman in August went public with his plans for expanding government intervention into the health care arena, the last of the major Democratic Presidential contenders to weigh in on the issue. -
Santorum Introduces Tax Credit Measure
Opinion -Senator Rick Santorum (R-Pennsylvania) has reintroduced a bill to create a tax credit for people who buy their own health insurance. -
Congress Practices One Thing, Preaches Another on School Choice
Opinion -Over the past three years Congress has had several opportunities to approve legislation that would give low-income families the opportunity to choose where their children attend school. -
Poll: Most Americans Would Choose Private Schools
Opinion -A new Gallup poll conducted for Phi Delta Kappa International, whose education surveys command high respect in the teaching profession, reveals a compelling motivation for the fierce opposition teacher union leaders and most public school officials show -
MATCH School Shows Poverty Isn’t Destiny
Opinion -It is the most urgent problem in U.S. public education today, but few people have the stomach to take on its challenge. -
Business Group Gives Chicago Schools an F
Opinion -Neither increased funding nor administrative changes will produce the significant gains in student performance that are necessary for the Chicago Public Schools (CPS) to come even close to meeting the requirements of the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act, -
Charter Schools Fuel School Management Growth
Opinion -While large-scale privatization efforts like the Philadelphia experiment may be politically difficult, nationwide the growth of charter schools continues to fuel the growth of both for-profit and nonprofit education service providers. -
Title I Tutoring Vouchers?
Opinion -Work-study programs are not the only way to engage college students in tutoring programs. -
Race and Education: An Exclusive Interview with Abigail Thernstrom
Opinion -The U.S. Supreme Court’s recent 5-4 ruling in Grutter v. -
Principal Hiring ‘Idiocy’
Opinion -The recent experience of a Georgia publisher “helping” to hire a new school principal for the Atlanta Public Schools indicates it’s not only the teacher hiring process that leaves much to be desired. -
Valedictorian Flunks Graduation Test
Opinion -School officials in Beaufort County, South Carolina, have institutionalized grade inflation by guaranteeing their high school students a minimum first-semester grade of at least 62 out of 100, so students who start the year badly aren’t prevented from
